Classic treatment of this, and other ways in which Hamlet doesn't "translate" to another culture, is Bohannan's "Shakespeare in the Bush" (http://www.naturalhis

Classic treatment of this, and other ways in which Hamlet doesn't "translate" to another culture, is Bohannan's "Shakespeare in the Bush" (http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/12476/shakespeare-in-the-bush http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/12476/s...).