Oh god. OMG OMG OMG.
David Tennant's curtailed Hamlet will rise from the grave
He failed to win a nomination for a Laurence Olivier award because a bad back prevented him from completing enough performances, but Mandrake can disclose that fans of David Tennant will have another chance to see him in the role of Hamlet.
The 37-year-old Dr Who actor and the entire cast of the RSC production are preparing to make a film version of the play in June to record for posterity his portrayal, which was described by some as the greatest Hamlet of his generation.
Speaking at a lunch held at the Haymarket Hotel, Oliver Ford Davies, 69, who was nominated for his portrayal of Polonius, tells me: "We are intending to film it over two or three weeks in June. It won't be a full feature film as there isn't time but it will certainly be more than just the filming of the stage. It will be fantastic to work together again."
Tennant unfortunately only managed 11 performances at the Novello Theatre, after already appearing for a run in Stratford-upon-Avon, when he suffered from a prolapsed disc, obliging his understudy Edward Bennett, 29, to fill in on 21 occasions.
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I think my brain just had an epic orgasm. I screamed like crazy and scared all my neighbours. And then it took me another few minutes to process the news. So long we've prayed for it to happen and now that it will... It just feels like too much. Unbelievable.
But anyway...
*Pours some Baileys in her glass*
This calls for a major celebration!!!