Seusspeare: Hamlet Hears a Who
by: Christina Hamlett and Jamie Dare
Forget rhyming couplets! Forget Elizabethan English! This is Shakespeare as Dr. Seuss would have written it. Come be a part of this Shakespearean classic told in Dr. Seuss rhyme, sprinkled with contemporary references to add to the silliness! Sure, Hamlet still battles insanity as he seeks the truth behind his father’s untimely death, but this humorous retelling also has Ikea-style furniture and characters who won’t put down their cell phones. Their ringtones are personalized, so of course, Ophelia’s is a wedding processional. And in answer to Hamlet’s eternal question, “To be or not — why can’t I hear it?” his father’s Starbucks-sipping ghost replies, “What you need’s a helpful spirit!”
