Comments on: Hamlet – The Clown Prince http://sine-qua-non.net/2009/08/hamlet-the-clown-prince/ Among Other Things by Sujatha Santhanakrishnan (Suze) - Life, Books, Wanderlust, Food and more.. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:53:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gaurav http://sine-qua-non.net/2009/08/hamlet-the-clown-prince/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Gaurav Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:32:08 +0000 http://sine-qua-non.net/?p=638#comment-1210 I have seen this play twice. Have also seen C for Clown by Cinematograph as well. What I found really interesting was the degree of interaction with the audience and the impromptu improvisations based on the reactions of the audience. C for Clown actually had randomly chosen audience members on the stage twice. I have seen this play twice. Have also seen C for Clown by Cinematograph as well. What I found really interesting was the degree of interaction with the audience and the impromptu improvisations based on the reactions of the audience. C for Clown actually had randomly chosen audience members on the stage twice.

]]> By: Suze http://sine-qua-non.net/2009/08/hamlet-the-clown-prince/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 Suze Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:24:21 +0000 http://sine-qua-non.net/?p=638#comment-1200 No, actually.. I agree that it was a lot of fun, but don't think it was simply a spoof.. I thought they tried, in their performance, to distill the essence of Hamlet.. without some of the Shakespearian language, but in keeping with the spirit of Shakespeare. Of course on <em>some</em> level it's funny. And it's meant to be funny. But it wasn't being hammed up just for laughs. And it was interspersed with the <em>real</em> Hamlet as well - quite successfully in my opinion. No, actually.. I agree that it was a lot of fun, but don’t think it was simply a spoof..

I thought they tried, in their performance, to distill the essence of Hamlet.. without some of the Shakespearian language, but in keeping with the spirit of Shakespeare.

Of course on some level it’s funny. And it’s meant to be funny. But it wasn’t being hammed up just for laughs. And it was interspersed with the real Hamlet as well – quite successfully in my opinion.

]]> By: Manasi http://sine-qua-non.net/2009/08/hamlet-the-clown-prince/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 Manasi Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:39:59 +0000 http://sine-qua-non.net/?p=638#comment-1199 I thought it was a really fun play... very well-done and neatly executed. But don't you think that on some level it was just fun and not much more than that? I mean, one doesn't watch a Python spoof or a Mel Brooks spoof and insist on adding meaning to it. And considering the amount of slapstick that this play had, it really wasn't more than a spoof, was it? That's why I thought it was loads of fun, but little more than that. I thought it was a really fun play… very well-done and neatly executed. But don’t you think that on some level it was just fun and not much more than that? I mean, one doesn’t watch a Python spoof or a Mel Brooks spoof and insist on adding meaning to it. And considering the amount of slapstick that this play had, it really wasn’t more than a spoof, was it? That’s why I thought it was loads of fun, but little more than that.

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