Music (and a joke!)
Feb 2– Hamlet by Billy Shakespeare (~1600)
Summary: Hamlet's girlfriend's family tries to convince her not to go with him, his rival gets some advice from his evil dad before leaving, and Hamlet goes to talk to his dad's ghost.
Commentary: Kind of weird seeing Shakespeare in a volume titled "Elizabeth Drama" instead of just himself. Weirder still that it's just him and one Marlowe play, and it's not even Doctor Faustus!
After a lot of complaining about selections, I am glad that we got 1.5 here. "Murder most foul" is great stuff. Plenty of other classic and quotable lines here. Honestly, I don't think there's much to say about Hamlet that hasn't been said, and I don't really have any new revelations (probably since I've read it so many times). It's a good play!
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