Author David Wroblewski on The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Hamlet, and the Golden Age of Dog Fiction
2008-06-19 14:15:44 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Hamlet are very striking. Edgar's mother is named Trudy (Gertrude), his uncle is Claude (for Claudius), and even Almondine, a dog, bears some resemblance to Ophelia. Was that a deliberate decision on your part
It was a conscious decision for sure. Hamlet is one of my favorite plays I saw the movie version starring Laurence Olivier many times...
