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Hamlet

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Halperin reframes Hamlet’s line as life for ‘troubled hearts’ — I.guim.co.uk

Halperin reframes Hamlet’s line as life for ‘troubled hearts’

The Guardian’s Poem of the Week highlights Richard W Halperin’s poem "Now, Mother, What’s the Matter?", from his collection All the Tattered Stars, published by Salmon Poetry in 2023. Halperin treats Hamlet’s line "Now, mother, what’s the matter?" as "life

Eddie Izzard on performing Hamlet and a 90km double-marathon day — I.guim.co.uk

Eddie Izzard on performing Hamlet and a 90km double-marathon day

Eddie Izzard told The Guardian that rehearsing and performing a one-woman Hamlet felt surprisingly natural, and also recounted a gruelling double-marathon day in which they ran 90km in just under 12 hours. On stage, Izzard said they felt “at home” in Hamlet and deliberately approaches the play by addressing the

'To Be or Not to Be' appears twice in Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet — Static01.nyt.com

'To Be or Not to Be' appears twice in Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet

Chloé Zhao’s drama Hamnet includes Shakespeare’s famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy twice: first delivered by Paul Mescal as Shakespeare in a night scene beside water, and later by Noah Jupe as a young actor on the Globe stage. In the first instance Mescal’s character