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Did you know ...

• the sources of William Shakespeare's Hamlet lie in legends which may trace to an Indo-European origin?
• the film Let the Devil Wear Black is a modern-day version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet that is set in Los Angeles?
• the First International Syndicalist Congress in 1913 was compared to "Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark" because the world's largest syndicalist organization was absent?
• Russian critics considered Armenian actor and poet Petros Adamian one of the best tragedians of the world for his interpretations of Hamlet and Othello?
• John Tavener's "Song for Athene", sung at the funeral of Princess Diana, combines texts from the Orthodox funeral service and Shakespeare's Hamlet?
• Georgian theatre director Kote Marjanishvili's use of puppetry in his adaptation of Oedipus Rex was inspired by a similar set-up in Edward Gordon Craig's 1911 adaptation of Hamlet?