Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
by: William Shakespeare
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Each edition includes:
• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
• Scene-by-scene plot summaries
• A key to famous lines and phrases
• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
• An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Michael Neill
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe.In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
• Scene-by-scene plot summaries
• A key to famous lines and phrases
• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
• An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Michael Neill
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe.In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
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- Greatness
shakespeare has done it again... and thanks toamazon i was allowed to fully enjoy this great masterpiece
Rating: - If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library
If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that might be dificult to understand. This makes it very easy and enjoyable to read.
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- Review
Hamlet is a book written by William Shakespeare.The book is very thrilling; it keeps you on your feet throughout the read.In the beginning it starts out with a family murder then it moves through incest then a big bang at the end as every major character is killed.This book goes to show that treason gets you know where.
Rating: 
- Utter Tripe
What kind of idiot writes this tripe?This is allegedly a "Play" by some long-dead "Master".
Well, let me tell, you: it's boring and derivative.It's about this Prince who doesn't get his father's throne, and feels all depressed about it for a while, and fights back against his uncle (who took the throne and married the prince's mother), to show everyone that it was actually the uncle who killed his father the king.
Excuse me?Haven't we heard this before?
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Rating: 
- Methinks it is like a weasel.
I'm going to take some hits for this (by rabid Shakespeare fans mostly), but this play, whether read in a straightforward manner, or analyzed to the hilt, is just somewhat better than mediocre.
Most folks who would read this work know that Shakespeare's plays are broken down, at the top, into two groups: tragedies and comedies. Hamlet is a tragedy -- the limited humor that one finds herein is pretty darn subtle, (e.g., the comment about Englishmen all being mad). I do not criticise "Hamlet" ... Read More
- Greatnessshakespeare has done it again... and thanks toamazon i was allowed to fully enjoy this great masterpiece
- If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger LibraryIf you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that might be dificult to understand. This makes it very easy and enjoyable to read.
- ReviewHamlet is a book written by William Shakespeare.The book is very thrilling; it keeps you on your feet throughout the read.In the beginning it starts out with a family murder then it moves through incest then a big bang at the end as every major character is killed.This book goes to show that treason gets you know where.
- Utter TripeWhat kind of idiot writes this tripe?This is allegedly a "Play" by some long-dead "Master".
Well, let me tell, you: it's boring and derivative.It's about this Prince who doesn't get his father's throne, and feels all depressed about it for a while, and fights back against his uncle (who took the throne and married the prince's mother), to show everyone that it was actually the uncle who killed his father the king.
Excuse me?Haven't we heard this before?
Read More
- Methinks it is like a weasel.I'm going to take some hits for this (by rabid Shakespeare fans mostly), but this play, whether read in a straightforward manner, or analyzed to the hilt, is just somewhat better than mediocre.
Most folks who would read this work know that Shakespeare's plays are broken down, at the top, into two groups: tragedies and comedies. Hamlet is a tragedy -- the limited humor that one finds herein is pretty darn subtle, (e.g., the comment about Englishmen all being mad). I do not criticise "Hamlet" ... Read More
