Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521825458 ISBN 13: 9780521825450

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of Hamlet, edited by Philip Edwards, brings readers, playgoers and directors into the closest possible contact with Shakespeare's most famous and perplexing play. In the introduction, Edwards explores 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 that the play has provoked, and offers a way forward that enables us to recognise Hamlet's full tragic energy. In a new supplementary section, Robert Hapgood discusses recent stage, film and critical interpretations of the play.

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Review

'The introduction and commentary reveal an author with a lively awareness of the importance of perceiving the play as a theatrical document, one which comes to life, which is completed only in performance.' The Review of English Studies

Book Description

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521825458
• ISBN 13: 9780521825450
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Edwards Philip