{"id":203,"date":"2013-03-08T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/?p=203"},"modified":"2019-03-14T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:07:09","slug":"intermission-between-the-us-and-uk-a-hamlet-travel-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/intermission-between-the-us-and-uk-a-hamlet-travel-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermission between the US and UK – a Hamlet travel blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laertes, Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern all went, wrapped up in the shape of Andrew Fallaize, to New York City and stayed with a friend in The Village. The only news we have is: \u2018It\u2019s a blast!\u2019 and something about martinis.<\/p>\n

Hamlet is back in London and rejoined his Ophelia.<\/p>\n

Polonius went back to his Mrs Polonius and their children, to whom he took back a veritable suitcase of trophies plucked from all corners of the tour \u2013 something from Indiana, Texas, Illinois, and Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Gertrude and Claudius hit Route 66 in a Toyota \u2013 they took up the mother road in Oklahoma and followed it to California. In Malibu Canyon, staring over the Pacific ocean, they wrote down their ultimate mileage \u2013 2,621<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures from their travels, the captions are Shakespeare\u2019s \u2013 the perspective is out of Hamlet:<\/p>\n

\"1.\u2018But<\/a>

1. \u2018But look, the morn in russet mantle clad
Walks o\u2019er the dew of yon high eastward hill\u2019
(Horatio – Monument Valley, Utah)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2.\u2018Do<\/a>

2. \u2018Do it, England,
For like the hectic in my blood he rages,
And thou must cure me\u2019
(Claudius – Grand Canyon, Arizona)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"3.\u2018What<\/a>

3. \u2018What shall I do?\u2019
(Gertrude \u2013 North Texas, old route 66)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"4.\u2018Nay,<\/a>

4. \u2018Nay, I know not. Is it the King?\u2019
(Hamlet – Lansky\u2019s, Clothier to the King, Memphis)
Now wears his crown\u2019
(Ghost – Lansky\u2019s, Clothier to the King, Memphis)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"5.\u2018The<\/a>

5. \u2018The serpent that did sting thy father\u2019s life
Now wears his crown\u2019
(Ghost – Lansky\u2019s, Clothier to the King, Memphis)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"6.\u2018Inquire<\/a>

6. \u2018Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris\u2019
(Polonius \u2013 trolley car, Memphis)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"7.\u2018The<\/a>

7. \u2018The steep and thorny way to heaven\u2019
(Ophelia \u2013 Route 66, mid-point \u2013 north Texas)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"8.\u2018the<\/a>

8. \u2018the rank sweat of an enseam`ed bed\u2019
(Hamlet \u2013 the Solarium, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, New Mexico)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Laertes, Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern all went, wrapped up in the shape of Andrew Fallaize, to New York City and stayed with a friend in The Village. The only news we have is: \u2018It\u2019s a blast!\u2019 and something about martinis. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47489,360090],"tags":[67547,47501,47497,47524,47496,47530,88,47525,47498,47529,47531,67545,67548,47499,47500,10591],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actors-from-the-london-stage","category-hamlet-spring-2013","tag-actors-from-the-london-stage","tag-andrew-fallaize","tag-charles-armstrong","tag-gertrude","tag-hamlet","tag-horatio","tag-notre-dame","tag-ophelia","tag-pete-ashmore","tag-polonius","tag-rosencrantz","tag-shakespeare","tag-shakespeare-at-notre-dame","tag-shuna-snow","tag-terry-wilton","tag-university-of-notre-dame"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/shakespeare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}