
It’s the comedy of the prince of Denmark! Hamlet’s Big Adventure (a prequel) will be the eleventh stage show performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company and the tenth RSC script by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, who discuss the origins of the script; where it’s being workshopped as part of Napa Valley College’s Emergence Festival; how the transitive property applies to ranking plays; the incredible insight given to us by our dramaturg Kate Pitt; echoes of Hamlet as well as Henry IV Part 1; the feeling of being both Queen Elizabeth demanding a new play about Sir John Falstaff and the Shakespeare who gets to write it; the hesitation of getting rid of our usual framing device; the challenge of creating a comedy that’s funny to people who don’t know the original; the balancing act of finding the right ratio of highbrow to lowbrow; and the fun of answering questions inspired by Shakespeare’s original tragedy. (Length 20:45) Poster art by the incomparable Lar DeSouza.
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austin
Thank you, John! Much appreciated. If you get the chance, would you mind saying that on iTunes? We can use all the nice reviews and good ratings we can get. Thanks for listening!
John Lofgren
Interviews like this are why I subscribe to this podcast. Quintin Peterson is great! Gotta check out his books.
Quintin Peterson
Thanks, Austin.