HamletRandom House Publishing Group, 2008 M08 12 - 272 pages One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, the “closet scene” in which Hamlet accuses his mother of complicity in murder, and breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet an enduring masterpiece of the theater. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... Denmark 1 Textual Notes 137 Second Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear in the Folio 140 Scene - by - Scene Analysis 149 Hamlet in Performance : The RSC and Beyond 166 Four Centuries of Hamlet : An Overview 166 At the RSC 177 The ...
... Denmark 1 Textual Notes 137 Second Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear in the Folio 140 Scene - by - Scene Analysis 149 Hamlet in Performance : The RSC and Beyond 166 Four Centuries of Hamlet : An Overview 166 At the RSC 177 The ...
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... Denmark himself is the most famously interroga- tive of all dramatic characters . He is Shakespeare's ultimate man of words . The actor who plays him has to learn over 340 speeches ; the role has a higher proportion of its play's words ...
... Denmark himself is the most famously interroga- tive of all dramatic characters . He is Shakespeare's ultimate man of words . The actor who plays him has to learn over 340 speeches ; the role has a higher proportion of its play's words ...
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... Denmark's a prison " : Hamlet is cabined , cribbed and confined by his princely birth , by the machinations of statecraft , and by the lim- itations of the material world . In his melancholy , when he complains that he has lost interest ...
... Denmark's a prison " : Hamlet is cabined , cribbed and confined by his princely birth , by the machinations of statecraft , and by the lim- itations of the material world . In his melancholy , when he complains that he has lost interest ...
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... Denmark , he is in a state of " readiness " and the revenge then takes place during the duel . Looked at this way , where is the delay ? But the style of the " hot blood " soliloquy is completely unlike that of the other solo speeches ...
... Denmark , he is in a state of " readiness " and the revenge then takes place during the duel . Looked at this way , where is the delay ? But the style of the " hot blood " soliloquy is completely unlike that of the other solo speeches ...
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... Denmark , a ghost by death , speaking his own words to his own son's name ( had Hamnet Shake- speare lived he would have been prince Hamlet's twin ) , is it possible , I want to know , or probable that INTRODUCTION xxi.
... Denmark , a ghost by death , speaking his own words to his own son's name ( had Hamnet Shake- speare lived he would have been prince Hamlet's twin ) , is it possible , I want to know , or probable that INTRODUCTION xxi.
Contents
Textual Notes | 137 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 149 |
The RSC and Beyond | 166 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 217 |
A Chronology | 231 |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | 237 |
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ACT 4 SCENE action actor audience BARNARDO blood Boyd Caird character David Warner dead dear death Denmark doth Elsinore Exit eyes father fear Folio Following Fortinbras friends GERTRUDE HAMLET Ghost give grave grief HAMLET Ay HAMLET OPHELIA Hamlet play hast hath hear heart heaven HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO is't Jonathan Bate kill KING HAMLET LAERTES HAMLET LAERTES KING leave Lines look Lord Hamlet madness MARCELLUS Mark Rylance Matthew Warchus Michael Boyd mother murder nature night Norway nunnery Ophelia OPHELIA HAMLET OSRIC passion performance play players Polonius POLONIUS HAMLET pray prince production queen question rapiers revenge REYNALDO role Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Royal Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Company SECOND CLOWN sense sexual Sings soliloquy soul speak speech stage sword tell theater theatrical thee There's thing thou thought Toby Stephens Tragedy watch Wittenberg words young