KARACHI: Actor Ahad Raza Mir has been awarded a Betty Mitchell Award for his portrayal of Hamlet in a theatre play.

The Annual Betty Mitchell Awards aim to recognise excellence in Calgary`s Professional Theatre Community.

Mir was recognised for his role in the play Hamlet:A Ghost Story in the 22nd edition of the awards in the `Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama` category.

The news was announced viatheBetty`sofficialTwitter.

In an earlier interview with Dawn.com, Asif Raza Mir`s son had said: `Hamlet is particularly an exhausting character. Once the show is over, the cast asks me if I want to hang out and I usually just refuse. I amso drained that all I want to do is sleep.

`My mother came to seeme perform and she told me that for the first time, she couldn`t recognise me and actually felt scared of me. I just thought that I must be doing something right if my own mother could think that way!` he added.

This rendition of Shakespeare`s Hamlet was performed at the Vertigo Theatre in Canada. Mir was reportedly the first brown actor to be cast as Hamlet in Canada.