Hamlet, Old Vic, London by Michael Billington

Old Vic, LondonTrevor Nunn, having last directed Hamlet 30 years ago, says for him the play has always been unfinished business. I suspect it will remain so even after this youth-orientated, modern-dress production which has bags of energy but lacks the polyphonic richness of his Macbeth and Othello. Nunn's boldest decision is to cast Ben Whishaw, in his early 20s, as Hamlet. With his hollow cheeks, spindly frame and…

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