Saw Hamnet on a Saturday morning. Purposefully picked a seat right at the back because I know I'll probably be second-screening this and I didn't want anyone else in there with me to be bitching about it.
Been hearing about this since last year when it was making waves, but I guess I should be glad that GSC brought it in under the International Screens banner.
I know some Shakespeare as much as most people, I guess. I'm not a Shakespeare fan or whatever. I may or may not have seen at least one production of Hamlet in my lifetime, no shade to David Tennant's Hamlet (if you can still find it online someplace).
- Was the written prologue about how "Hamnet" and "Hamlet" were used interchangably for the benefit of the thicky thicky dumb dumb viewers?
- Apparently so was Agnes/Anne...? Ok, sure.
- There's no way any living Agnes today has had her name pronounced the way it is here... not in these parts anyway LOL
- I guess having her in red the entire time was a choice..
- No wonder the kid playing Hamnet got buzz - ngl, that last scene of his made me cry a little. And he does kinda, sorta looks like Prince George LOL
- I sort of forgot that Globe Theatre got standing area like they do general areas at concerts now. But ngl, I would be at least upset if I had to stand for the entire 3, 4 hour production of something like Hamlet now.
- Watching the audience standing up moshing at a play is kinda jarring.
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