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Avi Erlich finds that Hamlet deals not with repressed patricidal impulses but with a complex search, partially unconscious, for a strong father. Much more than he wants to have killed his father, Hamlet wants his father back and seeks a strong man with whom to identify. The playwright presents one ambivalent father figure after another, each an imi

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David Schalkwyk tells the 'Robben Island Shakespeare' story and explores the representation and experience of imprisonment in South African prison memoirs and Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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Amidst a wealth of previously unremarked figurative mirrorings, as well as much of the seemingly digressive material in Hamlet within Shakespearean studies, Hamlets Problematic Revenge brings to light a new interpretation of the tragic problem in the play.

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Amidst a wealth of previously unremarked figurative mirrorings, as well as much of the seemingly digressive material in Hamlet within Shakespearean studies, Hamlets Problematic Revenge brings to light a new interpretation of the tragic problem in the play.

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Surveys the play's textual history, critical reception, intellectual background, themes, and performances.

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Arguably Shakespeare's famous play, few works have commanded so much critical attention in relation to 'character' as "Hamlet". This study includes an overview of "Hamlet", and of Shakespeare's approach to dramatic character.

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Grappling with the characters of "Hamlet" - how they are formed, how they function in the play, and how we read them - is crucial to understanding both its complexity and its critical history. This study includes an overview of "Hamlet", and addresses the character of Hamlet within a range of contexts including, dramatic and generic.

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A new type of study guide which combines an exploration of Shakespeare's language with. specific help for students looking to develop their own critical responses and skills. Hamlet remains the most studied of Shakespeare's tragedies and this guide examines it as a turning point in his writing career.

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Harold Pinter is universally described as Britain's leading dramatist. Beginning with a look at the nature of British theatre prior to 1956, Peacock then describes Pinter's early life in the East End of London, his career as an actor, and his early writing.

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This study examines the profound changes that twentieth-century performance has wrought on Shakespeare's complex drama of war and politics. What was accepted at the turn of the century as a patriotic celebration of a national hero has emerged in the modern theatre as a dark and troubling analysis of the causes and costs of war. -- .

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Henry V is a complex and challenging Shakespearean play that rewards detailed study.

A team of eminent scholars have prepared new introductions and notes to all of Shakespeare's plays and poems.

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Redesigned format, and includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare, an introduction to the play, and a note on the text used.

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Centers upon the protagonists of Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve t

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What if Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to the Continent and went on to write the works we now attribute to Shakespeare

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Judy Wolfman has created 40 Readers Theatre scripts based on imaginative and creative porquoi stories that stem from multicultural folktales as well as Native American Indian legends that attempt to give the answers to these how and why questions. The 40 scripts are short, with appropriate vocabulary and sentence structure for young readers.