The Klingon HamletSimon and Schuster, 2001 M05 19 - 240 pages For too long, readers throughout the Federation have been exposed to The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'nos, that classic work of Klingon™ literature, only through inadequate and misleading English translations. Now at last, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Klingon Language Institute, this powerful drama by the legendary Klingon playwright, Wil'yam Shex'pir, can be appreciated in the elegance and glory of its original tongue. This invaluable volume contains the complete text of the play, along with an English translation for easy consultation and comparison. In addition, an incisive introduction explains the play's crucial importance in Klingon culture, while copious notes illustrate how the debased English version diverges from the original, often distorting and even reversing the actual meaning of the verses. Khamlet, the Restored Klingon Version, is a work that belongs in the library of every human who hopes truly to understand what it means to be Klingon. |
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Page ix
... come in handy. And speak it, I pray you, trippingly on the tongue. Surely that's how the Klingons do it. Lawrence M. Schoen, Ph.D. KLI Director “You have not experienced Shakespeare, until you have read him ix PREFACE PREFACE.
... come in handy. And speak it, I pray you, trippingly on the tongue. Surely that's how the Klingons do it. Lawrence M. Schoen, Ph.D. KLI Director “You have not experienced Shakespeare, until you have read him ix PREFACE PREFACE.
Page xiii
... speak for themselves. Those who persist in being Doubting Thomazeds would do well to consult the Central Federation Mediaeval Archival Database on the meagre, unconvincing amount of information extant on the existence of this ...
... speak for themselves. Those who persist in being Doubting Thomazeds would do well to consult the Central Federation Mediaeval Archival Database on the meagre, unconvincing amount of information extant on the existence of this ...
Page xv
... speak with the directness required of honor, Khamlet's world is in deep turmoil. The real light relief in the play comes with Oshrik in V 2; his idiom, drenched with faddish loans from Federation Standard, can be safely held up to ...
... speak with the directness required of honor, Khamlet's world is in deep turmoil. The real light relief in the play comes with Oshrik in V 2; his idiom, drenched with faddish loans from Federation Standard, can be safely held up to ...
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... Speaking: Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, and other Attendants SCENE: Denmark. ACT I SCENE I Elsinore. A platform before the castle. [FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO] Bernardo Who's there? Francisco Nay, answer ...
... Speaking: Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, and other Attendants SCENE: Denmark. ACT I SCENE I Elsinore. A platform before the castle. [FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO] Bernardo Who's there? Francisco Nay, answer ...
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... speak to it. Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. Sit down awhile; And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story What we have two nights seen. Well, sit we down, And let us hear Bernardo speak of this. Last ...
... speak to it. Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. Sit down awhile; And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story What we have two nights seen. Well, sit we down, And let us hear Bernardo speak of this. Last ...
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