To thine own self be true.
Haha, how relevant a title in light of my previous ramblings.
Small 'making of' video clip.
My favourite scene from the RSC's 2008 production of Hamlet - I was enthralled. This production is the best I've seen. I love Shakespeare set in modern times/dress. The appearance of this performance (new 'n' shiny) and the way the actors have portrayed the characters and their actions is amazing. There are many examples of specific moments I loved - here's one: I noticed that it seemed that Gertrude knew the cup was poisoned (OMG SPOILERS!) before she drank. Interesting. I'd never thought of it that way before. Penny Downie is fantastic - such a strong performance of a character I always thought of as ridiculously weak. Patrick Stewart is awesome at being evil. And of course, I adore the way DT plays up Hamlet's sense of humour. And, guh, he's so intense. Wow. I won't go on. I know there are different versions and old quartos and so on, but were some things cut out? I think? It's been years since I read the text of course. Not complaining though - I wish I'd got off my arse sooner and managed to get tickets to see it in the theatre. I might go and see Jip.
It's one of those plays I've always wanted to see on stage, as the story (well, the soliloquy) fascinated me so much when I studied it briefly for an abstract play we did in AS level drama that I ended up reading it all at home. I felt I had to really, as a lover of literature - it being Shakespeare's most famous play and all. I find some of his stuff a bit of a chore to read to be honest (especially some of the comedies - ladies dressed as men? Disgusting) but some of them really get inside you and just... flow. I love Hamlet for this reason - you can read so much into every line, it's so beautifully written, plenty of humour, melancholy, madness and loooads of death - what else do you need, innit.
Hamlet himself is another one of those characters I really identify with, in so many ways. The chief reason being that he is just so fucking emo. The cat will mew and the black dog will have his day. Aaahaha.
Small 'making of' video clip.
My favourite scene from the RSC's 2008 production of Hamlet - I was enthralled. This production is the best I've seen. I love Shakespeare set in modern times/dress. The appearance of this performance (new 'n' shiny) and the way the actors have portrayed the characters and their actions is amazing. There are many examples of specific moments I loved - here's one: I noticed that it seemed that Gertrude knew the cup was poisoned (OMG SPOILERS!) before she drank. Interesting. I'd never thought of it that way before. Penny Downie is fantastic - such a strong performance of a character I always thought of as ridiculously weak. Patrick Stewart is awesome at being evil. And of course, I adore the way DT plays up Hamlet's sense of humour. And, guh, he's so intense. Wow. I won't go on. I know there are different versions and old quartos and so on, but were some things cut out? I think? It's been years since I read the text of course. Not complaining though - I wish I'd got off my arse sooner and managed to get tickets to see it in the theatre. I might go and see Jip.
It's one of those plays I've always wanted to see on stage, as the story (well, the soliloquy) fascinated me so much when I studied it briefly for an abstract play we did in AS level drama that I ended up reading it all at home. I felt I had to really, as a lover of literature - it being Shakespeare's most famous play and all. I find some of his stuff a bit of a chore to read to be honest (especially some of the comedies - ladies dressed as men? Disgusting) but some of them really get inside you and just... flow. I love Hamlet for this reason - you can read so much into every line, it's so beautifully written, plenty of humour, melancholy, madness and loooads of death - what else do you need, innit.
Hamlet himself is another one of those characters I really identify with, in so many ways. The chief reason being that he is just so fucking emo. The cat will mew and the black dog will have his day. Aaahaha.