Hyperion to a Satyr – The Fire and Water Podcast Network’s Hamlet Podcast – continues Siskoid’s scene-by-scene deep dive into Shakespeare’s masterwork, discussing the text, but also performance and staging through the lens of several films, television, comics and even a rock opera. In Act 4, Scene 6, Horatio receives word from Hamlet.
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Credits:
Theme: “Fanfare” from 1996 Hamlet, by Patrick Doyle, with a clip from that film, starring Ray Fearon; the 2009 Hamlet, starring David Tennant; and the 1980 Hamlet, starring Derek Jacobi.
Bonus clips: Hamlet 1996 by Kenneth Branagh, starring Nicholas Farrell; Hamlet 1948 by Laurence Olivier, starring Laurence Olivier; Hamlet 1980 by Rodney Bennett, starring Iain Blair; and Hamlet 1990 by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Alan Bates.
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Perhaps you can hold some contest – write Hamlet’s letter to the queen? Elevator pitch the favor Hamlet promises the pirates?
I hadn’t really thought too much about it before, but I guess I’d always assumed that Hamlet’s letter about the pirates was a fabrication to cover up his sudden return to Denmark. It seemed too convenient that he was the only one taken prisoner by the pirates. Now, I have to wonder if he didn’t arrange in advance for the pirates to return him home.
Hamlet’s letter to the queen: Dear Mom, I’ll be home soon. I didn’t have a chance to do my laundry on the trip, so I’m bringing home a bag or two for you to take care of. Thanks. Love, Hamlet.
Hamlet’s promise to the pirates: an autographed painting of Ophelia.
Thanks for the brief but brilliant episode.