Jude Law (File Photo)

    BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Dubbed as "one of the most wanted man on Earth," British movie star Jude Law is set to play the title role in Shakespeare's greatest play "Hamlet" in West End, the theater announced as quoted by media reports Friday.

    Law, 34, will play under the direction of Kenneth Branagh in mid-2009 as part of a one-year Donmar Warehouse season at the nearby Wyndham's Theatre.

    "The Talented Mr. Ripley" star has said in the past that he longed to play the Prince of Denmark.

    "Jude was on the record as saying he wanted to tackle Hamlet at some point," said Michael Grandage, the artistic director of the Donmar.

    It is not the first time that Law has been on stage in London.

    In 1999, he appeared in John Ford's "'Tis Pity She's A Whore" and three years later, he was back in "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe.  

    Law, star of "Cold Mountain" now can be seen in theater with the remake of 1972 thriller "Sleuth."

    Last week, he was arrested on suspicion of attacking a photographer outside his west London home and later released on bail.

    (Agencies)

Jude Law released on bail for attacking photographer

    BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinuanet) -- British film star Jude Law has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a photographer and released on bail later, media reported Thursday.

    The 34-old-year "Cold Moutain" actor was said to have tried to grab the lensman's camera outside his west London house in the plush Maida Vale district. Full story