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Still one of life's great mysteries
Great Bowls Of Fire.
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Great Bowls Of Fire.
Which is why I wonder if in the original Henry V he really reacted as coldly as the text suggests to Bardolph's hanging. Means nothing if performed in isolation but with Henry IV 1&2 as a prequal the connection can be made so his response may have originally been slightly different.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Which is why I wonder if in the original Henry V he really reacted as coldly as the text suggests to Bardolph's hanging. Means nothing if performed in isolation but with Henry IV 1&2 as a prequal the connection can be made so his response may have originally been slightly different.
The audience at the time, familiar with the plays, the company of actors and seeing them in their true order, will have recognised the references. For them Hamlet and Yorick are Prince Hal and Falstaff. That's the revisit I meant. Imagine William Kemp waiting in his actual grave for his cue.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The audience at the time, familiar with the plays, the company of actors and seeing them in their true order, will have recognised the references. For them Hamlet and Yorick are Prince Hal and Falstaff. That's the revisit I meant. Imagine William Kemp waiting in his actual grave for his cue.
In Hamlet, he remembers playing with Yorick and asks the skull where are his jokes now. The actor playing Hamlet likely also played Prince Hal, while Shakespeare is vicariously addressing Kempe. It's a replay of Hal & Falstaff but with a post death twist, like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
In Hamlet, he remembers playing with Yorick and asks the skull where are his jokes now. The actor playing Hamlet likely also played Prince Hal, while Shakespeare is vicariously addressing Kempe. It's a replay of Hal & Falstaff but with a post death twist, like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
In Henry IV there's a scene where Falstaff is joking around playing the king and everyone, including Prince Hal, are having fun. Then they swap over and the light mood changes when Hal suggests that he'll be more serious when he's king and these fun and games of his youth will finally cease.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
In Henry IV there's a scene where Falstaff is joking around playing the king and everyone, including Prince Hal, are having fun. Then they swap over and the light mood changes when Hal suggests that he'll be more serious when he's king and these fun and games of his youth will finally cease.
Sorry I may have jumbled that.
The scene where Hamlet talks to Yorick is like a contemporary version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. In that it's Shakespeare giving his now dead company member William Kempe, who originally played Falstaff, one last stage role.
The scene where Hamlet talks to Yorick is like a contemporary version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. In that it's Shakespeare giving his now dead company member William Kempe, who originally played Falstaff, one last stage role.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Sorry I may have jumbled that.
The scene where Hamlet talks to Yorick is like a contemporary version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. In that it's Shakespeare giving his now dead company member William Kempe, who originally played Falstaff, one last stage role.
The scene where Hamlet talks to Yorick is like a contemporary version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. In that it's Shakespeare giving his now dead company member William Kempe, who originally played Falstaff, one last stage role.
This in turn is revisited in Hamlet not with Rosencranz & Guildenstern but with the skull of Yorick. Yorick is the R&G of contemporary Hamlet. A conversation between two characters, although one sided on stage. Yorick is as much a main character even when being demonstrably long dead.
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This in turn is revisited in Hamlet not with Rosencranz & Guildenstern but with the skull of Yorick. Yorick is the R&G of contemporary Hamlet. A conversation between two characters, although one sided on stage. Yorick is as much a main character even when being demonstrably long dead.
A lost direction from the time not included in the text that recalls when Prince Hal in Henry IV is laughing and joking with Falstaff while he's pretending to be the king but suddenly becomes serious about how he'll fulfil his duty when he really is the king himself. This life will come to an end.
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A lost direction from the time not included in the text that recalls when Prince Hal in Henry IV is laughing and joking with Falstaff while he's pretending to be the king but suddenly becomes serious about how he'll fulfil his duty when he really is the king himself. This life will come to an end.
It's always played like Henry doesn't either care or remember him but I've wondered if in the original performance Henry momentarily - visually - paused on his line as a glimpse of recognition and sadness crossed his face before shaking himself out of it and remembering where and who he is again.
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's always played like Henry doesn't either care or remember him but I've wondered if in the original performance Henry momentarily - visually - paused on his line as a glimpse of recognition and sadness crossed his face before shaking himself out of it and remembering where and who he is again.
Have long thought about when in Henry V he is told of his old drinking buddy Bardolph being caught stealing and promptly hanged for his crime. He coldly speaks how it's deserved but the audience knows that they were once part of the little rabble of friends who drank and made mischief in his youth.
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Have long thought about when in Henry V he is told of his old drinking buddy Bardolph being caught stealing and promptly hanged for his crime. He coldly speaks how it's deserved but the audience knows that they were once part of the little rabble of friends who drank and made mischief in his youth.
In the recent National Theatre production of Hamlet, when their deaths is announced, Rosencranz and Guildenstern are on stage and initially look at each other aghast before shrugging and walking off. No lines but still present on stage as they are spoken about. They briefly live again as a memory.
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In the recent National Theatre production of Hamlet, when their deaths is announced, Rosencranz and Guildenstern are on stage and initially look at each other aghast before shrugging and walking off. No lines but still present on stage as they are spoken about. They briefly live again as a memory.
Ahh, I see.
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The enquiry has been resolved.
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The enquiry has been resolved.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Ahh, I see.
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The enquiry has been resolved.
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The enquiry has been resolved.
I went there when it was a bowling alley.
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I went there when it was a bowling alley.
Is it like a Ken Morse thing?
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Is it like a Ken Morse thing?
To quote Julien Temple at @princecharlescinema.com last night - when Farage was mentioned while talking about Absolute Beginners...
"Don't vote for that motherfucker."
"Don't vote for that motherfucker."
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
To quote Julien Temple at @princecharlescinema.com last night - when Farage was mentioned while talking about Absolute Beginners...
"Don't vote for that motherfucker."
"Don't vote for that motherfucker."
Ahh, so we have not so much hive minds as hide minds.
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ahh, so we have not so much hive minds as hide minds.
As a side note, I hadn't encountered a púca before reading your Cursed books so wasn't at all sure what to visualise in my head. My brain settled on a cat-badger hybrid.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As a side note, I hadn't encountered a púca before reading your Cursed books so wasn't at all sure what to visualise in my head. My brain settled on a cat-badger hybrid.
The Kent Innocents shall not be forgotten.
For putting up with racist dingbat neighbours you shall all be remembered with statues, flags and a yearly punch in the face.
For putting up with racist dingbat neighbours you shall all be remembered with statues, flags and a yearly punch in the face.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Kent Innocents shall not be forgotten.
For putting up with racist dingbat neighbours you shall all be remembered with statues, flags and a yearly punch in the face.
For putting up with racist dingbat neighbours you shall all be remembered with statues, flags and a yearly punch in the face.
Kent must take the fall to save the country in 2029. Prove the shit show of a Reform government in the form of a microcosm test case.
The Petrie dish of patriotism if you will.
We thank you for your service.
The Petrie dish of patriotism if you will.
We thank you for your service.
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Kent must take the fall to save the country in 2029. Prove the shit show of a Reform government in the form of a microcosm test case.
The Petrie dish of patriotism if you will.
We thank you for your service.
The Petrie dish of patriotism if you will.
We thank you for your service.
You could say it's an annual coup.
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
You could say it's an annual coup.