num_pages: 640
description: The core of the ground-breaking, three text edition, this self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text (1604-5) and includes in its Introduction, notes and Appendices all the reader might expect to find in any standard Arden edition. As well as a full, illustrated Introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts and a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play, an appendix contains the additional passages found only in the 1623 text."The new Arden Hamlet is a pathbreaking edition, one that promises to change irrevocably our understanding of Shakespeare's greatest play."- Professor James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare'Hamlet's latest editors have undertaken a heroic task with great skill and thoroughnesss.' - Stanley Wells, The Observer"(The) new Arden Hamlet is quite simply the most comprehensive edition of the play currently available, a status I suspect it will enjoy for many years to come" - The British Theatre Guide"Stunning! There is absolutely no doubt about this being the text to buy if you are studying the play at A Level. And the same stands for those students who will be studying the play at university. This critical edition gives the reader the Second Quarto Text (1604-1605), annotated with intelligence and care, a wealth of historical and cultural references and a survey of different critical approaches to the play."- The Use of English, The English Association
language: English
title: Hamlet
titlecomplete: Hamlet
characters: Horatio, Polonius, Cornelius, Gertrude, Hamlet, Marcellus, Francisco, Claudius, King of Denmark, Voltimand, Ophelia, Osric, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Reynaldo, Fortinbras, Laertes, Bernardo
genres: Read For School, Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 912403
places: Denmark
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album
publisher: Arden Shakespeare