num_pages: 400
description: Completely re-edited, the New Folger Library edition of Shakespeare's plays puts readers in touch with current ways of thinking about Shakespeare. Each freshly edited text is based directly on what the editors consider the best early printed version of the play. Each volume contains full explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play, as well as a helpful introduction to Shakespeare's language. The accounts of William Shakespeare's life, his theater, and the publication of his plays' present the largest scholarship, and the annotated reading lists suggest sources of further information. The illustrations of objects, clothing, and mythological figures mentioned in the plays are drawn from the Library's vast holdings of rare books. At the conclusion of each play there is a full essay by an outstanding scholar who assesses the play in the light of today's interests and concerns.(back cover)
language: English
title: Hamlet
titlecomplete: Hamlet
characters: Laertes, Osric, Reynaldo, Marcellus, Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude, Polonius, Horatio, Fortinbras, Bernardo, Ophelia, Cornelius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Francisco, Voltimand, Hamlet
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, Read For School, High School, School, Literature, Poetry, Fiction
ratings_count: 912441
places: Denmark
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album
publisher: Washington Square Press / Pocket Books