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Bezig met laden... Fortinbras (origineel 1992; editie 2002)door Lee Blessing (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Moderately amusing. Really reads like a 90s play -- I'm going to say it doesn't age well. ( ) This play picks up where Hamlet ends, literally replaying the last scene, as Hamlet lies dying. Fortinbras then becomes king, and begins a PR campaign to establish his legitimacy, which drives Horatio mad, because he has promised Hamlet he'll tell his story, and Fortinbras has other ideas. Surrounded by a castle full of ghosts, the few living remnants of the kingdom struggle to come to grips with the tragedy, and they do it in a comic way. Most of the characters go in directions that seem quite unexpected (except Hamlet; he still seems very much like his old self, except he's trapped in a television set). Strange and perhaps a bit outlandish. Hilarious in so many ways. I was told in college that the playwright created it as a metaphor for America's first war in Iraq in the 1990's, and though I suppose I can see some of those parallels, I really enjoyed this play all on its own. Lee Blessing's characters are so funny, and he gives voice to numerous things that I wish someone (Ophelia, especially) had been able to say during the actual Hamlet play. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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THE STORY: Young Fortinbras, a modern man of action, enters during the last scene of Hamlet only to order the bodies of the royal family shuffled off while he devises the best possible media blitz to legitimize his ascension to the throne of Denmar Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)812.54Literature English (North America) American drama 20th CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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