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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... mother ' — and appalled yet fascinated by images of what is — ' in- cestuous sheets ' — Hamlet unpacks his heart with words that ex- plain his longing for total dissolution as a way of escape from a world that the monstrous and ...
... mother ' — and appalled yet fascinated by images of what is — ' in- cestuous sheets ' — Hamlet unpacks his heart with words that ex- plain his longing for total dissolution as a way of escape from a world that the monstrous and ...
Page 277
... Mother , mother , mother ! GERTRUDE I'll warrant you . Fear me not . Withdraw ; I hear him coming . Polonius hides behind the arras . Enter Hamlet HAMLET Now , mother , what's the matter ? GERTRUDE Hamlet , thou hast thy father much ...
... Mother , mother , mother ! GERTRUDE I'll warrant you . Fear me not . Withdraw ; I hear him coming . Polonius hides behind the arras . Enter Hamlet HAMLET Now , mother , what's the matter ? GERTRUDE Hamlet , thou hast thy father much ...
Page 290
... mother's closet hath he dragged him . Go seek him out , speak fair , and bring the body Into the chapel . I pray you ... mother's closet ] Q2 ; Mother Clossets F ( Exit Gent < lemen ) ) Q1 ( Exeunt Lordes ) ; not in Q2 4.2.0 Enter Hamlet ...
... mother's closet hath he dragged him . Go seek him out , speak fair , and bring the body Into the chapel . I pray you ... mother's closet ] Q2 ; Mother Clossets F ( Exit Gent < lemen ) ) Q1 ( Exeunt Lordes ) ; not in Q2 4.2.0 Enter Hamlet ...
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