Category: Hamlet
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Damian Lewis as Hamlet – 30 Years Ago
From the Archives by Staff | The Stage | July 18, 2024 This week in The Stage 30 years ago, we reviewed a young Damian Lewis performing as Hamlet at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park. “To fake or not to fake the insanity of Hamlet, that is the question which has teased the…
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Damian Lewis: Man on a Mission
On The Record by Paul Kirkley | Weekend Magazine | July 27, 2023, Issue #658 Damian Lewis has the acting world at his feet – so why has he stepped out of the comfort zone to release a debut album and take it on tour? He tells Paul Kirkley about the challenge of changing career…
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Damian Lewis Discusses Theatre on the Stage Door Johnny Podcast
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An Extra Helping of Damian Lewis: Act I and Act II by Jonathan Cake | Stage Door Johnny | January 24, 2023 Back in October 2022 (and released in November of that same year), Damian appeared on the Stage Door Johnny podcast. You can listen to both episodes on Feeds here after scrolling down the…
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Rake Magazine Interview: A True Leading Man – Feb 15, 2018
Easy Company by Tom Chamberlin | The Rake Magazine | February, 2018 In an exclusive interview with The Rake, Damian Lewis tells Tom Chamberlin why we all, in spite of ourselves, love an anti-hero. Lewis – from Life to Homeland, Wolf Hall to Billions – has become the finest purveyor of modern drama’s moral ambiguities.…
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Damian Lewis Interview: USA Weekend Magazine – March 10 2002
Black Hawk Down, Elvis, Steve McQueen, and Broadway by Evelyn Poitevent | USA Weekend Magazine |  March 10, 2002 “Band of Brothers†star Damian Lewis, 31, has been touted by everyone from the “New York Times†to “People†magazine as Hollywood’s new golden child. And rightfully so. The British actor — a veteran of London’s…
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Hamlet: Swordplay the Serious Way, New York Times, July 2, 1995
Hamlet: Swordplay the Serious Way By Matt Wolf, theater critic and journalist in London, New York Times, July 2, 1995 LONDON— “A HIT, A VERY PALPABLE HIT!” cries the courtier Osric during the climactic duel of “Hamlet.” And in the Broadway production now at the Belasco Theater, those hits are palpable indeed. Productions of “Hamlet” are often…
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Who Will Be The New Ralph Fiennes, The Next Hugh Grant? – Jan 1, 1995
Who Will Be The New Ralph Fiennes, The Next Hugh Grant? By Matt Wolf – New York Times – January 1, 1995 LONDON— NOT LONG AGO, DANIEL Day Lewis and Kenneth Branagh were the British names on everyone’s lips when it came to actors; more recently, Hugh Grant and Ralph Fiennes have dominated Hollywood’s imagination. Which…