FILE - This Sept. 8, 2013 file photo shows actor Benedict Cumberbatch at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Benedict Cumberbatch is going from detective to Dane. London’s Barbican Centre announced on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, the “Sherlock” star will play the lead role, a melancholy Danish prince, in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at the venue next year. The Lyndsey Turner-directed production will run from August to October 2015, and the 12-week run in the 1,160-seat venue is guaranteed to be a hot ticket. Cumberbatch has gained fans around the world as cerebral sleuth Sherlock Holmes in the BBC TV drama. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
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