tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post4291052487170812314..comments2024-03-25T02:15:02.505-07:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: Alternate Historyadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-87528805088760567232008-11-17T13:25:00.000-08:002008-11-17T13:25:00.000-08:00http://www.cc.gatech.edu/home/idris/Essays/Shakes_...http://www.cc.gatech.edu/home/idris/Essays/Shakes_in_Bush.htmTheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-88725376107846757232008-11-17T12:43:00.000-08:002008-11-17T12:43:00.000-08:00Mike, do you have anymore info about the tribe who...Mike, do you have anymore info about the tribe who think ghosts always lie? I'm curious, because that belief is certainly foreign to the English-speaking peoples' tradition.bluesman miike Lindnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730308789066832084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-15444791695772311502008-11-11T19:41:00.000-08:002008-11-11T19:41:00.000-08:00I recollect two tales of Hamlet in Africa. One wa...I recollect two tales of Hamlet in Africa. One was a Nigerian production on PBS years ago. The swordfight became a wrestling match; Claudius became a Yoruba or Igbo king. This reminded me of an account I'd read of the caravan from the University of Ibadan that made the rounds in Nigeria, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Bard by putting on a potpurri of scenes. Every time the actors spoke, there arose a hissing from the audience. They were whispering the lines along with the actors. <BR/><BR/>The other account I read was of a more primitive tribe, and they did not Get It at all. OF COURSE, the king must marry his dead brother's wife. It's required. And ghosts <I>always</I> lie, so why should Hamlet have listened to or believed the ghost? <BR/><BR/>I wonder: what distinguishes the set of cultures that "get" Hamlet from those who don't?TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.com