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Filming for Hamlet has begun, and there are several ways you can keep up to date with what’s going on.
Production company Illuminations have a blog in which they’re keeping track of the filming as well as the origins of the project.
The RSC have a Twitter feed which may be updated by Keith Osborne (the player [...]

Rehearsals have begun for the version of ‘Hamlet’ due to be televised by BBC Two later this year. The cast got back together on Monday to read through the script again before filming begins this month.
A DVD release is planned for after broadcast.

The Telegraph report today that the recent RSC production of Hamlet is to be filmed, produced by BBC Two.
BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow said the 180-minute screen production of Hamlet was “a wonderful opportunity… to bring one of the great stage successes of last year to a wider audience”.
David Tennant will be returning to the [...]

Edward has been nominated for an Ian Charleson award for his work with the RSC in 2008/9. The awards, sponsored by the National Theatre and The Sunday Times, are for actors under 30 appearing in plays written before 1918.
He faces competition from a number of his co-actors from the year, and the full nomination list [...]

The run of Hamlet has now finished…. and what an eventful run it was!
But there’s no rest for Ed, as previews for A Midsummer Night’s Dream start at the Novello on Thursday. The play runs until the 7th of February, and you can buy tickets from the Novello website or in person at the box [...]

David Tennant has now returned to the title role in Hamlet at the Novello. This means that Ed is once again playing Laertes.
The RSC Hamlet page has the following information for people going to see the play:
We will be assessing David’s return to each Hamlet performance this week on a day by day basis. Please [...]

The Times have a lovely interview with Ed today. Read it in the new Press section of the site.

It has been confirmed that David Tennant will not be returning to Hamlet before Christmas due to a prolapsed disc which he is soon to receive surgery to correct. Read the RSC statement.
David Tennant said today: “It is hugely disappointing for me to have to miss these performances. My back problem has progressed to the [...]