The Five-Minute Forums  

Go Back   The Five-Minute Forums > FiveMinute.net > Miscellaneous

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 10-01-2004, 01:18 AM
Hotaru's Avatar
Hotaru Hotaru is offline
Lone Ranger
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Where it's cold in winter and hot in summer, yet not warm in spring.
Posts: 1,041
Default 15 minute "Hamlet"

So there I was, mindlessly flipping through my english book. Entitled "Hamlet and other related readings", I figured I would be bored out of mind. It's not like English is much fun, but reading what people think about Shakspeare, now there is fun! I mean did you know there is a Hamletology? It's so incredible, it's... it's... *falls asleep*

But then I saw it, in the book, staring at me in big, bold letters...

15 Minute Hamlet

I was shocked, and amazed! I began reading it... only to discover it wasn't funny. No, not funny, it was Hamlet in 15 minutes, if you wanted to know the PLOT and major events and stuff. I was a little dissapointed, but that was the highlight of my english class (yes, the highlight of my english class was the title of a thingy, english is REALLY boring) and I figured I would share it with you.

Expect to see pictures soon! I'm so bored....

I would like to apologize to anyone who likes/teaches english/shakspeare, I just find it really boring.

I wonder how small "Tiny" is...
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 10-01-2004, 01:37 AM
mudshark's Avatar
mudshark mudshark is offline
Is he ever gonna hit Krazy Kat, or what?
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: UMRK
Posts: 1,738
Default

You could always do it this way, but it's not especially funny, either. Hamlet as Shakespeare wrote it, however, does have some funny bits, if a bit darkish.
__________________
Methinks Ted Sturgeon was too kind.

'Yes, but I think some people should be offended.'
-- John Cleese (on whether he thought some might be offended by Monty Python)
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 10-01-2004, 01:41 AM
Hotaru's Avatar
Hotaru Hotaru is offline
Lone Ranger
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Where it's cold in winter and hot in summer, yet not warm in spring.
Posts: 1,041
Default

Oh, as well, last week I saw "5-Minute Calgary Herald", in the newspaper. I think somebody has decided that Zeke has a good idea going here, and is spreading it to everything I see!
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 10-01-2004, 01:46 AM
NeoMatrix's Avatar
NeoMatrix NeoMatrix is offline
Factorial
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Augusta, GA
Posts: 6,139
Send a message via AIM to NeoMatrix Send a message via MSN to NeoMatrix Send a message via Yahoo to NeoMatrix
Default

I would love a 5 minute Lecture, lol
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 10-01-2004, 02:47 AM
Sa'ar Chasm's Avatar
Sa'ar Chasm Sa'ar Chasm is offline
Our last, best hope for peace
Staff
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sitting (in Ottawa)
Posts: 3,425
Default

There was a king sitting in his garden
When his brother in his ear poured a vial full of hemling,
Stole his money and his crown, and his widow
But the king came down to haunt his son, and said "Hey, kiddo"
I'm your father and it's your duty to avenge my death on Claudius,
kill him quick and clean and tell the nation what a fraud he was.
The kid said "Well, I'll do it, but I'll have to play it crafty,
And so no one will suspect me I'll let on that I'm a dafty."

And so on, and so forth. I forget the rest, except for the last line:
And Fortinbras, knee-deep in Danes, lived happily ever after.
__________________
The first run through of any experimental procedure is to identify any potential errors by making them.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 10-01-2004, 02:47 AM
admiral sab's Avatar
admiral sab admiral sab is offline
5MAwwwwww
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: at my house
Posts: 618
Send a message via AIM to admiral sab Send a message via Yahoo to admiral sab
Default

Aw man, I was getting excited! lol I love Hamlet! It's my favorite! I've seen it at the Shakespeare festival here in Montgomery, but I thought a 15 minute version would be fun. Five minutes seems too short and 20 too long, but 15 I think would be perfect.

LOL

Seriously I love Hamlet. It's the best.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 10-01-2004, 03:00 AM
Xeroc's Avatar
Xeroc Xeroc is offline
Not to be confused with Kodax
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The Universe
Posts: 4,230
Send a message via ICQ to Xeroc Send a message via AIM to Xeroc Send a message via Yahoo to Xeroc
Default Re: 15 minute "Hamlet"

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotaru
(yes, the highlight of my english class was the title of a thingy, english is REALLY boring)
The highlight of mine was where we all talked about Star Trek!

It's pretty small...
__________________
Truer words were never spoken.

Xeroc Central

5MChat: PHP/JS Chat 2.0
Click here to view the chat in progress!
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-01-2004, 08:10 AM
Chancellor Valium's Avatar
Chancellor Valium Chancellor Valium is offline
Reasonably priced male pills
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Rhen Var, sitting on a radiator...
Posts: 4,595
Send a message via MSN to Chancellor Valium
Default

How about 5MMacBeth? or is that Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett?
__________________
O to be wafted away
From this black aceldama of sorrow;
Where the dust of an earthy today
Is the earth of a dusty tomorrow!
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 10-01-2004, 12:09 PM
Sa'ar Chasm's Avatar
Sa'ar Chasm Sa'ar Chasm is offline
Our last, best hope for peace
Staff
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sitting (in Ottawa)
Posts: 3,425
Default

Wyrd Sisters is considerably longer than five minutes.
__________________
The first run through of any experimental procedure is to identify any potential errors by making them.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 10-01-2004, 12:48 PM
Chancellor Valium's Avatar
Chancellor Valium Chancellor Valium is offline
Reasonably priced male pills
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Rhen Var, sitting on a radiator...
Posts: 4,595
Send a message via MSN to Chancellor Valium
Default

It's probably funnier than a fiver of it, though.......I like that book.....and the opening of Maskerade works well too....
"When shall we, er, two meet again?"
"I can do next Tuesday. And you don't have to shout so. You made me drop my toast in the fire."
__________________
O to be wafted away
From this black aceldama of sorrow;
Where the dust of an earthy today
Is the earth of a dusty tomorrow!
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 10-06-2004, 11:38 AM
Opium's Avatar
Opium Opium is offline
Calvinist
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Can't sleep, clown will eat me...
Posts: 5,449
Send a message via AIM to Opium Send a message via MSN to Opium Send a message via Yahoo to Opium
Default

GAH! More Shakespeare! Too much of old Shakey! I...can't...take...it... *runs away, and is so traumatized that almost uses multiple !'s *

*comes back*
Hey, did you know William Shatner blames his sticato (sp?) Trek voice on the blank verse language he learned while being a classically trained Shakespearean actor?
*runs away again*

*again comes back*
The question is, then, why Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan do not use the staccato (sp?) voice too.
*decides to stay and think a while about if has any more questions*
*reads above sentence*
*realizes has had too much coffee and too little sleep*
*attempts to leave computer*
*does so, eventually*
__________________
George Orwell gives meaning to TopHatMan\'s life.
Opium, Princess Heroine of Laudanum...Part of The Morphine Party: The Party For Not... Crushing... Me? :shock:
Opium. Don\'t take drugs, just read them.
Please vote Morphine! (Thanks, Zeke!)
Needing more sleep since before 2003
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 10-06-2004, 12:58 PM
Chancellor Valium's Avatar
Chancellor Valium Chancellor Valium is offline
Reasonably priced male pills
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Rhen Var, sitting on a radiator...
Posts: 4,595
Send a message via MSN to Chancellor Valium
Default

staccato is the correct spelling. William Shatner isssssAN (major uber-obsessive stupidly long pause) Id......Iot!
__________________
O to be wafted away
From this black aceldama of sorrow;
Where the dust of an earthy today
Is the earth of a dusty tomorrow!
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 10-08-2004, 09:36 AM
Opium's Avatar
Opium Opium is offline
Calvinist
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Can't sleep, clown will eat me...
Posts: 5,449
Send a message via AIM to Opium Send a message via MSN to Opium Send a message via Yahoo to Opium
Default

Actually, for Shakespearean plays, William Shatner's style would work well. And in fact, Gene Roddenberry actually wanted that style for Star Trek!...the Shakespearean Hero thing. I think, though, by the time 1986 came around, and Mr Roddenberry was casting for ST:TNG, he perhaps realized that having a classically trained Shakespearean actor: Good. Having a Shakespearean-quality stage/movie actor who doesn't actually speak in the common Shakespearean dialect of the moment during a futuristic show: Even better. So came Patrick Stewart! At least that's my theory...
__________________
George Orwell gives meaning to TopHatMan\'s life.
Opium, Princess Heroine of Laudanum...Part of The Morphine Party: The Party For Not... Crushing... Me? :shock:
Opium. Don\'t take drugs, just read them.
Please vote Morphine! (Thanks, Zeke!)
Needing more sleep since before 2003
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 03:08 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.