![]() Penny Downie was excellent as Gertrude, Mark Hadfield supplied welcome comic relief as the gravedigger, but for me the best supporting actor was Oliver Ford Davis as Polonius, played as a pompous forgetful windbag. His was also an impressive performance, but I find him too theatrical, too self-consciously thespian. Patrick Stewart played the ghost of Hamlet’s father, and the murdering uncle. His reserve only broke in the scene in which he and Gertrude have their showdown in her chamber, when you could have heard a pin drop in the full Stratford house. His was a witty, self-aware Hamlet, driven by anger rather than grief. In fact, sometimes his acting was so understated it was almost TV acting, with its reliance on close-ups rather than the larger-than-life movements and voices required at the theatre. ![]() ![]() Particularly with the tragedies, there is a possibility for histrionics but David Tennant managed to resist them. When I go and see a Shakespeare play, it usually takes me between five and ten minutes to get my ear attuned to the language, and a little longer to get accustomed to the non-naturalistic acting. Hamlet with David Tennant, Patrick Stewart ![]() Travellin' Bruce - photos of my travels.What’s Bruce wearing Today? - legendary fashion blog.My album "Calling for the Moon" on SoundCloud (only £2!). ![]()
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