![]() ![]() Dawson, Hamlet: Shakespeare in Performance (Manchester University Press, 1995) Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth (first published 1904 Penguin, 1991)Īnthony B. Jonathan Bate at the University of OxfordĬarol Rutter at the University of WarwickĪ. Professor of Shakespeare Studies at King's College London Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick Provost of Worcester College, University of Oxford The image above is from the 1964 film adaptation, directed by Grigori Kozintsev, with Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Hamlet. And Hamlet has become the defining role for actors, men and women, who want to show their mastery of Shakespeare's work. Shakespeare gives him lines such as 'to be or not to be,' 'alas, poor Yorick,' and 'frailty thy name is woman', which are known even to those who have never seen or read the play. ![]() In soliloquies, the Prince reveals his inner self to the audience while concealing his thoughts from all at the Danish court, who presume him insane. It is the story of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, encouraged by his father's ghost to take revenge on his uncle who murdered him, and is set at the court of Elsinore. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, most quoted and longest play, written c1599 - 1602 and rewritten throughout his lifetime. ![]()
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