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Hamlet, Prince of Quebec [1968]
(Playwrights Co-op, 1973; Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1974)
Original
Résumé In this political satire loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, the ghost is General de Gaulle, Horatio is René Lévesque, the Queen is the Church, The King, English Canada and Laertes, Trudeau, etc. The original play is set in 1969, but could and should be updated, with, for example, Lucien Bouchard as Horatio, René Lévesque as the Ghost, etc... Extrait « KING/THE ENGLISH : 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, to give these mourning duties to your father. Yes, you are bound in filial obligation for some term, to do obsequious sorrow, but to persevere in obstinate condolement is a crime against nature, an offence to death and an insult to reason. One must face the facts...that which was is no more. As for your intent in revisitting France, this and other dark Gaboneese thoughts are most retrograde to our desire. The state of our affairs with this country is uncertain and strained. And we beseech you bend to remain here, in the cheer and comfort of our eye. » Revue de presse "This play ranks as one of the most imaginative and forward-thinking works the London Little Theatre has attempted." London Free Press, 1968. |
