There's Going To Be A Production Of "Hamlet" Performed Entirely By Pugs Fun Love
It’s called Pug-let. Kickstarter is a strange, beautiful thing.
Shakespeare's Hamlet will soon be preformed the way it was always meant to be — with pugs, thanks to one enterprising man and 196 generous backers.
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Kevin Broccoli, a writer and actor in Providence, R.I., set up a Kickstarter for the project in early July, and it made its $5,000 funding goal just before the August 6 deadline.
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In a phone interview with BuzzFeed, Broccoli explained that he plans on having his pug actors directed on stage by their handlers or owners. Meanwhile, human actors will read their lines off to the side of the stage.
He also plans on condensing the play so that it's no more than an hour long. "Even real theaters don’t do all five hours,” he explained.
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Though Pug-let is now a reality, Broccoli told BuzzFeed that the project was intended to be a joke, as he couldn't imagine it would actually reach the $5,000 funding goal.
As an actor, he figured Pug-let would be a great way to get some publicity. However, he stressed that he was always serious about actually putting on the show should it somehow get the necessary funding.
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