Ophelia and Hamlet

(Excerpt)

O – At that time everything smelled rotten in Denmark…
H – What time?
O – The time of tragedy.
H – What tragedy?
O – Ours! Hamlet, for God’s sake, can’t you even remember your role!
H – What roll? The toilet roll?
O – Hamlet, you act even stupider than you are, and that’s saying something! And to think I killed myself for you…! I mean the words that Shakespeare puts in your mouth. But as I was saying, what with globalization the whole world smells rotten now.
H – And why did he put dirty words in my mouth, this theatre idiot? Hey, Ophelia, where are you going?

(This time Ophelia throws herself out of the window)

Esther Ferrer
May 2009

It’s with collard greens.

Esther Ferrer