tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post4533438523503331771..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-67774133330379871622008-06-18T16:06:54.000-07:002008-06-18T16:06:54.000-07:00actually, we were just talking about something lik...actually, we were just talking about something like this tonight, post-opera (with the folks in berlin), and what you could say about the 'la boheme' we had just seen. we stuck it out in a rainstorm in denmark when i was 10 or so to see the RSC do hamlet. or, actually, to see kenneth branagh do hamlet. in the rain! on a stage at kronborg castle, where hamlet is set! the queen of DK was there, too. all i remember was her blue umbrella, and hamlet/branagh lying face up with the rain pouring down on him, holding a skull.wabesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-83958246268744079742008-06-18T16:59:27.000-07:002008-06-18T16:59:27.000-07:00good god, wabes: i'd have held my ground throu...good god, wabes: i'd have held my ground through a crop dusting for that!<br /><br />unrelated aside: i neglected to mention the eerily beautiful <a href="http://www.nysun.com/arts/a-hamlet-with-bells-whistles-puppets/80190/" rel="nofollow">puppets</a> <a href="http://www.basiltwist.com/productions/bella.html" rel="nofollow">basil twist</a> created to perform the hecuba and mousetrap sequences with the players. they were little more than brightly colored sheets twisted into human shapes, but they were really striking, particularly the green-blue figure of the murderer, who was fantastically demonic. sub-branagh, to be sure, but a nice touch.laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-32696938296327220902008-06-23T12:11:00.000-07:002008-06-23T12:11:00.000-07:00You know, it's wonderful posts like this that ...You know, it's wonderful posts like this that make me think your talents are being wasted over at the ladymag. Though, to be fair, I have not picked up the ladymag in a while, perhaps you are reviewing Hamlet these days, for the ladies, and their beach time reading.<br /><br />And I mean "wasted" in the best possible way, of course :)Megnoreply@blogger.com