In act 2 scene 2, Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that "gentlemen, you are welcome to Elsinore. Th' appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony. Let me comply with you in this garb—lest my extent to the players, which, I tell you, must show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment than yours. You are welcome."
When I had the good fortune to visit Elsinore in Denmark on a special occasion, I received a rather different kind of welcome. No wink, no irony, and much warmer.
This photo was taken outside the Kronborg Castle, Hamlet’s castle, in Elsinore, Denmark, where I gave the keynote speech at the conference on “Shakespeare: The Next 400 Years.”
Photo with Kaitlin Culliton (Trinity College Dublin), Ema Vyroubalová (Trinity College Dublin), and Shauna O’Brien (Trinity College Dublin).