David Tennant free to tour

So farewell Dr Who after filming the specials in January. Anyone care to bet Hamlet will tour worldwide next year?

I was wondering the same thing kec since hearing the news this evening. God what I would give to see Tennant on Broadway.

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This leaves me in two minds 1. there is the prospect of many more wonderful performances from Tennant outside of Dr Who but 2. I lose my favorite Dr. But I think I'm happier with the former!

If Hamlet goes to Broadway I may be tempted to plan my next trip around it-I saw it in Stratford and loved it! Here's to the Hamlet tour!

(Though I should add that I will miss the idea I might run into Tennant filming Who here in Cardiff where I live!)

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Whenever the NT or RSC go to Broadway it is almost always a dead cert sellout (note i did say almost, not always!). To have such a production as this 'Hamlet' go there and also have a name that a large percentage of Americans know thru 'Dr Who' will only help its success.
The last time the RSC performed Shakespeare in New York it was with the stunning production of 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' starring Desmond Barritt, Lindsey Duncan and Alex Jennings. This production sold out on a U.S tour before arriving on Broadway in 1996. A year later it was filmed with its original stage cast almost intact and has been on TV around Christmas time almost every year since.

Updated On: 10/30/08 at 07:56 AM

I am wondering whether we'll have a Hamlet dvd in the same way that Ian MacKellen's King Lear has just been released (in a very nice film).

I'd love it if that were to happen, but I'm doubtful. Someone asked someone at the RSC who would know and was told that as of now there are no plans for a DVD. Of course, I am sure they'd make a crapload of money by releasing something like that, so it's always possible...

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let's not forget there's also a Jude Law Hamlet!

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