Hamlet: Revised Edition (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series)
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
General editors€ preface
Preface
INTRODUCTION
The challenges of Hamlet
   The challenge of acting Hamlet
   The challenge of editing Hamlet
   The challenge to the greatness of Hamlet: Hamlet versus Lear
Hamlet in our time
   The soliloquies and the modernity of Hamlet
   Hamlet and Freud
   Reading against the Hamlet tradition
Hamlet in Shakespeare€s time
   Hamlet at the turn of the century
   The challenge of dating Hamlet
       Was there an earlier Hamlet play?
       Are there any early references to Shakespeare€s play?
       Can we date Hamlet in relation to other contemporary plays?
       Hamlet€s first performances
The story of Hamlet
   Murder most foul
   An antic disposition
   €˜Sentences€, speeches and thoughts
The composition of Hamlet
   The quartos and the Folio
       The quartos
       The First Folio
       The relationship of Q2 to Q1
       The relationship of F to Q2
       What, then, of Q1?
       Editorial practice
       Why a three-text edition?
Hamlet on stage and screen
   Hamlet and his points
   Enter the director
   Hamlet and politics
Novel Hamlets
   Hamlet meets Fielding, Goethe, Dickens and others
   Hamlet and women novelists
   Prequels and sequels
The continuing mystery of Hamlet
THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK (The Second Quarto, 1604-5)
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Folio-only passages
Appendix 2: Textual discussion
Appendix 3: Editorial conventions, sample edited passages and a comparison of scenes across the three texts
Appendix 4: The act division at 3.4/4.1
Appendix 5: Casting
Appendix 6: Music
Abbreviations and references
   Abbreviations used in notes
   Works by and partly by Shakespeare
   Editions of Shakespeare collated
   Other works cited
Index
Country | USA |
Brand | Brand: Arden Shakespeare |
Manufacturer | Arden Shakespeare |
Binding | Paperback |
ItemPartNumber | Illustrations |
ReleaseDate | 2006-03-20 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9781904271338 |