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 vii
... role has a higher proportion of its play's words ( nearly 40 percent ) than any other in Shakespeare . Hamlet's favorite intellectual move is to make an action that he witnesses a player weeping , a skull tossed from an old grave - into ...
... role has a higher proportion of its play's words ( nearly 40 percent ) than any other in Shakespeare . Hamlet's favorite intellectual move is to make an action that he witnesses a player weeping , a skull tossed from an old grave - into ...
Page xvii
... role was also retained , but the character was merged with Osric . Since one of them only appears near the begin- ning of the play and the other only near the end , the roles may well have been doubled in the original production . To ...
... role was also retained , but the character was merged with Osric . Since one of them only appears near the begin- ning of the play and the other only near the end , the roles may well have been doubled in the original production . To ...
Page xviii
... role of Polonius as spymaster - general . Most boldly , the nunnery scene was placed early , as in the First Quarto , while as Boyd explains in his interview about the production - a radical new posi- tion for " To be or not to be " was ...
... role of Polonius as spymaster - general . Most boldly , the nunnery scene was placed early , as in the First Quarto , while as Boyd explains in his interview about the production - a radical new posi- tion for " To be or not to be " was ...
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... the cipher of female sexual- ity ... we could provide a manual of female insanity by chron- icling the illustrations of Ophelia ; this is so because the illustrations of Ophelia have played a major role in the XX INTRODUCTION.
... the cipher of female sexual- ity ... we could provide a manual of female insanity by chron- icling the illustrations of Ophelia ; this is so because the illustrations of Ophelia have played a major role in the XX INTRODUCTION.
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William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. illustrations of Ophelia have played a major role in the theoret- ical construction of female insanity . Søren Kierkegaard , melancholy Danish philosopher , himself a Hamlet wracked by ...
William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. illustrations of Ophelia have played a major role in the theoret- ical construction of female insanity . Søren Kierkegaard , melancholy Danish philosopher , himself a Hamlet wracked by ...
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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