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NEWS ABOUT: Hamlet

Hamlet stories: 4 news summaries

 Law's Hamlet 
 to Go From 
 London to 
 Broadway 

Show to arrive from London in September

Jun 30, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jude Law is Broadway-bound as the prince of Denmark in a production of Hamlet exported from London, the New York Times reports. The show is set for a 12-week run on the Great White Way, with previews starting Sept. 12 and the official opening Oct. 6. Before it arrives Stateside,... More »

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theater • London • Broadway • Denmark • Jude Law • William Shakespeare • Hamlet • Elsinore Castle

THEATER REVIEW

 Jude Law's 
 Hamlet Slays 
 Critics 

Movie star's Shakespeare turn gets strong notices

Jun 4, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jude Law took to the stage last night for the opening performance of Hamlet in London, and newspapers were largely impressed by the actor's take on the melancholy Dane. In the Telegraph, Charles Spencer writes that Law showed "rare vulnerability and emotional openness" in Shakespeare's toughest role. Dressed in... More »

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theater • London • Jude Law • William Shakespeare • West End theater • Hamlet • theater reviews


 Hit Man May 
 Have Offed 
 Fabled Scholar 

Decoded diary points to distant cousin as Tycho Brahe's killer

Jan 17, 09 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Seminal Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe died in 1601 of mercury poisoning, a demise that funeral orators called "unexpected" and modern scholars are calling murder, Der Spiegel reports. As they plan to exhume Brahe's body, one specialist says he has uncovered the killer's diary: "It contains the details... More »

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murder • William Shakespeare • mercury poisoning • Hamlet • Tycho Brahe • King Christian IV

 Pianist's Skull 
 Steals Hamlet Scene 

Concert pianist left skull to theater

Nov 26, 08 9:24 AM CST
(Newser) - A concert pianist has appeared on stage in a 22-performance run of Hamlet—26 years after his death. André Tchaikowsky, a Polish Jew who was smuggled out of Warsaw as a child of 7, left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company upon his death in 1982. It was finally... More »

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theater • skull • William Shakespeare • Royal Shakespeare Company • Hamlet • André Tchaikowsky • Robert Andrzej Krauthammer

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