Perhaps the single most influential work of English drama William Shakespeare&s Hamlet is a timeless tragedy of the conflicted loyalties madness betrayal & terrible revenge This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by TJB Spencer with an introduction by Alan Sinfield & To be or not to be
- that is the question& Something is rotten in the state of Denmark When young prince Hamlet is confronted by his father&s ghost on the battlements of Castle Elsinore he is burdened with a terrible task slay King Claudius Hamlet&s uncle who the ghost alleges murdered him Wrestling with his conscience Hamlet feigns wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge alienating his mother Queen Gertrude & spurning his lover Ophelia But the act of insanity takes Hamlet perilously close to the reality wreaking havoc on guilty & innocent alike This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare&s life & Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Hamlet a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay by Paul Prescott discussing performance options on both stage & screen & a commentary William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare & Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain) many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo & Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) & Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound & influential love-poetry in English If you enjoyed Hamlet you might like Shakespeare&s Macbeth also available in Penguin Shakespeare & It has everything
- intrigue romance politics violence revenge jealousy wit It plays itself out on such a grand scale& Kenneth Branagh

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This volume gives readers the First Quarto text of 1603 & the Folio Text of 1623 modernised & edited to the usual Arden standard As a companion to the Second Quarto volume it will be of particular interest to scholars & students of textual history or to anyone studying Hamlet at an advanced level Both plays are edited & annotated & the introduction contains the fullest available stage history of the First Quarto text ...

Perhaps the best-known of Shakespeare's tragedies Hamlet has all the ingredients for a gripping story revenge & power familial love & betrayal dramatic sword fights dark spooky scenes Once again Lois Burdett has woven her own brand of magic by transforming Shakespeare's complex verse into simple rhyming couplets She has created a version of Hamlet especially for children even as young as seven & one that readers of all ages will enjoy The author's own pupils have created wonderful drawings of Hamlet to illustrate her fluid rhymes Their artistic interpretations are vivid evidence of her clever ability to bring Shakespeare's complex characters & intricate plots to life for young people ...

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
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NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017 In the middle of the sprawling Zaatari refugee camp Dominic Dromgoole watches from the makeshift wings as Hamlet delivers one of his celebrated soliloquies Four years earlier Dromgoole the Artistic Director of the Globe had come up with a wildly ambitious idea to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death by taking his most famous play to every country on the planet Over two full years Dromgoole & the Globe players toured all seven continents performing Hamlet in sweltering deserts grand Baltic palaces & heaving marketplaces
- despite food poisoning in Mexico the threat of ambush in Somaliland an Ebola epidemic in West Africa & political upheaval in Ukraine Hamlet Globe to Globe tells the fascinating story of this unprecedented theatrical adventure in which Dromgoole shows us the world through the prism of Shakespeare's universal drama We see what the Danish prince means to the students of Cambodia the effect of Polonius on the citizens of the tiny African nation of Djibouti & how a sixteenth-century play can touch the lives of Syrian refugees Shakespeare's timeless power to transcend borders to touch the human heart & to bring the world closer together has rarely been demonstrated in such a bold & brilliant way
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This Arden edition of Hamlet arguably Shakespeare&s greatest tragedy presents an authoritative modernized text based on the Second Quarto text with a new introductory essay covering key productions & criticism in the decade since its first publication A timely up-date in the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare&s death which will ensure the Arden edition continues to offer students a comprehensive & current critical account of the play alongside the most reliable & fully-annotated text available ...

Hamlet's combination of violence & introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies It is also full of curious riddles & fascinating paradoxes making it one of his most widely discussed plays Professor Hibbard's illuminating & original introduction explains the process by which variant texts were fused in the eighteenth century to create the most commonly used text of today Drawing on both critical & theatrical history he shows how this gusion makes Hamlet seem a much more 'problematic' play than it was when it originally appeared in the First Folio of 1623 The Oxford Shakespeare edition presents a radically new text based on that First Folio which printed Shakespeare's own revision of an earlier version The result is a 'theatrical' & highly practical edition for students & actors alike ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

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