Jude Law is bringing his current West End triumph in the title role of "Hamlet" to Broadway in September. Previews begin Sept. 12, with opening night set for Oct. 6. Following the show's run at the Donmar Warehouse, which ends in mid-August, the company will perform for a week at Elsinore Castle in Denmark. That is the setting for this most famous of William Shakespeare's dramas.

Laurence Olivier starred in a production of "Hamlet" staged at this medieval castle in 1937. Olivier went on to direct himself to an Oscar-winning performance in the 1948 film version, which won the best picture award. 

The invaluable Internet Broadway Database lists 65 productions of "Hamlet" to play on Broadway, with the first being in 1761 and the most recent being another transfer from London in 1995. For that Almeida Theatre staging, Ralph Fiennes won the lead actor in a play Tony Award.

Of the other nine productions of "Hamlet" to play on Broadway since the founding of the Tony Awards, only the 1964 version with Richard Burton in the title role earned any nods. Burton lost the lead acting race to Alec Guiness ("Dylan"), while Hume Cronyn won the featured Tony for his work as Polonius.