Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Olivier Awards 2011 Best Actor nomination for Rory Kinnear

5 STARS 'Tremendous. Rory Kinnear’s performance is superb in its resonance and intelligence. This Hamlet is for now.’ The Times

4 STARS 'Rory Kinnear excels. An evening to admire and cherish.’ Guardian
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O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew;
Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
His canon ’gainst self-slaughter. O God, God,
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on’t, ah fie, ’tis an unweeded garden
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely. That it should come to this!
But two months dead – nay, not so much, not two –
So excellent a king, that was to this
Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth,
Must I remember?

Following his celebrated performances at the National in Burnt by the Sun , The Revenger's Tragedy , Philistines and The Man of Mode , Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet.

He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius) and James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King).

 

4 STARS 'A chilling production that demands to be seen.’ Independent
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4 STARS 'A constantly compelling, fresh-minted production with many insights and original twists… Rory Kinnear proves a Hamlet of great individuality and distinction.’ Daily Telegraph
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Hamlet on Tour

Hamlet toured to Salford, Nottingham, Woking, Milton Keynes, Plymouth and Luxembourg. 

photo (Rory Kinnear) © Ela Hawes

Hamlet finished on: 23 April 2011