[drakesmainer]

Whats with the connections between the two? not so much in terms of plot...more in did Rado have an obsession with Hamlet or something. There's "what a peoce pf work is man" which is beautiful and gorgeous and ,of course, hamlet. and "the rest is silence" in "flesh failures"...don't get me wrong I absolutely ove hair. I was just wondering what,if any, other hamlet refrences exist in the musical and does anyone know the story behind these choices?

[rock_musicals]

I believe Rado and Ragni both acted in Hamlet before, and they loved it.

[Tom]

Ragni was a spear carrier in the 1964 Broadway Hamlet with Richard Burton.

Also, Hair has quotes from Romeo and Juliet as well as Hamlet. Claude's death scene is sung to Romeo's death scene as well as Hamlet's

[OzHair]

As HAiR was originally produced as part of the New York Shakespeare Festival, I'd always assumed the Shakespearian references were included to tie into this. There are a few other Shakespeare references in the original version of the show, some can be heard on the Dis-In-Hair-Ited album.

[rock_musicals]