tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post6786641066217445132..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: Some "Hamlet" FunHamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-40392489421864358632015-12-17T10:22:27.359-05:002015-12-17T10:22:27.359-05:00Oh my goodness, it is everywhere. Sherlock Holmes...Oh my goodness, it is <i>everywhere</i>. Sherlock Holmes quotes it several times in the canon, even! <br /><br />A Western Christmas story :-D Sounds delightful!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-15267979844262711442015-12-17T10:12:42.570-05:002015-12-17T10:12:42.570-05:00Thanks! I got Mom to do a little side project duri...Thanks! I got Mom to do a little side project during our Christmas card photoshoot—she takes such beautiful pictures.<br /><br />I'd never realized till I finally read the play just how many Hamlet references and influences (both serious and silly!) are spread all throughout literature. I just came across a quotation from it in Washington Irving's <i>Old Christmas</i>...and partly inspired by it, I'm mulling over an idea for a short Western Christmas story. We'll see if anything comes of that!Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-83759413048088593432015-12-17T08:28:54.737-05:002015-12-17T08:28:54.737-05:00Oh and yes, I do know that bit from Huck Finn. Th...Oh and yes, I do know that bit from Huck Finn. There's a great deal of silliness in the world related to <i>Hamlet</i>, isn't there? Have you read/see either <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead</i> (I see you mentioned that one in that blog post) or <i>I Hate Hamlet</i>? Both are quite funny!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-25500156620201427312015-12-17T08:21:32.570-05:002015-12-17T08:21:32.570-05:00Elisabeth, nope, I hadn't read that post. Tha...Elisabeth, nope, I hadn't read that post. That's hilarious! Well, Horatio and Fortinbras did live, though how happily remains to be seen. I like to imagine that Fortinbras is impressed by Horatio's careful reporting skills and takes him on as an advisor. <br /><br />I LOVE your new user photo, btw!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-40520779978758495522015-12-17T08:16:15.543-05:002015-12-17T08:16:15.543-05:00Thanks, Hannah!Thanks, Hannah!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-64746261111553361672015-12-15T17:40:18.327-05:002015-12-15T17:40:18.327-05:00I don't know if I've ever shared this with...I don't know if I've ever shared this with you before, but I figured you'd get a chuckle out of it: http://thesecondsentence.blogspot.com/2011/02/happily-after-hamlet.html<br /><br />And have you ever read the bit in Chapter 21 of <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i> where a character tried to recite Hamlet's soliloquy? There's also a hilarious bit in A.A. Milne's short story "The Complete Dramatist" where he uses the soliloquy to illustrate a tongue-in-cheek discussion of playwriting. It's in <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13441" rel="nofollow">this book</a>.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-5211543369918808862015-12-14T20:34:36.566-05:002015-12-14T20:34:36.566-05:00Fun post!Fun post!Reading in the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812641480668564435noreply@blogger.com