An edition of Hamlet (1603)

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants

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An edition of Hamlet (1603)

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants

  • 4.0 (144 ratings) ·
  • 1,056 Want to read
  • 80 Currently reading
  • 231 Have read

In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences spellbound for nearly four centuries. Those fateful exchanges, and the anguished soliloquies that precede and follow them, probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art.
The title role of Hamlet, perhaps the most demanding in all of Western drama, has provided generations of leading actors their greatest challenge. Yet all the roles in this towering drama are superbly delineated, and each of the key scenes offers actors a rare opportunity to create theatrical magic.
As if further evidence of Shakespeare's genius were needed, Hamlet is a unique pleasure to read as well as to see and hear performed. The full text of this extraordinary drama is reprinted here from an authoritative British edition complete with illuminating footnotes.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants
1718, Printed by J. Darby for M. Wellington at the King's Head, over against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand
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Edition Notes

Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library)
This is the first edition of the text revised by John Hughes, referred to by Theobald in Shakespeare Restored, and also the first edition in 12mo; Mr. Wilks played Hamlet at Drury Lane (Ford).

Signatures: A-͜

With a cast list, and bookseller's advertisements (leaf I6v).

Engraved frontispiece (leaf A1) is a close copy of the plate engraved by Du Guernier; image engraved in reverse.

Not in Barton collection catalog.

ESTC T35952

Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 44

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 308

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern black cloth. The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page.

Published in
London, England

The Physical Object

Pagination
107, [1] p. :
Number of pages
107

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25669253M
Internet Archive
hamletprinceofde00shak_1
OCLC/WorldCat
187429374, 220014099, 938430178, 1067144159
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42961109

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