In the beginning,
there was…
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“Hamlet”
You know…that one Mel Gibson movie?Poor Yorick; Yo, ‘Ratio - I, like, Knew him?
Well, it was written by this dude
What a piece
of work is a man
(WilliamShakespeare)
And the lead role (Hamlet) has also been played by these
fellows…
…but all of that got old pretty
fast.
And, well, so did ‘Ole Bill
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Oh, sure, “Hamlet”continued to
audiences for generations, and is still performed regularly
throughout the world
In China…
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Read about it here
In Tunisia…
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See it here
In Canada…
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Stratford Shakespeare Festival
And in many other places, in
diverse formats…
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That’s a whole lot of
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“Hamlet”
In fact, “Hamlet” is widely believed to be the most-performed play in the English
language, and perhaps the most-
performed in modern history Even beyond the live stage, there are over
50 films and screen adaptations
that bear its name
But come on, Hamlet
That’s, like, soo 17th century!And while we’re on the subject
why
Perchance(if I can be so
bold)must it always be about
…how to put this…
Aw, shucks, I’ll just say it
WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT
YOU?!
I mean, OK, I know you’ve had to deal with some pretty
heavy stuff
(Fratricide, patricide, clinical depression, repressed unconscious emotions, unrequited love, existential vexation, loneliness, skepticism, self-doubt, solipsism, Oedipal complexities, misogynistic rage, intellectual preoccupation, vanity, spiritual disquiet, pathological insecurity, borderline schizophrenia and/or multiple-personality disorder, your father’s spooky ghost, charming good looks that only a mother could love, a proclivity for engaging in some serious sophistry, one heck of a beef with the moral character of the human race, a somewhat far flung fascination with the discrepancy between the known and the unknown universe, a heated debate between you, yourself, and ye regarding fate and/vs. free will, a lot of good jokes we’re only just beginning to get, the loss of your bestest homies, and, of course, your own death)
Come on, though
IT’S TIME TO GET OVER ALL THAT STUFF
The rest of us have our own problems
Lest ye not forget:
Think of someone other
than yourself and
‘poor Yorick’ for a change
I know there aren’t many
others in your story
( )
But surely there’s
other tales to tell
Like…
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
are Dead(Move over, Shakespeare - it’s
Tommy boy’s turn.)
