START: I heard. And that’s part of it. L...

I Hate Hamlet

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START: I heard. And that’s part of it. Last night, right from the start, I knew I was bombing. I sounded big and phony, real thee and thou, and then I started rushing it, hi, what’s new in Denmark? I just could not connect.

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END: And it lasted about ten more seconds, and then I was back in Hell. And I stayed there. But for that one little bit, for that one speech—I got it. I had it. Hamlet. And only eight thousand lines left to go.

Rudnick, Paul, The Collected Plays of Paul Rudnick, “I Hate Hamlet,” Harper Collins e-books, pp. 105-106.

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