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  1. I know you cut it for time, Tom, but I wonder if you could expand on the idea of reading this as an alt-right Hamlet in the comments here? I'd be fascinated to hear your thoughts on that.
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  2. Great video, Tom! Looking forward to more from this series. On your point about the mimetic nature of dramatic theatre - how would you say that applies to Brecht? Or, say, Strindberg's Dream Play (or other surrealist works)? I wouldn't say that these pieces encourage the audience to believe wholly in the fictional characters. (Although, I must say, I think Brecht's 'alienation' is a bit of a failure, really. The audience always seems to empathise with Mother Courage through till the end.) Not sure whether it's right for this series or not, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on commercialism in theatre. What do you think of the West End, musicals, The Play That Goes Wrong, and the like? Is there an inherent "worthiness" in some theatre that's not present in others? People certainly seem to talk about them like they're lesser things. Or, perhaps more broadly, what is theatre for? Entertainment, social change, both, neither? Would be interesting to hear your thoughts.
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