There are only a fixed number of times we can recycle this discussion without wearing it out, especially considering that I never intended to wind up defending a play I liked as an entertainment but found "not great." So you thought it was less not great than I did. In fact you didn't think it was great or even good at all. Fine.
A few parting comments (and feel free to add yours of course):
1. There are lots of actors who, at times (or more often), seem to be digging into a bag of tricks and yet (I venture to say) you haven't rejected all of them on that basis.
2. Re the kiss: I think this is an example of a point that can't bear the weight you're assigning to it. The king is suffering from a mental disorder. What would you have a kiss mean? What do you know of Gertrude's affection for Claudius? Seriously, if you want to play this game, let's play it with Hamlet.
3. I take your point about experimenting with form etc. |
