Day 127: New Play Tuesday! Hamlet

Ophelia, by John Everett Millais (via WikiCommons)
My friend Adrienne told me that the model for this painting was in a claw-footed bathtub heated by candles for hours, so the artist could capture the effect of water on the dress. Unfortunately, the candles went out, the water got cold, and the model got pneumonia and died. I'm not sure if that's true though.

No matter how much I've disliked some of the plays I've read so far, I am genuinely excited to be re-reading Hamlet this week. I remember it as a nearly perfect play: thought-provoking, emotional, memorable and just plain genius. I'm excited.