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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... feeling . Later , when Ophelia is mad , she is described as " Divided from herself and her fair judgement , / Without the which we are pictures or mere beasts . " When Hamlet feigns madness , by contrast , he speaks with true judgment ...
... feeling . Later , when Ophelia is mad , she is described as " Divided from herself and her fair judgement , / Without the which we are pictures or mere beasts . " When Hamlet feigns madness , by contrast , he speaks with true judgment ...
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... feeling is paramount and a key term is " conscience . " As Hamlet says at the end of " To be , or not to be " : Thus conscience does make cowards of us all : And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of ...
... feeling is paramount and a key term is " conscience . " As Hamlet says at the end of " To be , or not to be " : Thus conscience does make cowards of us all : And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of ...
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... feeling , that prove him perfectly heartless . Then his behaviour in the grave , and his insult to Laertes , why the gen- tlest verdict one can give is insanity . But he seems by nature , and in his soberest moods , fiend - like in ...
... feeling , that prove him perfectly heartless . Then his behaviour in the grave , and his insult to Laertes , why the gen- tlest verdict one can give is insanity . But he seems by nature , and in his soberest moods , fiend - like in ...
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... feeling of the female , so perhaps Hamlet's intense gift of feeling , and talking about his feelings , makes him a " feminine " character . For those who do not get to play the part itself , there is the compensation of imagining ...
... feeling of the female , so perhaps Hamlet's intense gift of feeling , and talking about his feelings , makes him a " feminine " character . For those who do not get to play the part itself , there is the compensation of imagining ...
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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