Looking for Hamlet

Looking for Hamlet
Author: Marvin W. Hunt
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2007-12-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230611370

A mysterious, melancholic, brooding Hamlet has gripped and fascinated four hundred years' of readers, trying to "find" and know him as he searches for and avenges his father's name. Setting itself apart from the usual discussions about Hamlet, Hunt here demonstrates that Hamlet is much more than we take him to be. Much more than the sum of his parts--more than just tragic, sexy youth and more than just vain cruelty--Hamlet is a reflection of our own aspirations and neuroses. Looking for Hamlet investigates our many searches for Hamlet, from their origins in Danish mythology through the complex problems of early printed texts, through the centuries of shifting interpretations of the young prince to our own time when Hamlet is more compelling and perplexing than ever before. Hunt presents Hamlet as a sort of missing person, the idealized being inside oneself. This search for the missing Hamlet, Hunt argues, reveals a present absence readers pursue as a means of finding and identifying ourselves.

Falling for Hamlet

Falling for Hamlet
Author: Michelle Ray
Publisher: Poppy
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316134422

Passion, romance, drama, humor, and tragedy intertwine in this compulsively readable Hamlet retelling, from the perspective of a strong-willed, modern-day Ophelia. Meet Ophelia, high school senior, daughter of the Danish king's most trusted adviser, and longtime girlfriend of Prince Hamlet of Denmark. She lives a glamorous life and has a royal social circle, and her beautiful face is splashed across magazines and television screens. But it comes with a price--her life is ruled not only by Hamlet's fame and his overbearing royal family but also by the paparazzi who hound them wherever they go. After the sudden and suspicious death of his father, the king, the devastatingly handsome Hamlet spirals dangerously toward madness, and Ophelia finds herself torn, with no one to turn to. All Ophelia wants is to live a normal life. But when you date a prince, you have to play your part. Ophelia rides out this crazy roller coaster life, and lives to tell her story in live television interviews.

'Hamlet' Without Hamlet

'Hamlet' Without Hamlet
Author: Margreta de Grazia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2007-01-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521870259

A study tracing the impact and evolution of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

What Hamlet Said

What Hamlet Said
Author: Terry Mort
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493064991

Hollywood in the Thirties: Nazi saboteurs, gangsters running gambling ships, British spies and diplomats, FBI agents, starlets looking for the big break, cheap hustlers on the fringes of the law, local cops—some are friends and some are adversaries, but all are involved somehow with Riley Fitzhugh, a private eye who’s wondering whether the death of an English aristocrat really was an accident.

Hamlet

Hamlet
Author: Louie Stowell
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1409584119

When a ghostly figure appears to Prince Hamlet, he discovers the dreadful truth about his father's death. His quest for revenge leads him into a world of mayhem, madness and murder. An exciting retelling of Shakespeare's classic play, specially written for children growing in reading confidence and ability. Includes links to recommended websites for children to find out more about Shakespeare and the play. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare

Dating Hamlet

Dating Hamlet
Author: Lisa Fiedler
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0805070540

In a story based on the Shakespeare play, Ophelia describes her relationship with Hamlet, learns the truth about her own father, and recounts the complicated events following the murder of Hamlet's father.

Hamlet, Globe to Globe

Hamlet, Globe to Globe
Author: Dominic Dromgoole
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2017-04-26
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0802189687

A New York Times Notable Book: “A loving testament to the enduring ability of Shakespeare’s play to connect in myriad ways across countries and cultures” (Pop Matters). For the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, the Globe Theatre undertook an unparalleled journey: to take Hamlet to every country on the planet, to share this beloved play with the entire world. The tour was the brainchild of Dominic Dromgoole, artistic director of the Globe, and in Hamlet: Globe to Globe, Dromgoole takes readers along with him. From performing in sweltering deserts, ice-cold cathedrals, and heaving marketplaces, and despite food poisoning in Mexico, the threat of ambush in Somaliland, an Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and political upheaval in Ukraine, the Globe’s players pushed on. Dromgoole shows us the world through the prism of Shakespeare—what the Danish prince means to the people of Sudan, the effect of Ophelia on the citizens of Costa Rica, and how a sixteenth-century play can touch the lives of Syrian refugees. And thanks to this incredible undertaking, Dromgoole uses the world to glean new insight into this masterpiece, exploring the play’s history, its meaning, and its pleasures. “The Shakespearean equivalent of Bourdain’s TV series, Parts Unknown. . . . [Dromgoole’s] aesthetic principle, or unprincipled aesthetic, makes him a natural tour guide for global Shakespeare . . . A comic epic.” —The Washington Post

Srsly Hamlet

Srsly Hamlet
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2015
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0553535382

"William Shakespeare's tragedy told in the style of texts, tweets, and status posts"--

Hamlet

Hamlet
Author: Michael Pennington
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Acting
ISBN: 9780879100834

(Limelight). "Pennington's great experience of the play...love for it...depth of knowledge...of many productions and interpretations culminate in a book of infinite value to any actor, director and above all to any passionate playgoer...written with passion, humor and rigor...an excellent read." Ralph Fiennes

Hamlet And Ophelia

Hamlet And Ophelia
Author: John Marsden
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2010-06-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1443401188

Coping with the death of his father and reeling from the marriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet has an encounter with his father’s ghost, who reveals the truth: he was murdered—by his brother! Urged by his father to seek revenge, Hamlet is wracked with indecision and spirals into depression. It seems that not even his best friend, Horatio, nor his love interest, Ophelia, can help him. A visiting acting troupe inspires Hamlet to form a plan, but he cannot foresee the devastation that will occur. Hamlet & Ophelia is a compelling read for teens and adults alike—sexy, sultry, spellbinding. In following the contours of Shakespeare’s play, John Marsden has created a stunning tale that brings new life to a timeless classic.