That’s not what this website is about. I just happen to be really proud of my play, “Hamlet,” which is like a bible for playwrights (incidentally, I also wrote “The Bible,” which is like a bible for bible-writers). People are always asking me how it all happened. Well…
The question I get most often is, why did I make the characters in Hamlet talk all funny? You have to remember, 25 years ago when I wrote this play…
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When people find out I wrote Hamlet, their first question is always “which came first, the music or the lyrics?” The traditional answer is, of course…
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Over the last few weeks, it has come to my attention that several people think I didn’t write Hamlet. They would tell you to read “scholarly writings…
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When a director arrives at the theater on opening night, their first job is to go backstage and break the actors’ legs. Don’t ask me how this tradition…
I wrote a Christmas version of Hamlet a few years back called Holiday Ham, but I’m going to let you in on a little secret. It’s basically the same play…
Endings can be extremely difficult to write, and you’re never going to please all of the people all of the time. A lot of folks were disappointed by the…
Today is a big day. With the release of my new Spider-Man film, we’re finally entering Phase 4 of the HCU (Hamlet Cinematic Universe). Since you’d have…
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Writing Hamlet