About Lego Hamlet
ABOUT LEGO: Lego began in the mind of Ole Kirk Christiansen, who produced wooden toys
beginning in 1932 with the motto "Only the best is good enough." The name "Lego" comes from
the Danish for "play well" -- "LEg GOdt." After the second world war, Lego toys were made
of plastic, but it wasn't until 1954 that Ole Kirk's son Godtfred decided that an entire
system of play should be made, rather than individual toys. In 1957, Lego created the
famous stud-and-tube coupling system that forms the basis of all Lego toys. When a
warehouse fire destroyed much of the wooden toy inventory of the company, a decision was
made: only the plastic, stud-and-tube system Lego toys would be manufactured. By 1996,
about 180 billion Lego elements had been produced. 300 million children and adults have
played with Lego bricks. Every year, children spend almost 5 billion hours playing with
Lego -- one hour for every human being on the planet. Lego was recently voted "Toy of the
Twentieth Century."
ABOUT HAMLET: Hamlet was most likely written by Shakespeare around 1600, presumably
following the success of Julius Ceasar. The story itself is a Danish tale, of a prince
Hamlet (Amleth) in the twelfth century. A Latin version by Saxo the Grammarian, adapted
into French by Francois de Belleforest in 1570, tells of the murderous Feng, who kills his
brother Horwendil and marries his brother's wife Gerutha. Amleth, the son of Horwendil and
Gerutha, must avenge his father's murder. Amleth and his mother together scheme to kill
Feng, and once the murder of his father is avenged, Amleth becomes King of Denmark. For the
original story, Amleth and Gerutha conspire together, the murder of Horwendil is a public
act, and the revenge of Amleth is a moral obligation, not a problematic transgression.
Links
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The Holy Grail If you like
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Last updated: Tuesday, February 18th, 2003.
