To be honest, I did not listen to the full hour of the recording. It was too long! I had hot chocolate waiting for me! but I did listen for a good while and I believe I got the point. First of all, thinking of people in prison makes me sad. Why are they there, How long will it be until they can reunite with their loved ones, how is this affecting their children or wives or close relatives if any, will their futures be ruined forever? So many questions, which I fear all have terrible answers.
I started the recording and listened for about 10min. Then I stopped it and went to go drink my hot chocolate. It was soooooo good by the way. before going back to the recording I started thinking why would they put a bunch of criminals to act out Hamlet? Does Hamlet have a relationship to crazy people who do much harm to others? Then I thought, "well no-duh Vanessa!" Hamlet is full of murderers, people who have the gaul or downright desperation that they need to marry their in-laws about a month after their husband dies! The play is simply full of people with psychological problems. The thought of having a prison act it out was genius!
The sadness and madness could be felt through the actors (prisoners) words! Maybe it was just my imagination and pity that I was hearing but I could feel the anger and revenge felt and being portrayed. I felt the desperation and despair in the scenes. I think that this maybe the approach I will take when I perform my version of the scene with my group.
This lacks depth, but moreso hardly talks about the hour long show.
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