As her Hamlet heads to cinemas, Maxine Peake talks about a sweet prince inspired by Bowie, returning to the Royal Court and starring as a 70s standupA film of the Royal Exchange's Hamlet is released in cinemas in March. How much Shakespeare had you done before taking on the role?I'd only played Ophelia before. I did sort of think: "What am I doing?" Maybe I should have done a few warm-up gigs first ... But I didn't t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:22AM on February 4, 2015