Hamlet without the Prince phrase
An event or performance taking place without the presence of the key performer or principal actor.
We need to contact Tony as soon as possible. Without him, it would be like Hamlet without the Prince.
We need to find a new main character or it's will be like Hamlet without the Prince.
To disappear.
1. To request someone to leave a college or a university
2. To put someone in prison
3. To send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose
4. To order room service at the hotel
This expression came from a story in the Morning Post of September 1775. A traveling theatrical troupe had announced a performance of Hamlet, but the actor meant to play Hamlet in a production of Shakespeare's ran off with an innkeeper’s daughter just before the play began. Therefore, the actors had to tell the audience that the part of Hamlet was left out for that night, and they hoped the audience would forgive the omission. But the prince in Hamlet is the central character, namely Hamlet himself, and without him, there is not much left of the play!