Benedict Cumberbatch was an unquestionable highlight in the play. His stage performance was enlivening, plausible, and zealous. He was not too depressing as the typical cynical on-screen Hamlet, nor was he too melodramatic. ]Benedict Cumberbatch performed just as Hamlet directed the actors to perform the play used to unmask the truth of king Claudius’s sins; a perfect combination of accentuating the theme of appearance versus reality. He performed Hamlet’s soliloquies with unfathomable passion and naturalism; pronouncing each word with immaculate precision and creating a suspenseful atmosphere. The running time of the play was coherent and thought out. The acts and scenes were not rushed or slow but kept at a steady pace where the audience
