The actor's view: madness or political
inconvenience?
Who's
this? Richard Cordery plays Polonius.
Context:
Polonius says Hamlet's 'far gone' but should we trust his judgement? Could madness in Polonius' world equate to being non-conformist? Hamlet may be distraught, on the edge, emotional, dangerous and unpredictable - but is this madness or a reasonable response to the situation?
Did you know? The opening of Act 3 Scene 4 where Hamlet uses lines to parallel Gertrude's rebuke.
In Act 2 Scene 2 Polonius defines the stages of madness as depression, loss of appetite, insomnia, feebleness, delirium and raving madness.
