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(Telegraph)   Composer wills his own skull to Royal Shakespearean Company for use during "Hamlet." RSC refuses, saying a real skull is too icky. Besides, the composer has been decomposing for a long time now   (telegraph.co.uk) divider line
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holiday_inn_in_cambodia
2008-12-04 2:05:27 AM  
That's a shame. There are less of them every year.
 
Gangway Fathead
2008-12-04 2:09:59 AM  
"Sssssh. The Maestro is decomposing."
 
KradDrol
2008-12-04 2:12:24 AM  
The theater that I performed in Ohio had the ashes of two long-time members buried underneath the stage floor. It was kind of creepy.
 
JPJ007
2008-12-04 2:19:28 AM  
At least Tennant was finally willing to use the skull after all these years.
 
NuttySquirrel
2008-12-04 2:36:56 AM  
Isn't this a plot from "Slings and Arrows?"
 
Branch Dravidian
2008-12-04 2:46:55 AM  
If you're a drama club nerd and somebody offers to give you some skull, you might want to accept. It could be a long time before that happens again...
 
tabula_rasta
2008-12-04 3:04:07 AM  
I guess he didn't object to the RSC's use of a plastic pianist

/pound of flesh?
 
Dwight_Yeast
2008-12-04 3:17:10 AM  
Most important part of the article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01120/tennant_ 1120894c.j pg
 
Dwight_Yeast
2008-12-04 3:17:54 AM  
D'oh! Wrong page, wrong tags!

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Gangway Fathead
2008-12-04 3:49:09 AM  
You know, Yorick is a name you don't hear much anymore.
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-12-04 4:03:21 AM  

Gangway Fathead: You know, Yorick is a name you don't hear much anymore.


Alas
 
meekychuppet
2008-12-04 4:32:05 AM  
This story is a week old and as usual Fark gets it completely wrong. They did use his skull until the story broke. After that the RSC stopped using it because they were concerned that the story would detract from the production.

Farkers rarely get the story right.
 
Cafe Brevity
2008-12-04 5:04:39 AM  
So, I take it they now need volunteers to be handled by David Tennant on a nightly basis?
 
NYZooMan
2008-12-04 5:19:11 AM  
Friggin afterlife attention whore.

They should just let the backstage crew use it as a bong.
 
photogeek_2
2008-12-04 7:07:56 AM  
damn, nuttysquirrel beat me to it.

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T.M.S.
2008-12-04 7:35:17 AM  
This was done first at the Goodman Theater in chicago. Years ago a dying actor willed his skull to the theater to be used in productions of Hamlet. Bob Falls kept it in his office but eventually the skull was missplaced.
 
Sphaux
2008-12-04 9:29:24 AM  

Branch Dravidian: If you're a drama club nerd and somebody offers to give you some skull, you might want to accept. It could be a long time before that happens again...


You don't know theater people. Like rabbits they are.
 
gshepnyc
2008-12-04 9:32:41 AM  
Subby has his Tchaikovskys confused. Andre the Pole does not equal Pyotr the Russian and "pianist" does not equal "composer."
 
Lee's_Austin
2008-12-04 9:36:39 AM  
T.M.S. This was done first at the Goodman Theater in chicago. Years ago a dying actor willed his skull to the theater to be used in productions of Hamlet. Bob Falls kept it in his office but eventually the skull was missplaced.

That man is Del Close. Co-founder of improv Olympic and father of The Harold.

/Didn't hear it had been misplaced though. Sucks.
 
TheGreyPiper
2008-12-04 9:52:19 AM  
What the hell is the Prince of Denmark doing looking like a dumpster diver?

God I hate these pretentious 'interpretations'.

/Pretentious? Moi?
 
TheGreyPiper
2008-12-04 9:53:53 AM  

holiday_inn_in_cambodia: That's a shame. There are less of them every year.


Ha ha. Almost went grammar nazi on you for less/fewer usage. Then I recognized the bleeding obvious.
 
jimmyhaha
2008-12-04 9:59:07 AM  
Del Close approves.
 
T.M.S.
2008-12-04 10:50:33 AM  

Lee's_Austin: T.M.S. This was done first at the Goodman Theater in chicago. Years ago a dying actor willed his skull to the theater to be used in productions of Hamlet. Bob Falls kept it in his office but eventually the skull was missplaced.

That man is Del Close. Co-founder of improv Olympic and father of The Harold.

/Didn't hear it had been misplaced though. Sucks.


I cannot say it was lost with certanty. I had just heard that some time ago. Nnext time I see Falls I'll ask him.
 
Lee's_Austin
2008-12-04 10:55:42 AM  
T.M.S.

Haha. Right on.
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2008-12-04 11:54:19 AM  
holiday_inn_in_cambodia

That's a shame. There are less of them every year.

Indeed. You can say what you want to Debussy, but there's not much of him left to hear.
 
yeschet
2008-12-04 12:54:48 PM  
A bit creepy, but I certainly respect the tradition. I was there in Stratford in September. Honestly, it would have distracted me a bit had I known, I would have been checking out the skull rather than pay attention to Tennant, and that is saying a lot given his performance during the rest of the play.

/"Do you think I meant country matters?"
 
GibbsNCIS
2008-12-04 2:32:02 PM  
I wouldn't be creeped out by a skull. It's more authentic.

's funny, before people knew that was a real skull, everyone was okay with it; but when they find out it's the real deal , everyone goes "EEEW!"/"That's creepy!"

Good on Tennant for even giving it a go and using the skull !
 
Born to Die
2008-12-04 8:42:39 PM  
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy..."

David Foster Wallace meets Keanu Reeves!
 
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