All my colleagues loved it.Playwright who wrote with precious few stage directions-interpretation was left to the direction and the actors, an open invitation that Branagh rightly accepts.The use of flashback scenes of things implied, such as the amorous union of Ophelia and her Lord Hamlet abed, or of a vast expanse of snow darkened with distant soldiers to represent the threat of Fortinbras' army from without, and especially the vivid remembrance in the mind's eye of the new king's dastardly deed of murder most foul, helps us all to more keenly appreciate just what it is that torments Hamlet's soul. I was definitely the dissenting vote, though. Every time he started a soliloquy, my eyes glazed over because I knew it was going to take him 45 minutes to say 17 words. He.emed to.pause.after ? I understand going for a contemplative Hamlet who's really thinking through his situation, but it just felt like he chewed every thought for soooo long. I also felt like it dragged a bit, especially Scott himself. Claudius saying 'contrary to our desire' instead of 'retrograde to our desire,' which just sounds so much cooler. However, I really didn't like most of the word substitutions, e.g. I took a small cue from it when I played Laertes. I'm a big fan of Q1 and I love to see directors/dramaturgs take cues from it. There were some changes to the text that I loved - I loved that they rearranged the order of the scenes a little bit, and I also loved that they included a scene from the first quarto that's not in the second quarto or the folio.

I wouldn't say I hated it, but I think it's probably my least favorite Hamlet I've ever seen, which makes me very sad because I love Andrew Scott. I actually put together a remote synchronized watch party of this production with some colleagues.

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