|
Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare) | 
 enlarge | Author: William Shakespeare
Creators: Richard Andrews, Rex Gibson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $9.00
Buy New: $4.39
You Save: $4.61 (51%)
New (41) Used (28) Collectible (2) from $2.40
Rating:  154 reviews
Sales Rank: 115093
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 276
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0521618746
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.3
EAN: 9780521618748
ASIN: 0521618746
Publication Date: December 19, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
| |
| Also Available In:
| • | Hardcover - Hamlet (Alexander Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Penguin Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Penguin) (Shakespeare, Penguin) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Shakespeare, Pelican) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet:The Harcourt Brace Casebook Series in Literature | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet: Playgoer's Edition | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Oxford Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Oxford World's Classics) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (Oxford Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Oxford School Shakespeare) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (New Warwick Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (New Casebooks) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet: Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (Bibliographies of Battles & Leaders) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet, William Shakespeare (New Casebooks (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England).) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Library Binding - Hamlet (Shakespeare for Everyone) | | • | Library Binding - Hamlet | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (signed and numbered edition) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - KEY NOTE-HAMLET (Random House Key Notes) | | • | Textbook Binding - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Arden Shakespeare) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (The Arden Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Arden Shakespeare) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet Prince of Denmark | | • | Paperback - Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Challis Shakespeare) | | • | Comic - Hamlet (Classics Illustrated) | | • | Paperback - Prefaces to Shakespeare: Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Signet Classic Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Everyman Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (v. 2) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Dover Thrift Editions) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (Shakespeare in Production) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Audio Cassettes (New Cambridge Shakespeare Audio) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Shakespeare in Production) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Bantam Classic) | | • | Audio CD - Hamlet: BBC Dramatization (BBC Radio Presents) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet (BBC Radio Presents) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (The BBC Television Plays) | | • | Paperback - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Study Texts) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (New Swan Shakespeare. Advanced Series) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (French's Theatre Scripts) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet, (New Swan Shakespeare: Advanced Series) | | • | Hardcover - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | | • | Turtleback - Hamlet | | • | Turtleback - Hamlet | | • | Turtleback - Hamlet | | • | Library Binding - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) | | • | Mass Market Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Unknown Binding - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet | | • | VHS Tape - HAMLET | | • | Hardcover - HAMLET (Shakespeare : the Animated Tales) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Charnwood Classics) | | • | Hardcover - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Woburn Education Series,) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet Prince of Denmark | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet: From Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield (Shakespeare Series) | | • | Audio Cassette - Macbeth: From Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield (Shakespeare Series) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Library Binding - Hamlet: A Parallel Text (Shakespeare Parallel Text Series Revised) | | • | Library Binding - Hamlet (Major Literary Characters) | | • | Library Binding - Hamlet | | • | Library Binding - William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Bloom's Notes | | • | Paperback - William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Bloom's Notes) | | • | Paperback - William Shakespeare's Hamlet - Bloom's Reviews (Study Guide) | | • | Paperback - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Airmont Shakespeare Classics Series) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Juvenile Edition 5-Pack) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Barron's Book Notes) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy) | | • | School & Library Binding - Hamlet (Raintree Short Classics) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Cliffs Complete Study Editions) | | • | Hardcover - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy,) | | • | School & Library Binding - The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Signet Classics) | | • | School & Library Binding - Hamlet (Bantam Classic) | | • | School & Library Binding - Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Stratford-Upon-Avon Studies, Vol 5) | | • | Paperback - The Shakespeare Plays: Hamlet | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Masterpieces of the Illustrated Book) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Hardcover - William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Modern Critical Interpretations) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (MAXNotes Literature Guides) | | • | Library Binding - Hamlet (New Folger Library Shakespeare) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet (BBC Radio Collection) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet (Shakespeare's Hot) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Shakespeare on Stage) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Shakespeare on Stage) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) (Classic Books on Casettes) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Cyber Classics) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Cyber Classics) | | • | Paperback - The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: Applause First Folio Editions (Applause Shakespeare Library Folio Texts) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Mass Market Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Classics Illustrated) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Wordsworth Classics) | | • | Paperback - The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare: Hamlet (Classics for All Ages) | | • | Paperback - Sixty-Minute Shakespeare: Hamlet (The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare Series) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (englisch) | | • | Paperback - Hamlet (Letras Universales/ Universal Letters) (Spanish Edition) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet (Coleccion de Clasicos del Pensamiento Economico Vasco) (Spanish Edition) | | • | Audio CD - Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Classic Drama) | | • | Audio Cassette - Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Classic Drama) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet | | • | Audio Download - Hamlet (Unabridged) | | • | Audio Download - Hamlet (Unabridged) | | • | Hardcover - Hamlet |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This new edition of Hamlet is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series and has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of Hamlet, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and an enlarged selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.
Book Description
Modern editions of a popular and trusted series.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 149 more reviews...
 Amazing Edition of an Amazing Play September 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Let me begin by saying that Hamlet is truly an amazing play. By far, my favorite drama, Shakespearian or otherwise. Telling the story of a man searching for the light amid mind-boggling darkness, Hamlet reveals more about the conflicts people face in their own lifetimes than any other piece of literature.
This edition includes an introduction about the life of Shakespeare, including a completed works list, and even some words of his own creation. After the unabridged play, several very noteworthy critical reviews reveal more and more about Hamlet than any other comparable binding. At the price and information contained within in its pages, you simply cannot find a better edition of this awe-inspiring drama.
To thine own self be true ... September 12, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHIEFLY PERTAINS TO THE NEW FOLGER LIBRARY EDITION.
William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is arguably the most famous play ever written in the English language; it presents the world with questions and characters that have been the subject of thespian and scholarly debate ever since the Prince of Denmark's first appearance on the stage of London's Globe Theatre. Probably written and first performed in 1601 (estimates vary between 1600 and 1602), the play draws on Saxo Grammaticus's late 12th/early 13th century chronicle "Gesta Danorum," which includes a popular legend with a similar plot centering around a prince named Amleth; as well as several more contemporaneous sources, primarily Francois de Belleforest's "Histoires Tragiques, Extraicts des Oeuvres Italiennes de Bandel" (1559-1580), which expands on the story told in the "Gesta Danorum," and a lost play known as the "Ur-Hamlet" (i.e., original "Hamlet"), sometimes also attributed to Shakespeare, but equally likely written by a different author a few decades earlier. Another work frequently cited in this context is 16th century playwright Thomas Kyd's "Spanish Tragedie."
Pursuant to Shakespeare's wishes and like all of his works, "Hamlet" was not immediately published, and the original manuscript did not survive. However, in the absence of copyright laws or other forms of protection of what today would be called the playwright's intellectual property rights, first bootleg copies (so-called quartos) based on transcripts made during or after performances began to appear in 1603. Yet, it would not be until 1623 - seven years after Shakespeare's 1616 death - that his former fellow actors John Hemmings and Henry Condell published 36 of his plays (including this one) in a collection known as the First Folio.
As no print version of any of Shakespeare's plays has a bona fide claim to its author's first-hand blessings, ever since the Bard's death the world is left with numerous questions about his characters' motivations and psychological makeup; first and foremost, in this particular case: who is this Prince of Denmark anyway, and what's driving him - is he a reluctant suicide or reluctant avenger? A Renaissance man? Wrecked by Freudian guilt? Genuinely mad, or merely putting on a clever act of deception? Or is he someone else entirely? - Indeed, we're even left in doubt as to what exactly it was that Shakespeare meant his characters to say, with all attendant interpretative consequences: Does the Prince wish for his "too too sullied" or his "too too solid" flesh to "melt, thaw, and resolve itself into a dew" in his first major soliloquy (Act I, Scene 2)? Does he really contemplate "the stamp of [that] one defect" which may fatally taint the perception of a man's other virtues, "be they as pure as grace," before meeting his father's ghost (I, 4)? Does Polonius, when sending Reynaldo on a spying mission after Laertes, refer to his scheme as "a fetch of wit" or "a fetch of warrant" (II, 1)? Do Hamlet's musings in "To be, or not to be" (III, 1) concern "enterprises of great pith and moment" or "of great pitch and moment," whose "currents turn awry and lose the name of action" by his doubts? Does or doesn't the sight of the Norwegian army while Hamlet is on his way to England (IV, 4) prompt him, who has so far failed to carry out his purpose, to reflect "How all occasions do inform against me," and conclude his soliloquy with the vow "from this time forth my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth"?
How you answer any of these questions, and how you consequently view the play's characters, depends in no small part on the text you read. Like all Folger Shakespeare editions, this one is based on what the editors have deemed the "best early printed version," while allowing the reader a unique direct comparison of the principal reliable versions by including a text essentially combining these versions, with unobtrusive markers characterizing those passages appearing only in one particular version. For "Hamlet," the editors eschewed the play's very first (1603) quarto, which was possibly compiled by a journeyman actor and whose inconsistencies with all subsequent versions (textually as well as plot-wise and even regarding character names) have caused it to be generally considered a "bad" quarto, in favor of the 1604 Second Quarto, which some even believe to be based on Shakespeare's own first draft of the play and which, in any event, while more extensive than the 1623 First Folio (in turn, thought to be closest to the version(s) actually produced on the Globe Theatre stage), boasts about as secure a claim of authenticity as the latter. In some instances, the text follows the Second Quarto (Q2) without visually alerting the reader to the differences vis-a-vis the First Folio (F1), thus compelling those more used to the latter version to seek out the extensive end notes to reassure themselves that (in the examples given above) it might indeed be "solid flesh," "warrant," and "pith and moment" (F1) instead of "sullied flesh," "wit," and "pitch and moment" (Q2). In other instances, however, the First Folio's language (clearly marked as such) is given preference over that of the Second Quarto; while crucially, the text also includes all those passages *only* contained in the latter, including the "stamp of one defect" and "bloody thoughts" monologues, whose interpretation has such a direct bearing on many a reader's understanding of Hamlet's character.
The text is amplified by illustrations and annotations for those unfamiliar with 16th century English, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a short biography of Shakespeare, and introductory and concluding essays on this and the Bard's other plays and on Shakespearean theatre, as well as extensive suggestions for further reading, and a key to the play's most famous lines. While it is unlikely that after 400 years of debate any one version, be it in print, on stage or on screen, will be able to generate unanimous acceptance as the "definitive" rendition of this complex play, this is an excellent starting point for an in-depth excursion into the Prince of Denmark's world.
Also recommended:
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition
BBC Shakespeare Tragedies DVD Giftbox
Olivier's Shakespeare - Criterion Collection (Hamlet / Henry V / Richard III)
William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet
Hamlet
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Peter Brook's King Lear
Richard III
Julius Caesar
Appropriate for Young Students or Reluctant Readers September 1, 2008
This 31-page book is rich in colorful, authentic illustrations which give it high visual appeal. It begins with background on the Elizabethan period and then gives a summary of the play broken into sections that match the acts in the play. Descriptions are also provided of the main characters. It is a useful resource for giving students an overview of the play before reading the complete text, or for reluctant readers.
Perfect! June 16, 2008
I ordered this book for my sister who was struggling with an online college English course. She could not understand Shakespeare and was really having a hard time. I found this book on Amazon and had it sent to her. She not only understands Shakespeare now, she actually enjoys it! The original writing is on one side of the page, and the plain English version is right beside it. Wonderful!! I have no doubt my sister will now make an A in her class as well as become a fan of Shakespeare!
Best Shakespeare editions - for students and wannabe students May 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm not ashamed to admit it. I find Shakespeare difficult. I need help. The Cambridge School Shakespeare editions, with the classroom activities and assignments on each facing page, give me the focus and direction I need to finally truly enjoy the text.
I thought I didn't like Shakespeare until I took a class on several of the plays. It turns out that I love Shakespeare when I'm doing close reading or studying it carefully but for whatever reason I find it extremely difficult to do on my own. The Cambridge School editions allow me to replicate the classroom experience on my own, providing enough background and questions for critical thought that I keep a close focus on the text. Previous times I've attempted to read 'Hamlet' I was struggling just to figure out what was going on; reading this edition I was analyzing the characters and considering different acting and directing choices. It's amazing.
|
|
|
| Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
|
|
|
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)
|
|
|
|
Why is it that women, who are so competent in all other areas of their lives, cannot find the same competence when it comes to matters of money?
With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now."
Attorney Michael Clayton is a a€oefixer,a€� the go-to guy when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But...
