Flying Pig #5: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

I knew without looking that this pig must be Hamlet.

Earlier I blogged about my first trip to the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company downtown. Naturally, this is where Hamlet lives. A bit about the pig skull from the Cincinnati.com interview with artist Brian Heim:

I wanted a real pig skull so I found a pig head at a butcher shop, borrowed my grandmother's pressure cooker and boiled it for about seven hours. It was a really strong smell.

Niiiice. Another bit I like, which I hadn't noticed:

Words from Hamlet's monologues are written in silver around his clothes, as if they are stitched in thread.

Hamlet's Pig Profile: http://www.cincinnati.com/bigpiggig/profile_072200.html
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company website: http://cincyshakes.com/