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| Benedict Cumberbatch asks fans to resist filming his Hamlet | Benedict Cumberbatch asks fans to resist filming his Hamlet |
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| Benedict Cumberbatch has urged fans not to film his performance as Hamlet, describing the experience of it as “mortifying”. | Benedict Cumberbatch has urged fans not to film his performance as Hamlet, describing the experience of it as “mortifying”. |
| The actor, who is playing the lead in the fastest-selling play in British history, said there was “nothing less supportive or enjoyable” than being on stage and seeing a “big red light” from an audience member’s camera. | The actor, who is playing the lead in the fastest-selling play in British history, said there was “nothing less supportive or enjoyable” than being on stage and seeing a “big red light” from an audience member’s camera. |
| Related: No actor can fail as Hamlet: a profoundly mysterious hero | Related: No actor can fail as Hamlet: a profoundly mysterious hero |
| Cumberbatch made the plea to crowds gathered outside the Barbican in London after his Saturday performance, which was reportedly halted twice because of technical difficulties. | |
| He complained that restarting the play had been made even harder by the “blindingly obvious” filming by “someone in the third row”. | He complained that restarting the play had been made even harder by the “blindingly obvious” filming by “someone in the third row”. |
| Cumberbatch asked fans at the stage door to put technology to good use and spread his message through social media, warning that future offenders would be evicted from the show. | Cumberbatch asked fans at the stage door to put technology to good use and spread his message through social media, warning that future offenders would be evicted from the show. |
| Addressing the crowd, he said: “What I really want to do is try and enlist you. I don’t really use social media, but I’d really appreciate it if you did tweet, blog, hashtag the shit out of this one for me.” | Addressing the crowd, he said: “What I really want to do is try and enlist you. I don’t really use social media, but I’d really appreciate it if you did tweet, blog, hashtag the shit out of this one for me.” |
| He added: “This isn’t me blaming you, this is just me asking you to just ripple it out there, in the brilliant beautiful way that you do with your funny electronic things.” | He added: “This isn’t me blaming you, this is just me asking you to just ripple it out there, in the brilliant beautiful way that you do with your funny electronic things.” |
| Cumberbatch made his debut as Hamlet on Wednesday, receiving mixed reviews from critics who attended before press night. In the video, recorded by a fan, he said it had been “one hell of a week”. | |
| The Daily Mail’s Jan Moir hailed Cumberbatch’s performance as “electrifying” and gave the production five stars. | The Daily Mail’s Jan Moir hailed Cumberbatch’s performance as “electrifying” and gave the production five stars. |
| But Kate Maltby in the Times was less impressed, labelling the production “Hamlet for kids raised on Moulin Rouge” and giving it just two stars. | But Kate Maltby in the Times was less impressed, labelling the production “Hamlet for kids raised on Moulin Rouge” and giving it just two stars. |
| “Cumberbatch has all the energy Hamlet requires, sweating around the Barbican stage like an oleaginous electric eel, but there’s little subtlety in this performance,” she said. | “Cumberbatch has all the energy Hamlet requires, sweating around the Barbican stage like an oleaginous electric eel, but there’s little subtlety in this performance,” she said. |