Hamlet possessed

[@wickedfeylady]

He's an OBSCENELY underrated actor.

[@koyoteblue1998]

I really want to see the entire version of this play now...what a stellar performance in just two and a half minutes.

[@globsteruk]

30 years on and this remains one of the most vivid memories from all theatre trips I have ever made. The only thing that concerned me about the interpretation was whether it was designed to show that "it was all in Hamlet's mind". After all, the first scene of the play is one in which a group of his (non-mad) friends see the ghost.

[@badmovebaker]

Well, as I was saying before the narrator chimed in, a huge part of Hamlet's conflict is determining for himself whether it's real, or if he's just mad. I think it's a fascinating interpretation, and I can think of few who could pull it off like Jonathan Pryce.

[@seanhenry2921]

Holy cats, that certainly is an innovative interpretation!

[@Naev0w0]

adieu... adieu... adieu... remember me...

[@irish66]

it reminds me of charles laughton, as the hunchback of notre dame. So I'm not really sure if it's hammy or brilliant.

[@PsychedeliciousMelon]

@badmovebaker Agreed

[@spikeep6141]

Hello, Tyler. Hello Nasty.

[@CrimsonTy]

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[@theskilled99]

this possession idea does not work for me at all. Rather than help the audience suspend their disbelief it rather makes the poor actor look ridiculous.

[@CUTEMKUltras]

I agree. It brings into question Hamlet's entire modus operandi. Does he kill Claudius based on voices that possess him? If so, how is he justified in that? How did Barnardo, Marcellus and Horatio witness this 'ghost' on the battlements? It wasn't a subjective haunting, it was witnessed by other people. Hamlet's conumdrum isn't that the ghost isn't real, it's that it isn't really his father, but a demonic spirit tempting him to do evil and be damned. It's actually a very superficial interpretation, which comes across as gimmicky.

[@spikeep6141]

But what happens to Hamlet *is* ridiculous - he is his own father (and his own son). His Father’s name is ‘Hamlet’ - So The Prince is Hamlet, Son of Hamlet (fat, and scant of breath); And The King is Hamlet, Father of Hamlet (who is dead).