New Cambridge Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Author(s): William Shakespeare (Author), Philip Edwards (Edited by), Robert Hapgood (Contributions by), Professor Brian Gibbons (Series edited by), A. R. Braunmuller (Series edited by)

CIE English Literature | Cambridge Univ. Pr. Shakespeare

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.


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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

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

General Fields

  • : 9780521532525
  • : Cambridge University Press
  • : Cambridge University Press
  • : 0.439
  • : April 2003
  • : 228mm X 152mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : September 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : William Shakespeare (Author), Philip Edwards (Edited by), Robert Hapgood (Contributions by), Professor Brian Gibbons (Series edited by), A. R. Braunmuller (Series edited by)
  • : Paperback
  • : 2nd Revised edition
  • : 822.33
  • : 270
  • : 11 b/w illus.