Editing Hamlet (section)

===21st century===
''Hamlet'' continues to be staged regularly. Actors performing the lead role have included: [[Simon Russell Beale]], [[Ben Whishaw]], [[David Tennant]], [[Tom Hiddleston]], [[Angela Winkler]], [[Samuel West]], [[Christopher Eccleston]], [[Maxine Peake]], [[Rory Kinnear]], [[Oscar Isaac]], [[Michael Sheen]], [[Christian Camargo]], [[Paapa Essiedu]] and [[Michael Urie]].{{sfn|Billington|2001}}{{sfn|Gardner|2002}}{{sfn|Billington|2008}}{{sfn|Brown|2016}}

In May 2009, ''Hamlet'' opened with [[Jude Law]] in the title role at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] West End season at [[Wyndham's Theatre]]. The production officially opened on 3 June and ran through 22 August 2009.{{sfn|Shenton|2007}}{{sfn|Broadwayworld|2009}} A further production with Jude Law ran at [[Elsinore Castle]] in Denmark from 25 to 30 August 2009,{{sfn|Daily Mirror|2009}} and then moved to Broadway, and ran for 12 weeks at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] in New York.{{sfn|Law|2009|loc=53:55}}{{sfn|Itzkoff|2009}}

In October 2011, a production starring [[Michael Sheen]] opened at the [[Young Vic]], in which the play was set inside a psychiatric hospital.{{sfn|Spencer|2011}}

In 2013, American actor [[Paul Giamatti]] played the title role of ''Hamlet'' in [[modern dress]], at the [[Yale Repertory Theatre]], at [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].{{sfn|Fine|2013}}{{sfn|Isherwood|1995}}

The [[Shakespeare's Globe|Globe Theatre]] of London initiated a project in 2014 to perform ''Hamlet'' in every country in the world in the space of two years. Titled ''Globe to Globe Hamlet'', it began its tour on 23 April 2014, the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and performed in 197 countries.{{sfn|Globe to Globe Hamlet|n.d.}}

[[Benedict Cumberbatch]] played the role for a 12-week run in a production at the [[Barbican Centre|Barbican Theatre]], opening on 25 August 2015. It was called the "most in-demand theatre production of all time" and sold out in seven hours after tickets went on sale 11 August 2014, more than a year before the play opened.{{sfn|Stewart|2014}}{{sfn|Calia|2014}}

A 2017 [[Almeida Theatre]] production, directed by [[Robert Icke]] and starring [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]], was transferred that same year to the West End's [[Harold Pinter Theatre]].{{sfn|Kellaway|2017}}

[[Tom Hiddleston]] played the role for a three-week run at [[Vanbrugh Theatre]] that opened on 1 September 2017 and was directed by [[Kenneth Branagh]].{{sfn|Sulcas|2017}}{{sfn|Zhuk|2017}}

In 2018, [[Shakespeare's Globe|The Globe Theatre]]'s newly instated artistic director [[Michelle Terry]] played the role in a production notable for its [[Color-blind casting|gender-blind casting]].{{sfn|Brown|2018}}

A production by [[Bristol Old Vic]] starring [[Billy Howle]] in title role, [[Niamh Cusack]] as Gertrude, [[Mirren Mack]] as Ophelia opened on 13 October 2022.{{sfn|Wild|2022}}