Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare)

by William Shakespeare (Author), William Shakespeare (Author), Richard Andrews (Editor), Rex Gibson (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.28

  This new edition of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays takes into account the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English, developments at GCSE and A-level, and the probable development of English and Drama throughout the 1990s. Cambridge School Shakespeare considers Hamlet as theatre and its text as script, enabling students to inhabit the imaginative world of the play in an accessible, meaningful and creative way. It approaches the play in a new way, encouraging students to participate actively in examining it, to work in groups as well as individually, to treat the play as a script to be re-created, and to explore the theatrical/dramatic qualities of the text. The editorial comments cater for pupils of all ages and abilities, providing clear, helpful guidelines for school study. The format is also designed to help teachers, whether experienced or inexperienced.

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.28

  This book is part of the Everyman Shakespeare series, providing facing-page text and notes, a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times and a selection of critical and theatrical responses to Hamlet over the centuries. The Everyman texts preserve the way Shakespeare's lines were meant to be spoken as well as their meaning. Derived from the earliest authoritative printings, they retain original spellings and punctuations which preserve puns and and wordplay often lost. Sir John Gielgud, Zoe Caldwell, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Irons and other established actors, actresses and theatre directors have written forewards describing the plays in actual performance. John Andrews's introductions provide up-to-the-minute interpretation of the structure, atmosphere and content of each play and comment on sources and influences.

• New

  Paperback
  1997

  $18.98