Flitting
across the stage with an athletic intensity, he is walking in the footsteps of
the greats; among them Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud, Peter O’Toole,
Kenneth Branagh and most recently, David Tennant.
Although Benedict Cumberbatch
is best known for his film and television roles, he undoubtedly knows classical
theatre. He first performed in Shakespearean plays such
as Romeo and Juliet, Love’s
Labour’s Lost and A Midsummer Night’s Dream early in his career. He
has appeared in films such as Atonement, Amazing Grace and Star Trek Into Darkness, and
was the star of the TV series Sherlock,
receiving three Emmy award nominations for the role. For The Imitation Game, about British cryptographer Alan
Turing during the Second World War, he received an Oscar nomination.
According to Henry Hitchings, the theatre critic on the London Evening Standard, Benedict Cumberbatch is "a charismatic Hamlet, energetic but also pensive."
According to Henry Hitchings, the theatre critic on the London Evening Standard, Benedict Cumberbatch is "a charismatic Hamlet, energetic but also pensive."
