Hamlet

This was a National Theatre production that opened at the Lyttleton Theatre on the 15th July 2000 and subsequently played at Elsinore in Denmark, Stadsteatern in Stockholm and the National Theatre in Belgrade.

It also toured in the UK and Ireland, visiting Brighton, Glasgow, Dublin, Plymouth and Bath before playing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Wilbur Theatre in Boston.

On the American leg of the tour, the roles played by the late Denis Quilley were played by the late Peter Blythe.

Simon Russell Beale's performance as Hamlet was recently described by the New York Times as 'as close to a definitive Hamlet as I'm ever likely to see'.