Why Hamlet’s new order was not to be

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/20/why-hamlets-new-order-was-not-to-be

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I had a friend who collected weird productions of Hamlet. They included Hamlet on a plank (suspended eight feet above the action); Hamlet on roller skates; and, my favourite, a production that had twin brothers simultaneously playing the Dane, while, due to financial pressures, the same actress doubled as both Ophelia and Gertrude. Mucking about with where a speech comes? Ha!Judith MackinlayManchester

• I agree with Charlotte Higgins (Notebook: Hamlet will be what it will be, 20 August) that the whole point of previews is that things get changed. There is a saying in the north of England that sums it up: “Bairns and fools should see nowt half done”.David PhillipsBarnard Castle, County Durham