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Tennant's hopes for Hamlet return | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
David Tennant is hoping to return to the Royal Shakespeare Company's current production of Hamlet before it ends its London run on 10 January, he has said. | |
The 37-year-old had an operation for a slipped disc on 11 December. His understudy, Edward Bennett, has been playing Hamlet since 8 December. | The 37-year-old had an operation for a slipped disc on 11 December. His understudy, Edward Bennett, has been playing Hamlet since 8 December. |
The star told BBC Radio 5 Live it would be "great to get back" and that he would "do my best". | |
"But obviously I've got to do what I'm told," he added. | |
"It's supposed to be a six-week recovery period but I seem to be doing quite well so we'll keep monitoring it." | |
He said that, before he was treated for the slipped disc, the pain had "started getting worse and worse and then I woke up one morning and I couldn't really walk any more". | |
If I could be on stage I would be so I'm very sorry if that's disappointed people. But we've got great understudies David Tennant | |
"There wasn't one defining incident that happened - it was just one of those things," he said. | |
"If I could be on stage, I would be so I'm very sorry if that's disappointed people. But we've got great understudies with Ed Bennett, whose playing Hamlet, and all the other guys who are understudying. | |
"I've been working with them all year, I know how good they are, so you won't be disappointed if you go and see the show with them, I promise." | |
Danish prince | |
In a statement, the RSC said doctors were "pleased" with the star's progress and his recovery was "encouraging". | In a statement, the RSC said doctors were "pleased" with the star's progress and his recovery was "encouraging". |
"We are not ruling out that he [Tennant] might be able to return to Hamlet during the last week of the run, although we cannot be more specific about the exact date of his possible return," it added. | |
Tennant's run as Hamlet at the Novello Theatre is due to finish in less than three weeks. | |
He played the Danish prince 60 times in Stratford-upon-Avon over the summer, ahead of the production's transfer to London. | He played the Danish prince 60 times in Stratford-upon-Avon over the summer, ahead of the production's transfer to London. |
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