HamletThis edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. G.R. Hibbard argues, in a substantial introduction, that the presently accepted text is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play. Instead, he turns to the First Folio of 1623, Shakespeare's "fair copy" of the play that has been preserved for us in the Second Quarto. This revision of the play is more "theatrical" in the best sense of that word--it provides, as Shakespeare intended, a better, more practical acting script. Such changes as the omission of Horatio's account of the omens preceding Caesar's assassination, and Hamlet's on the drunkenness of Danes, give the play new momentum, and lend credence to Hibbard's claim that the familiar conflated text of Hamlet is a much more "problematic" play than it appears to have been in the First Folio. |
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... hear ' these ; in her excellent white bosom , these . ' GERTRUDE Came this from Hamlet to her ? Good madam , stay awhile , I will be faithful . ' Doubt thou the stars are fire , Doubt that the sun doth move , Doubt truth to be a liar ...
... hear ' these ; in her excellent white bosom , these . ' GERTRUDE Came this from Hamlet to her ? Good madam , stay awhile , I will be faithful . ' Doubt thou the stars are fire , Doubt that the sun doth move , Doubt truth to be a liar ...
Page 232
... hear a play tomorrow . [ He detains the First Player while Polonius and the other Players move to the rear , and then speaks aside to him ] Dost thou hear me , old friend , can you play The Murder of Gonzago ? HAMLET We'll ha't tomorrow ...
... hear a play tomorrow . [ He detains the First Player while Polonius and the other Players move to the rear , and then speaks aside to him ] Dost thou hear me , old friend , can you play The Murder of Gonzago ? HAMLET We'll ha't tomorrow ...
Page 237
... hear of it . They are about the court , And , as I think , they have already order This night to play before him . POLONIUS " Tis most true ; And he beseeched me to entreat your majesties To hear and see the matter . CLAUDIUS With all ...
... hear of it . They are about the court , And , as I think , they have already order This night to play before him . POLONIUS " Tis most true ; And he beseeched me to entreat your majesties To hear and see the matter . CLAUDIUS With all ...
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