This second edition of Hamlet features a new section on recent dramatic and critical interpretations.

Zusatztext Philip Edwards aims to bring the reader! playgoer and director of Hamlet into the closest possible contact with Shakespeare's most famous and most perplexing play. In his Introduction Edwards considers the possibility that Shakespeare made important alterations to Hamlet as it neared production! creating differences between the two early texts! quarto and folio. Edwards concentrates on essentials! dealing succinctly with the huge volume of commentary and controversy which the play has provoked and offering a way forward which enables us once again to recognise its full tragic energy. For this updated edition! Robert Hapgood has added a new section on prevailing critical and performance approaches to the play. He discusses recent film and stage performances! actors of the Hamlet role as well as directors of the play; his account of new scholarship stresses the role of remembering and forgetting in the play! and the impact of feminist and performance studies. Informationen zum Autor William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[2] He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Klappentext Philip Edwards deals succinctly with the exhaustive commentary and controversy which Hamlet has provoked in the manifestation of its tragic energy. Robert Hapgood has contributed a new section on prevailing critical and performance approaches to the play in this updated edition. He discusses recent film and stage performances and actors of the Hamlet role as well as directors of the play. His account of new scholarship stresses the role of memory in the play and the impact of feminist and performance studies upon it. First Edition Hb (1985): 0-521-22151-X First Edition Pb (1985): 0-521-29366-9 Zusammenfassung For this second edition! Robert Hapgood has added a section on recent critical approaches to Hamlet as well as contemporary film and stage productions. He focuses on actors in the Hamlet role and on directors! and stresses the role of remembering and forgetting. Feminist and performance studies are also discussed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction! with new section on recent stage and critical interpretations by Robert Hapgood; Note on the text; List of characters; The play; Reading list. ...

Autorentext

William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[2] He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Klappentext

Philip Edwards deals succinctly with the exhaustive commentary and controversy which Hamlet has provoked in the manifestation of its tragic energy. Robert Hapgood has contributed a new section on prevailing critical and performance approaches to the play in this updated edition. He discusses recent film and stage performances and actors of the Hamlet role as well as directors of the play. His account of new scholarship stresses the role of memory in the play and the impact of feminist and performance studies upon it. First Edition Hb (1985): 0-521-22151-X First Edition Pb (1985): 0-521-29366-9

Zusammenfassung
For this second edition, Robert Hapgood has added a section on recent critical approaches to Hamlet as well as contemporary film and stage productions. He focuses on actors in the Hamlet role and on directors, and stresses the role of remembering and forgetting. Feminist and performance studies are also discussed.

Inhalt
Introduction, with new section on recent stage and critical interpretations by Robert Hapgood; Note on the text; List of characters; The play; Reading list.