Eddie Izzard: ‘It is a high benchmark of acting to do Hamlet’

Actor and comedian Suzy Izzard, known by her stage name Eddie Izzard, will be performing one-woman Hamlet show in London.

Speaking to 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake, she said: “I couldn’t get roles at school, I was smaller, I was dyslexic, I couldn’t do sight reading.”

“My dyslexia would make all the words come at me once.”

Speaking about Hamlet, she said: “It is a huge challenge, but it is a high benchmark of acting to do Hamlet to land the play so that people can be moved.”

This clip is originally from 5 Live Nihal Arthanayake on Wednesday 15th May 2024.