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is caricatured. The Hamlets is also interesting not only because of the sheer montage nature
of the text, but also due to its narration. At the beginning, we see Polonius who is about to
tell the story of Hamlet. However, he can only do this in translations, namely those of Milan
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Excerpt from The Hamlets (p. 2):
2 Horatio sets the scene
Horatio divides up the scene space with duct tape. There is nothing else on stage.
[Translator’s Note: Two versions of the Czech rendering of Hamlet follow.]
Possible text:
“Jak k tomu všemu došlo. Uslyšíte
o cizoložství, krvi, zvrácenostech,
o náhlých soudech, letmém zabíjení,
o smrti ch ...