David Tennant

...ghetto in 1942 to the city of Lodz, before settling in Paris and later England. Using a real human skull helped Tennant's performance, Mr Doran explained. "Yorick's skull, and Hamlet's lament to him, is probably one of the most famous...

In this article: Hamlet, Andre Tchaikowsky, London, BBC Two, Royal Shakespeare Company, Yorick, Surgery, and Cancer

...been this summer's Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet in Stratford-upon-Avon. David Tennant took a few months off from Doctor Who to play Shakespeare's troubled antihero who matches addled wits with the schemingly bald and...

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...and Judaism. Also, PBS announced that former "Doctor Who" star David Tennant will reprise the role of Hamlet for an upcoming TV adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 stage production of the Shakespeare classic. "Hamlet" will...

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...to revive partnership with real skull for BBC's Hamlet David Tennant is to revive his partnership with a real human skull for a new BBC film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Published: 3:22PM GMT 24 Nov 2009 David Tennant as Hamlet...

In this article: Hamlet, Andre Tchaikowsky, Royal Shakespeare Company, Yorick, William Shakespeare, London, and Cancer

...as David Tennant uses his skull in Hamlet performance A pianist's dying wish has been fulfilled after the actor David Tennant used his skull in a performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Last Updated: 7:27PM GMT 25 Nov 2008 David Tennant has...

In this article: Hamlet, Mark Rylance, Royal Shakespeare Company, Cancer, Yorick, and William Shakespeare

...providing the production with a form of subsidy. After all, the British public can generally take or leave Hamlet, unless of course it's got David Tennant or Jude Law in the title role. Some of those who saw Tennant or Law may well be...

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...to the show as quickly as possible. It is an indication of the RSC's investment in understudies that Ed Bennett can take over from David in one of Shakespeare's largest roles at such short notice." By a stroke of good fortune, Bennett...

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Dr Who star David Tennant uses real skull on stage Doctor Who star David Tennant has fulfilled a concert pianist's dying wish, by using his skull in Hamlet. When Shakespeare fan Andre Tchaikowsky died of cancer, aged 46, in 1982 he donated...

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Tennant Ruled Out Of Hamlet Until 2009 Doctor Who star David Tennant has withdrawn from all performances of Hamlet until next year after scheduling surgery for a slipped disc. The actor was said to be devastated after pulling out of live...

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