Oliver Ford Davies Hints of Tennant HAMLET Film

WhatsOnStage.com revealed that Oliver Ford Davies spoke to the Sunday Telegraph in regards to a much requested film of the David Tennant led HAMLET, according to the actor it would appear that the project is indeed going ahead.

While speaking to Telegraph reporter Tim Walker at the start of Olivier Awards last week, Ford Davies, who played Polonius in the production and is nominated in the Best Performance in a Supporting Role category reports WhatsOnstage.com, commented "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." To read the full report click here.

David Tennant last appeared with the RSC as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors in 2000. As well as acting extensively on the stage, most recently in The Pillowman at The National Theatre, David has become a household name as the tenth actor to portray Dr Who.His other TV and film role include Casanova, Blackpool, Bright Young Things and Barty Crouch Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.This season he also appears as Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost. Patrick Stewart returns to the RSC to play Claudius. He last appeared with the Company to great acclaim during the Complete Works Festival as Antony in Antony and Cleopatra and Prospero in The Tempest.

Hamlet played in repertoire at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 24 July - 15 November 2008. Hamlet then played at the Novello Theatre in London from 3 December 2008 - 10 January 2009 after transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon