Tom Hiddleston to star in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet

Tom Hiddleston has signed up to play Hamlet in a stage production directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh.Shakespeare's famous tragedy about a Danish prince set against his uncle will be staged to raise funds for Hiddleston's former drama school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)."Kenneth Branagh and I have long talked about working on the play together, and now felt like the right time, at the right place," Hiddleston said.