Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Bridge, London
Luke Thallon is a compelling, all-at-sea Hamlet, Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston sizzle as Beatrice and Benedick, while Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey is a bit too much the overreaching king

In an extraordinary week, three of Britain’s most authoritative male directors make Shakespeare quake and reverberate.

Rupert Goold commands the Stratford stage with a maritime Hamlet. A broiling sea. A tilting deck down which bodies slide on a fast chute to hell. Swirling darkness and glaring, blue-tinged light. A mesmeric prince in Luke Thallon.