"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.
Hamlet
A scholarly examination of the plot and dramatic technique of Shakespeare's most controversial play
Thus Hamlet, who asks, ?Why am I here? is a hero for our times, as well as his own.
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Presents a collection of essays discussing aspects of William Shakespeare's well-known tragedy from John Dryden in the seventeenth century to A.C. Bradley and William Epson in the twentieth century.
This edition represents Shakespeare's text as it appears in the most authoritative of early editions, the Folio, published in 1623, and it supplies students with useful footnotes to the interpretation of the text.
One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the most extensively annotated version of Hamlet to...
There was a fanfare and the king and queen entered and took their seats. Everyone fell silent as the play began. Hamlet made sure he could see his uncle's face. He didn't turn away, not even when the fat king kissed his mother's hand.
Tallow-keech, sb. a vessel filled with tallow. Tanling, sb. one tanned by the sun. ... R III. I. 1. 44. sb. care, regard. 1 H IV. V. 4. 49. Tender-hefted, adj. set in a delicate handle or frame. Tent, sb. probe. T. & C. II. 2. 16.
Bulman, J. C., and H. R. Coursen, eds. Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Hanover, NH: UP of New England, 1988. Cartmell, Deborah. Interpreting Shakespeare on Screen. New York: St. Martin's, 2000.