Rebroadcast on Nov 10th and Review from Globe and Mail

Fathom Events has a rebroadcast of NT Live's Hamlet on this coming Tuesday, November 10th, for anyone who missed the original broadcast or wants to see it again.

More info here:

http://www.fathomevents.com/event/hamlet-encore/more-info/details


Some cinemas may also be doing rebroadcasts on other dates, too.

Also, The Globe and Mail has a review based on the version of the production that was broadcast. It's overall positive, with praise for the lead performance, as well as the compelling Ophelia and Gertrude, and Es Devlin's set design.

I’d almost given up on Hamlet, but Benedict Cumberbatch has won me back over to the play and, in particular, to the character.

Director Lyndsey Turner’s production of William Shakespeare’s most quoted tragedy starring the Sherlock star received mixed reviews on stage in London at the Barbican – but it works wonderfully filmed for cinema screens.

Cumberbatch is a feeling Hamlet, not just a thinking Hamlet – and his sensitive performance probably benefits from being seen in a series of high-definition close-ups. He’s particularly effective in the final moments of the play.

You may find the design overloaded with ideas, not all of which mesh – but it keeps the production visually appealing even when it hits bumps. Some of the older actors really pull out the musical Shakespearean verse speaking, while a couple of of the younger ones seemingly go for a mumble-core approach. And I’ve never encountered a less interesting Polonius than Jim Norton.

But, on the whole, Cumberbatch’s heartfelt performance in Turner’s humane, cleverly cut and rejigged production makes you feel like this play is, indeed, timeless and packed with human wisdom, poetically revealed. How great that it will be the way so many young fans of the leading man around the world first encounter Hamlet, and perhaps even Shakespeare