Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Macmillan Collector's Library)

Shakespeare, William

ISBN 10: 1909621862 / ISBN 13: 9781909621862

Editore: London. Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016

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London. Pan MacMillan, 2016. Hardback. Condition: New. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of pocket sized classics with all edges gilt, endpapers decorated with foliage and ribbon markers. Pale blue boards have publisher's blind stamp. This edition is illustrated throughout by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert and includes an introduction by Dr Robert Mighall .A young prince meets with his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a scheme to test the truth of the ghost's accusation, feigning wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge until his apparent insanity begins to wreak havoc on innocent and guilty alike. Shakespeare's combination of violence, introspection, dark humour and rich language in Hamlet is intoxicating. It remains the world's most widely studied and performed play, and is a cornerstone of world literature.

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• Titolo: Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Macmillan Collector's Library)
• Editore: London. Macmillan Collector's Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1909621862
• ISBN 13: 9781909621862
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Disegnatore: Gilbert, John
• Condizione: New

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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is not known but is traditionally 23 April, St George's Day. Aged 18, he married a Stratford farmer's daughter, Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. A member of the leading theatre group in London, the Chamberlain's Men, which built the Globe Theatre and frequently performed in front of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare wrote 36 plays and much poetry besides. He died in 1616.