I had to rub my eyes yesterday when I am across the following headline in the Washington Post: "Is He to Be Guilty, Or Not to Be Guilty?" Apparently, the Kennedy Center staged a sold-out mock-trial for the sweet prince.
After two hours of mock-trial arguments at the Kennedy Center -- presided over by no less a jurist than Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy -- a jury of Washingtonians deliberated over whether Hamlet was in his right mind when he stabbed Polonius to death. In elegant tribute to Shakespeare's enigmatic masterpiece, the jurors deadlocked, 6 to 6.
A trial for a fictitious prince from medieval Denmark? Did Liz LeCompte direct this?
Also of note: this is the first time a Supreme Court Justice has done anything for the arts in well over a decade.
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