"To be or not to be" is a question that requires an answer. At last comes a sequel to the greatest playwright's greatest work... ever! Hamlet, Prince of Denmark confronted the enduring issues of life, love, mission, and therefore the will to live or die. Four hundred years in the making, this sequel, Hamlet Resurrected, brings long awaited resolution to these timeless concerns. He had lost everything... utterly! Family his mother, his father, and his wicked uncle; his friends his schoolmates, who he tricked into dying in his place; and the woman he chose to love driven mad by him, the murderer of her father and her brother. Yea, in his folly, his selfishness, he wiped out not only his entire family, and the family that he should have added to his own, but also... an entire kingdom. A fool! A fool, who woke up to find he'd lost a world. "The clock of reason, the clicking sand, ... and now it all is gone!" Where... will... he go? Death pursues, deeds are remembered, eternity draws ever near. And what of that doctrine of living only for this present world? Echoing in the background, through opposing aspects, two characters from Shakespeare's original work return. Marcellus, the former captain of the guard, and now the general of a renegade army; for him, his chief pursuit in life is regaining a world he had known before. Horatio, that would be herald of the best he thought the world could give; consumed by what he called dignity, he hung his life before the Altar of Pride. Hamlet Resurrected presents vivid images in the mind of the reader, as it was meant to do also upon the stage. From its opening scene of live burial to its action filled battles, it surrounds each participant within the world of its story. Gypsies in the forest, explosions, men driven utterly mad, and a hanging upon the sunny Dover Cliffs of England; war, love, and so very much more; this play, replete with dialogue that honors the Bard, will keep you riveted from a haunting beginning to its glorious conclusion. Hamlet Resurrected... at last!
Abel Prudhomme is a graduate in Biblical Studies from Louisiana Baptist University. He is also a graduate of the Library Technology Program at Pasadena City College. His other published works (which are all available at Amazon.com) include "The Lost Canterbury Tale", "A Modest Proposal / A Modern Proposal", which he co-authored post-mortum with Jonathan Swift, and a soon to be released short theatrical play entitled, "The Frankenstein Chronicles." He has been interviewed and featured on the front page of the Fall 2012 online edition of West Magazine. He has also been the special guest star of the "Spend a Little Time With Poetry Show", a televised appearance which is available on YouTube. Abel Prudhomme is a spoken word artist. He is available for public appearance and for seminar. More information, including his latest works and upcoming performances, is available at: www.abelprudhomme.com
