
The young Prince Hamlet returning from university finds his Kingdom in disarray something is rotten in the state of Denmark' With his father dead & his uncle & mother marrying Hamlet is confronted by an armored ghost who claiming to be the King implores him to enact revenge upon the newlyweds & restore order to the realm Yet Hamlet's ability to act conflicts with his will to think curing the rot & stabilising the kingdom will unleash a series of tragedies that threaten to ruin his entire family Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words easily accessible information about key textual variants lineation metrical ambiguities & pronunciation each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities & meanings to actors & students Designed to be used & to be useful each edition has plenty of space for personal annotations & the well-spaced text is easy to read & to navigate Each edition offers
- Short clear definitions of words- Information about key textual variants- Notes on pronunciation of difficult names & unfamiliar words- An easy to read layout with space to write your own notes- A short introduction to the play