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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…
Jan 21, 2022
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Kellen Blair
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Songs
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…
Jan 12, 2022
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Kellen Blair
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December 2021
Accusations
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…
Dec 31, 2021
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Kellen Blair
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Traditions - Part 2
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…
Dec 27, 2021
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Kellen Blair
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Christmas
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…
Dec 23, 2021
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Kellen Blair
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Endings
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…
Dec 20, 2021
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Kellen Blair
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HCU
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…
Dec 17, 2021
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Kellen Blair
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Revisions
A lot of changes are made between the first and final drafts of a play. For example, the first draft of Hamlet’s most famous soliloquy went like this…
Dec 8, 2021
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Kellen Blair
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Props
A lot of celebrities have donated their skulls to be used in productions of Hamlet over the years. So many, in fact, that we’ve had to reject the vast…
Dec 3, 2021
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Critics
The worst review I ever got was that crack about how a monkey could eventually write Hamlet if you gave it enough time. I was so peeved, I just had to…
Dec 1, 2021
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November 2021
Crowds
I don’t want to brag, but the opening of Hamlet was the most well-attended opening in Broadway history. They actually had to stick three Broadway…
Nov 29, 2021
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Method Actors
When I got to the theater on opening night, I immediately received some bad news. The actor playing the Ghost of Hamlet’s Father was a method actor, you…
Nov 26, 2021
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