Why Shakespeare Left Family for Work in 'Hamnet'?

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What’s Left To Do?

Are you finally wrapping up that book and tying up all the loose ends? I know for me, right now, it’s checking pages to make sure they match the subject. Double-checking paragraphs, spelling, punctuation and page count. While subjugating all of these projects simultaneously here is a last-minute list for finishing the book…Good luck with that!

Before you hit publish or send your manuscript off to print, take one more slow read-through. Not a rushed skim, but an honest final pass. This is usually where small mistakes start flailing their arms for attention. A missing quotation mark, a repeated sentence, a character name spelled two different ways. Don’t forget— it’s the tiny details that matter more than we think.

Make sure chapter titles are consistent, fonts match throughout the manuscript, and spacing looks clean and professional. Readers may not notice good formatting, but they absolutely notice bad formatting. If your book includes page numbers, a table of contents, references, or images, now is the time to verify every single one.

Don’t forget the cover and back-cover description either. Sometimes we spend months or years writing the story and only a few hours creating the sales pitch. That short summary on the back of the book, or blurb, as it is often called–is the first impression readers get, so make it count. Keep it clear, engaging, and spoiler-free.

Another important part of this process is reading portions aloud. It may sound a little crazy, but hearing the words helps catch awkward phrasing and overly long sentences. Your ears often notice what your eyes skip over. That always seems to amaze me—Don’t ask!

If possible, ask someone else, who enjoys reading, to give the manuscript one final look over. A fresh pair of eyes can uncover mistakes you’ve become blind to after staring at the same pages for so long. Even one trusted reader can make a huge difference.

And finally, exhale. Finishing a book is an accomplishment many people dream about but never complete. Whether this is your first project or your tenth, reaching the final stage deserves recognition. The editing, revising, second-guessing, coffee-fueled nights, and endless corrections are all part of the process.

At some point, you’ll just have to let the book go. It will never feel one hundred percent perfect, and that’s okay. Done is sometimes better than endless delays. Celebrate the finish line, learn from the experience, and then start thinking about the next story waiting to be written.

Now that it’s time to party…Hit those keys more hardy! Thank you for your continued readership and support. Have a blessed new week!

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Art. Theatre. Drama. Ngaio Marsh in Costume as Hamlet. Photographs Taken in Connection With Her 3YA Radio Broadcast of Scenes From Hamlet, Aired on 23 April 1935, Where She Played the Title Role. Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Art. Theatre. Drama. Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh was a New Zealand writer, known internationally as one of the ‘Queens of Crime’ along with the likes of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Dorothy L. Sayers. She is often credited as one of New Zealand's greatest writers and played a very influential role in Christchurch. Along with her writing Marsh had a passion for art and theatre and was director of various theatrical productions in the city. These photographs were taken by William Sykes Baverstock who was a well respected photographer at the time. W.S Baverstock and Ngaio Marsh both studied at the Canterbury College School of Art in 1915 and later went on to establish the informal art association known as “The Group” in 1927 with 5 of their former graduates. On April 23 1935 Ngaio Marsh performed the title role of Hamlet on the radio broadcast of ‘Scenes from Hamlet”. On 24th May 1935 one of these photos taken by Baverstock appeared in Radio Record magazine with the caption, “CANTERBURY GIRL AS HAMLET. Ngaio Marsh, the Christchurch writer referred to in a paragraph on this page, as she appeared in a broadcast presentation of “Hamlet,” given from 3YA recently.” The performance which was played on the 3YA radio station featured Ngaio Marsh in the leading role. “8.40: Studio presentation of scenes from “Hamlet,” by Miss Ngaio Marsh and company: cast: Bernardo, Sir Hugh Acland; Francisco, Norman Batchelor; Horatio, Dundas Walker; Marcellus, Roy Twyneham; Claudius, Professor James Shelley; Gertrude, Marjorie Bassett; Laertes, Cyril Wheeler; Polonius, Professor Pocock; Ophelia, Jill Barker; Hamlet, Ngaio Marsh.” Radio Programmes article from The Christchurch Star, 23rd April 1935, page 4.
Canterbury Photography Museum via DigitalNZ

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Agnes Hathaway Got Recognition

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Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Hollywood vergogna. Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem e Mark Ruffalo messi in una lista nera per essersi schierati con Gaza”: così Paul Laverty a Cannes 2026

“Hollywood vergogna”. Paul Laverty sta dalla parte degli attori pro-Pal messi in lista nera. Lo storico sceneggiatore di Ken Loach alza il tiro da Cannes. Membro della giuria che assegnerà tra una decina di giorni la 78esima Palma d’Oro della storia, il 69enne sceneggiatore che alla Croisette ha fatto incetta di premi più di chiunque altro (Palma d’oro per Terra e libertà e Il vento che accarezza l’erba; palma come miglior sceneggiatura per Sweet Sixteen) durante la conferenza stampa della giuria ha sottolineato come: “Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem e Mark Ruffalo siano messi “in una lista nera per aver espresso il loro dissenso contro l’uccisione di donne e bambini a Gaza”.
“Vergogna a chi, a Hollywood, contribuisce a questo clima. La mia totale solidarietà va a loro: sono i migliori tra noi”, ha poi chiosato Laverty. Lo sceneggiatore scozzese aveva iniziato il suo intervento citando Shakespeare e l’Amleto per parlare “di violenza sistematica”, cioè “quello che sta accadendo con il genocidio di Gaza”. Poi ha posto un interrogativo millenario: come si fa a “partecipare a un festival – che è una celebrazione della diversità, dell’immaginazione, della tenerezza – quando c’è una violenza così volgare, crudele e sistematica in atto?”.
Di fianco a lui il presidente di giuria Park Chan Wook con Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao,Ruth Neggae, Laura Wandel, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé e dell’attore appena candidato all’Oscar, Stellan Skarsgard. Laverty ha infine risposto ad una domanda sull’Intelligenza Artificiale nel cinema sostenendo che “l’IA è già qui, e combatterla è una battaglia persa in partenza”. Bisogna, invece, “trovare il modo di collaborare con essa, anche se in realtà non c’è nulla da temere: perché ciò che non potrà mai sostituire è la vera arte, che non è qualcosa di fisico. Viene dall’anima. Viene dallo spirito di ognuno di noi qui seduti, di ognuno di noi che crea ogni giorno, e questo non potrà mai essere ricreato attraverso qualcosa di tecnico”.
L'articolo “Hollywood vergogna. Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem e Mark Ruffalo messi in una lista nera per essersi schierati con Gaza”: così Paul Laverty a Cannes 2026 proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Hollywood shame. Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo blacklisted for taking a stand with Gaza: that’s what Paul Laverty said at Cannes 2026.

Hollywood shame. Paul Laverty is on the side of the pro-Pal actors placed on a blacklist. The screenwriter of Ken Loach is raising the stakes from Cannes. A member of the jury that will award the 78th Palm d’Or in about ten days, the 69-year-old screenwriter, who at the Croisette has amassed more awards than anyone else (Palm d’Or for Terra e libertà and Il vento che accarezza l’erba; Palm as best screenplay for Sweet Sixteen), during the jury’s press conference emphasized that: “Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo are placed “on a blacklist for having expressed their dissent against the killing of women and children in Gaza.”

“Shame on those in Hollywood who contribute to this climate. My full solidarity goes to them: they are the best among us,” Laverty added. The Scottish screenwriter had begun his intervention by quoting Shakespeare and Hamlet to talk about “systematic violence,” that is “what is happening with the genocide in Gaza.” Then he posed a millennial question: how do you “participate in a festival – which is a celebration of diversity, imagination, and tenderness – when there is such vulgar, cruel, and systematic violence in effect?”

Beside him was jury president Park Chan Wook with Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Diego Céspedes, Isaach De Bankolé, and the actor recently nominated for an Oscar, Stellan Skarsgård. Laverty finally answered a question about Artificial Intelligence in cinema, stating that “AI is already here, and fighting it is a lost battle from the start.” Instead, one must “find a way to collaborate with it, even if there is nothing to fear in reality: because what it will never be able to replace is true art, which is not something physical. It comes from the soul. It comes from the spirit of each of us sitting here, of each of us who creates every day, and this will never be recreated through something technical.”

The article “Hollywood shame. Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo put on a blacklist for standing with Gaza”: so Paul Laverty at Cannes 2026 comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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Why did they call it "Deep Packet Inspection" when "Hamlet arranged to have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern deaded" was right there for the taking?

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