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Hamlet's Tunes
Mar. 23rd, 2014 10:24 pmAs any reasonably long-term reader of this blog will know, I am head-over-heels in love with the ISC's production of Hamlet, and as anyone who's known me in person will know, I never tire of writhing over how good it was. (It was so good.) Perhaps someday I will finally get to writing down everything so fantastic about it, and my Pixar Story Notes on Hamlet, which are not what you think. But that day is not today.
The topic came up again when I found out that, this week, Radio 4 is finally airing the Hamlet they recorded a while back. I resigned myself, that frigid August night at the back of the crowd in Griffith Park when I saw the ISC the first time, to the fact I would never enjoy another Hamlet again: despite forcing myself to 'just try it' a couple times since then my conclusion has been correct. But I'll give this one a go because it was directed by Marc Beeby and has Carl Prekopp in it, which are both good indicators of a quality radio production.*
In the spirit of the occasion I thought I'd share the Hamlet playlist I put together in the depths of my infatuation in 2012 ... It's a combination of music that evokes the atmosphere of the play and songs Hamlet might have on his iPod.
( HAMLET!!! )
Well great, now I'm all hopped up on Hamlet again, how am I supposed to sleep?
*Sadly Mr Prekopp is not playing the title role. It's everyone's loss, really.
**To be frank, this is mainly on my playlist because in the film of Copenhagen, it features prominently in the scene which concludes with the line 'The whole appearance of Elsinore, you said, was changed by knowing that Hamlet had lived there ... every dark corner there reminds us of the darkness in the human soul.' But I think it works all the same.
The topic came up again when I found out that, this week, Radio 4 is finally airing the Hamlet they recorded a while back. I resigned myself, that frigid August night at the back of the crowd in Griffith Park when I saw the ISC the first time, to the fact I would never enjoy another Hamlet again: despite forcing myself to 'just try it' a couple times since then my conclusion has been correct. But I'll give this one a go because it was directed by Marc Beeby and has Carl Prekopp in it, which are both good indicators of a quality radio production.*
In the spirit of the occasion I thought I'd share the Hamlet playlist I put together in the depths of my infatuation in 2012 ... It's a combination of music that evokes the atmosphere of the play and songs Hamlet might have on his iPod.
( HAMLET!!! )
Well great, now I'm all hopped up on Hamlet again, how am I supposed to sleep?
*Sadly Mr Prekopp is not playing the title role. It's everyone's loss, really.
**To be frank, this is mainly on my playlist because in the film of Copenhagen, it features prominently in the scene which concludes with the line 'The whole appearance of Elsinore, you said, was changed by knowing that Hamlet had lived there ... every dark corner there reminds us of the darkness in the human soul.' But I think it works all the same.
