A short piece of work from Henry D. Robertson.
'A 21st Century Hamlet'
Hamlet comes on stage in modern attire. Once centre stage, he pauses and begins:
'To be or not to be...'
'Cut' shouts the director.
'What's the matter ?' says the actor.
'Come on. It makes no sense - a man just walking along chatting to himself... We're gonna have to update it. We're in the 21st century now.'
Dressed as before, Hamlet walks on to centre stage, then pauses, takes a mobile phone from his pocket and puts it to his ear.
'Hello, Horatio,' says Hamlet , 'I'm on the battlements. To be or not to be, that is the f-----g question : whether it is nobler in the mind to blah-de-blah-de-blah or take arms against a sea of fortunes and, by opposing, end them. D'you know what I'm sayin'? To die - to sleep - no more, and by a sleep to say we blah-de-blah-de-blah. 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. D'you know what I'm sayin' ? Bye, Horatio. See ya.'
