This
must be the most original story about a testament or a will, the most
extraordinary representation of Hamlet and pure theatre. While on his
death bed dying of cancer, Andre Tchaikowsky, a polish pianist, donated
his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company for them to be used in some
of their productions. Twenty six years later this peculiar wish was made into reality ... without the audience knowing the truth fact.
The skull of Andre Tchaikowsky - who had survived the Holocaust, escaping from Poland with false documents and help from his grandmother when still a child - had stayed all that time in a box, taken out only a few times for rehearsals. Until the young actor David Tennant (protagonist of the series 'Doctor Who'), dared to defy the superstitions of his profession, and used it in the famous scene of the cemetery, during the representations a few years back of the play in Strattford-Upon-Avon, England. The production company and the people responsible for the stage scenes preferred not to say anything about it, to avoid the morbid nature of the matter, that might overshadow the show, placing it's publicity to 2nd place. Now though, after the enormous impact from the media and lots of free publicity, it had been decided to include Tchaikowsky's skull as protagonist, when 'Hamlet' was performed in London on the 9th of December, 2008. |
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