Thursday, November 27, 2008

Hamlet on the sea

HamletZar mainly takes place on the sea when Hamlet is sent to England to be killed. For this reason my colleagues and I have in many occasions talked about performing HamletZar, site-specific, in a boat and sail into the sea with the audience during the performance.
It is a common belief that "in 1608 Hamlet was staged at sea by the crew of Captain Keeling's ship Dragon, so that the men would not waste their time on idleness and unlawful games or sleep."
–see E . K. Chambers: William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems,
London, Oxford University Press 1930, Vol. II, p 335

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