Hamlet
Prince of Denmark
$17.69
- Hardcover
232 pages
- Release Date
26 July 2016
Summary
A young prince meets with his father’s ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a scheme to test the truth of the ghost’s accusation, feigning wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge until his apparent insanity begins to wreak havoc on innocent and guilty alike.
Hamlet’s combination of violence, introspection, dark humour and rich language is intoxicating. It remains the world’s most widely studied and performed play, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909621862 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1909621862 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Edition: | New Edition |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 101mm x 159mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
The most modern of Shakespeare’s plays by some margin
The most modern of Shakespeare’s plays by some margin * Independent *
Every generation continues to be in his debt. Shakespeare’s plots, which are brilliantly polyvalent, continue to inspire ceaseless adaptations and spin-offs. His unforgettable phrase-making recurs on the lips of millions who do not realise they are quoting Shakespeare. * Guardian *
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is unknown but is celebrated on 23 April, which happens to be St George’s Day, and the day in 1616 on which Shakespeare died. Aged eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. By 1595 he had written five of his history plays, six comedies and his first tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. In all, he wrote thirty-seven plays and much poetry, and earned enormous fame in his own lifetime in prelude to his immortality.
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