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Claudius: "Laertes, my dear boy, there's been an unfortunate, er, misunderstanding..." Laertes: "I demand revenge!... Who and how was my father killed?" [psst... it wasn't cancer] BloodyGertrude: "No one lives forever, Laertes... jeesh... grow up." Claudius: "...involving a, ah, curtain, and uh..." [killed by a curtain? But that's absurd!] Laertes: "Yes, yer Malady?" [psst, he wasn't hit by a bus... heck, we don't got no busses yet] Claudius: "...and a no... He was very nosy, your father." BloodyGertrude: "Anyway, think of the insurance money." [Or do we? Are there Danish busses?] Claudius: "And I didn't do it!" Laertes: "Look, I'm seeking ABSOLUTE TRUTH!" Claudius: "I didn't do the other thing either!" [from LittleHamlet, Part 3 ] |
 LittleHamlet was a reworking of the Hamlet story in which all of the characters' formerly unspoken needs, fears, and desires came to the fore. [ CAST AND PERFORMANCES ] |