A glance at the autumn issue of The American Scholar: Shakespeare’s Polonius -- the prototypical pundit?Catharine R. Stimpson, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York ...

Next a counselor to the king, Polonius, is murdered by Hamlet when Hamlet confronts his Mother over her role in his father's death and the Polonius tries to call the guards to stop Hamlet from ...

A theater instructor at George State University puts on “Hamlet 2.0.” ...

Leo Egger, who played Polonius, is in Fifth Humor, and Prentice, who played Laertes, is in the Purple Crayon and the Red Hot Poker, as is Meridian who played Horatio,” Bezilla said. ... “Hamlet can be ...

Ato Blankson-Wood, foreground, as Hamlet, ... (When Polonius sends Laertes off with his tired advice, he also slips him an N95 mask, as other fathers might slip their child condoms.) ...

To paraphrase Hamlet, the question facing those staging this famous play is “To be or not to be the traditional production.” There are strong arguments for either choice.

The cast of Hamlet (Ato Blankson-Wood, Solea Pfieffer, and Nick Rehberger) discuss what forces influence their relationships with one another, and how a modern context helps bring new ideas within ...