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Hofstra University's Newspaper of Record

The Hofstra Chronicle

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The Hofstra Chronicle

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To be or not to be: A modernized ‘Hamlet’ in Brooklyn

Tyler Dickinson-Frevola March 10, 2020

The stage is set: a dark black box in which a single golden incense lamp hangs, billowing smoke illuminated by white light from above. Slowly, characters come from the wings to mourn the loss of King Hamlet, still body beneath a plastic sheet on a cold, metallic table. In the single spotlight from above, surrounded by darkness on all sides, Hamlet lets out a single, silent scream of agony in loss.

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