The Guardian: More than 400 years after Hamlet was performed by a ship’s crew anchored off west Africa in the first known production of a Shakespeare play outside the British Isles, the bard is once again taking to the high seas.
In evidence that all the world is indeed a stage, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has signed a three-year deal with Cunard for productions aboard the company’s flagship cruise liner, Queen Mary 2.
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I think the way Shakespeare is modernized and retold is so interesting. The way it is presented can evoke a strange variety of reactions from the public. Some really love the actors to speak in traditional Shakespearean diction while some find it old fashioned and rather boring. That is not to say that there is not a fair amount of negative reactions to heavily adapted Shakespeare stories such as the play The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged which is a complete farce making commentary of the cult of obsession behind Shakespeare’s works. It pokes fun at the lack of congruity in his works, and the many controversial elements often overlooked like murder, incest, and assault. Of course, something is being said by the fact that Shakespeare Companies are still making revenue and in popularity such as the RSC Cruise. It goes to show that no matter how you say it, his narratives were influential and moving beyond just his time which is an incredible feat.
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