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- Once heralded as the greatest British actor of his generation, Nicol Williamson was also a legend for stormy onstage behavior that included calling off a performance of “Hamlet” mid-speech because he was too tired to go on.
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Hamlet is a 1969 British tragedy period drama film. It is a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, starring Nicol Williamson as Prince Hamlet. It was directed by Tony Richardson and based on his own stage production at the Roundhouse theatre in London.
Although Nicol Williamson talks very fast, this version, running 114 minutes—as against 153 minutes for the 1948 Laurence Olivier film of "Hamlet"—eliminates some of his role, much of...
In 1968, he apologised to the audience for his performance one night while playing Hamlet and then walked off the stage, announcing he was retiring. In the early 1970s, Williamson left The Dick Cavett Show prior to a scheduled appearance, leaving the host and guest Nora Ephron to fill the remaining time. [15]
Apr 9, 1970 · Although Nicol Williamson (Hamlet) played the son of Judy Parfitt (Gertrude) and the nephew of Sir Anthony Hopkins (Claudius), he was only ten months her junior and fourteen months his senior.
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Dec 16, 2007 · At a curtain call during the Broadway run of the musical “Rex,” in which Nicol was Henry VIII, he’d slapped a fellow-actor, who Nicol felt was drawing focus.
There he repeated some of his British successes and performed in roles that included Hamlet and Macbeth, but always for short runs.
Jan 26, 2012 · Once heralded as the greatest British actor of his generation, Nicol Williamson was also a legend for stormy onstage behavior that included calling off a performance of “Hamlet” mid-speech...
