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Settle down, Steven.

Right?

Now you don't do a f***in'

thing unless I say so.

Do you understand?

Do you understand me?

How's your mum been?

She's all right.

Just give us a bit of time

when she gets here, eh?

That sneaky f***.

How did he think he was gonna

get away with it?

Is he f***in' stupid

or what?

Oi, shithead!

Did you ever do Hamlet

at school?

What the f***

has Hamlet got to do

With that prick

who killed Uncle Charlie?

CHRISSIE:

It's 20 years, Jack.

Fifteen years if you stay

out of trouble.

If you stay out of trouble.

So what are you saying?

How are we supposed

to survive?

Steve's doing all right.

Liam's a smart kid.

He can get a job.

No. He's

finishing high school.

I don't know how long

I can keep doing this.

You?

Hey.

I'm the one who's f***ing

stuck in here, okay?

I can't see my boys,

I can't see my family,

I can't see...

Your girlfriend.

That's it, is it?

You listen to me.

Right?

Don't you f***ing turn

those boys against me.

I mean it.

Come on.

And don't say

anything to Mum.

CHRIS:
Here's to our

new regional manager.

Thank you.

ALL:
Cheers.

Congratulations.

Thanks, Julie. Cheers.

So Dino, Chris tells me

you're teaching in Redfern.

Yeah, that's right.

I'm surprised the Abos

turn up to school.

I'm allowed to say that.

I'm one-eighth Aboriginal.

Is he? You really? Are you?

You didn't tell me that.

Well, it's not something

I brag about.

I guess there aren't many

Aborigines in America.

Oh well, actually,

I grew up

Next to a Navajo

reservation.

Dino.

Oh my God, Adam!

What are you doing here?

I didn't know you were back.

Yeah, a couple

of months now.

Wow.

Have you seen Kate?

No.

She's working in the deli down

the end of Queen Street.

She'd love to see you.

Yo.

Hey.

Hey, where have you been?

I got some sh*t

to sort out.

Gonna be laying low

for a while.

No time for me?

It's family business.

Come to the jillawah.

JASON:
Hey, bro.

Watch my drink, eh?

We've been mates

a long time, eh?

Yeah.

So I can trust you, eh?

Yeah.

I found out who screwed

over the old man.

Who?

Barry Griffen.

F***, I knew

he was dodgy.

I need someone to help me

sort him out.

Someone I can trust.

Yeah, course, bro.

I don't want no one else

knowing anything until

it's done, all right?

Liam's the only one else.

How much did you

have to drink?

Tobes.

Hey!

What's up, bro?

Lookin' good?

Yeah.

You look like sh*t,

cuz.

Did you go out

last night?

Nah, I was up

reading, eh.

Reading?

Yeah, I'm thinking

of auditioning

for the school play.

Ah, gonna be

a big movie star, Woody?

Nah, it's just

a school play.

Like your

Uncle Charlie, bruz.

He was a deadly

actor, hey.

CHALMERS:

Okay, settle down.

Get into pairs

and just read over the scene.

Girls, some of you may

have to play Hamlet,

As there aren't

enough boys.

Don't worry, there was plenty

of cross-dressing

In Mr. Shakespeare's day.

Take a role each,

and discuss the scene

In the context

of the play.

Just read it aloud and discuss

how they were really feeling.

Is Hamlet hot

for Ophelia?

Is she keen on him?

Have you got a partner?

You want to pair up?

Great.

No.

Here you go.

I already know all my lines.

I was with Jonathan,

but he's chickened out.

Everything okay?

Yes, thanks, Miss.

Come on.

"I have gifts of yours"

That for a long time

I've wanted to return.

"Please receive

them now."

"No, not I.

I never gave you them."

Your line.

"My honored Lord,

you know right well you did."

And with them you wrote

such beautiful words

"As made the gifts more rich,

but now their beauty is lost."

"Take them back,

for to the noble mind,"

Rich gifts become poor

when givers prove unkind.

"There, my Lord."

"Are you honest?"

"My Lord?"

"Are you fair?"

"What do you mean,

my Lord?"

"That if you're honest

and fair your"...

"That if you're honest

and fair your honesty"...

This is crap.

All right,

great job, guys.

(Bell ringing)

I'll be putting a callback list

on the notice board

In the English block

tomorrow.

This will be for the roles

of Hamlet,

Gertrude,

Claudius and Ophelia.

If you don't see your name

on this list,

It does not mean

that you won't be in the play.

Also, rehearsals

will start next week,

So be sure

to let me know

If you won't be able

to make them.

Your book.

What did you think?

It's all right.

I hated Shakespeare

until I read Hamlet.

I was drawn

to his darkness.

He's just messed up

like the rest of us.

My Uncle played

Horatio once.

He always wanted

to play Hamlet.

Reckons he was

the deadliest character

written by a white fella.

So what's stopping him?

He's dead.

O, that this too,

too solid flesh would melt.

Thaw and resolve itself

into a dew.

Or that the everlasting

had not fixed

His canon 'gainst

self-slaughter.

Found out where that

Griffen's livin', the dog.

Where?

Over the eastern

suburbs there.

Reckon he got himself

a nice deal with them coppers.

What's doin', boys?

There's talk

of another riot, eh.

Rocco's still in a coma.

Liam!

Got a smoke?

You coming to class

this afternoon, or what?

You're not worried

what they'll think, are ya?

I didn't peg you

to be like that.

I'm not.

I read an article

about your uncle.

He was part of

the Black Theater, right?

Must have been

an amazing time.

He was deadly.

He went to America too.

Got a scholarship

at an acting school

where Robert de Niro went.

I really think you should

come this afternoon.

I dare you.

"I say we will have

no more marriages."

Those that are married already

all but one shall live.

The rest shall keep

as they are.

"To a nunnery, go."

CHALMERS:

Thank you, Matthew, Willie.

All right,

last up for today.

Liam?

Do you need a minute

to look over your script?

No, it's okay.

"To be or not to be:"

That is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind

to suffer the slings

And arrows

of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms

against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them?

To die.

To sleep.

No more:
and by a sleep

to say we end the heartache

And the thousand natural shocks

that flesh is here to...

The heartache and the thousand

natural shocks

"That flesh

is heir to tes..."

F***.

What's he feeling, Liam?

What's he feeling?

Confused.

He wants to get away.

CHALMERS:
Away from what?

Everything.

Everyone.

He's sad.

Show me that.

Show me that sadness.

"To die..."

Or to sleep.

To sleep, perchance to dream,

For in that sleep of death

what dreams may come

When we have shuffled off

this mortal coil.

Must give us pause.

There's the respect that makes

the calamity of so long life.

For who would bear the whips

and scorns of time.

Th' oppressor's wrong,

the proud man's contumely,

"With the pangs

of despised love..."

"And lose the name of action."

"Soft you now."

LIAM:
Hey.

Hey.

You were good in there.

I was shamed.

You weren't shamed.

You were good.

Thanks.

You make it look,

I don't know, easy.

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