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The Boar's Head Tavern :: General :: Non-Renaissance Literature/Drama :: Flashback Techniques Author Topic: Flashback Techniques (Read 1,116 times) rabagas Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Nov 2002 Gender: Male Posts: 30 Location: Maryland Flashback Techniques « Thread Started on Aug 26, 2003, 9:18am » In another Shakespeare Club I belong to someone suggested that if Shakespeare had used Flashbacks or employed different methods of telling his stories (especially Hamlet) this might have had some interesting results. Any thoughts ? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged holbrook Money Lender member is offline Joined: Jul 2003 Gender: Male Posts: 4 Location: Texas Re: Flashback Techniques « Reply #1 on Aug 26, 2003, 10:56am » I actually don't think that Hamlet would have benefitted from the use of flashbacks. Shakespeare's use of exposition in the first scene is masterful, a scene that I use to teach the concept of flashbacks to my classes. Also, it would have authenticated or disproved many things that are written to be ambiguous, such as a possible Gertrude/Claudius liason during her first marriage. However, I think a flashback would have greatly improved the clunky exposition in the first scene of Comedy of Errors. Furthermore, many of the histories could use another way of reminding the audience what has happened in previous plays. The Tempest is another that would probably improve if we could see the back story rather than merely hearing about it. Does anyone know what novel/play/story first used the flashback as a storytelling device? I'd be interested in finding out. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker. It is enough to make one ashamed of one's species." Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» Shakespeare--------------------- The Plays- The Sonnets- The Man- General Shakespeare Discussion--------------------» The English Renaissance--------------------- Shakespeare's Contemporaries- Other Renaissance-Related Works- General Renaissance Discussion--------------------» In Performance--------------------- Film Productions- Modern Theatrical Productions- Renaissance Theatrical Productions- General Performance Discussion--------------------» General--------------------- General- Non-Renaissance Literature/Drama- Criticism Discussion- Reading Clubs--------------------» Site Info--------------------- Site Announcements- Questions and Suggestions