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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Page ix
... nature and state : ... as ' twere with a defeated joy , With one auspicious and one dropping eye , With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage , In equal scale weighing delight and dole . He thinks he knows , and that everyone in ...
... nature and state : ... as ' twere with a defeated joy , With one auspicious and one dropping eye , With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage , In equal scale weighing delight and dole . He thinks he knows , and that everyone in ...
Page xiii
... nature / Are burnt and purged away . " while Hamlet's speech giving his reasons for not plunging his sword into his praying uncle implies that the act of penitence can instantly purge sin away and allow even a man who has committed the ...
... nature / Are burnt and purged away . " while Hamlet's speech giving his reasons for not plunging his sword into his praying uncle implies that the act of penitence can instantly purge sin away and allow even a man who has committed the ...
Page xvi
... nature , and " the rest is silence . " HOW MANY HAMLETS ? Shakespeare couldn't decide what to do with his most famous speech . The earliest surviving text of Hamlet * is highly inaccurate in many of its particulars , but there is little ...
... nature , and " the rest is silence . " HOW MANY HAMLETS ? Shakespeare couldn't decide what to do with his most famous speech . The earliest surviving text of Hamlet * is highly inaccurate in many of its particulars , but there is little ...
Page xx
... nature , and in his soberest moods , fiend - like in cruelty . His old com- panions , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern , he murders without the least compunction ; he desires them to be put to sudden death , " not shriving - time allowed ...
... nature , and in his soberest moods , fiend - like in cruelty . His old com- panions , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern , he murders without the least compunction ; he desires them to be put to sudden death , " not shriving - time allowed ...
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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