{"id":1291,"date":"2005-04-03T14:14:05","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T19:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=1291"},"modified":"2005-04-13T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2005-04-13T18:30:23","slug":"mamlet_in_the_n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/03\/mamlet_in_the_n\/","title":{"rendered":"“Mamlet” in The New York Times<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times<\/em> runs excerpts of three winning selections\nfrom the American Conservatory Theatre’s “Write Like Mamet” contest,\nincluding my brother’s “Mamlet.” I have no doubt that if Shakespeare\nwere alive today, he too would pepper his prose with an occasional f-bomb:<\/p>\n\n

\n

“MAMLET”<\/strong>
\nBy Nihar Patel (Los Angeles)<\/p>\n

An empty stage. All performers are dressed in modern business suits.<\/p>\n

CLAUDIUS<\/strong> (Ricky Jay) You are a gentlemenly fool. And you haven’t closed a\ncastle in months. You’re old hat, and that comes from downtown.<\/p>\n

MAMLET<\/strong> (William H. Macy) Old hat? Old hat. Let’s wait Claudius. Claudius,\nwait, back up here … I can close, all I need are those Elsinore leads. I want\nthem and I want them posthaste.<\/p>\n

CLAUDIUS<\/strong> Go to Norway Mamlet. Will you.<\/p>\n

MAMLET<\/strong> Give me two good leads. Anon.<\/p>\n

CLAUDIUS<\/strong> Just go to Norway.<\/p>\n

MAMLET<\/strong> I don’t want to go to Norway.<\/p>\n

CLAUDIUS<\/strong> Go to Norway, Mamlet.<\/p>\n

MAMLET<\/strong> Where does he get off to talk that way to a Prince? It’s not …<\/p>\n

CLAUDIUS<\/strong> Will you get out of here. Will you get out of here. Will you. I’m\ntrying to run a kingdom here. Will you go to Norway? Go to Norway. Will you go\nto Norway?<\/p>\n

MAMLET<\/strong> You stupid [expletive] [expletive].<\/p>\n

Mamlet stabs Claudius.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

The New York Times<\/em>: Channeling\nMamet<\/a> (free registration\nrequired)
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