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Hamlet

William Shakespeare

19502 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
1950
first published
  • 1996W.W. Norton · 101 pages · ENGISBN 9780393316421
  • 2003Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 342 pages · ENGISBN 9780606288668
  • 2004Longman · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780321317292
  • 2007St. Martin's Press · 464 pages · ENGISBN 9780312256920
  • 2006Washington Square Press · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780743466547
  • 2003Longman · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780321149220
  • 2007Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780548061572
  • 1999Viking Books · 2 pages · ENGISBN 9780140868999

In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences spellbound for nearly four centuries. Those fateful exchanges, and the anguished soliloquies that precede and follow them, probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art. The title role of Hamlet, perhaps the most demanding in all of Western drama, has provided generations of leading actors their greatest challenge. Yet all the roles in this towering drama are superbly delineated, and each of the key scenes offers actors a rare opportunity to create theatrical magic. Hamlet is a unique pleasure to read as well as to see and hear performed.

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