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Prince Charles Plays Hamlet for Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary
Deccan Chronicle ^ | Apr 24, 2016

Posted on 04/23/2016 10:36:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Some 10,000 people turned out in Stratford, central England, to see a parade revved up by a New Orleans jazz band.

Prince Charles joined top British actors live on stage in a surprise crack at playing “Hamlet”, as thousands of William Shakespeare fans packed The Bard’s hometown for the 400th anniversary of his death on Saturday.

The heir to the throne joined the likes of Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen and David Tennant at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for the culmination of a day of parades, dancing and fireworks.et” was set.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Local News
KEYWORDS: benedictcumberbatch; davidtennant; ianmckellen; judidench; jughead; princejughead; stratforduponavon; williamshakespeare
What did Shakespeare ever do to the Duke of Whales? Anyway, I think Charles would be a better fit for Polonius, or better yet Osric.

As Shakespeare said, heavy is the head that doesn't wear the crown.

1 posted on 04/23/2016 10:36:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Nick, you’re a character, Lol!

I actually like Shakespeare and spent a lot of time in Stratford years ago. Presumably, you heard Charles’s very recent tribute to his mother, quoting Shakespeare (not Hamlet) but Henry VIII :)

““She shall be, to the happiness of England, an aged princess; many days shall see her, and yet no day without a deed to crown it.”” - video in link: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36099669


2 posted on 04/23/2016 11:21:55 PM PDT by odds
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To: nickcarraway

Type casting.


3 posted on 04/24/2016 1:38:22 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: nickcarraway

“To be a putz or be putz, that’s not in question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer marriage to a horse face, or take offense against a sea of logic, and by opposing prove the jug-eared village idiot I be.”

Or something like that...

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4 posted on 04/24/2016 3:25:03 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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Did you just make that up, Twister?! You’re a poet and you don’t know it!!!


5 posted on 04/24/2016 3:42:55 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: nickcarraway
His judgment was very poor.

He threw out her......

for her......


6 posted on 04/24/2016 3:48:49 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: nickcarraway

Please post a BARF ALERT next time your link contains a photo of OBAMA (WTH was HE doing there?).


7 posted on 04/24/2016 3:57:13 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog ( "Radical" Muslims will kill you. "Moderates" will thank allah for the radicals who kill you.)
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Every inch not a king. Whoops, wrong play, correct sentiment. Thanks nickcarraway.

8 posted on 04/24/2016 4:11:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: nickcarraway

At his age, shouldn’t he play Hamlet’s father?


9 posted on 04/24/2016 4:41:47 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: nickcarraway
I think Charles would be a better fit for Polonius, or better yet Osric.

But not Yorick (yet).

10 posted on 04/24/2016 4:56:37 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: SkyPilot

Diana was a looker but she was Runaround Sue & more than a decade younger.

Camilla is more his age & they’re still married. On that count alone I wish them well.


11 posted on 04/24/2016 5:36:42 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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Charles wasn’t exactly a font of fidelity either. But aristocrats marry to breed and take lovers for fun. There are a lot of similarities between Charles and Edward VII.


12 posted on 04/24/2016 6:52:31 AM PDT by IronJack
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True...both Charles & Bertie had very long lived mothers who clung to the throne & relegated their sons to merely ceremonial roles while the heirs-apparent waited decades for the clock to run out.

A bored royal soon becomes a straying royal.


13 posted on 04/24/2016 7:06:08 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Ken522

Uh, no, I paraphrased from some guy named Bill.

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14 posted on 04/24/2016 7:41:48 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: nickcarraway

Are you sure he didn’t play the part of Hamhead, a much lesser known character in the play?


15 posted on 04/24/2016 8:33:53 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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