Monday, October 4, 2010

Hamlet

When Hamlet was first brought up in class I was unsure if I'd read it in high school. I looked up a summary and realized that I did in fact already read it. I think I just kind of blended it together with Macbeth in my head or something. Anyway, I think Hamlet is a really interesting choice to explore it in a game or performance space. One of the scenes I remember vividly is when Hamlet puts on the play about his father's death to test Claudius. It makes me wonder how a theater-in-a-theater would have been staged back then. Also, it bring up the question of whether or not Hamlet in the play would have set his stage up in ways specific to his motives.

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