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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Orbis Terranum

Came across this, here and it sounds interesting – 10 Books from 10 Countries in 10 Months.. Am looking to expand my reading horizon, so here’s to reading more literature from outside of my usual hunting grounds.
Initial list of books (with more to come) below. Since I’m coming to the party late, am including a [...]

Hamlet – The Clown Prince

I was initially skeptical of Hamlet, arguably one of Shakespeare’s finest tragedies, being re-imagined as a comedy. In case you don’t remember the storyline, Atul Kumar (playing a clown who plays Hamlet), helpfully summarizes the plot for the audience at the beginning
Hamlet dies, Ophelia dies, Gertrude dies, Claudius dies
How could you make this funny? As [...]