Hamlet
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Primary Sources:
Music to listen to while you read: Click here
Free, full online text of this book: Click here
Gutenberg Project e-book options: Click here
Amazing full cast audio book recording of this play and all other Shakespearean plays: Link
Alternative Audio recording of this book: Click here
Libravox Audiobook: Click here
Sparknotes: Click here
No Fear Shakespeare: Click here
Quotes compiled from this book:
Quotes compiled from this author: Click here
Quotes about this book/author: Click here
Searchable database of Shakespeare's works: Keyword Search or Advanced Search
Classroom Sources:
Hamlet Cheat Sheet: Link
Hamlet Essay: FORCE COPY LINK
View Link without copying: Link
Secondary Sources:
Hamlet Meme Presentation: Link
Why you should read Hamlet, TED Talk: Link
Scholarly Essays about this play:
Arden 2nd edition: Click here
Graphic Novel of Hamlet: Click here
YouTube Playlist Chilton created of various film versions of all of Hamlet's soliloquies: Link
The "Enfolded" Hamlet with Textual Criticism on every single line of the play: Link
Influential Essay by T.S. Eliot "Hamlet and His Problems": Link
Images from the Folger Library collection related to this play: Click here
Satire: 28 Rejected Titles for Hamlet: Link
Excellent essay by Yale professor Maynard Mack called "The World of Hamlet": Click here
Classic scholarly book about Shakespearean tragedy with an extended discussion of this play by A.C. Bradley: Click here
Hamlet and The Lion King: Link
C.S. Lewis' famous essay: "Hamlet: Prince or Poem?" Click here
Informative documentary interview with Benedict Cumberbatch as he plays Hamlet: Link
Royal Shakespeare Company's haunting, emotional, and visceral rendition of Hamlet, starring David Tennant (Dr. Who) and Patrick Stewart (Star Trek). Link or Amazon Prime Link
Explore the David Tennant version of Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company's behind-the-scenes website with interviews and great clips: Link
Video about the making of the RSC's movie, an interesting look behind the scenes: Click here
Kenneth Branaugh, famous Hamlet, interviewed about his 1996 video: Link
Free, online course by Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt about Hamlet, extra credit for completing: Link
Interesting video of Supreme Court justices and lawyers putting Hamlet on trial for insanity: Click here
Weird, evocative 1922 illustrated version of Hamlet by artist John Austen: Link
Printable graphic organizer from the British Library about resources with links to Hamlet specific resources in their collection: Link
Emma Smith on Hamlet "Looking Backwards" as a nostalgic look at history on the British Library: Link
Interesting character analysis of Gertrude from the British Library: Link
Youtube video of "children's summary" of Hamlet: Click here
"Hamlet: My Prince of Pigs": Graphic / Comic version of the play: Click here
Facebook News Feed adaptation for Hamlet: Click here
Quarto / Folio Texts:
Contemporary "Revenge Plays":
Sources of Hamlet
Muppets Theater rendition of Hamlet's soliloquy. Priceless.
Hamlet, as performed by my 1 year old daughter Eleanor in 4 easy steps:
1. Confront your mortality
2. The shock of mortality
3. The weight of mortality (with coffee)
4. Write about your mortality to cope
Edwin Abbey "Hamlet" (1897): Learn more here