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Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33 EAN: 9780743477123 ISBN: 074347712X Label: Washington Square Press Manufacturer: Washington Square Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: 2003-07-01 Publisher: Washington Square Press Studio: Washington Square Press
• 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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Customer Rating: Summary: A truly BLOODY play Comment: "Hamlet" is considered, by some, to be Shakespeare's best work. I am not of that school of thought. I've read it. I've watched it played on a stage. I've watched a movie or two based on it. It could be better.
Hamlet (the character) has problems. Apparently, his step-father killed his father. This obsesses Hamlet, who,also, is depressed, manic, neurotic, and fearful. Still, count up the dead bodies that accumulate during the play!
One of the problems with the play is the "play-within-a-play" that goes on for too long. The complete Hamlet can play for over four hours, which is not good for business. Fantastic directors usually manage to get it done in under three hours. Usually, 10% or more of the lines get chopped. The play still drags. Also, usually, someone much too old plays Hamlet. Hamlet should be played by a 16 to 18 year old. So, it is easy to go wrong with this play.
Nevertheless, this play fascinates us, all. Do not be satisfied with only one version of this play. Customer Rating: Summary: Greatness Comment: shakespeare has done it again... and thanks to amazon i was allowed to fully enjoy this great masterpiece Customer Rating: Summary: If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library Comment: If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that might be dificult to understand. This makes it very easy and enjoyable to read. Customer Rating: Summary: Review Comment: Hamlet is a book written by William Shakespeare. The book is very thrilling; it keeps you on your feet throughout the read. In the beginning it starts out with a family murder then it moves through incest then a big bang at the end as every major character is killed. This book goes to show that treason gets you know where. Customer Rating: Summary: Utter Tripe Comment: What kind of idiot writes this tripe? This is allegedly a "Play" by some long-dead "Master".
Well, let me tell, you: it's boring and derivative. It's about this Prince who doesn't get his father's throne, and feels all depressed about it for a while, and fights back against his uncle (who took the throne and married the prince's mother), to show everyone that it was actually the uncle who killed his father the king.
Excuse me? Haven't we heard this before?
Yep: Disney's "The Lion King".
This is "The Lion King" dressed up in period clothes. Instead of "Simba", we've got "Hamlet". Instead of "Scar", we've got "Claudius". Instead of "Nala", we've got "Ophelia".
And it's in "Denmark", instead of the African Plains. Denmark? Is that even a real country anymore? Anyways, it's called Europe, now; That's a part of London.
And don't get me started on the language this writer used! It's all like it's from the Bible and stuff. Get rid of that, and use real words: Take a lesson from someone like Stephen King.
Don't waste your time with this; watch "The Lion King", and you'll get it. And while you're at it, there's a bridge in Brooklyn I'm selling.
