To Leave Betimes
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | To Leave Betimes |
| Author(s): | toujours_nigel |
| Date(s): | 23 January 2011 |
| Length: | 510 words |
| Genre: | backstory |
| Fandom: | Mary Renault |
| External Links: | (members-locked) |
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"To Leave Betimes" is a short story by toujours_nigel based on Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer. It is about the school performance of Hamlet in the term previous to Chapter Two, in which it is canon that Laurie played Laertes.
Synopsis
Laurie and his friends are triumphant at the conclusion of the play, having managed to completely upstage Hazell, whose histrionics during rehearsals had outraged them.
Background
The story was written for the 2011 Unwritten Charioteer Writing Project (Chapter Two).
Comments
"To Leave Betimes" elicited a number of positive comments, including:
- "Great stuff! Being upstaged must be Hazell's worst nightmare!"—comment by fanged_geranium
- "Had to give Hazell a reason to hate Laurie."—response by toujours_nigel