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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

4 · 188 pages · First published 1603

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.

Hamlet is a unique pleasure to read as well as to see and hear performed.

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Published for the proprietors by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ...; and C. Chapple ..., Printed by Hosea Sprague, Dh Audio, Printed for W. and W. Smith, J. Exshaw and A. Ewing, Gergedan Yayinlari, Signet Classic
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