Still Crazy, After All These Years

Ophelia vs. Clementine

Authors

  • Regina Buccola Roosevelt University

Abstract

Ingeniously collapsing Ophelia's narrative into that of the subject of the ballad "My Darling Clementine," Quinnopolis vs. Hamlet depicts a Danish court in which the female characters are mutually destructive tools. Polonius emerges as a misogynistic director of his ingénue daughter, while Gertrude is literally a prop in this production; her main function is to point out, punctuate, and report on the collateral damage suffered by Ophelia as Hamlet falls headlong into vengeful madness.

Author Biography

Regina Buccola, Roosevelt University

Regina Buccola is Associate Professor of Literature and Language at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Her publications include Fairies, Fractious Women, and the Old Faith: Fairiy Lore in Early Modern British Drama and Culture (Susquehanna University Press, 2006) and essays in Early Theatre Journal, Sixteenth-Century Journal, and Children's Literature Association Quarterly.

Issue Cover text: B&L, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2006. Image: Line illustration of two children talking while holding books.

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Published

2006-05-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2006): Shakespeare for Children

Section

Appropriations in Performance Reviews