The play WAS the thing wherein the conscience of the king was caught. Now, let’s deal with the fallout…
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 4)
OK, let’s wrap up this play-within-a-play thing!
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
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A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 3)
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 2)
Another op’nin’, another show
In London, Paris, or Elsinoe
A chance for stagefolks to reenact a murder
Another op’nin, another show…
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Confession: I kind of love dumb shows.
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 1)
Let’s get this play underway!
No, not this play. The other play. The play-within-a-play.
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 1 (part 4)
It’s NUNNERY TIME
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Seriously, if I was Ophelia I would 100% go to that nunnery, given the toxic attitudes of every single man in her life. Get away from there, honey.
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 1 (part 3)
OK, famous speech out of the way. Let’s keep going. Like some sharks, if we stop moving forward, we’ll die.
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
stupid patriarchy card
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 1 (part 2)
And we’re back! ALL TOGETHER NOW…
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
HAMLET: “..the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns…”
GHOST: “What am I, chopped liver?”
Scene.