Shakespeare and Me | Page 15

Hamlet The Greek pupils rehearsed a few critical scenes from “Hamlet” over a twomonth theatre workshop. Here’s what our young actors think of the experience and the play. I played Horatio, Hamlet’s best friend in the final scene when Hamlet dies. I felt very strange but good because I played a boy’s role. This is the opposite from what happened in Shakespeare’s time when young boys played female roles. Bakousi Smaragda I think Hamlet feels betrayed by his mother and angry about all women. Ophelia feels sad because she didn’t have any connection with Hamlet’s troubles and she didn’t deserve all this bad treatment from him. I believe that betrayal is ‘evil’ because if the person who you betray is a friend, he will lose any kind of trust they had for you! Panayiotis Niarhos Hamlet is a boy whose uncle killed his father to become king and the husband of his mother. One night Hamlet meets his father’s ghost. The ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle Claudius killed him and asks him to kill him… My favourite hero is Hamlet because he’s clever. My favourite scene is the last one when he dies. I think this play is very good. It’s also a page-turner when you read it. Giannelis Constantinos, age 11 My favourite hero was Hamlet because he wasn’t afraid and because he wanted to find who killed his father. My favourite scene was when Hamlet and Laertes came to Ophelia’s grave. This play is exciting and interesting. Fasakis Giannis, age 11 “Hamlet” is a tragedy. Hamlet was the son of Gertrude the Queen of Denmark. His uncle, Claudius killed Hamlet’s father and married the queen. After this, Hamlet was unhappy. He pretended to be mad. He even pretended to Ophelia, the beautiful lady whom he loved. Hatzis Dimitris, age 11 