in may 2009, "hamlet" opened with jude law in the title role at the donmar warehouse west end season at wyndham's. he was joined by ron cook, peter eyre, gwilym lee, john macmillan, kevin r mcnally, gugu mbatha-raw, matt ryan, alex waldmann and penelope wilton. the production officially opened on 3 june and ran through 22 august 2009. the production was also mounted at elsinore castle in denmark from 25–30 august 2009 and on broadway at the broadhurst theatre in new york.