Hamlet

Hamlet: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is set in Denmark, and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness - from overwhelming grief to seething rage - and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.

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  Publish Date

  Dec 28, 2010

  Narrator

  John Gielgud, Pamela Brown

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  Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarried to the murderer, his uncle. This is widely regarded as the definitive performance of Hamlet, starring Sir John Gielgud and Pamela Brown. — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  

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  Publish Date

  Feb 17, 2010

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  Length

  2 hours 24 minutes

  Narrator

  Laurence Olivier

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is set in Denmark, and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness - from overwhelming grief to seething rage - and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - iTunes Audiobook

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  Publish Date

  Mar 1, 2009

  Sales Rank

  280

  Length

  2 hours 10 minutes

  Narrator

  William Shakespeare

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  Hamlet is one of the great classics, if not the greatest, of English drama. Set in Denmark, the play recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. (Full cast recording.) — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  

• Hamlet (Dramatised) [Unabridged Fiction] - iTunes Audiobook

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  Publish Date

  Mar 1, 2008

  Length

  3 hours 1 minute

  Narrator

  John Gielgud

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, seeks revenge for his father's murder. Sir John Gielgud and the Old Vic Company perform perhaps the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies. — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - iTunes Audiobook

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  Publish Date

  Aug 26, 1997

  Sales Rank

  89

  Length

  4 hours 14 minutes

  Narrator

  Frank Muller

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  In this unusual recording, the talented actor Frank Muller reads Shakespeare's complete work with all stage directions, in the tradition of actors/managers/authors auditioning plays for their companies. Muller's interpretation allows us to listen directly to the author's voice, without extraneous distractions. He brings to life the story of Hamlet, the complex tragic hero bent on avenging his father's murder yet racked by uncertainty brought on by the strength and eloquence of his own conscience. For interesting and informative lectures about this work, don't miss A Study Guide to Hamlet. — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - iTunes Audiobook

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  Publish Date

  Jan 1, 1997

  Sales Rank

  245

  Length

  3 hours 23 minutes

  Narrator

  Anton Lesser and Full Cast

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly two thousand years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of 5th century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity. This production features the voice of Anton Lesser as Hamlet along with a full cast. — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - iTunes Audiobook

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  Publish Date

  Jan 1, 1997

  Sales Rank

  13

  Length

  3 hours 22 minutes

  Narrator

  Anton Lesser and Full Cast

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  Audible.com

  Product Description / Editorial Review

  Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly two thousand years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of 5th century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity. This production features the voice of Anton Lesser as Hamlet along with a full cast. — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  

• Hamlet - Digital Download

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  Publish Date

  Feb 18, 2010

  Length

  2 hours 23 minutes

  Narrator

  Laurence Olivier

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is set in Denmark, and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness - from overwhelming grief to seething rage - and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. — Source: Audible

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - Digital Download

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  HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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  Publish Date

  Sep 25, 2009

  ISBN-13

  9780007327416

  Length

  3 hours 27 minutes

  Narrator

  Paul Scofield, Diana Wynyard, Wilfrid Lawson and Cast

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  The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius... — Source: Audible

  

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  Publish Date

  Aug 16, 2009

  ISBN-13

  9781601360588

  Length

  2 hours 11 minutes

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  Hamlet is one of the great classics, if not the greatest, of English drama.... — Source: Audible

  

• Hamlet (Dramatised) - Digital Download

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  Publish Date

  Sep 4, 2008

  Narrator

  John Gielgud

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  Shakespeare's play is often cited as the greatest of all plays.... — Source: Audible

  

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  Publish Date

  May 13, 2008

  ISBN-13

  9781906392710

  Narrator

  John Gielgud

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  Sir John Gielgud and the Old Vic Company perform perhaps the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies..... — Source: Audible

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - Digital Download

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  Publish Date

  Oct 26, 2000

  ISBN-13

  9789626341247

  Keywords

  plays of Shakespeare

  Length

  3 hours 55 minutes

  Narrator

  Anton Lesser and full cast

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  Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly two thousand years... — Source: Audible

  

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  Publish Date

  Dec 16, 1999

  ISBN-13

  9781556902154

  Keywords

  Denmark, tragedy, plays of Shakespeare

  Narrator

  Frank Muller

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  In this unusual recording, the talented actor Frank Muller reads Shakespeare's complete work with all stage directions, in the tradition of actors/managers/authors auditioning plays for their companies. Muller's interpretation allows us to listen directly to the author's voice, without extraneous distractions. He brings to life the story of Hamlet, the complex tragic hero bent on avenging his father's murder yet racked by uncertainty brought on by the strength and eloquence of his own conscience.
  
  For interesting and informative lectures about this work, don't miss A Study Guide to Hamlet.
  
  Or, listen to a conversation with Professor Harold Bloom. — Source: Audible

  

• Hamlet - Paperback

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  Format

  Paperback

  Publish Date

  Jan 19, 2010

  Sales Rank

  1163613

  ISBN

  1450539726

  ISBN-13

  9781450539722

  Pages

  166

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  The story of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is one of William Shakespeare's most well-known and highly influential tragedies. — Source: Amazon

  

• Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet - Paperback

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  Publisher

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  Format

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  Publish Date

  Apr 1, 2007

  Sales Rank

  552648

  ISBN

  0810993244

  ISBN-13

  9780810993242

  Creator

  Emma Vieceli

  Pages

  204

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  Now presenting Manga Shakespeare—the Bard’s greatest plays in an accessible, lively format for a new generation of readers
  
  Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays, and this exciting new retelling provides young readers an innovative introduction to “the melancholy Dane.” Hamlet is your typical angst-ridden teen—he doesn’t know how to deal with his responsibilities, how to treat his girlfriend, or how to react to his father’s death. He has no one to trust, and he even acts crazy so adults will leave him alone. Manga fans—and kids who find Shakespeare intimidating—will be drawn to the style and action of the Manga Shakespeare series, learning that required reading doesn’t have to be boring. — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) - Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Mar 20, 2006

  Sales Rank

  50446

  ISBN

  1904271332

  ISBN-13

  9781904271338

  Creator

  Neil Taylor, Ann Thompson

  Pages

  640

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  Ann Thompson is Professor of English Language and Literature and Head of the School of Humanities at King's College London. She has edited The Taming of the Shrew, and her other publications include Shakespeare's Chaucer, Shakespeare, Meaning and Metaphor (with John O. Thompson), and Women Reading Shakespeare, 1660-1900 (with Sasha Roberts). She has also published widely on editing Shakespeare and Shakespeare's language. She is one of the general editors of the Arden Shakespeare.
  
  Neil Taylor is Dean of Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Roehampton University. He has edited Henry IV, Part 2 and (with Brian Loughrey) Thomas Middleton: Five Plays. He has also published widely on editing Shakespeare, Shakespeare on film, and other aspects of Renaissance and modern drama. This self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text.  In his illustrated introduction to the play’s historical, cultural, and performance contexts, Neil Taylor presents a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play.  He addresses the challenges faced in reading, editing, or acting a play with the depth of content and tradition that Hamlet possesses.  He also establishes the historical and cultural context in which the play was written and explains the arguments about the merits and deficiencies of the First and Second Quarto and the First Folio.  Taylor points to the many novelists, both men and women, whose work refers to or bears commonalities with Hamlet, to suggest an ongoing to need to resolve "the continuing mystery of Hamlet" in print and on stage.  An appendix contains the additional passages found only in the 1623 text, and other appendices on the editorial process, the traditions regarding the act division at 3.4/4.1, casting, and music are also included. "A pathbreaking edition, one that promises to change irrevocably our understanding of Shakespeare's greatest play."—Professor James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare "Hamlet's latest editors have undertaken a heroic task with great skill and thoroughness."—Stanley Wells, The Observer (UK) "Quite simply the most comprehensive edition of the play currently available, a status I suspect it will enjoy for many years to come."—The British Theatre Guide "Stunning! There is absolutely no doubt about this being the text to buy . . . for those students who will be studying the play at university. This critical edition gives the reader the Second Quarto Text (1604-1605), annotated with intelligence and care, a wealth of historical and cultural references and a survey of different critical approaches to the play."—The Use of English
  Table of Contents
  
  List of illustrations
  General editors’ preface
  Preface
  
  INTRODUCTION
  The challenges of Hamlet
      The challenge of acting Hamlet
      The challenge of editing Hamlet
      The challenge to the greatness of Hamlet: Hamlet versus Lear
  Hamlet in our time
      The soliloquies and the modernity of Hamlet
      Hamlet and Freud
      Reading against the Hamlet tradition
  Hamlet in Shakespeare’s time
      Hamlet at the turn of the century
      The challenge of dating Hamlet
          Was there an earlier Hamlet play?
          Are there any early references to Shakespeare’s play?
          Can we date Hamlet in relation to other contemporary plays?
          Hamlet’s first performances
  The story of Hamlet
      Murder most foul
      An antic disposition
      ‘Sentences’, speeches and thoughts
  The composition of Hamlet
      The quartos and the Folio
          The quartos
          The First Folio
          The relationship of Q2 to Q1
          The relationship of F to Q2
          What, then, of Q1?
          Editorial practice
          Why a three-text edition?
  Hamlet on stage and screen
      Hamlet and his points
      Enter the director
      Hamlet and politics
  Novel Hamlets
      Hamlet meets Fielding, Goethe, Dickens and others
      Hamlet and women novelists
      Prequels and sequels
  The continuing mystery of Hamlet
  
  THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK (The Second Quarto, 1604-5)
  
  APPENDICES
  Appendix 1: Folio-only passages
  Appendix 2: Textual discussion
  Appendix 3: Editorial conventions, sample edited passages and a comparison of scenes across the three texts
  Appendix 4: The act division at 3.4/4.1
  Appendix 5: Casting
  Appendix 6: Music
  
  Abbreviations and references
      Abbreviations used in notes
      Works by and partly by Shakespeare
      Editions of Shakespeare collated
      Other works cited
  
  Index — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (The Annotated Shakespeare) - Paperback

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  Yale University Press

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  Format

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  Publish Date

  Oct 1, 2003

  Sales Rank

  200683

  ISBN

  0300101058

  ISBN-13

  9780300101058

  Creator

  Burton Raffel, Professor Burton Raffel, Harold Bloom

  Pages

  288

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  Product Description / Editorial Review

  The "Annotated Shakespeare" series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist. One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. This fully annotated version of "Hamlet" makes the play completely accessible to readers in the 21st century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. In his introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the Hamlet story, along with an analysis of the characters of Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement. — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare) - Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Apr 15, 2003

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  7405

  ISBN

  1586638440

  ISBN-13

  9781586638443

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  No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Hamlet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (Simply Shakespeare) - Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Mar 1, 2002

  Sales Rank

  738689

  ISBN

  0764120840

  ISBN-13

  9780764120848

  Edition

  First Edition

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  352

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  • Hamlet (Simply Shakespeare) (Paperback)

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  This tale of the immortal Prince of Denmark delves deeply into the complexities of the human soul as it recounts Hamlet's tragic struggle to avenge his father's death. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. Starting in the late 1580s and for several decades that followed, Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment for London's theatergoers. His Globe Theatre was the equivalent of a Broadway theater in today's New York. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many ways—which is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act, details students should watch for as the story unfolds, discussion of the play's historical context, how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day, and explanation of puns and plays on words that occur in characters' dialogues. Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. For instance, where words spoken by a person in the play offer insights into his or another character's personality, the "Characters" icon will appear as a cross-reference in both the introductory spread and the play proper. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before. — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare) - Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Dec 1, 2001

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  ISBN

  0140714545

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  9780140714548

  Creator

  A. R. Braunmuller, Stephen Orgel

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  • Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare) (Paperback)

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  "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)
  
  The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.
  
  Each volume features:
  * Authoritative, reliable texts
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  * An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts
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• CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet - Paperback

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  Publish Date

  May 15, 2000

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  285737

  ISBN

  0764585681

  ISBN-13

  9780764585685

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  1

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  240

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  • CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet (Paperback)
  • CliffsComplete Hamlet (Digital)
  • Cliffscomplete Hamlet (Unbound)

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  In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.CliffsComplete Hamlet covers details of the most widely produced and critiqued Shakespearean play. Written in poignant language, Hamlet contains all the elements necessary for a good tragedy, including a brave and daring hero who suffers a fatal flaw.Discover what happens to the complicated cast of characters — and save valuable studying time — all at once. Enhance your reading of Hamlet with these additional features:A summary and insightful commentary for each chapterBibliography and historical background on the author, William ShakespeareA look at Early Modern England historical, intellectual, religious, and social contextInsight into the play's classical elements and languageA character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the charactersReview questions, a quiz, discussion guide, and activity ideasA Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Web sitesStreamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides! — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (Signet Classic Shakespeare) - Mass Market Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Jun 1, 1998

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  11882

  ISBN

  0451526929

  ISBN-13

  9780451526922

  Edition

  Revised

  Pages

  368

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  • Hamlet (Signet Classic Shakespeare) (Mass Market Paperback)

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  There is arguably no work of fiction quoted as often as William Shakespeare's Hamlet. This haunting tragedy has touched audiences for centuries. Now Bruce Coville makes this play the next of his dynamic adaptations of the Bard for the young. Once again, he expertly incorporates essential lines from the play into his own rich prose to tell the tale of the ill-fated Prince of Denmark. Acclaimed artist Leonid Gore adds intense, dreamlike images in acrylic and pastel. His depictions of Hamlet, Ophelia, and the rest of the kingdom are revelatory and unforgettable, helping to make this masterful volume a treasure for Shakespeare enthusiasts old and new.
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• Hamlet (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) - Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Nov 15, 1993

  Sales Rank

  250809

  ISBN

  0312055447

  ISBN-13

  9780312055448

  Creator

  Susanne L. Wofford

  Pages

  418

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  • Hamlet (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) (Paperback)

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  Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined. — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare) - Mass Market Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Jul 1, 1992

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  1577

  ISBN

  074347712X

  ISBN-13

  9780743477123

  Edition

  1

  Pages

  342

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  • Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare) (Mass Market Paperback)

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  Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play • Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books Essay by Michael Neill The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (Norton Critical Editions) - Paperback

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  W. W. Norton & Company

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  Publish Date

  Jan 17, 1992

  Sales Rank

  121703

  ISBN

  0393956636

  ISBN-13

  9780393956634

  Creator

  Cyrus Hoy

  Pages

  320

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  • Hamlet (Norton Critical Editions) (Paperback)
  • The Tragedy of Hamlet-Prince of Denmark (Mass Market Paperback)
  • Hamlet;: An authoritative text, intellectual backgrounds, extracts from the sources, essays in criticism (Norton critical editions) (Unknown Binding)

  Product Description / Editorial Review

  This revised Norton Critical Edition of one of the series' most widely read texts is based on the second quarto (1604-05). Where necessary, the editor has also drawn from the folio text, recording all departures from the quarto in the Textual Notes. Punctuation and stage directions for the play have been refined, and textual annotations have been revised and expanded. The "Intellectual Backgrounds" and "Extracts from the Sources" sections, both highly praised, remain as germane as ever. Intellectual Backgrounds includes important readings on melancholy, demonology, the nature of man, and death, including works by Peter de la Primaudaye, Timothy Bright, Lewes Lavater, G. Gifford, Michel de Montaigne, and Heironymous Cardanus. Extracts from the Sources provides pre-Shakespearean accounts of the story of Hamlet, reprinting substantial excerpts from Saxo Grammaticus's Historia Danica and Belleforest's Histoires Tragiques. "Criticism" has been revised to accommodate the most significant recent interpretations of Hamlet while retaining the seminal essays of the First Edition. Twenty-three critical analyses are featured, including those by Samuel Johnson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, A. C. Bradley, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, G. Wilson Knight, C. S. Lewis, Harry Levin, Peter J. Seng, Rebecca West, Arnold Kettle, Margaret W. Ferguson, Jacqueline Rose, and William Empson. An updated Selected Bibliography is also included. — Source: Amazon

  

• Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy) - Paperback

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  Barron's Educational Series

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  Publish Date

  Oct 1, 1986

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  500636

  ISBN

  0812036387

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  9780812036381

  Edition

  1st

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  336

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  • Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy) (Paperback)

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  Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include:
  1. Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective.
  2. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers.
  3. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about. — Source: Amazon

  

• Favourite Scenes from 'Hamlet' and Five Sonnets - Digital Download

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  Publish Date

  Mar 1, 2009

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  9781906392413

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  A collection of favourite scenes from Shakespeare's Hamlet, plus five sonnets, performed by John Gielgud.... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet - Digital Download

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  Travel back in time to 16th century Denmark, as renowned vocal actor David Ian Davies introduces you to Shakespeare's timeless play... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet - Digital Download

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  Hamlet is set in Denmark, and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father.... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet (Dramatised) - Digital Download

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  Sir John Gielgud and the Old Vic Company perform perhaps the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies..... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet (Dramatised) - Digital Download

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  Shakespeare's play is often cited as the greatest of all plays.... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - Digital Download

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  Hamlet is one of the great classics, if not the greatest, of English drama.... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - Digital Download

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  The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet (Unabridged) - Digital Download

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  Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly two thousand years... — Source: Audible UK

  

• BBC Radio Shakespeare: Hamlet (Dramatised) - Digital Download

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  Jan 1, 1997

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  9781405625203

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  BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare.... — Source: Audible UK

  

• Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Manga Shakespeare Series) - Paperback

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  Publish Date

  Apr 2007

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  139319

  ISBN

  0810993244

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  9780810993242

  Pages

  204

  Age Range

  12 and up

  Series

  Manga Shakespeare Series

  Annotation

  Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities.

  Biography

  WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) is today's most widely known and loved playwright.
  
  THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (RSC) is a world-renowned ensemble theater company in Stratford and London dedicated to bringing the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries to a modern audience.
  
  JONATHAN BATE is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, Bate's books on Shakespeare include Soul of the Age.
  
  ERIC RASMUSSEN, professor of English at the University of Nevada, is one of today's leading textual experts on Shakespeare.

  Booknews

  Lest there be misunderstanding, the title's "New" refers to the freshness of 1877, though the Dover variations are collated from some 30 editions together with the notes and numerous comments of the editors of those editions. The second volume contains commentaries from the French, German, and English, with preference given to verbal over aesthetic criticism. On the topic of whether the Dane was insane, for example, Boswell (1821) writes that Hamlet's utterances "evince not only a sound, but an acute and vigourous understanding...and though his mind is enfeebled, it is by no means deranged." This is an important reprint for those hungry to re-parse the words and (in)action of perhaps the most famous of fatherless children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

  Christian Science Monitor

  HAMLET ESP is not a distortion of Hamlet, but an echo that reverberates in the audience long after the curtain has fallen.

  Dallas Morning News

  It serves up all the tragedy, pathos, intrigue, humor and emotional impact of the original in a contemporary, but not gimmicky package.

  From the Publisher

  A continuation of the major series of individual Shakespeare plays from the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by two brilliant, younger generation Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
  
  Incorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works -the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than 300 years-this remarkable series of individual plays combines Jonathan Bate's insightful critical analysis with Eric Rasmussen's textual expertise.

  Library Journal

  It is a tragedy that all actors seem to crave to perform, and the Renaissance Theatre Company clearly relishes the chance to present Hamlet for the ear. It is a contemporary cast from which one has come to expect superior Shakespearean acting on stage and screen: Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet; Sir John Gielgud as the Ghost; Derek Jacobi as Claudius; and Emma Thompson as the Player Queen. Unlike the Recorded Books version (Audio Reviews, LJ 8/90), this BBC edition may be a little hard to follow by those unfamiliar with the play's text, particularly since stage directions are not provided and speakers are not clearly identified. But the program does give the complete version, a rare treat, and the accompanying booklet offers insights into both the acting and the production. Highly recommended.-- Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, N.Y.

  San Antonio News

  It's boldness, logic of interpretation, consummate theatricality and insightfulness will surely qualify the staging as unforgettable in the years to come.

  Synopsis

  The story of Hamlet in production, from Burbage at the Globe to Branagh on film.

  VOYA

  If your library's clientele is like mine, decent books of literary criticism on Shakespeare's works are always welcome. These three collections of essays written by leading authors and literary critics are designed to aid readers in forging their own evaluations of the literary works discussed. Essays in these Literary Companion Series titles date from as early as 1806 in "The Story of the Star-Crossed Lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) to the latest essay from 1997, "An Uncut Film Version of Hamlet."

  Each essay is preceded by a succinct summary of what will be presented, and falls into broader sections that discuss themes, plot and structure, historical context, characters, and staging and film interpretation. The same foreword appears in each title, followed by an introduction geared to the specific play, then a biographical overview of Shakespeare. The books listed in "For Further Reading" include general critical Shakespeare studies, books on Elizabethan theater, and sources about the specific play. Readings on Macbeth even lists and describes several Shakespeare societies that have information or publications that may be of interest to the reader. These titles will be welcome additions for students doing research on Shakespeare and these plays in particular. Index. Map. Source Notes. Further Reading. Chronology.

  Note: this review was written and published to address three titles-Readings on Hamlet, Readings on MacBeth, and Readings on Romeo and Juliet. VOYA Codes: 3Q 1P J S (Readable without serious defects, No YA will read unless forced to for assignments, Junior High-defined as grades 7 to 9 and Senior High-defined as grades 10 to 12).

  
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• Hamlet - MP3 Book

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  Publish Date

  Nov 2005

  Sales Rank

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  ISBN

  1405625201

  ISBN-13

  9781405625203

  Edition Description

  Unabridged

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  Annotation

  Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities.

  Biography

  William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.” Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.

  Booknews

  Lest there be misunderstanding, the title's "New" refers to the freshness of 1877, though the Dover variations are collated from some 30 editions together with the notes and numerous comments of the editors of those editions. The second volume contains commentaries from the French, German, and English, with preference given to verbal over aesthetic criticism. On the topic of whether the Dane was insane, for example, Boswell (1821) writes that Hamlet's utterances "evince not only a sound, but an acute and vigourous understanding...and though his mind is enfeebled, it is by no means deranged." This is an important reprint for those hungry to re-parse the words and (in)action of perhaps the most famous of fatherless children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

  Christian Science Monitor

  HAMLET ESP is not a distortion of Hamlet, but an echo that reverberates in the audience long after the curtain has fallen.

  Dallas Morning News

  It serves up all the tragedy, pathos, intrigue, humor and emotional impact of the original in a contemporary, but not gimmicky package.

  From the Publisher

  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

  Library Journal

  It is a tragedy that all actors seem to crave to perform, and the Renaissance Theatre Company clearly relishes the chance to present Hamlet for the ear. It is a contemporary cast from which one has come to expect superior Shakespearean acting on stage and screen: Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet; Sir John Gielgud as the Ghost; Derek Jacobi as Claudius; and Emma Thompson as the Player Queen. Unlike the Recorded Books version (Audio Reviews, LJ 8/90), this BBC edition may be a little hard to follow by those unfamiliar with the play's text, particularly since stage directions are not provided and speakers are not clearly identified. But the program does give the complete version, a rare treat, and the accompanying booklet offers insights into both the acting and the production. Highly recommended.-- Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, N.Y.

  Martha Cornog - Library Journal

  This Hamlet struts and frets his role through moody, watercolor paintings that effectively convey both action and emotion using the classic period setting and dress. Panel boundaries and narrative flow vary on each page, manga style, which allows a striking depiction of the entire "To be or not to be" soliloquy with Hamlet striding through a vaulted, shadowed gallery. Much has been cut in the adaptation, and the continuity sometimes suffers, but what's left is all muscular and artful Shakespeare. No character cameos precede, but a brief profile of Shakespeare ends the work. This fine adaptation is suitable for teens and up and first appeared in 1990 from First Publishing/Berkley Publishing. Consider also Neil Babra's more complete Hamlet in the "No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels" series (Spark Notes), with evocative, modern black-and-white art suggesting Craig Thompson's Blankets.

  San Antonio News

  It's boldness, logic of interpretation, consummate theatricality and insightfulness will surely qualify the staging as unforgettable in the years to come.

  Synopsis

  The most famous play in the Shakespeare canon.

  VOYA

  If your library's clientele is like mine, decent books of literary criticism on Shakespeare's works are always welcome. These three collections of essays written by leading authors and literary critics are designed to aid readers in forging their own evaluations of the literary works discussed. Essays in these Literary Companion Series titles date from as early as 1806 in "The Story of the Star-Crossed Lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) to the latest essay from 1997, "An Uncut Film Version of Hamlet."

  Each essay is preceded by a succinct summary of what will be presented, and falls into broader sections that discuss themes, plot and structure, historical context, characters, and staging and film interpretation. The same foreword appears in each title, followed by an introduction geared to the specific play, then a biographical overview of Shakespeare. The books listed in "For Further Reading" include general critical Shakespeare studies, books on Elizabethan theater, and sources about the specific play. Readings on Macbeth even lists and describes several Shakespeare societies that have information or publications that may be of interest to the reader. These titles will be welcome additions for students doing research on Shakespeare and these plays in particular. Index. Map. Source Notes. Further Reading. Chronology.

  Note: this review was written and published to address three titles-Readings on Hamlet, Readings on MacBeth, and Readings on Romeo and Juliet. VOYA Codes: 3Q 1P J S (Readable without serious defects, No YA will read unless forced to for assignments, Junior High-defined as grades 7 to 9 and Senior High-defined as grades 10 to 12).

  
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• Hamlet (Arden Shakespeare): Third Series - Textbook Paperback

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  Rating

  5.0 (5 reviews)

  Publisher

  Bloomsbury USA

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  Format

  Textbook Paperback

  Publish Date

  Mar 2005

  Sales Rank

  73733

  ISBN

  1904271332

  ISBN-13

  9781904271338

  Pages

  640

  Edition Description

  New Edition

  Series

  Arden Shakespeare Series

  Synopsis

  The core of the ground-breaking, three text edition, this self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text (1604-5) and includes in its Introduction, notes and Appendices all the reader might expect to find in any standard Arden edition. As well as a full, illustrated Introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts and a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play, an appendix contains the additional passages found only in the 1623 text. "The new Arden Hamlet is a pathbreaking edition, one that promises to change irrevocably our understanding of Shakespeare's greatest play." - Professor James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare “Hamlet's latest editors have undertaken a heroic task with great skill and thoroughnesss.” - Stanley Wells, The Observer "(The) new Arden Hamlet is quite simply the most comprehensive edition of the play currently available, a status I suspect it will enjoy for many years to come" - The British Theatre Guide "Stunning! There is absolutely no doubt about this being the text to buy if you are studying the play at A Level. And the same stands for those students who will be studying the play at university. This critical edition gives the reader the Second Quarto Text (1604-1605), annotated with intelligence and care, a wealth of historical and cultural references and a survey of different critical approaches to the play." - The Use of English, The English Association

  
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• Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Annotated Shakespeare Series) - Paperback

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  Rating

  5.0 (10 reviews)

  Publisher

  Yale University Press

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  Format

  Paperback

  Publish Date

  Sep 2003

  Sales Rank

  81444

  ISBN

  0300101058

  ISBN-13

  9780300101058

  Pages

  288

  Series

  The Annotated Shakespeare

  Annotation

  Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities.

  Biography

  Roma Gill, the series editor, taught Shakespeare to all levels. She acted in and directed Shakespeare's plays throughout Britain and lectured on Shakespeare all over the world and was awarded the OBE in 1994 for services to English Literature. Roma Gill died earlier this year.

  Booknews

  Lest there be misunderstanding, the title's "New" refers to the freshness of 1877, though the Dover variations are collated from some 30 editions together with the notes and numerous comments of the editors of those editions. The second volume contains commentaries from the French, German, and English, with preference given to verbal over aesthetic criticism. On the topic of whether the Dane was insane, for example, Boswell (1821) writes that Hamlet's utterances "evince not only a sound, but an acute and vigourous understanding...and though his mind is enfeebled, it is by no means deranged." This is an important reprint for those hungry to re-parse the words and (in)action of perhaps the most famous of fatherless children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

  Christian Science Monitor

  HAMLET ESP is not a distortion of Hamlet, but an echo that reverberates in the audience long after the curtain has fallen.

  Dallas Morning News

  It serves up all the tragedy, pathos, intrigue, humor and emotional impact of the original in a contemporary, but not gimmicky package.

  From the Publisher

  First published in the 1930s, these works, published here in economical paperback editions . . . are still considered definitive.
  - Stages

  Hamlet is for the student of Shakespeare, whether in the theatre class or the literature class. It is for actors of Shakespeare, and for the directors. It is a practical guide and an insightful critique. It is also immensely readable.

  Library Journal

  It is a tragedy that all actors seem to crave to perform, and the Renaissance Theatre Company clearly relishes the chance to present Hamlet for the ear. It is a contemporary cast from which one has come to expect superior Shakespearean acting on stage and screen: Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet; Sir John Gielgud as the Ghost; Derek Jacobi as Claudius; and Emma Thompson as the Player Queen. Unlike the Recorded Books version (Audio Reviews, LJ 8/90), this BBC edition may be a little hard to follow by those unfamiliar with the play's text, particularly since stage directions are not provided and speakers are not clearly identified. But the program does give the complete version, a rare treat, and the accompanying booklet offers insights into both the acting and the production. Highly recommended.-- Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, N.Y.

  Martha Cornog - Library Journal

  This Hamlet struts and frets his role through moody, watercolor paintings that effectively convey both action and emotion using the classic period setting and dress. Panel boundaries and narrative flow vary on each page, manga style, which allows a striking depiction of the entire "To be or not to be" soliloquy with Hamlet striding through a vaulted, shadowed gallery. Much has been cut in the adaptation, and the continuity sometimes suffers, but what's left is all muscular and artful Shakespeare. No character cameos precede, but a brief profile of Shakespeare ends the work. This fine adaptation is suitable for teens and up and first appeared in 1990 from First Publishing/Berkley Publishing. Consider also Neil Babra's more complete Hamlet in the "No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels" series (Spark Notes), with evocative, modern black-and-white art suggesting Craig Thompson's Blankets.

  San Antonio News

  It's boldness, logic of interpretation, consummate theatricality and insightfulness will surely qualify the staging as unforgettable in the years to come.

  Synopsis

  The tie-in book to the latest Shakespearean film by Kenneth Branagh, whose Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing were huge critical and popular successes.

  VOYA

  If your library's clientele is like mine, decent books of literary criticism on Shakespeare's works are always welcome. These three collections of essays written by leading authors and literary critics are designed to aid readers in forging their own evaluations of the literary works discussed. Essays in these Literary Companion Series titles date from as early as 1806 in "The Story of the Star-Crossed Lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) to the latest essay from 1997, "An Uncut Film Version of Hamlet."

  Each essay is preceded by a succinct summary of what will be presented, and falls into broader sections that discuss themes, plot and structure, historical context, characters, and staging and film interpretation. The same foreword appears in each title, followed by an introduction geared to the specific play, then a biographical overview of Shakespeare. The books listed in "For Further Reading" include general critical Shakespeare studies, books on Elizabethan theater, and sources about the specific play. Readings on Macbeth even lists and describes several Shakespeare societies that have information or publications that may be of interest to the reader. These titles will be welcome additions for students doing research on Shakespeare and these plays in particular. Index. Map. Source Notes. Further Reading. Chronology.

  Note: this review was written and published to address three titles-Readings on Hamlet, Readings on MacBeth, and Readings on Romeo and Juliet. VOYA Codes: 3Q 1P J S (Readable without serious defects, No YA will read unless forced to for assignments, Junior High-defined as grades 7 to 9 and Senior High-defined as grades 10 to 12).

  
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• Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library Series) - Mass Market Paperback

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  Rating

  4.5 (38 reviews)

  Publisher

  Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

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  Format

  Mass Market Paperback

  Publish Date

  Jul 2003

  Sales Rank

  3304

  ISBN

  074347712X

  ISBN-13

  9780743477123

  Pages

  400

  Edition Description

  Washington Square Press New Folger Editi

  Series

  Folger Shakespeare Library Series

  Alternate Versions

  • Paperback - $8.9

  Biography

  The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.

  Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Academic Programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, Chair of the Folger Institute, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances and of essays on Shakespeare's plays and on the editing of the plays.

  Paul Werstine is Professor of English at King's College and the Graduate School of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is the author of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays and was Associate Editor of the annual Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England from 1980 to 1989.

  Synopsis

  Each edition includes:

  Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

  Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

  Scene-by-scene plot summaries

  A key to famous lines and phrases

  An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

  An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

  Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

  Essay by Michael Neill

  The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.

  
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• Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare Series) - Paperback

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  Rating

  4.5 (29 reviews)

  Publisher

  Spark Publishing

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  Format

  Paperback

  Publish Date

  Apr 2003

  Sales Rank

  4997

  ISBN

  1586638440

  ISBN-13

  9781586638443

  Pages

  337

  Series

  No Fear Shakespeare Series

  Synopsis

  No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Hamlet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.

  Each No Fear Shakespeare contains

  The complete text of the original play
  A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language
  A complete list of characters with descriptions
  Plenty of helpful commentary

  
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• Hamlet (Simply Shakespeare Series) - Paperback

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  Rating

  4.5 (15 reviews)

  Publisher

  Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated

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  Format

  Paperback

  Publish Date

  Mar 2002

  Sales Rank

  137642

  ISBN

  0764120840

  ISBN-13

  9780764120848

  Pages

  352

  Series

  Simply Shakespeare Series

  Synopsis

  This tale of the immortal Prince of Denmark delves deeply into the complexities of the human soul as it recounts Hamlet's tragic struggle to avenge his father's death. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. Starting in the late 1580s and for several decades that followed, Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment for London's theatergoers. His Globe Theatre was the equivalent of a Broadway theater in today's New York. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many wayswhich is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act, details students should watch for as the story unfolds, discussion of the play's historical context, how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day, and explanation of puns and plays on words that occur in characters' dialogues. Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. For instance, where words spoken by a person in the play offer insights into his or another character's personality, the "Characters" icon will appear as a cross-reference in both the introductory spread and the play proper. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before.

  
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• Hamlet (Pelican Shakespeare Series) - Paperback

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  Rating

  4.5 (5 reviews)

  Publisher

  Penguin Group USA

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  Format

  Paperback

  Publish Date

  Dec 2001

  Sales Rank

  44880

  ISBN

  0140714545

  ISBN-13

  9780140714548

  Pages

  208

  Series

  Pelican Shakespeare Series

  Synopsis

  "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)
  
  The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.
  
  Each volume features:
  * Authoritative, reliable texts
  * High quality introductions and notes
  * New, more readable trade trim size
  * An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts

  
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• CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet - Paperback

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  Rating

  5.0 (2 reviews)

  Publisher

  Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

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  Format

  Paperback

  Publish Date

  May 2000

  Sales Rank

  146940

  ISBN

  0764585681

  ISBN-13

  9780764585685

  Pages

  240

  Series

  CliffsComplete Series

  Synopsis

  In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

  CliffsComplete Hamlet covers details of the most widely produced and critiqued Shakespearean play. Written in poignant language, Hamlet contains all the elements necessary for a good tragedy, including a brave and daring hero who suffers a fatal flaw.

  Discover what happens to the complicated cast of characters — and save valuable studying time — all at once. Enhance your reading of Hamlet with these additional features:

  A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare A look at Early Modern England historical, intellectual, religious, and social context Insight into the play's classical elements and language A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Review questions, a quiz, discussion guide, and activity ideas A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Web sites

  Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!

  
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• Hamlet - Compact Disc

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  Naxos AudioBooks

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  Format

  Compact Disc

  Publish Date

  Jun 1997

  Sales Rank

  455930

  ISBN

  9626341246

  ISBN-13

  9789626341247

  Edition Description

  Unabridged, 4 CDs, 3 Hrs. 20 Min.

  Series

  The Plays of William Shakespeare Series

  Alternate Versions

  • Paperback - $23.8

  Annotation

  His father is dead. Has his mother married the killer? A ghost cries out for vengeance, but has the Prince who hears the cry gone mad? A kingdom hangs in the balance, but who can be trusted? Family, politics, blood lust, betrayal, mystery, friendship and love--each plays a role in Shakespeare's great tragedy, Hamlet. (Digest)

  Biography

  Kenneth Branagh, who lives in London, is the author of three previous books: an autobiography, Beginning (Norton), and the tie-in volumes to Much Ado About Nothing (Norton), and Henry V.

  Christian Science Monitor

  HAMLET ESP is not a distortion of Hamlet, but an echo that reverberates in the audience long after the curtain has fallen.

  Dallas Morning News

  It serves up all the tragedy, pathos, intrigue, humor and emotional impact of the original in a contemporary, but not gimmicky package.

  Martha Cornog - Library Journal

  This Hamlet struts and frets his role through moody, watercolor paintings that effectively convey both action and emotion using the classic period setting and dress. Panel boundaries and narrative flow vary on each page, manga style, which allows a striking depiction of the entire "To be or not to be" soliloquy with Hamlet striding through a vaulted, shadowed gallery. Much has been cut in the adaptation, and the continuity sometimes suffers, but what's left is all muscular and artful Shakespeare. No character cameos precede, but a brief profile of Shakespeare ends the work. This fine adaptation is suitable for teens and up and first appeared in 1990 from First Publishing/Berkley Publishing. Consider also Neil Babra's more complete Hamlet in the "No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels" series (Spark Notes), with evocative, modern black-and-white art suggesting Craig Thompson's Blankets.

  San Antonio News

  It's boldness, logic of interpretation, consummate theatricality and insightfulness will surely qualify the staging as unforgettable in the years to come.

  Synopsis

  SHAKESPEARE INTERACTIVE General Editor: Mickey Bond, President, Santa Fe New Media Advisory Editors: James L. Harner, Professor of English, Texas A & M University, Editor of World Shakespeare Bibliography and William Ingram, Professor of English, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor A unique multimedia introduction to Shakespeare s most often studied plays William Shakespeare s drama has captivated audiences for centuries. Now for the first time, users can experience the plays with all the vividness and immediacy of a live performance, combined with instantly accessible text, glossary and reference features. Each title in the Shakespeare Interactive series contains the full text of a classic Shakespeare play, complete with pop-up definitions, side-by-side commentary and detailed character profiles. Users can read the text at their own pace, taking advantage of the abundant hypertext lines over 3,000 per play then press the Play button and the text literally comes to life! An all new stereo digital recording features a professional cast, authentic period music and sound effects. Designed for use in middle schools, high schools, colleges, and public libraries that serve students. Shakespeare Interactive allows users to experience the playwright s work as never before. Finding Aids Numerous finding aids allow users to master the text quickly and easily: * The Contents page contains brief descriptions of each scene, allowing users to locate easily any event in the play. * The Characters page allows rapid access to detailed character profiles. * A Scene Index is provided for each character, detailing the play from the character s perspective while providing an inventory of every scene in which the character appears. * The Dramatic Time outline correlates the play s action with the passage of objective time. And a handy Index button appears on the screen at all times, providing instant access to every piece of information in the entire database. * The Themes page catalogs the play s principal themes, and also allows users to locate easily instances of poetic, dramatic and literary devices, e.g. sonnets, soliloquies, oxymorons, dramatic irony, etc. Summary of Features * An authoritative text based on the Cambridge edition. * Side-by-side running commentary. * Pop-up definitions of unusual words. * Comprehensive plot summaries for each scene. * Character profiles complete with Scene Index. * Unabridged narration in a radio theater-style production. * Gallery of over 100 images of actors, costumes, Shakespeare portraits, etc. (images can be printed). * Powerful Boolean full-text searching. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows: IBM-compatible computer, Windows 3.1 or higher, 4 Mb RAM, CD-ROM drive, and mouse. Color VGA Monitor with 8-bit (256 color) graphics card is recommended. A 16-bit sound card (with speakers or headphones) is required to hear audio.

  VOYA

  If your library's clientele is like mine, decent books of literary criticism on Shakespeare's works are always welcome. These three collections of essays written by leading authors and literary critics are designed to aid readers in forging their own evaluations of the literary works discussed. Essays in these Literary Companion Series titles date from as early as 1806 in "The Story of the Star-Crossed Lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) to the latest essay from 1997, "An Uncut Film Version of Hamlet."

  Each essay is preceded by a succinct summary of what will be presented, and falls into broader sections that discuss themes, plot and structure, historical context, characters, and staging and film interpretation. The same foreword appears in each title, followed by an introduction geared to the specific play, then a biographical overview of Shakespeare. The books listed in "For Further Reading" include general critical Shakespeare studies, books on Elizabethan theater, and sources about the specific play. Readings on Macbeth even lists and describes several Shakespeare societies that have information or publications that may be of interest to the reader. These titles will be welcome additions for students doing research on Shakespeare and these plays in particular. Index. Map. Source Notes. Further Reading. Chronology.

  Note: this review was written and published to address three titles-Readings on Hamlet, Readings on MacBeth, and Readings on Romeo and Juliet. VOYA Codes: 3Q 1P J S (Readable without serious defects, No YA will read unless forced to for assignments, Junior High-defined as grades 7 to 9 and Senior High-defined as grades 10 to 12).

  
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• Hamlet: Prince of Denmark - Textbook Paperback

  Price

  $12.75 $11.36 (11% Off) Buy from Barnes & Noble
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  Rating

  4.5 (21 reviews)

  Publisher

  Bedford/St. Martin's

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  Format

  Textbook Paperback

  Publish Date

  Nov 1993

  Sales Rank

  111724

  ISBN

  0312055447

  ISBN-13

  9780312055448

  Pages

  418

  Edition Description

  REV

  Series

  Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism

  Alternate Versions

  • eBook - $2.1
  • Hardcover - Student - $10.2
  • Paperback - $26.2
  • MP3 Book - Unabridged - $22.3

  Annotation

  Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities.

  Biography

  Kenneth Branagh, who lives in London, is the author of three previous books: an autobiography, Beginning (Norton), and the tie-in volumes to Much Ado About Nothing (Norton), and Henry V.

  Booknews

  Lest there be misunderstanding, the title's "New" refers to the freshness of 1877, though the Dover variations are collated from some 30 editions together with the notes and numerous comments of the editors of those editions. The second volume contains commentaries from the French, German, and English, with preference given to verbal over aesthetic criticism. On the topic of whether the Dane was insane, for example, Boswell (1821) writes that Hamlet's utterances "evince not only a sound, but an acute and vigourous understanding...and though his mind is enfeebled, it is by no means deranged." This is an important reprint for those hungry to re-parse the words and (in)action of perhaps the most famous of fatherless children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

  Christian Science Monitor

  HAMLET ESP is not a distortion of Hamlet, but an echo that reverberates in the audience long after the curtain has fallen.

  Dallas Morning News

  It serves up all the tragedy, pathos, intrigue, humor and emotional impact of the original in a contemporary, but not gimmicky package.

  From the Publisher

  Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined.

  Library Journal

  It is a tragedy that all actors seem to crave to perform, and the Renaissance Theatre Company clearly relishes the chance to present Hamlet for the ear. It is a contemporary cast from which one has come to expect superior Shakespearean acting on stage and screen: Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet; Sir John Gielgud as the Ghost; Derek Jacobi as Claudius; and Emma Thompson as the Player Queen. Unlike the Recorded Books version (Audio Reviews, LJ 8/90), this BBC edition may be a little hard to follow by those unfamiliar with the play's text, particularly since stage directions are not provided and speakers are not clearly identified. But the program does give the complete version, a rare treat, and the accompanying booklet offers insights into both the acting and the production. Highly recommended.-- Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, N.Y.

  Martha Cornog - Library Journal

  This Hamlet struts and frets his role through moody, watercolor paintings that effectively convey both action and emotion using the classic period setting and dress. Panel boundaries and narrative flow vary on each page, manga style, which allows a striking depiction of the entire "To be or not to be" soliloquy with Hamlet striding through a vaulted, shadowed gallery. Much has been cut in the adaptation, and the continuity sometimes suffers, but what's left is all muscular and artful Shakespeare. No character cameos precede, but a brief profile of Shakespeare ends the work. This fine adaptation is suitable for teens and up and first appeared in 1990 from First Publishing/Berkley Publishing. Consider also Neil Babra's more complete Hamlet in the "No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels" series (Spark Notes), with evocative, modern black-and-white art suggesting Craig Thompson's Blankets.

  San Antonio News

  It's boldness, logic of interpretation, consummate theatricality and insightfulness will surely qualify the staging as unforgettable in the years to come.

  Synopsis

  The quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, whose highly charged confrontations and anguished soliloquies probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art. Reprinted from an authoritative British edition complete with illuminating footnotes.
  

  VOYA

  If your library's clientele is like mine, decent books of literary criticism on Shakespeare's works are always welcome. These three collections of essays written by leading authors and literary critics are designed to aid readers in forging their own evaluations of the literary works discussed. Essays in these Literary Companion Series titles date from as early as 1806 in "The Story of the Star-Crossed Lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) to the latest essay from 1997, "An Uncut Film Version of Hamlet."

  Each essay is preceded by a succinct summary of what will be presented, and falls into broader sections that discuss themes, plot and structure, historical context, characters, and staging and film interpretation. The same foreword appears in each title, followed by an introduction geared to the specific play, then a biographical overview of Shakespeare. The books listed in "For Further Reading" include general critical Shakespeare studies, books on Elizabethan theater, and sources about the specific play. Readings on Macbeth even lists and describes several Shakespeare societies that have information or publications that may be of interest to the reader. These titles will be welcome additions for students doing research on Shakespeare and these plays in particular. Index. Map. Source Notes. Further Reading. Chronology.

  Note: this review was written and published to address three titles-Readings on Hamlet, Readings on MacBeth, and Readings on Romeo and Juliet. VOYA Codes: 3Q 1P J S (Readable without serious defects, No YA will read unless forced to for assignments, Junior High-defined as grades 7 to 9 and Senior High-defined as grades 10 to 12).

  
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• Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (A Norton Critical Edition) - Textbook Paperback

  Price

  $12.50 $11.14 (11% Off) Buy from Barnes & Noble
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  Rating

  3.5 (2 reviews)

  Publisher

  Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

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  Format

  Textbook Paperback

  Publish Date

  Jan 1992

  Sales Rank

  27378

  ISBN

  0393956636

  ISBN-13

  9780393956634

  Pages

  297

  Edition Description

  Second Edition

  Series

  Norton Critical Editions Series

  From the Publisher

  The "Intellectual Backgrounds" and "Extracts from the Sources" sections, both highly praised, remain as germane as ever. Intellectual Backgrounds includes important readings on melancholy, demonology, the nature of man, and death, including works by Peter de la Primaudaye, Timothy Bright, Lewes Lavater, G. Gifford, Michel de Montaigne, and Heironymous Cardanus. Extracts from the Sources provides pre-Shakespearean accounts of the story of Hamlet, reprinting substantial excerpts from Saxo Grammaticus's Historia Danica and Belleforest's Histoires Tragiques.

  "Criticism" has been revised to accommodate the most significant recent interpretations of Hamlet while retaining the seminal essays of the First Edition. Twenty-three critical analyses are featured, including those by Samuel Johnson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, A. C. Bradley, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, G. Wilson Knight, C. S. Lewis, Harry Levin, Peter J. Seng, Rebecca West, Arnold Kettle, Margaret W. Ferguson, Jacqueline Rose, and William Empson.

  An updated Selected Bibliography is also included.

  Synopsis

  This revised Norton Critical Edition of one of the series' most widely read texts is based on the second quarto (1604-05). Where necessary, the editor has also drawn from the folio text, recording all departures from the quarto in the Textual Notes. Punctuation and stage directions for the play have been refined, and textual annotations have been revised and expanded.

  
  — Source: Barnes & Noble

• Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy Series) - Paperback

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  Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include:

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  2.Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers.

  3.Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about.

  
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  Offers explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play, as well as an introduction to Shakespeare's language, life, and theater — Source: Walmart

  

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  Commentary supplements the entire text of the play, and includes background information on William Shakespeare and his time, discussion questions, and review. — Source: Walmart

  

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  Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities — Source: Walmart

  

• Hamlet - Apple iBook for iPad/iPhone 4

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  Arguably William Shakespeare’s most influential play, Hamlet is the tragic story of how Hamlet seeks revenge for the murder of his father, the late king of Denmark, as his uncle Claudius takes the throne and Hamlet’s mother Gertrude as his wife. The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.
  
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  “I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation.”
  
  - Patrick Stewart
  
  Enriched eBook Features Editor Sean Keilen provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic:
  
  * Chronology of Shakespeare’s Life
  
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  * Contemporary Reviews of Hamlet or of Shakespeare’s Work by His Peers
  
  * Suggested Further Readings, including Works Influenced by Hamlet
  
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  The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience. — Source: Apple iBookstore

  

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  Shakespeare's classic tragedy of love, madness, and revenge was first enacted in London in 1602. Young Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is in mourning for his dead father, is visited by his father's ghost telling him that he was murdered by his own brother, Claudius, who then assumed the throne and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Intent on revenge, Hamlet feigns madness and plots to kill Claudius. When he accidentally stabs Polonius, Claudius's counselor, Hamlet is sent into exile--and Polonius's daughter, Ophelia, who had been in love with Hamlet, goes mad from grief and drowns herself. In the climax of the play, old scores are settled at last, and Hamlet's speaks his famous last words: "The rest is silence." Considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, HAMLET is part of the well-established tradition of "revenge tragedies" that were popular at the end of the Elizabethan era, but the play transcends all its influences in its examination of justice and duty, and as a subtle portrait of a sensitive young man torn between righteous revenge and his duty as a moral man. — Source: Apple iBookstore

  

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  The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is set in Denmark, and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness - from overwhelming grief to seething rage - and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. — Source: Apple iBookstore

  

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  Set in Denmark, [i]Hamlet[/i] recounts how an indecisive prince exacts revenge on his uncle, who has not only murdered Hamlet’s father, the King, usurping the throne in the process, but has also married the prince’s mother. Debuting on stage in 1600, it is Shakespeare's longest play and one of his most influential. — Source: Apple iBookstore

  

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  Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
  
  Despite much literary detective work, the exact year of writing remains in dispute. Three different early versions of the play have survived: these are known as the First Quarto (Q1), the Second Quarto (Q2) and the First Folio (F1). Each has lines, and even scenes, that are missing from the others. Shakespeare probably based Hamlet on the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum and subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest, and a supposedly lost Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet.
  
  Given the play's dramatic structure and depth of characterization, Hamlet can be analyzed, interpreted and argued about from many perspectives. For example, commentators have puzzled for centuries about Hamlet's hesitation in killing his uncle. Some see it as a plot device to prolong the action, and others see it as the result of pressure exerted by the complex philosophical and ethical issues that surround cold-blooded murder, calculated revenge and thwarted desire. More recently, psychoanalytic critics have examined Hamlet's unconscious desires, and feminist critics have re-evaluated and rehabilitated the often maligned characters of Ophelia and Gertrude.
  
  Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play, and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language. It provides a storyline capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". During his lifetime the play was one of his most popular works, and it still ranks high among his most-performed, topping, for example, the Royal Shakespeare Company's list since 1879. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella". The title role was almost certainly created for Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare's time; in the four hundred years since, it has been played by the greatest actors, and sometimes actresses, of each successive age.
  
  — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. — Source: Apple iBookstore

  

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  Dive into the tragedy that many critics regard not only as Shakespeare's finest play, but also as one of the best literary works ever produced. Set in Denmark, Hamlet recounts the events that transpire after the King is murdered by his brother Claudius, who then marries his brother's widow. Prince Hamlet uncovers the true nature of his father's death and feigns madness to create a trap. A must-read for fans of classic literature. — Source: Apple iBookstore