40. A political and intelligence scandal in the early 1960s which captured the attention of the British public and helped to discredit and topple the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan. Secretary of State for War John Profumo had an extramarital affair with showgirl Christine Keeler, who was also sleeping with a Russian spy.
41. Mary Z. Maher, Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (2003), p. 177.
42. Maher, Modern Hamlets, p. 179.
43. Peter Hall, "Hamlet," in Theatre at Work: Playwrights and Productions in the Modern British Theatre, ed. Charles Marowitz and Simon Trussler (1967).
44. Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday, 6 May 2001.
45. John Gross, Sunday Telegraph, 6 May 2001.
46. Susannah Clapp, Observer, 6 May 2001.
47. Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard, 3 May 2001.
48. Matthew Warchus, Hamlet and The Spanish Tragedy, RSC Education Pack (1997).
49. Lyn Gardner, interview with Matthew Warchus, Guardian, "Ban the Bard," 8 May 1997.
50. Michael Billington, Guardian, 10 May 1997.
51. Andrew Billen, Observer, 11 May 1997.
52. Robert Butler, Independent, 11 May 1997.
53. Michael Pennington, "Hamlet," in Players of Shakespeare, ed. Philip Brockbank (1985).
54. Irving Wardle, The Times, 3 July 1980.
55. Michael Billington, Guardian, 3 July 1980.
56. Greenblatt, "Who's There?," note in Hamlet, RSC Programme, 2004.
57. Robert Butler, Independent, 11 May 1997.
58. Patrick Magee was predominantly a classical stage actor, but his distinctive and impressively eerie voice got him many parts in films playing sinister villains for the horror studios of the 1960s and '70s, including Hammer, Amacus, and the films of Roger Corman.
59. Dawson, Shakespeare in Performance, p. 69.
60. Maher, Modern Hamlets, p. 166.
61. Ronald Bryden, New Statesman, 27 August 1965.
62. Stanley Wells, Shakespeare: A Dramatic Life (1994), p. 236.
63. Pennington, in Brockbank, Players of Shakespeare, p. 177.
64. Irving Wardle, The Times, 3 July 1980.
65. Paul Taylor, Independent, 29 July 2004.
66. Hamlet, RSC Online Playguide, 2005.
67. Greg Hicks, Hamlet, RSC Online Playguide, 2005.
68. Michael Boyd, Hamlet, RSC Online Playguide, 2005.
69. Meg Fraser, Hamlet, RSC Online Playguide, 2005.