ATHENS, Ga., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sir Patrick Stewart, Peabody Award-winning star of stage and screen, Shakespeare plays and science-fiction blockbusters, will be

Scottish actor David Tennant has signed on to reprise the title role he played on stage in Hamlet in a BBC television production of the drama. Best known for his portrayal of TV's Doctor Who, Tennant was credited for drawing large audiences to the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008-09 staging of Hamlet. However, the actor missed numerous performances after the show moved from Stratford-Upon-Avon to London's West End because he had to undergo, then recuperate from back surgery.

The Royal Shakespeare Company says there is a chance Scottish actor David Tennant may return to its London stage production of Hamlet. The Doctor Who actor headlined the RSC's production of Hamlet in Stratford-upon-Avon during the summer and was slated to continue starring in the drama when it moved to the West End.

Scottish actor David Tennant was to undergo surgery for a slipped disc in his back Thursday, taking him out of his stage production of Hamlet, the BBC said.

Scottish actor David Tennant's back injury kept him from starring in the critics-night performance of Hamlet in London Tuesday, the BBC said.