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BBC to air 'Hamlet' starring Andrew Scott and Jessica Brown Findlay

By Karen Butler
Andrew Scott arrives at the world premiere of "Denial" at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2016. The BBC is to air a stage production of "Hamlet," starring Scott. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
1 of 2 | Andrew Scott arrives at the world premiere of "Denial" at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2016. The BBC is to air a stage production of "Hamlet," starring Scott. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Britain's BBC says it will broadcast in 2018 the stage production of Hamlet, starring Sherlock alum Andrew Scott as the title character.

Angus Wright plays Claudius, Jessica Brown Findlay plays Ophelia and Juliet Stevenson plays Gertrude.

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Directed by Robert Icke and based on the classic work by William Shakespeare, the play transferred to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited season following a sell-out run at the Almeida this year. It will wrap at the Harold Pinter Theatre on Sept. 2.

"Andrew Scott's Hamlet is utterly thrilling. His performance makes each familiar word of the play feel like it is being newly discovered. The staging in a modern-day Denmark makes for a startlingly resonant and challenging production. I am delighted that it is coming to BBC Two," Patrick Holland, controller of BBC Two, said in a statement.

"It has been a real joy to work with such a gifted and dedicated company of actors on bringing this most-famous play to audiences in 2017. The production has been on a wonderful journey from the Almeida to the West End, and I am very much looking forward to this next step on BBC Two. To be able to offer our version of Hamlet to as wide and diverse an audience as possible has always been of paramount importance to us, and now we are thrilled to be able to bring it to people across the country," Icke added.

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