WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
"What do you read my lord? Words, words, words."
last week we did a reading of the piece - a nice soundscape of dutch, german and english hamlet texts. we found out that the english version lacks some scenes - seems that the germans and dutch invented some extra parts (?)
Here are some favourite quotes:
"sterben - schlafen - sterben"
"Es ist kurz mein Prinz. Wie Frauenliebe."
"An old man is twice a child."
" Sei du gewiss, wenn Worte Atem sind, und Atem Leben ist, hab ich kein Leben, das auszuatmen, was du mir gesagt hast. -
Be thou assured, if words be made of breath, and breath of life, I have no life to breathe what thou hast said to me."
"Ich bin nur toll bei Nordnordwest:wenn der Wind südlich ist, kann ich einen Kirchturm von einem Leuchtenpfahl unterscheiden -
I am but mad north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."
"Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me. You would play upon me, you would seem to know my stops, you would pluck out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think that I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrumet you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me."
"This is too long."
(list to be continued + to be used in the performance?)
QUESTIONS (for our discussion)
- what is a theater audience like in 3000? (what is my perfect audience?) (Nancy said: my friends, Cees: my audience loves me and is very rich, Kees: my audience has a feeling of taste, Nicola: an audience that stays afterwards to talk about the piece and treats the performer with respect and love)
- did we really perform the piece (in 3000) ?
- Is Shakespeare considered dead in the year 3000?
- Is Hamlet going to die in the piece - this means speculating about death in the year 3000?
- How can one imagine the future - strategies???
QUESTIONS (for our interviewers WATCH OUT THIS IS A DRAFT...)
- Do you feel sorry for women? / Do you pity women? And why?
- Was ist maennlich?
- Would you like to be a woman?
- Are you bewildered by a smart lesbian?
- who invented the castration complex?
- what is a ghost?
- Can hate produce a hope?
- Do you hope for a life after death?
- Do you think you have humor?
- How much costs a pound of butter nowadays?
- Fuehlst du Blutsverwandschaft?
- Why do dying people never cry?
- Are you afraid of death and why?
last week we did a reading of the piece - a nice soundscape of dutch, german and english hamlet texts. we found out that the english version lacks some scenes - seems that the germans and dutch invented some extra parts (?)
Here are some favourite quotes:
"sterben - schlafen - sterben"
"Es ist kurz mein Prinz. Wie Frauenliebe."
"An old man is twice a child."
" Sei du gewiss, wenn Worte Atem sind, und Atem Leben ist, hab ich kein Leben, das auszuatmen, was du mir gesagt hast. -
Be thou assured, if words be made of breath, and breath of life, I have no life to breathe what thou hast said to me."
"Ich bin nur toll bei Nordnordwest:wenn der Wind südlich ist, kann ich einen Kirchturm von einem Leuchtenpfahl unterscheiden -
I am but mad north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."
"Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me. You would play upon me, you would seem to know my stops, you would pluck out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think that I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrumet you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me."
"This is too long."
(list to be continued + to be used in the performance?)
QUESTIONS (for our discussion)
- what is a theater audience like in 3000? (what is my perfect audience?) (Nancy said: my friends, Cees: my audience loves me and is very rich, Kees: my audience has a feeling of taste, Nicola: an audience that stays afterwards to talk about the piece and treats the performer with respect and love)
- did we really perform the piece (in 3000) ?
- Is Shakespeare considered dead in the year 3000?
- Is Hamlet going to die in the piece - this means speculating about death in the year 3000?
- How can one imagine the future - strategies???
QUESTIONS (for our interviewers WATCH OUT THIS IS A DRAFT...)
- Do you feel sorry for women? / Do you pity women? And why?
- Was ist maennlich?
- Would you like to be a woman?
- Are you bewildered by a smart lesbian?
- who invented the castration complex?
- what is a ghost?
- Can hate produce a hope?
- Do you hope for a life after death?
- Do you think you have humor?
- How much costs a pound of butter nowadays?
- Fuehlst du Blutsverwandschaft?
- Why do dying people never cry?
- Are you afraid of death and why?
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