Hi there, 

I am an English teacher from Ukraine. When my muse visits me and says I must do it , I start writing something far from ordinal... 
Once I planned to stage Hamlet with my pupils at school. It wasn't Hamlet that you know. I got an idea to make it witty and sometimes even comic with a lot of music on the background. I wanted to keep every character alive; mad, betrayed, ignored, hurt but alive.
Choosing music was difficult , though exciting. The final scene of boxing round between Hamlet and Laertes had to be supported by "Show must go on", where words are so realistic and true.
And after the light-hearted fight and a can of super energizing drink (spectators are young people who should be aware of the harm effected by alcohol) everyone on the stage falls .
At the end all characters get together like friends and sing "Wonderful life":

Here I go out to see again
the sunshine fills my hair
and dreams hang in the air
Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes
you know it feels unfair
there's magic everywhere

Look at me standing
here on my own again
up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide
it's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
it's a wonderful, wonderful life...

My plan to stage "Hamlet"(modern) failed due to one unexpected tragic event in my life. Whether I will try to do it again I don't know.
Anyway, here's a passage from my "Hamlet" version for teens or older.

PRESENTATION
A-Dear audience,
To your attention, our modern, 2010 year rock-opera of the famous William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet.

B-This is a cruel story of revenge. Be ready to cry, tremble and suffer with our main characters.
And here they are – (music 1)
The old king of Denmark! Hamlet’s father, honest, generous, kind and a bit absent-minded...He doesn’t know what a surprise is waiting for him in a view seconds.

OlD KING: No, I don’t know about that.

A. Gertrude - queen of Denmark, Hamlet’s mother! Still beautiful, calm, practical and rather naive.

GERTRUDE: Mirror, mirror, tell me so,’ You are the most beautiful of all!’

B.Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Young, proud, intelligent, sensitive and decisive and indecisive.

HAMLET: I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself…
A. Ophelia, Polonius’s daughter, Hamlet’s girlfriend, charming, incredibly sensitive and romantic.

OPHELIA: Hello gentlemen! I ‘ve had a dream about the prince on a white horse.

B. Polonius,the minister,Ophelia’s father, dishonest, narrow-minded, suspicious, not very clever.

POLONIUS: It’s me. Don’t trust them, don’t trust anybody!

A. Laertes, Polonius son and Ophelia’s brother, ambitious, decisive and brave.

LAERTES: I am. You will remember me!

B. And at last, Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, arrogant, aggressive, ambitious, mean and evil!

CLAUDIUS: Ha-Ha-ha! Scared? Not yet? OK, relax by now.

A. Scene 1. Elsinore Castle. A Nasty Surprise for the Old King.

OLD KING: What’s the matter? How dare you! I am the king, don’t touch me!

MILITARY MAN 1: You never served in the army, your majesty! We’ve learnt your family secret!
MILITARY MAN 2: Come with us, Sir! Army will make you a real man, Sir!
MILITARY MAN 1: Hold him tight, let’s go!
OLD KING: No. no… Leave me alone! Help, help!

Song ‘You in the army now’. Gertrude is running after him, then stops.

GERTRUDE: Darling, darling… I am alone, I am alone, I am alone…

B. Scene 11. Elsinore Castle. Gertrude meets Claudius.
Song ‘Pretty woman’. Gertrude is walking(looking into the mirror) and Claudius is following her.

CLAUDIUS: Wait honey, wait! Don’t rush, dear, don’t! Dear Gertrude, you will be mine!
GERTRUDE: No, no, I don’t know. Mirror, mirror, tell me so, “You are the most beautiful of all!”
A. Scene 111. Elsinore Castle. Hamlet falls in love with Ophelia.
Song ‘Star’ by Reamonn. They are together. Hamlet reads rap simultaneously to the words of the song.
HAMLET: Скажи мені, якщо в тебе проблеми,
Скажи, якщо вони в тебе є!
Скажи, якщо щось турбує тебе,
Скажи, кого покарати мені.
Ти знаєш, я зробив майже все,
Ти знаєш, я зміню світ.
Ти знаєш, я зроблю майже все
Для моєї Афелії, для тебе, дитинко!
Скажи, якщо в тебе проблеми,
Скажи, що в тебе на душі,
Покажи, якщо серце болить твоє,
Ти знаєш, ховатись не слід!
Ти знаєш я зробив майже все,
Ти знаєш я небо фарбую,
Ти знаєш, я зроблю майже все!
Ти зірка, яка веде мене,
Ти моя зоря, сяюча зоря, Офелія!
Любов нас щось не зближує:
Тебе й мене, тебе й мене.
Ти моя зоря, сяюча зоря, Офелія
..........................

So, this is it.
To be or not to be.