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Tennant on list for best actor

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Published Date: 03 November 2009
SCOTS actor David Tennant has been nominated for best actor in a top theatre awards for his portrayal of Hamlet with The Royal Shakespeare Company – despite rarely appearing.
The Dr Who star has been nominated in the London Evening Standard awards for his role with the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon and London.

Tennant, whose Hamlet caused a storm last winter, rarely performed in the role in the capital because of a back injury that required surgery. He appears in a category alongside Mark Rylance, Simon Russell Beale, Kevin Spacey and Ian McKellen

The annual awards will be presented on 23 November at the Royal Opera House in London.





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  • Last Updated: 02 November 2009 9:16 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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xeb,

wisconsin, usa 03/11/2009 00:34:40
The fact that Tennant rarely performed in London beside the point. He is nominated for his performance at *both* Stratford and in London. And he did perform the show *dozens* of times in Stratford to very great acclaim. It sounds like you might have sour grapes. Perhaps you were among those who saw Ed Bennett instead. My understanding is that he was brilliant and you should not hold the fact that he needed surgery against Tennant after he did such a spectacular job of both productions.

For the record, I didn't get to see him - I could not make it over to the UK, having been just a few months before he went on stage.

Basically your wording is *insulting* to a man who has been nothing but a proud Scot and an outstanding representative of the acting profession.

Shame on you.
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Boy Wonder,

03/11/2009 07:39:56
Spot on there, Xeb @ #1!!!

My family and I did manage to see DT perform as Hamlet and it was a stunning performance. He deserves the award.

I remember applauding at the end and thinking, "Is there nothing the Doctor can't do?"
:D

 

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