Quinnopolis vs. Hamlet

Pickers and Stealers

Authors

Paul Menzer University of North Texas

Abstract

Quinnopolis, NY is, according to its website, "a theatre company creating original productions adapted from classics," and the company is aware of its oxymoronic quest to wrest something "original" from a "classic." Unique among recent Hamlet adaptations, only Paul Rudnick's I Hate Hamlet (1991) matches Quinnopolis, NY's obsessive focus on the daunting task of facing down history's most famous dramatic role.

Author Biography

Paul Menzer, University of North Texas

Paul Menzer is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Texas. Recent publications include essays in Shakespeare Quarterly, Renaissance Drama, Shakespeare Bulletin, and his edited collection, Inside Shakespeare: Essays on the Blackfriars Stage. He is currently completing a monograph, "The Hamlets: Cues, Qs, and the Remembered Text."