As for the Laertes-grief bit - forgot about that. The grief I meant was the bit when Hamlet's all "forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum” (V.i.254–256). Then he tries to one up Laertes, saying that he would do things for Ophelia that Laertes could not dream of: eat a crocodile for her, he would be buried alive with her... etc.
I think Shakespeare all depends on the director. Maybe this guy is of the opinion that people watching Shakespeare should know the play as well as he does? Not the best thought process, but one I have seen many a time.
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As for the Laertes-grief bit - forgot about that. The grief I meant was the bit when Hamlet's all "forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum” (V.i.254–256). Then he tries to one up Laertes, saying that he would do things for Ophelia that Laertes could not dream of: eat a crocodile for her, he would be buried alive with her... etc.
I think Shakespeare all depends on the director. Maybe this guy is of the opinion that people watching Shakespeare should know the play as well as he does? Not the best thought process, but one I have seen many a time.