sentences:  In September and October 2012, he played an older Romeo opposite Kathryn Hunter's Juliet in Ben Power's adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet", called "A Tender Thing" (2009), directed by Helena Kaut-Hausen.He also played Hamlet over a period of three years (1999-2001) for Birmingham Rep's production directed by Bill Alexander.This included appearing at the Hamlet Festival at Elsinore Castle in Denmark in 2001.