Shakespeare’s Hamlet cannot be played simply as “mad” nowadays because audiences are so tuned in to mental health issues, the actor Andrew Scott has said.

Scott, who is currently playing Hamlet at the Harold Pinter Theatre, said analysis of the play has previously focused on the questions of “is he mad or is he not mad”.

But with a newly-enlightened focus on mental health issues, aided by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, it is no longer enough to make it that simple, the actor said.