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28 Speak it to the wolves May 22, 2010

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Hamlet 2.2 part 2 – Hamlet is reunited with his old chums Rosencrantz & Guildenstern… or is it Guildenstern & Rosencrantz… then the actors show up, a plan is born, and we get another famous soliloquy- lights out, and scene. Mari Mac, by The Dust Rhinos - music.mevio.com

27 OMG this is the longest scene! May 22, 2010

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Hamlet 2.2 part 1 – R & G have been sent for to spy on H for C & G, but P thinks he already knows why H is mad. V & C return with good news from the King of N, and P tries to board H. And that's just in the first part.

26 The art of indirectly directing May 06, 2010

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Hamlet 2.1 – Reynaldo (who's Reynaldo?) is sent to Paris by Polonius to spy on Laertes, while Ophelia is having more boy trouble. It's rough growing up in Denmark. Love is denied by The Pulpit courtesy of http://music.mevio.com

25 I ain't afraid of no ghosts Apr 21, 2010

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Hamlet 1.4-5 - Time for Hamlet to meet the ghost... and his world is about to change... and yes, there's something rotten in Denmark.

24 Chaste treasure lockdown Apr 07, 2010

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Hamlet 1.3 – Ophelia gets a double dose of advice, from her Brother and her father; both drumming to the same tune- stay away from Hamlet. What's a girl to do…?

Run Runaway by Great Big Sea courtesy of http://music.mevio.com

23 Welcome to Elsinore! Mar 24, 2010

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Hamlet 1.2 - Come meet the new King, his sometime sister-wife, and his chief-courtier-cousin-son, Hamlet.

22 Cue the ghost Mar 10, 2010

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Hamlet 1.1 - we begin at midnight, in the cold… and already there is trouble in the air.

21 Stick it Freud! Feb 23, 2010

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We begin our series on Hamlet by letting go of some of the baggage this poor play has had to carry around, while we shed some light on the myth of Hamlet's mommy issues.

Shakespeare Pie by The FuMP, courtesy of http://music.mevio.com

20 Poor sacrifices of enmity Jan 31, 2010

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Its drink and dagger time in Verona as we end the play with act 5 scene 3. Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished- hey, we get one more sword fight!

Bring it on by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, courtesy of http://music.mevio.com

19 O, woeful, woeful, woeful… Jan 21, 2010

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The wedding cheer becomes a sad burial feast, as we close out act 4, and jump into act 5-which is full of poison and wayward letters. Not even William Kempe (? - 1603) could turn this around.

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