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One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality. |
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Most people do not know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I have performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he is gay so that the landlord would not evict him.- John Ritter
And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story.
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you are talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet.
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?
