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1) Hamlet
Author
Lexile measure
1390L
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"This updated edition includes: newly re-edited play text and revised commentary notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to the play's famous lines and phrases, an introduction to reading Shakespeare's language, an essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play, fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books, [and] an up-to-date annotated guide to further reading." -- Page [4]...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the room beneath a theater stage, the ghosts of Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and other teenage girls who died tragically in Shakespeare's plays share their experiences and trauma and get the chance to retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Lexile measure
1580L
Physical Desc
xxi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author of this text examines the popular theatres of the day in which Shakespeare and his company first produced "Hamlet" and discusses the genre of tragedy in which it is written. The work aims to provide contexts for understanding "Hamlet"'s melancholy, and the theme for revenge.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
What accounts for Shakespeare's transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question. 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year, Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion,...
7) Hamlet
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A bold, evocative new novel from the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 and Betty Trask Award winner Isabella Hammad that follows actress Sonia as she returns to Palestine and takes a role in a West Bank production of Hamlet. After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older sister Haneen. Though the siblings grew up spending summers...