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| Tennant's Hamlet scoops S4K Award |
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Former Time Lord David Tennant found it was time to celebrate on Sunday. The recently “retired” Doctor Who was the much-praised Prince of Denmark in the RSC’s Hamlet, which scooped the Best Shakespearean Production award sponsored by Shakespeare 4 Kidz at the WhatsOnStage theatregoers choice celebrations at the Prince of Wales Theatre on Valentine’s Night. In this category the RSC’s Hamlet at the Novello had been up against the Donmar West End’s Hamlet at Wyndham’s featuring Jude Law in the title role. But Law did have reason to celebrate as he won the coveted Best Actor prize. Tennant and his fellow actors also beat off competition from Othello at the Trafalgar Studios 1 which saw Lenny Henry make his Shakespearan debut as the Moor of Venice; The Winter’s Tale at the Old Vic; Twelfth Night for Donmar West End at Wyndham’s and All’s Well That Ends Well at the NT’s Olivier. Julian Chenery, executive director and producer of Shakespeare 4 Kidz said: “It was great to see so many high-profile productions of Shakespeare plays in this category and fascinating to see how the battle between the two Hamlets ended, with both of them winning awards. “It was a shame David Tennant could not be at the ceremony in person to see his RSC company win the S4K sponsored award but it is an extremely worthy winner, as everyone who saw it filmed for TV will know.” This year a record 46,000 people voted across 26 different award categories between 4 December, when the nominations were announced, and 31 January. |
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