Moments From

"DATING HAMLET"
A Female Monologue
by Bruce Kane

"Dating Hamlet" is a female monologue in which Shakespeare's Ophelia dishes about her commitment phobic boyfriend Hamlet, his dysfunctional family and her desire to get married and be a full time princess.

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"DATING HAMLET"
A Female Monologue
by Bruce Kane

PLACE: Elsinore Castle
CHARACTER: Ophelia - Think of her as a college sophomore. Still in her teens, she is a mixture of sophistication and romantic naivete.

(This is an excerpt from the monologue)

OPHELIA: “But I wish he’d get off this father hang up of his. Now, he thinks Claudius, that’s the new king. He’s Hamlet’s uncle and his step father… He’s also the Queen’s husband and her brother-in-law. You gotta be some kind of genius to keep all these royal family relationships straight around here. Well, anyway, Hamlet thinks Claudius killed his father… Hamlet’s a big conspiracy buff. But, he doesn’t just think it… He’s knows it… Said his father told him. I mean, the man’s dead… How’s he gonna tell anyone anything? But, get this… Hamlet says his father’s ghost told him… (holds her hand up to make a pledge) If I’m lyin’, I’m dyin’..

(The monologue continues)