Hamlet

The Wordsworth Classic´s Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare´s works, The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.

Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare´s greatest plays but also the most fascinatngly problematic tragedy in world literature.

First perfomed around 1600, this is a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich iin contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with intropection, its melancholy with humour, and its subtlety with spectacle. The prince, Hamlet himself is reflections on death, morality and the very status of human beings make him ‘the first modern man’.

Countless stage productions and numerous adaptations for the cinema and television have demonstrated the continuing cultural relevance of this vivid, enigmatic, profound and engrossing drama