CMU School of Drama


Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Offbeat troupe goes out of orbit to perform 'Hamlet' in Klingon

Post Gazette: "Don't you love that remarkable moment when roSenQatlh and ghIlDenSten exit the stage and Khamlet is left alone to deliver the immortal words: 'baQa', Qovpatlh, toy'wl'a' qal je jIH'?
No? Well, it always kills on Kronos. That's the home planet of the Klingons, the hostile race that antagonizes the Federation heroes of 'Star Trek.' We learned back in '91 in 'Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country' that the Klingons love Shakespeare. Or as he's known to his ridged-foreheaded devotees in the space-alien community: Wil'yam Shex'pir.

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