> > > > > while this all came from the sillyness of the Reduced Shakspear Company, and the Stooge stuff
> > > > > was a joke, I thought this stuff about the son's avenging their fathers was rather clever. I had
> > > > > never heard it before and seemed rather original and insightful.
> > > >
> > > > That, yeah. I get unreasonably upset when people describe Hamlet as "all thought and no action", though.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > >
> > > Well, he does spend most of the play tring to decied wether to kill his uncle or himself.
> > >
> > > Spider-yahverily-Boy
> >
> > I saw the Folger-Shakespeare library performance of Hamlet last night. Rather cut-up and moved around.... they rearranged the order, and they mixed together the Folio and Quarto editions. The most interesting thing they did, though, was the fact that there were 4 Hamlets. 3 of them were played by girls, but that wasn't important. There was one main Hamlet, and then the three others appeared when the ghost appeared to him. Each of the three represented a different facet of Hamlet's personality - the eye (Hamlet the Philosopher), the tongue (Hamlet the says-whatever-comes-into-his-head-er), and the sword )Hamlet the man of action). It was amzing, I loved it and I learned a lot about the play.
> >
> > uni"a pro of living in DC - some of the best Shakespearean troupes around"peg
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> If I ever directed Hamlet I would start right after everyone dies at the end, because Hortatio says he is going to tell Fortinbras and the English ambasador about what happened. so the rest of the play is flash back leading up to the start of the play.
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> Spider-thatwouldbecool-Boy

well actually.... they did that too. they did some of the last scene first, then the whole play, and the whole last scene. what was interesting was that at the end, right before it blacked out, when everyone was dead and Fortinbras was attacking. Horatio began to raise the poinoned cup to his lips. gave you something to think about

uni"i looooved it"peg