Hamlet, the Comedy contains the events of
Shakespeare’s famous play, but as seen through the eyes of Amundi, court
jester at the time. Amundi and his companions try figure out the
meaning of it all, and if, indeed, it has meaning. This, in a milieu of
treachery, revenge, and threats of war.
Amundi, jester to Denmark’s King Claudius, has a slew of problems. Just
when tensions at their maximum because of an imminent threat of invasion
by Norwegians, Prince Hamlet returns to Elsinore Castle, more than a
little upset that his mother has married her brother-in-law. It’s a
rough time to be a jester. Worse yet, Amundi has his own problems,
particularly a love affair that seems certain to land him in the torture
room. In spite of that, he does his best to stay alive in a milieu in
which his religion, the social structure, and the nature of war are
showing signs of strain.
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