MDDM: Chapter 48 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:

>Cyrus wrote:
>
>> But I do have my objections about a possible relation to Rosencrantz and
>> Guildenstern, for they are not at all comical characters like Darby and Cope.
>
>Depends on the way the play's directed, I guess. But do check out Tom
>Stoppard's play (the movie of it is quite good). And also see _Hamlet_ II ii
>where Claudius confuses R & G's names right from the beginning of the scene
>and both courtiers go along with their mistaken identities. It's only right
>at the end of that conversation that Gertrude very pointedly corrects her
>husband's error (II ii 33-34). There's quite a bit of banter and ribaldry
>when they meet up with Hamlet at II ii 225-320 as well.

Thank you, jbor. I saw the movie many years ago, and I thought it was great. I remember that it had a lot to do with the theatre of the absurd, and that it contained a lot of irony, but I didn't find it comical. Maybe I have to see it again on video (if it can be found...). The passages from Hamlet you refer to are pretty ironic, but I can't say they would qualify as comical. But then, everyone has his own unique way of looking at things (especially art). One just has to respect and share.

Cyrus


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