Thanks Joy for getting those of us who were there Saturday night thinking again about what we saw and heard.  It was a tremendous achievement… a great ensemble performance with relentless energy and clarity, and 13-year-old Harrison (here seen fixing his eyes most constantly on the players) heroically and joyfully joined the ranks of the great Winedale / Camp Hamlets.  I had flashbacks to our ’83 Hamlet, especially since it was in the Barn at night, a first for a Camp Hamlet I believe.  At one point near the end I slipped out the side past the pecans to my old vantage spot where I used to stand in the dark in my mud-caked Gravedigger costume and watch as much of our ’83 performance as I could…  as in the days of old I could hear every word crisply bouncing off the Barn walls and the trees and could sense the focus and passion from 50 yards away, as the moon shone over the scene.  Beautiful and timeless.

Thanks and congratulations to the whole Camp team!  













On Jul 16, 2019, at 4:05 PM, Laura Smith <lsmith78703@gmail.com> wrote:

No kidding Joy — I was blown away — It was incredible.  As our friend Aubrey put it, it wasn’t just as good as a  Hamlet done by seasoned adult actors— it was as good as any Hamlet done by GREAT seasoned adult actors.  Simply amazing —  So full of emotion and life — I cried at the end when everybody died, even though I knew they were going to :)  completely intense and believable emotion for the whole 2-1/2 hours.  one 15 year old actor told us after it was over  she thought it was good for kids their age to do Hamlet with the mental health, violence, and suicide issues that are part of their real lives.  Wow, that's a whole other level of incredibleness of what you are doing with thes kids, Doc.  Kudos to you and these amazing kids.. just wow..

Laura
On Jul 16, 2019, at 2:57 PM, JOY MARVIN <JOYANDTHOMAS@msn.com> wrote:

Wow!!!   Another out-of-the-park Grand Slam performance by the ninos.   Saturday night in the Barn - surely one of the best places on Earth - I was so very privileged to witness yet another astounding performance.  

Camp Shakespeare's production of Hamlet was beyond my wildest expectations!   What a delicious ensemble cast with each player pronouncing their part trippingly.  They managed to ....fit the action to the word and the word to the action.... act natural... and mostexcellently achieved the purpose of playing..... they held a very pure ...mirror up to nature...

...To thine own self be true... indeed.   There was much laughter and tears.  It was glorious, well done!!

Adieu, Adieu...remember me,

Joy
Eloquent and Faithful Mother
of the Ancianos


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