Hard Hamlet Tickets: Doctor Who and Capt. Picard do Shakespeare - CNN.com

[lsanderson]

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (AP) -- It's "Hamlet," but not as we know it.

"Doctor Who" David Tennant plays Hamlet in a new Royal Shakespeare Company production.

The Royal Shakespeare Company usually draws genteel, theater-loving crowds to the serene town of Stratford, the playwright's birthplace. It has never seen anything like the fan frenzy surrounding a new production of "Hamlet" that stars not one but two science fiction icons: David Tennant, hero of the British Broadcasting Corp.'s beloved "Doctor Who," and Patrick Stewart of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." More

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[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

I'm salivating....

Salivating...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Is one thing, getting tickets, I hear is another...

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

I can only imagine the insanity of the crowds based on what I've seen in QAF fan communities... whenever Gale Harold or Randy Harrison is performing on Broadway, they go into full-fledged stalking mode. Oy.