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poliphilo They've dug out the foundations for next door's orangery. I looked out the window first thing and there was a guy standing in the trench holding a plank and two other guys on the level talking to him. It was like the grave diggers scene from Hamlet.
Talking about Hamlet, I showed an interest in something Hamlet-related and now YouTube is sending me lots of clips of wonderful actors doing little bits of the play. I click on all of them because one can never have too much of a good thing. I've been seeing David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Scott and Cush Jumbo. Scott does "To be or not to be" like he's thinking it out as he speaks and Cush Jumbo has some terrific business with the skull including a jump scare. Hamlet is inexhaustable...
You can fuck up as Lear and you can fuck up as Macbeth but it's very hard to fuck up as Hamlet. All those other characters are limited and specific, but Hamlet is you, he's me, he's everybody. You don't act him, you simply walk on stage being yourself experiencing Hamlet's emotions and doing Hamlet's stuff and- provided you have the technique and the stamina- you really can't go wrong.
Talking about Hamlet, I showed an interest in something Hamlet-related and now YouTube is sending me lots of clips of wonderful actors doing little bits of the play. I click on all of them because one can never have too much of a good thing. I've been seeing David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Scott and Cush Jumbo. Scott does "To be or not to be" like he's thinking it out as he speaks and Cush Jumbo has some terrific business with the skull including a jump scare. Hamlet is inexhaustable...
You can fuck up as Lear and you can fuck up as Macbeth but it's very hard to fuck up as Hamlet. All those other characters are limited and specific, but Hamlet is you, he's me, he's everybody. You don't act him, you simply walk on stage being yourself experiencing Hamlet's emotions and doing Hamlet's stuff and- provided you have the technique and the stamina- you really can't go wrong.
