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Introduction to Shakespeare
English 15, Fall 2011, Patricia Fumerton
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One of our former English majors, Max Gutmann '87, has published twelve post cards from his hilarious set of Limerick synopses of the complete dramatic works of Shakespeare (yes, all of them). A sample:
Hamlet
Here's the question: to be or to not?
Is it nobler to suffer or rot?
For time's whips and time's scorn
Are too great to be born.
On the other hand, death's not so hot.

Political Shakespeare:

Shakespeare Scholar Stephen Greenblatt on the Colbert Report, discussing Obama, McCain and Palin & Shakespearean parallels

Versions of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech (3.1.56-89):

  • Patrick Stuart on Sesame Street: Soliloquy on B (Hamlet for kids).
  • from Last Action Hero: a boy in English class is watching the Oliver Hamlet, when he suddenly slips into a fantasy of how Arnold Schwarzenegger would play the role of Hamlet: "not to be."
  • Editing the "To be or not to be" soliloquy because it's too long, with Hugh Laurie (as William Shakespeare) and Rowan Atkinson (as his boss).

Sung Version of Hamlet's "What a piece of work is man" speech (2.2.312-319): From the musical Hair

One Minute Hamlet - Famous Last Nerds

The Simpsons Hamlet (in a nutshell)

 


 

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