Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch plans to play Hamlet

Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Sherlock, says he hopes to play Hamlet in the West End within the next two years.

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By Tim Walker

7:28AM BST 20 Jun 2012

At the grand old age of 35, Benedict Cumberbatch reckons it is time he played Hamlet. “I hope to return to the theatre soon, hopefully as Hamlet, as it’s a role I’ve been interested in for a long time,” the Sherlock actor tells Mandrake.

“I don’t know if there is such a thing as a right age to play the part, but 36 or 37 seems appropriate to me, so I need to do it before long.”

Last year, Michael Sheen got away with playing the Prince of Denmark at 42. David Warner, who played the part when he was 24 at Stratford, says that the scholars always reckon Hamlet to be 33 at the end of the play.

Still, Sir Michael Redgrave was 50 when he played the part and the “divine” Sarah Bernhardt managed to do it at 55 — and on one leg, to boot.

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  1. nynfadoratonks reblogged this from cumberqueen and added:
    OMG! I need to see that. It’s time to save money to go to London.
  2. spellingwitch reblogged this from anindoorkitty and added:
    Are we sure this is Benedict talking? Wasn’t he just saying somewhere that Hamlet had been done to death lately?
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    I will die. Hamlet is my favorite of Shakespeare.
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