Hamlet - Prince of Denmark

I'm back from the theatre after almost three hours in the wonderful, scary, beautiful world of William Shakespeare. What is it about this author - he lived more than five hundred years ago, but he still captures me with wisdom, wit, truth, passion, challenging questions and a lot of humor. To look into hate, to look into love, betrayal and passion, like in tonight's play Hamlet, helps us and reminds us that there is a world both out there and within us that challenges us to live more passionately. That's not necessarily about DOING a lot, but more about an attitude. Maybe we are to acknowledge the passion within, to look for it in humans around us, to listen for it in our faith, in love and even to acknowledge our anger and desperation? Mr. Shakespeare reminds me once again that we are to live our lives to the fullest, to draw out every drop of life as long as we've got it!


Aksel Henie as Hamlet (Photo: John Hughes, Oslo Nye Teater)