'Hamlet' With Tennant Opens at RSC Tonight

Hamlet directed by Gregory Doran opens tonight at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Shakespeare's great tragedy of a young man haunted by his father's ghost and driven to The Edge of madness in his obsession to avenge his death.

David Tennant returns to the RSC to play the title role, directed by RSC Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran.

David last appeared with the RSC as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors in 2000. As well as acting extensively on the stage, most recently in The Pillowman at The National Theatre, David has become a household name as the tenth actor to portray Dr Who.

His other TV and film role include Casanova, Blackpool, Bright Young Things and Barty Crouch Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

This season he also appears as Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost. Patrick Stewart returns to the RSC to play Claudius. He last appeared with the Company to great acclaim during the Complete Works Festival as Antony in Antony and Cleopatra and Prospero in The Tempest.

Hamlet plays in repertoire at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 24 July - 15 November 2008.

For more information visit  www.rsc.org.uk/WhatsOn/5723.aspx

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