farewell to Hamlet

There are some marvelous lines in "Hamlet". "To be or not to be...., To thine own self be true..., Neither a borrower nor a lender be...,, The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown.," and on and on. Alas, I will not be reciting any of them even though I would have loved to play the ghost. First Presbyterian Theater will be presenting an all women version of "Hamlet" in March of 2018 but I will be on a trip for over two weeks in February, right before dress rehearsals will start.  The director and I agree that it would be really hard to miss the last two intense weeks of rehearsals and then try to pick up where I Ieft off before my trip.  Happily, lots and lots of ladies showed up for the first stage of the audition this afternoon so he will have plenty of good actors to choose from.  I think so many showed up because it's not often that women get to act the really great scenes in Hamlet. While I'll regret not being in it, (but not enough to give up a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji) I will cetainly look forward to seeing the production when the time comes.