One thing Hamlet did not have to fret about was antitrust lawsuits.

FORBES: Soak the Rich

And while Tennant may not be the best Hamlet the RSC has ever produced, he could soon be a serious challenger for the crown.

BBC: Review: David Tennant in Hamlet

He added that he did not want the story to get out before Hamlet opened.

BBC: Bequeathed skull stars in Hamlet

Borgo Sabotino, a sleepy coastal hamlet 80 kilometres south of Rome, not far from the site of Nero's and Cicero's seaside villas, was host to Italy's first commercial nuclear power station.

ECONOMIST: A long half-life

In the words of Budd Schulberg, who had seen them all from Jack Dempsey on, Jones was "Hamlet with a mouthpiece" - to be or not to be one of the greatest?

BBC: Jones out to prove his greatness