Hamlet (Newly Revised Edition)

An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. Special introduction to the play by the editor, Sylvan Barnet. A note on the three early texts of Hamlet. Sources from which Shakespeare derived Hamlet. Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Samuel Taylor Colerdige, A. C. Bradley, Maynard Mack, Robert Ornstein, Carolyn Heilbrun, and Catherine Belsey. A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors and productions of Hamlet, then and now. Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type. Up-to-date list of recommended readings.