When you're acting, you have to find a way to let yourself go, so there is space for a new character to take over your mind and body. You have to become someone else. Talk like someone else, think, feel, act like someone else. But in order to do this, you have to create a connector between the character and the actor. Some characters are harder to interpret than others. This all depends on how strongly you can relate to the character you have to impersonate. It's easier to interpret a character if you’ve been them already, because you can directly relate to the situation they're facing. This is the case of the prisoners at the Missouri East Correctional Institution. For them, there's very little difference between Hamlet and real life.
It's very interesting to see what Hamlet means to the prisoners. In some way, the play is like therapy to them. As one of them said, Hamlet keeps them sane. It makes them realize they aren't stupid, th but uneducated and most importantly, it makes them face their past.
These man are playing roles they've played all their life. They truly mean the lines they say. They've been through what Hamlet's has been through, done what Claudius has done. They are murderers playing the roles of murderers. Can there be a better interpretation?
A relationship has been created between the prisoners and Hamlet. They help each other out. The men bring Hamlet to life and in return, Hamlet provides the opportunity to express themselves. Through Shakespeare's words, they are able to get across their most deepest emotions.
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