To flee or not to flee, that is the question

Why Hamlet-star Benedict Cumberbatch should save his politician-bashing for post-theatre interviews.

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It's madness to diss the great man but put a sock in it

Benedict Cumberbatch has been packing London's Barbican Theatre with his performance of Hamlet, and most critics think he's brilliant. But sadly, said Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail, "young Ben's success seems to have gone to his head". Not content with merely playing the role, he has "come to see himself as a born-again Bob Geldof". Audiences at the end of the evening find themselves being harangued by Cumberbatch about the plight of Syrian refugees and why Britain isn't doing enough to help. Theatregoers are urged to dig deep into their pockets and, as they leave the auditorium, have "to run the gauntlet of volunteers rattling red buckets".

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