To mark the 50th Anniversary of the charter of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Mail is issuing a set of 6 stamps and a miniature sheet, one of which features David Tennant.
Working with the Company Royal Mail selected six iconic Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Shakespeare’s plays to illustrate the issue.
1st class - Hamlet - The stamp shows former Doctor Who David Tennant as Hamlet in 2008.
66p - The Tempest - Antony Sher plays Prospero in the 2009 production.
68p - Henry VI - Chuk Iwuji plays Henry VI in the 2006 production.
76p - King Lear - A classic shot of Paul Schofield as Lear from 1962.
£1.00 - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Sara Kestelman plays the fairy queen Titania from 1970.
£1.10 - Romeo and Juliet - Ian McKellen and Francesca Annis play the doomed lovers from 1976.
+ The stamps will be released on 12th April 2011.
[Sources: Royal Mail; Norvic Philatelics]
