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'A privilege
The Happy Valley actor is lined up as the lead in German director Thomas Ostermeier’s first Shakespearean play in English
TL;DR
- James Norton will play Hamlet in the West End next year.
- The production will be directed by German director Thomas Ostermeier.
- This is Norton's first major Shakespearean stage role.
- It will be Ostermeier's first time directing Shakespeare in English.
- Ostermeier previously staged an acclaimed version of Hamlet in 2008.
- Norton has prior Shakespearean experience from his time at Cambridge University and a short film for Shakespeare's Globe.