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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet. Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his deceased brother's widow. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play, and is ranked among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". The play likely was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime, and still ranks among his most performed, topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879. It has inspired many other writers – from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Charles Dickens to James Joyce and Iris Murdoch – and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella". The story of Shakespeare's Hamlet was derived from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum, as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. Shakespeare may also have drawn on an earlier (hypothetical) Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet, though some scholars believe he himself wrote the Ur-Hamlet, later revising it to create the version of Hamlet we now have. He almost certainly wrote his version of the title role for his fellow actor, Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare's time. In the 400 years since its inception, the role has been performed by numerous highly acclaimed actors in each successive century.

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Shakespeare (1564-1616) was the greatest playwright and poet in the English language. This edition of Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" is from The First Folio that was published posthumously in 1623. "Hamlet" was written between 1599 to 1601 and was Shakespeare’s longest play. The story was set in the Late Middle Ages (14th - 15th centuries) in Kronborg Castle in Helsingør (renamed by Shakespeare to Elsinore), Denmark. Shakespeare’s telling of the story of Prince Hamlet was derived from several notable sources:1.Books III and IV of "Gesta Danorum" (“History of the Danes,” 1200 CE) by Saxo Grammaticus (surname acquired because of his eloquent and flawless Latin); Saxo’s "Gesta Danorum" was the first important work of Danish history and tells of the rise and fall of their great rulers; and 2.Volume 5 (1570 CE) of "Histoires Tragiques," a French translation of Saxo by François de Belleforest. Saxo’s account of "Amleth" is thought to be the source for Hamlet—a clue is “Hamlet” is an anagram of “Amleth.” However, Shakespeare’s Hamlet owes but the outline of his story to Saxo. Following is a version of Amleth’s story adapted from “The Traditional Hamlet,” Chapter XXII of Donald A. Mackenzie’s Teutonic Myth and Legend (1912?):"King Rorik (a Viking and King of Denmark and Sweden) made two brothers, Horwendil and Feng, joint governors of Jutland. Their father, Gerwendil, was governor before them. Horwendil, the chief ruler, sought glory as a sea rover and challenged King Koll of Norway to fight a duel on a sea island they both wanted. Horwendil, being the bolder, suddenly flung his shield aside and grasped his sword with both hands. He made such a furious attack upon the King of Norway’s shield that it split in two, and Horwendil severed his foot. Relentless, Horwendil continued his vicious attack until King Koll fell dead before him. As Horwendil’s victories increased, so did his many gifts to King Rorik, who made him King of Jutland. The King’s beautiful daughter, Gerutha, wed Horwendil, and they had a son, Amleth. Due to his brother’s fortune and renown, Feng was stricken with jealously and killed Horwendil. Thereafter, he married Gerutha and usurped his brother’s throne. Feng declared to his new subjects that he had slain his brother to rescue Gerutha from Horwendil’s cruelty and threat of murder. Amleth was not deceived and, fearing for his own safety, feigned madness with great cunning so that he could live to slay the usurper."This annotated version of Shakespeare’s longest play includes the following:•385 endnotes that reference historical and mythological explanations as well as definitions of “Early Modern English.” The editor was determined to remain as close as possible to Shakespeare’s poetry and the timeless rhythm of his writing.•30 illustrations. Even though twenty-first century audiences are still enthralled by Shakespeare’s plays, he wrote for seventeenth century audiences. Sword fights were combined with a wealth of allegory, metaphor, and humorous caricatures that regaled audiences. During their reigns, both Queen Elizabeth I and King James I were his patrons.

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brother's widow, Hamlet's mother Gertrude. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play seems to have been one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed, topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella". The story of Hamlet ultimately derives from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. Shakespeare may also have drawn on an earlier (hypothetical) Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet, though some scholars believe he himself wrote the Ur-Hamlet, later revising it to create the version of Hamlet we now have. He almost certainly created the title role for Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare's time. In the 400 years since, the role has been performed by highly acclaimed actors from each successive age. Three different early versions of the play are extant, the First Quarto (Q1, 1603), the Second Quarto (Q2, 1604), and the First Folio (F1, 1623). Each version includes lines, and even entire scenes, missing from the others. The play's structure and depth of characterisation have inspired much critical scrutiny. One such example is the centuries-old debate about Hamlet's hesitation to kill his uncle, which some see as merely a plot device to prolong the action, but which others argue is a dramatization of the complex philosophical and ethical issues that surround cold-blooded murder, calculated revenge, and thwarted desire. More recently, psychoanalytic critics have examined Hamlet's unconscious desires, and feminist critics have re-evaluated and rehabilitated the often maligned characters of Ophelia and Gertrude.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. William Shakespeare's Hamlet follows the young prince Hamlet home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral. Hamlet is shocked to find his mother already remarried to his Uncle Claudius, the dead king's brother. And Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (/ˈhæmlᵻt/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet. Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his deceased brother's widow. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play, and is ranked among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others".[1] The play likely was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime,[2] and still ranks among his most performed, topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879.[3] It has inspired many other writers – from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Charles Dickens to James Joyce and Iris Murdoch – and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella".[4]The story of Shakespeare's Hamlet was derived from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum, as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. Shakespeare may also have drawn on an earlier (hypothetical) Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet, though some scholars believe he himself wrote the Ur-Hamlet, later revising it to create the version of Hamlet we now have. He almost certainly wrote his version of the title role for his fellow actor, Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare's time.[5] In the 400 years since its inception, the role has been performed by numerous highly acclaimed actors in each successive century.

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