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 xi
... soliloquy , after he has been fired up by the play - within - the- play , is very much in this style : " Now could I drink hot blood / And do such bitter business as the day / Would quake to look on . " Hamlet is as capable of violent ...
... soliloquy , after he has been fired up by the play - within - the- play , is very much in this style : " Now could I drink hot blood / And do such bitter business as the day / Would quake to look on . " Hamlet is as capable of violent ...
Page xii
... soliloquies present such a convincing picture of irresolution and inaction that even when it comes to the final scene it may occur to us that the killing of the king seems to be not so much the climax of Hamlet's plans as an incidental ...
... soliloquies present such a convincing picture of irresolution and inaction that even when it comes to the final scene it may occur to us that the killing of the king seems to be not so much the climax of Hamlet's plans as an incidental ...
Page xvi
... soliloquy " To be or not to be there , ay , there's the point . " His famous question is asked as if in response to some- thing in the book he is reading . The soliloquy is followed by the " get thee to a nunnery " dialogue with Ophelia ...
... soliloquy " To be or not to be there , ay , there's the point . " His famous question is asked as if in response to some- thing in the book he is reading . The soliloquy is followed by the " get thee to a nunnery " dialogue with Ophelia ...
Page xvii
... soliloquy , " How all occasions do inform against me , " delivered after witnessing the army of Fortinbras on the march , whereas Boyd retained an abbreviated version of it that makes the key distinction between acting upon " great ...
... soliloquy , " How all occasions do inform against me , " delivered after witnessing the army of Fortinbras on the march , whereas Boyd retained an abbreviated version of it that makes the key distinction between acting upon " great ...
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