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10 Dec 2008 07:00PM - Stephanie West

Edward Bennett replaces David Tennant as Hamlet in a role he has only attempted once before, reports Stephanie West.

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Jon Snow asked for your views on whether Tchaikowsky's skull should be returned to the stage for Hamlet. Read some of your emails here.


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Welsh actor Richard Burton (1925 - 1984) contemplates a skull at Kronberg Castle, Elsinore, where he and the Old Vic Company are staging a performance of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

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As Hamlet moves to the West End, Stephanie West learns that Andre Tchaikowsky's skull is to be dropped from the production.


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