This hot ticket with
Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role would have had to be truly exceptional
to live up to the hype and expectation. As it was, it didn’t quite though I’m
very glad to have been in the audience.
The set – of the
inside of Elsinore Castle - was stunning but wore a bit thin as it was
invariant apart from metamorphosing from opulence to decay.
All the acting was
great but sometimes the lines of some of the actors got muffled, even to me in
a good stalls seat. Certainly the whole event was very engaging and presented
in a way that was easy to follow.
However, despite all
that, I came away thinking neither that it was my theatrical event of the year
nor that BC gave the most remarkable performance of the year – which is not to
detract from the awe one has to feel for the sheer scale of the role.
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