WE’VE FINALLY MADE IT TO ACT 4
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
It’s taken EIGHT MONTHS to reach Act 4. Good lord. This play is even longer than I thought.
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 4 (part 4)
Alright, let’s wrap this act up!
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
We did it! We made it to the end of another act! It’s… *checks play* …it’s all downhill from here!
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 4 (part 3)
Closet scene! Arras! Stabbing! Dead body! Ghost! But not the ghost of the just-stabbed guy! Another ghost! Look, never mind, let’s just get on with it…
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Everything about this scene is awkward.
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 4 (part 2)
OK! Back to the closet scene! Hamlet just killed a guy!
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Hamlet killed Polonius and now this scene is killing me. It’s been a struggle, folks. Stay with me here…
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 4 (part 1)
Meanwhile, in Gertrude’s closet…
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
And there we have it, folks! The first murder of the play! Things are definitely not going to get better from here on out.
I’m taking next week off, but we will continue this very exciting scene after that. Tune in then for more ghosts and misogyny!
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 3 (part 2)
Meanwhile, back in Elsinore…
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Oooooh, we were all so close to being able to go home, too. Try harder next time, Hamlet.
You're the (Shakespearean) Top!
It’s Shakespeare’s (kind of) birthday again! Let’s celebrate with a rousing song ripped off from Cole Porter!
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
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Happy birthday, big guy. Thanks for the enjoyment and the employment.
A Stick-Figure Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 3 (part 1)
It’s been a couple of (VERY HORRIBLY EVENTFUL) weeks, but it’s time to get back to A Stick-Figure Hamlet at last! If you’re just joining us, you can start with the Dramatis Personae and work your way forward.
The Story So Far: The ghost of Hamlet’s dad has told Hamlet that Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, murdered Hamlet’s dad. Hamlet is very understandably upset by this, and just put on a play reenacting the murder, provoking a reaction from Claudius that proved his guilt. Aaaaand… let’s just take it from there.
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Some productions put the intermission here, and I honestly kind of like it.