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lizardrosen:

> edettethegreat:

> > Characters in Shakespeare who canonically sing:

> > –Iago

> > –Edmund (if you count “fa so la mi” to mean ‘singing to himself’)

> > Characters in Shakespeare who don’t canonically sing, but should:

> > –Hamlet

> hamlet DOES sing!! after the murder of gonzago when everyone’s running and chaotic he has a little song exulting in his victory

> > Why, let the strucken deer go weep,
> > The hart ungallèd play.
> > For some must watch, while some must sleep:
> > Thus runs the world away.
> > For thou dost know, O Damon dear,
> > This realm dismantled was
> > Of Jove himself, and now reigns here
> > A very very—pajock.

> and in 2.1 when he references “jephthah, judge of israel” to polonius i’ve often seen him do it in a little sing-song voice, and i think that’s based on a contemporary song

WOOOOOOO Thank you for this!!

I was looking specifically for stage directions that indicate singing so that one didn’t catch my eye

But it’s wonderful to know that hamlet gets to be involved in Being In A Musical