#hamlet 1995

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Hamlet Broadway production serving real sansan tea all the way back in 1995

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📸 Photo credit: Walter McBride via Instagram

Ralph Fiennes photographed on the backstage of Hamlet ❤️

Belasco Theatre, 15th of April 1995, NYC

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Trivia Sunday

In 1995, Ralph Fiennes made history when he brought Hamlet to Broadway and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. While Hamlet is one of the most performed roles in theatre, no actor had ever won a Tony for it before.

His performance as the title role in Hamlet was met with an extremely positive reception from critics: here is a quote from one of them, Ben Brantley, a journalist for The New York Times:

„Mr. Fiennes is not only convincing as a brilliant, tormented man in the grip of something larger than himself, but also renders every line of the play with an emotional resonance that goes far beyond comprehension. It is a thrilling, intelligent performance.” - The New York Times, 1995 (Review titled: “A Thinking Man’s Hamlet, and a Feeling One Too”)

You can watch some scenes from Hamlet clicking on the link below:

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Trivia Sunday!

Ralph was the first actor to win a Tony Award for the role of Hamlet on Broadway, in the 1995 Almeida Theatre production directed by Jonathan Kent!