Sparrow

A full play based on Hamlet which I wrote for The Fiery Floods Theatre Company back in 2021. It would end up being the first instalment in the Mortal Temples series which can be heard on all podcast channels. Hamlet is my favourite Shakespeare, so it was a lot of fun to play around with this piece.

Suddenly I see a man like Hugo 

Harper: Moustache and sideburns? 

Hayden: And the three piece suit. Yes. He didn't have a haze of silver, 

Very basic as a ghost, you can imagine. 

Still I nearly had an attack, 

His pistol was drawn 

And he had a bullet hole, 

But he didn't say a word. 

I had some Dutch courage - 

Harper: Whiskey or beer? 

Hayden: I'm telling a story. The boys I was with 

Had seen him before, though 

I hadn't believed their stories. 

Harper it was Hugo, I know it was him 

Harper: How often does he walk? 

Hayden: When it wants to scare souls 

Harper: It was Hugo? 

The hat and the - 

Hayden: Yes! 

Harper: Then I'll go, Bring a pistol or two. 

If this is a joke your ghost 

Will have two bullet holes 

In its suit