#fragile foils
The other day I saw a production of Hamlet, where as everyone’s dying, Hamlet runs to Laertes as soon as he starts falling down and holds him in his arms while he’s explaining what happened. He runs to kill Claudius with sword and with poison, and then comes back to hold Laertes as he begs for forgiveness on both sides. There’s a quiet moment and when he says “Heaven make you free of it” it sounds almost tender, and he lets his boyfriend to the ground gently.
And then of course Horatio holds Hamlet the same way, but for longer, and it was a beautiful parallel, so polyamorous Hamlet is what I’m saying.
Someone randomly liked this post, so I’m coming back five years later to add on that the paapa essiedu production has hamlet and laertes clinging to each other while covered in blood!
Fellas, is it gay…
