The Hamlet Project
Work
William Electric Black adapts Shakespeare's tragedy into an edgy, urban hip-hop/rock musical using the Bard's actual dialogue, re-set on a contemporary army base.
The notion was inspired by Hamlet's line about Denmark being a prison. Black thought to himself, "It's not so much a prison as an armed camp." This led to the thought, "When you're a soldier, you can't exactly do what you want." Hamlet, then, became an unwilling soldier, who can't act upon his impulses. The wars inside--and among the characters--could be literally matched with the external war, mounted by Fortinbras' march, in such a concept.
press release
The notion was inspired by Hamlet's line about Denmark being a prison. Black thought to himself, "It's not so much a prison as an armed camp." This led to the thought, "When you're a soldier, you can't exactly do what you want." Hamlet, then, became an unwilling soldier, who can't act upon his impulses. The wars inside--and among the characters--could be literally matched with the external war, mounted by Fortinbras' march, in such a concept.
press release
2002
English
WORK.2002.0010
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