similar to the Christian ones of Denmark, to fully naturalise the play.
To prepare for the role of Hamlet, he says he read "almost all
the books that were available on this play ... in the libraries in
Chennai [Madras] in particular... all the critical works written on this
character, Hamlet ... and what eminent actors had written about how
they played this role." He mentions he studied how Edmund Kean,
Kemble, Beerbohm Tree, Edwin Booth, Forbes Robertson, Frank
Benson and others played Hamlet. Confessing that he was left
"thoroughly confused" he tried to find his own way relying on his
actor's instincts. "It is the performer's part that is tough. For, those
who do scholarly studies would see the validity of both schools in the
debate and step aside contented that they. had don
