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more about #shakespeare hk458: I can safely say life no longer has any meaning to me now as I have experienced all there is to experience. more » firstanointed: This was awesome. The babbling about what play a Klingon would actually be in is irrelevant, it's always fun to see an out-of-character-ish introspect... more » Fortunateson1969: Oh God guys...I'm a dork, but while people are learing fluent Klingon-a language that doesn't exist-CHINA, INDIA, AND THE REST OF THE WORLD ARE TAKING... more » LittleDragon: I am such a geek. I want to learn the St. Crispen's Day Speech. And would love to see all of Hamlet in Klingon. more » goldfarb: Undiscovered Country is the second best Star Trek film....but that shit about '...in the original Klingon' always makes me shudder with embarrassment.... more » OsDavis: Ah, Hamlet by Sheks'pir: Truly one the galaxy's comedy classics! more » JimBonJovi: i love geekery as much as the next guy but damn, dude. more » Moff: It's cool, but as an Awl commenter pointed out yesterday, "a Klingon would not be likely to articulate the psychology of a Hamlet." more » Vengefultacos: Hamlet? Really? I'd think MacBeth or maybe Titus Andronicus was more the Klingon's speed... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I am, frankly, surprised that only one fan has decided to do this. more » Wookie1972: How come nobody has mentioned Falstaff? Han Solo, at least as originally written (big, bearded, and inspired by Francis Ford Coppola) would fit the mold. more » mikecap: Topher totally doesn't exist. He's got to be an amalgam of great scientific experts, and there must be a copy of him in each Dollhouse... more » Marcus: As an actor who's done my share of the Bard, your take on how a Shakespearean Anakin Skywalker would have been played is spot on. I also particularly... more » FrankN.Stein: I agree, Shakespeare still rules after all those yearsd - but I believe being a little closer to the Island here in Europe, I just heard a long wail f... more » ZachariahTyndareus: Brill, love the connections between old and new narratives. :) How about the inscrutable Iago and Mieville's Uther Doul?? more » kelz: This post totally makes up for all that Twilight coverage. Great job. more » YalethaMedusa: Many if the actors in SF have done Shakespeare as well, and it shows when you've studies them both. I don't personally think it's the writers that ha... more » Bill-Lee: When I saw Episode III, I didn't think of Shakespeare at all. Anakin's journey has more in common with Greek Tragedy since we already know the outcome... more » DillonAerosmith: In my judgement, the proper model for Anakin to Vader is Brutus. He ends up doming the wrong thing for the right reason. more » StrayChestnutBed: Nice, but I thought Hal's full name was Henry Plantagenet. Isn't it Hotspur who's called Henry Percy? more » -
#klingonhamlet
Watch Hamlet's Soliloquy Recited in the Original Klingon
We all know that you haven't really heard Shakespeare until you've heard his works in the original Klingon. So one fan took it upon himself to dress as the Klingon prince Khamlet and recite the play's classic soliloquy. More » -
#rant
The Shakespearean Heroes Science Fiction Should Steal From
William Shakespeare was the J.J. Abrams of his day, reinvigorating Elizabethan England's worn-out action-adventure franchises. And Shakespeare's writing still has clues for today's story-smiths. Characters who switch from nice to nasty? Secret passions? Strange disguises? The Bard got there first. More » -
#startrek
Hamlet, Prince Of Q'onos, Walks The Boards For The First Time
You may have read Hamlet in the original Klingon, but you've probably never seen it performed — until now.
