Writing Hamlet

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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…
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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…
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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…
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Kellen Blair
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Kellen Blair
November 2021
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