On McSweeney's "An Oral History of the Making of Hamlet" by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
McSweeney's ("Daily humor almost every day since 1998") recently published "An Oral History of the Making of Hamlet" by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a fun piece in a number of ways. Shakespeare scholars have challenged the idea of the solitary author, noting that Shakespeare and other playwrights of the time frequently collaborated with other writers, and also that writing for a particular playing company is in itself a collaboration. This piece taps into those ideas.
The piece begins by mentioning the Essex rebellion, and because McSweeney's is based in San Francisco, California, this is also a nod to the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the US. It also mentioned "the plague," with parallels to the current pandemic.
It feels in general like a group of Hollywood film or TV actors and executives, discussing ideas for what they hope will be the next hit.
I am lucky to have readers from as many as 19+ countries each week, for a total of about 84 countries in recent years, and am curious to know how well the humor comes across in translation.
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Thanks for reading!
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My current project is a book tentatively titled Hamlet’s Bible, about biblical allusions and plot echoes in Hamlet.
Below is a link to a list of some of my top posts (“greatest hits”), including a description of my book project (last item on the list):
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2019/12/top-20-hamlet-bible-posts.html
I post every week, so please visit as often as you like and consider subscribing.
The piece begins by mentioning the Essex rebellion, and because McSweeney's is based in San Francisco, California, this is also a nod to the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the US. It also mentioned "the plague," with parallels to the current pandemic.
It feels in general like a group of Hollywood film or TV actors and executives, discussing ideas for what they hope will be the next hit.
I am lucky to have readers from as many as 19+ countries each week, for a total of about 84 countries in recent years, and am curious to know how well the humor comes across in translation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks for reading!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My current project is a book tentatively titled Hamlet’s Bible, about biblical allusions and plot echoes in Hamlet.
Below is a link to a list of some of my top posts (“greatest hits”), including a description of my book project (last item on the list):
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2019/12/top-20-hamlet-bible-posts.html
I post every week, so please visit as often as you like and consider subscribing.
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