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 xiv
... never easy for an intellectual - that what will be will be . Thereafter , he considers it " perfect conscience " to kill the king and has no compunction about his treatment of the former schoolfellows who have betrayed not only him but ...
... never easy for an intellectual - that what will be will be . Thereafter , he considers it " perfect conscience " to kill the king and has no compunction about his treatment of the former schoolfellows who have betrayed not only him but ...
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... never have been played in full within the * For further discussion of the play's complicated textual history , see " Text , " pp . Xxxi - xxxii . 160 or so minutes that was the legal maximum for xvi INTRODUCTION How Many Hamlets?
... never have been played in full within the * For further discussion of the play's complicated textual history , see " Text , " pp . Xxxi - xxxii . 160 or so minutes that was the legal maximum for xvi INTRODUCTION How Many Hamlets?
Page xix
... never- satisfied meditation on human destiny and the dark perplexity of the events of this world , and calculated to call forth the very same medi- tation in the minds of the spectators . " Lord Byron , always glad to play the devil's ...
... never- satisfied meditation on human destiny and the dark perplexity of the events of this world , and calculated to call forth the very same medi- tation in the minds of the spectators . " Lord Byron , always glad to play the devil's ...
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... Monty , played by Richard Griffiths ) is broken by the realization that he will never " play the Dane " ( he has only managed to secure the tiny part of Marcellus the nightwatchman ) and a young unemployed actor xxii INTRODUCTION.
... Monty , played by Richard Griffiths ) is broken by the realization that he will never " play the Dane " ( he has only managed to secure the tiny part of Marcellus the nightwatchman ) and a young unemployed actor xxii INTRODUCTION.
Page xxiv
... and creating a composite text that Shakespeare never actually wrote . Not until the 1980s did editors follow the logic of what ought to have been obvious to any- one who works in the theater : that the two About the Text.
... and creating a composite text that Shakespeare never actually wrote . Not until the 1980s did editors follow the logic of what ought to have been obvious to any- one who works in the theater : that the two About the Text.
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