Hamlet directed by Gregory Doran
Please note this production is now sold out.
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 plays the title role with Patrick Stewart as Claudius, directed by RSC Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran.
'David Tennant is the best Hamlet in years... Patrick Stewart's superb Claudius is a supremely composed, calculating killer...Oliver Ford Davies' brilliant Polonius is both a sycophantic politician and a comic pedant...I can scarcely remember a better Ophelia than that of Mariah Gale...a production that bursts with inventive detail. A rich realisation of the greatest of poetic tragedies'
Guardian
'Gregory Doran's superb production demonstrates once again that there is no better director of Shakespeare around today. One of the most purely entertaining Hamlets I have ever seen. David Tennant makes a tremendously quick-witted and mercurial student prince…he brilliantly combines a crazed energy and charisma with intense vulnerability'
Sunday Times
Times
'A gripping Hamlet...David Tennant captures the character's intelligence, wit and quicksilver mood changes... Patrick Stewart delivers the strongest, scariest performance as Claudius I have seen...Penny Downie harrowingly charts Gertrude's decline from high society lady to abject terror'
Daily Telegraph
'A triumph'
Observer
Hamlet plays at the Novello Theatre in London from 3 December 2008 - 10 January 2009 after transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Running time
The running time for Hamlet is 3 hours and 35 minutes including an interval of 20 minutes.
Access performances
Assisted performances on 16 December, 18 December.
Additional information
Find out more about Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Download the RSC's London Season schedule.
Please note this production is now sold out. Check with the Novello Theatre Box Office on the day of performance for day seats and returns.
