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acts : 1 * 2 [ all the narratives must be established -- pre-show + intermission + finale ]
R & G are Dead (?) Non-hero man = men = lives on! piano3 midi ... Shakespeare could be dead serious, Stoppard is serious dead? That's nature of his laughter. ...
Thought STORIES in R+G... Shakespeare & Hamlet + Beckett and Godot ... Spectator & Puppet : two more narrators? Stories! Death : ... narratives : "5 PUPPETs" -- 1. Passing by (Road, Forrest) 2. After Tragedians are leaving in act 1. 3. Castle (stage on stage) -- act 2 4. Prelude (before Act 3) -- R/G are hidden like in Dickens' Two naked children. 5. Ending (hanging) ... different sounds of steps (only?) Very loud?
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What I learned from HamletDreams 2001:... web narrative:"Vertical Narratives" are possible because of the hypertext's nature. The Shakespeare's play is linear (chronological) -- and breaking the text into smaller parts (french scenes, for example, as we did in the 12th Night, or even the beats of action) allows us to compose a new narrative by choising the order of links. We try the thematic principle (love, death and so on) and the character-oriented compositions. In short,
shows.vtheatre.net/hamlet
Act I -- II -- III -- IV -- V (off stage action) One way or another we have to deconstruct the original text and reconstruct it according to the show's concept.I
Ior Hamlet-Ophelia
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hamletmachine : 9-11
... 40 years later -- postmodern is old.
content -- outline?
characters -- Ros * Guil * Player + Hamlet Cast
themes : body > mind > soul > spirit
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