Ophelia thinks harder

by Jean Betts, William Shakespeare

This play was reprinted in 2003 by The Play Press, Wellington, New Zealand. The ISBN remained the same.

Genres: Plays

73 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Olive · Rating 5 out of 5]

non-binary ophelia my love

[Adriana · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I want to do a proper review later, I do want to say that it was exhilarating, motivating, and fairly interesting. As a feminist text it does demonstrate all the psychological struggle that comes with being a woman in a patriarchal society, and the physical struggle of being and acting like a woman. As a reinterpretation of Hamlet, it handles it quite well. It handles the classic quotes with skill, giving them a whole new meaning when they slip through other characters' lips. That said, it's very obvious, not quite letting the audience think for itself... regardless, a great play.

[Malaika Brownlie-Armstrong · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this twisting of a classic. Very clever.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Expertly interwoven with the original text and irreverent in all the right ways.

[Ruby · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5/5 stars. I thought this play had interesting ideas, and I liked that it focused more on Ophelia, I particularly like the scene where Ophelia talks about how she just wants to be a person, and not treated as though she made a choice to be a woman, etc. I felt a bit confused throughout this play, but that may just be due to it being a play haha, but I liked Horatio, he seemed like a nice fellow. I was confused most often about the maid, and who she was, why she was doing the things she did, etc. It was certainly an interesting commentary on womanhood, etc, and I enjoyed it for that.

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!