It was through Andre that the company tried to get beyond those cliches, to investigate something deeper.

'Yorick's skull, and Hamlet's lament to him, is probably one of the most famous icons in Shakespeare, and one most frequently satirised and misquoted. 'Andre Tchaikowsky's skull was a very important part of our production of Hamlet, and despite all the hype about him, he meant a great deal to the company. He explained: 'I didn't allow news that he transferred to London to be leaked out, as we did not want audiences to be unnecessarily distracted by what had then become a bit of a news story. Greg Doran, who directed the stage and TV versions said: 'Yes, Andre appears in the film - as in fact he did throughout both the Stratford and the London runs.' The outgoing Doctor Who star was lauded for his performance in the production and it has now been filmed for BBC2. Tennant held the skull on stage during the famed 'Alas, poor Yorick' scene for more than 20 performances at the Courtyard Theatre, in Stratford-upon-Avon. And the boss of the RSC today admitted that the company secretly used the skull during the play's London run, despite the company saying at the time it was to use a fake. Now it is being used in a TV dramatisation of the RSC production to be screened this Christmas. The skull had starred in a stage run of the classic production in Stratford-upon-Avon last year after pianist Andre Tchaikowsky left his remains to the Royal Shakespeare Company in the hope it would be used on stage.

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