I agree. Also, I loved Lion King. Cute lions, age-old tried and tested story and Disney animation. But I always skipped the death & post scene, directly to Hakuna Matata. Father dying in stampede (&crying for help) is rather severe for a kid.
I have a young me now, and I dont think I will show it to her in all its glory till shes older and will not ask me “what happened to her papa? Where is her mama?” If not anything, I will break down.
I think one just has to change the angle from which one looks at the plays for a Klingon audience.
Macbeth is clearly a tragedy of character
Summary
in that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have the ambition and skill to reach kingship but lack the moral fibre to see it through. Their innate flaws take them so far but then cause their downfall, leading to the kingship of Malcolm who shows the true Klingon spirit by fostering treachery among Macbeth’s followers and waiting to strike until the perfect moment.
Romeo & Juliet is the easiest really. That is ‘just’ a straightforward tale of starcrossed lovers which gives the audience a love affair to swoon over and plenty of bloody street fight scenes. A classic date-night show in other words.
King Lear again is a tragedy in the classical mold.
Summary
The ruler is mad and the land is in turmoil because his daughters cannot bring themselves to slay him immediately. Due to this flouting of the natural order, chaos follows until until the natural order is restored by war in which various people distinguish themselves in battle and the true new ruler emerges victorious.
Titus Andronicus you’ve covered.
Hamlet - again an examination of the fatal flaw of hesitation and a morality play.
Summary
Hamlet dithers due to his excessive attachment to his mother and his innate cowardice. He fails to either properly subjugate himself to his uncle (who has properly taken the throne by murdering his brother and marrying his brother’s widow) or to challenge or usurp his uncle.
His moral failings drive Ophelia mad and when he eventually does act his incompetence leaves everyone dead so that Norway can just walk in and claim the throne, thus again providing the moral lesson that you must strike well and truly or not at all (and for the more discerning tactician, providing a lesson in timing. Norway masterfully undermines Denmark and arrives with his army at just the right moment to seize the throne.)
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Like a version that explores Scar’s story and his abuse at the paws of the ruling elite?
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That’s Wednesday covered, how’s the rest of the week looking?
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Long live Chancellor Meowron, long may he reign!
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