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1) Hamlet
Publisher
The Wooster Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's classic tragedy is re-imagined by mixing and repurposing Richard Burton's 1964 Broadway production, directed by John Gielgud. The Burton production was recorded in live performance from 17 camera angles and edited into a film that was shown as a special event for only two days in nearly 1,000 movie houses across the U.S. The idea of bringing a live theater experience to thousands of simultaneous viewers in different cities was trumpeted...
2) Hamlet
Author
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare's tale. A son, distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a spectre from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge.
5) Hamlet
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, abridged version of the Shakespeare tragedy with background information and explanatory stage directions.
6) Hamlet
Author
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
A Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt, and death.
7) Hamlet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Author
Series
Imogen Quy mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Imogen Quy puts her sleuthing skills to work to uncover the truth behind a research fellow's mysterious death, and an undergraduate student confronts the suspected killer through an unorthodox production of Hamlet.
10) Hamlet
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Language
English
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Description
A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about treachery and murder in the kingdom of Denmark. Includes background information, character summary, and commonly asked questions.
11) Enter the body
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the room beneath a theater stage, the ghosts of Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and other teenage girls who died tragically in Shakespeare's plays, share their experiences and trauma and get the chance to retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.
12) Ophelia
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One of the world's greatest dramas is turned on its head through a bold and new perspective. Set in medieval Denmark and spoken in a modern tongue, it recalibrates the classic Shakespearean tragedy of Hamlet so that its unspoken, complex heroine may share her own story. As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections...
14) Hamlet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Language
English
Description
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
15) Hamlet
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2006, c1948
Language
English
Description
Hamlet is Shakespeare's towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A portrait of a year in the life of the bard traces his career in 1599, which marked the building of the Globe Theater, the English invasion of Ireland, and the creation of the plays "Henry V," "Julius Caesar," "As You Like It," and "Hamlet."
18) Drama for students: Volume 22presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
19) Drama for students: Volume 16presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars that have been selected for students at the high school or undergraduate college level. Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview.
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