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All a bit Blackadder: Hamlet, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, reviewed

Plus: at the Park Theatre, a gifted comedian seems to have suppressed her natural humour in the hope of pleasing a handful of puritans

George Fouracres (Hamlet) delivers the verse in a rich Brummie accent that may not be too far from Shakespeare’s own patterns of speech. Photo: Johan Persson
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  • Never Not Once

    Park Theatre, until 5 March

  • An Evening Without Kate Bush

    Soho Theatre, until 26 February

  • Hamlet

    Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, in rep until 9 April

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