Hamlet
Last Update: 21 March 2001
Who is this man and why is he
dancing?
(see below for answer)
A curious entry surfaced
in a book detailing past productions of Hamlet in London.
Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the book, but I do
have photocopies of the pages. The above picture appeared with
the caption: Sean Bean in Ingmar Bergman's production (Royal
National Theatre) 1987.
There was a production of Hamlet
at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm in December 1986.
There were 87 performances, including 27 guest performances -
7 in Sweden, 3 in Florence, 5 in London, 7 in New York and 5
in Moscow.
A source familiar with the National Theatre
in London has confirmed that the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm's
production of Hamlet directed by Ingmar Bergman played
in the Lyttleton Theatre at the National from 10-15 June 1987.
It was a touring production - and the cast were
all Swedish.
The play itself falls into a gap in Sean's
working schedule - he had just finished a season with RSC (Romeo
and Juliet, The Fair Maid of the West, A Midsummer Night's Dream),
which ended in March 1987. He would not begin filming Stormy
Monday until July 1987.
However, some research into the Swedish
actors known to have performed in the Bergman production of Hamlet
leads to the conclusion that this is actually a photo of Peter
Stormare and not Sean Bean.
(Thanks to Abbie and Jana for
their unparalleled digging skills, and to Andreas Olofsson for
definite confirmation.)
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