The National Theatre production of Hamlet from last autumn (FOLLOW LINK TO REVIEW) was streamed yesterday to cinemas. It may be repeated (though it wasn’t full at Poole), but if not it will eventually appear on NT At Home. It’s very different, though it was the FIFTH major Hamlet production of last year and might have had higher ratings in a different year. Read the review. (Plot spiler: most die at the end.)
Below: Hamlet with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Then Laertes, Polonius and Ophelia.
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Dear Mr. Peter Viney,
I’m a 45-year-old fan from Viet Nam. 28 years ago, I studied your ‘Streamline English’ and that UFO story about the power outage really ‘zapped’ my brain!
I’m 45 now, and I have a dream that one day, on my way home from work (just like the man in your famous story), my car will suddenly lose power and stop.
I really hope a UFO will appear, pick me up, and take me away for just one month. Why? To hide from my fierce wife! Her constant nagging is much more terrifying than any alien invasion.
I’ll just wait until she starts to miss me, and then the UFO can kindly drop me back home. A ‘vacation’ in space is the only way to get some peace and quiet!
Can my dream come true, teacher? Please help me!
Thank you for giving me such a wonderful ‘escape’ dream through your lessons.
With thanks from Viet Nam!
Best wishes, Teacher!
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