The Daily Telegraph's Dominic Cavendish judged Cumberbatch "a blazing, five-star Hamlet trapped in a three-star show." The Guardian's Michael Billington said the actor was "a good, personable Hamlet" but panned a "dismal" production "full of half-baked ideas."įrom everyone at the Barbican - best of luck to the cast and crew for Opening Night of #hamletbarbican /KyAEOQqzYR- Maltby in The Times said Cumberbatch was a "thrillingly charismatic" actor in a "gaudy and commercial" show. The production has a cinematic scope, using freeze-frame moments and stylized movement to underscore the drama - or, some felt, undermine it. The response from critics Wednesday was more mixed, with many finding the subtle lead performance at odds with director Lindsey Turner's bravura staging. ![]() "I thought it was magnificent," Gatiss said. "When the curtain went up on the set, I slightly gasped," said Cumberbatch's Sherlock co-star Mark Gatiss after Tuesday's opening night, attended by Cumberbatch's wife Sophie Hunter, Sherlock`s Martin Freeman and Downton Abbey stars Dan Stevens and Allen Leech. Benedict Cumberbatch urges fans not to film stage performance of Hamlet.It's mounted at the Barbican Theatre on a vast set of crumbling opulence by Es Devlin, who has designed stadium shows for the likes of U2, Kanye West and Lady Gaga. ![]() ![]() The play's the thing, and this sold-out production has a visual wow factor as big as its lead actor. But London's latest stage sensation is more than a Shakespearean star vehicle. It's a Hamlet with Hollywood-level hype and an A-list star in Benedict Cumberbatch.
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