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Question:  Why didn’t Hamlet kill Claudius?

Peter O’Toole:  Because there would be no play if he did.

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posted on June 3, 2013
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filed under Acting, Film Clips, Hamlet, Hollywood, Movie Stars, Orson Welles, Peter O'Toole, Shakespeare, Theater
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