Hamlet (Bantam Classic)

Synopsis

One Of The Greatest Plays Of All Time, The Compelling Tragedy Of The Tormented Young Prince Of Denmark Continues To Capture The Imaginations Of Modern Audiences Worldwide. Confronted With Evidence That His Uncle Murdered His Father, And With His Mother's Infidelity, Hamlet Must Find A Means Of Reconciling His Longing For Oblivion With His Duty As Avenger. The Ghost, Hamlet's Feigned Madness, Ophelia's Death And Burial, The Play Within A Play, The Closet Scene In Which Hamlet Accuses His Mother Of Complicity In Murder, And Breathtaking Swordplay Are Just Some Of The Elements That Make Hamlet An Enduring Masterpiece Of The Theater. Edited By David Bevington. With A Foreword By Joseph Papp, Founder And Producer Of The New York Shakespeare Festival. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark On Stage -- Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark On Screen -- The Playhouse -- Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark William Shakespeare ; Edited By David Bevington ; David Scott Kastan, James Hammersmith, And Robert Kean Turner, Associate Editors ; With A Foreword By Joseph Papp. Bantam Edition, With Newly Edited Text And Substantially Revised, Edited, And Amplified Notes, Introductions, And Other Materials--t.p. Verso. Bibliography: P. [187]-189.