Benedict Cumberbatch begins rehearsals for 'Hamlet'

Hollywood superstar Benedict Cumberbatch has returned to work just days after his wife Sophie Hunter gave birth to a baby boy. 

Cumberbatch, 38, has begun rehearsing for his role as Hamlet in a new production at the Barbican in London, reported Metro.

The show will run from August to October.

It will be the Oscar-nominated actor's first stage role since Frankenstein at the National Theatre in 2011.

The Sherlock star tied the knot with Hunter in a private ceremony in February. The couple welcomed their first child last week. 

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