Posts Tagged ‘hamlet’

How Stalin Canceled “Hamlet” in the Soviet Union—and What It Can Teach Us about Cancel Culture

By Jon Miltimore William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is considered by some to be the single greatest story ever written. Hamlet has it all: ghosts, sword fights, suicide, revenge, lust, murder, philosophy, faith, manipulation, and a climactic bloodbath worthy of a Tarantino film. It’s a masterpiece of both high art and sensationalism, the only play I’ve […]

Does a Viking Age Mask Stone Picture the Real Hamlet?

Does a Viking Age Mask Stone picture the real Hamlet? Surely not, the immediate reply might be. It is well-known that Shakespeare modeled his Hamlet story over older versions of the story about Amleth, first written in Latin circa 1200 AD by Danish chronicle writer Saxo Grammaticus. While Shakespeare’s Hamlet was a fictional renaissance character […]

Russian Boy Reading Hamlet Arrested by Moscow Police

Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a pre-investigation check into the actions of police officers after a video of a crying boy being forcefully led away and shoved into a police car in central Moscow gained the attention of the online community and human rights advocates. The boy, who is […]

Police detention of boy reciting Hamlet on Moscow street sparks outcry, internal inquiry (VIDEO)

The boy, who is reportedly nine or ten years old, was reading Shakespearean excerpts aloud in the street when police swung into action, claiming the child was unattended and being forced to beg. He was detained on Friday evening near Moscow’s historic Arbat Street, popular with both tourists and locals. A clip of what appears […]

Bank Melli to begin exchange transfers for Iranian expatriates

Gholam–Reza Panahi, the deputy governor for currency affairs at the Bank Melli of Iran (BMI), said that the bank is ready to receive foreign exchange transfers from Iranian expatriates through its foreign branches or subsidiaries.   It will also be able to provide services including: the opening of foreign currency accounts at the request of […]

Over 3,000 Mosques In The US… 75 Percent Used As Jihadi Networks!… Obama Declared Them ‘Off-Limits’ For Surveillance!

On December 6, 2014, France 24 reported that the French authorities had raided a number of Mosques after the Paris terrorist attack that killed 130 people in November. What they found in those Mosques, as well as the Mosque leaders’ homes and an undeclared madrassa, or religious school, should make every American sit up and […]

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