New York audiences tend to respond differently from London ones, but it is never clear in advance how this will play out.

“When you’re faced with ‘To be or not to be,’ in the first rehearsal,” Mr. Law said, “there’s a sense of ‘Oh, God, I’m stepping into the world’s greatest cliché.’ But without sounding like a naff old actor, I’m Hamlet, and what a great way to question life and death.” He added: “The reason they’re so famous is because they’re beautifully written and incredibly powerful pieces of dialogue. Never underestimate the power of these lines. Our language is littered with words and phrases from this play, and we use them because we have not, in 400 years, found a better way of putting things.”

Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

O God! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a King of infinite space...
Hamlet, Act II, scene ii

These are but wild and whirling words, my lord.

Ive been to Kronborg Castle on several occasions and it's a creepy place. There are dungeons in the basement, so small, that people could only stand up. If ghosts are real, I doubt it would be from former actors, but rather from prisoners of times gone by..