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harrowlark · 2 years ago

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Hello so was anyone else here aware that in the 2008 production and 2009 film versions of Hamlet featuring David Tennant, the part of Yorick was played by the very real skull of composer and pianist André Tchaikowsky, who donated his skull upon his death to the Royal Shakespeare Company to be used as a stage prop?

Because today I just learnt that this Yorick is the very real skull of composer and pianist André Tchaikowsky

#hamlet #shakespeare #tchaikowsky #david tennant #theatre #death mention #apparently there is a long and storied history of Yoricks being played by real skulls #highly reccomend as a research rabbithole!#the production team seem to speak so fondly of André the skull #i’m glad he got to play Yorick in the end like he wanted

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