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Article: Much ado for Shakespearean actor.(Metropolitan Times)(Life Times)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- April 25, 1997
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When Sir Derek Jacobi was in Washington in December to promote Kenneth Branagh's movie production of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" - and his own role as King Claudius - he cast himself as something of a sidekick.
"I know Ken plans to do some more Shakespeare films, and I hope I'm a part of them," Mr. Jacobi said of Mr. Branagh. "I'd love to have another go at Prospero. `The Tempest' is a wonderful play, and I think I've matured comfortably into the part. Ken might be hankering after `Macbeth,' and I'd like to get him for a production of that at the Chichester Festival. He turned the tide with `Henry V.' I'm happy to fly on his coattails."
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