Hamlet review - a cocky prince of infinite jest runs riot at the National

Lyttelton theatre, LondonHiran Abeysekera brings humour to the tragedy and Francesca Mills steals the show as Ophelia but this staging pulls its emotional punchesLast week, Indhu Rubasingham launched her inaugural programme as the National Theatres director with a modern revision of a Greek classic. This Shakespearean classic now marks the maiden voyage for Robert Hastie, the venues new deputy artistic director. His production is elegant, fluid and full of clever ideas and updates. Hamlet (Hiran...