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• A Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet

  http://web.archive.org/web/20041013134453/www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/index.html

  Ian Delaney'sA Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamletoffers a wealth of information for the intrepid student. The site offers commentary on each act, poses questions, and provides very informative supplementary materials and excerpts from influential criticism:

  keywords: criticism, exerpts, delaney, hamlet, questions, study guide

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Courses and Study Materials > Courses

  valid as of 2005-10-25

• ANIMATIONS: The Audition

  http://www.siggraph.org/artdesign/gallery/S99/animation/the_audition.html

  View a clip of a computer-animated frog haming it up for an audition forHamlet:

  keywords: animation, audition, clip, hamlet

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Fun stuff

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Booth'sHamlet(Promptbook of J.B. Pitman)

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=hamlet_booth&PagePosition=1

  Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet. New York : Printed for William Winter, by Francis Hart & Co., 1879. (Hamlet):

  keywords: ham, hamlet, promptbook, tragedy, york

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Certain Speculations onHamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther.

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/02-1/sohmshak.html

  Sohmer, Steve. "Certain Speculations onHamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther."Early Modern Literary Studies2.1 (1996): 1.1-2. Sohmer briefly examines the connections other critics have made betweenHamletand the Reformation as well as the role played by the dates mentioned within the text, the dates Shakespeare's acting company carefully chose for the initial performances of plays, and the dating of the text:

  keywords: calendar, date, dating, Ham, hamlet, luther

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• D'Avenant'sHamlet

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=hamlet_1676&PagePosition=1

  The Furness Collectionhouses the textThe Tragedy ofHamlet Prince of Denmark : As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. London : Printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn, and H. Herringman, 1676. (Hamlet):

  keywords: denmark, ham, hamlet, london, theater, tragedy, york

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• EnjoyingHamletby William Shakespeare

  http://www.pathguy.com/hamlet.htm

  This site onHamletprovides summaries and commentary. Directed towards high school and college students, the site is approachable and provides some good information and further links. Its one drawback is that all the material is loaded in one page, which makes for slow loading and rather unweildy navigation:

  keywords: ham, hamlet, summaries

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Forbes-Robertson'sHamlet

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=hamlet_robertson&PagePosition=1

  Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, as arranged for the stage by Forbes Robertson. London: Nassau Press, 1897. (Hamlet):

  keywords: ham, hamlet, london, stage

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Forrest'sHamletPromptbook

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=hamlet_forrest&PagePosition=1

  Hamlet. New York: Printed for the publishers by Torrey Brothers, 1860. (Hamlet):

  keywords: ham, hamlet, promptbook, york

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Hamlet Online

  http://www.tk421.net/hamlet/

  Hamlet Onlineis a fantastically comprehensive site created by John Hubbard, an Electronic Source Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Navigate through this page to find a number of sites offering course materials, full texts, translations, and Hamlet pages ranging from the seriously studious to the humorous and playful:

  keywords: criticism, ham, hamlet, links, papers, summaries, translation

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-10-18

• Hamlet Works

  http://www.leoyan.com/global-language.com/ENFOLDED/

  Hamletworks.org offers the First Folio and Second Quarto ofHamlet, as well as an enfolded version of the two. This excellent search tool allows a text search with variable amounts of surrounding lines for context:

  keywords: course, first, folio, ham, hamlet, quarto

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Hypertexts

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Hamlet Works

  http://www.leoyan.com/global-language.com/ENFOLDED/

  Hamletworks.orgoffers a sophisticated search of the play's text which allows quick comparison of the quarto and folio versions:

  keywords: annotation, folio, hamlet, quarto

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-10-21

• Hamlet(Kenneth Branagh) Movie Links

  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6261/hamlet.html

  An unofficial site devoted to Branagh'sHamlet(Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Charlton Heston, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams). Includes reviews, interviews and a discussion forum:

  keywords: forum, ham, hamlet, kenneth, branagh, movie, film

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Movies

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Hamlet: The Undiscovered Country by Steve Roth

  http://princehamlet.com

  Roth, Steve.Hamlet: The Undiscovered Country. An examination ofHamletthat begins with the question "How old wasHamlet? Thirty, or a teenager?" This site is meant to support and expand the book, with the first chapter included online:

  keywords: ham, hamlet, roth, book

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• HamletFolio

  http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/Texts/Ham/F1/Scene/

  The 1623 Folio edition ofHamletavailable at theInternet Shakespeare Editions:

  keywords: edition, folio, ham, hamlet

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• HamletQuarto 1

  http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/Texts/Ham/Q1/Scene/

  The First Quarto forHamletavailable from theInternet Shakespeare Editions:

  keywords: ham, hamlet, quarto

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• HamletQuarto 2: Table of Contents

  http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/Texts/Ham/Q2/Scene/

  The 1604 Second Quarto is available at theInternet Shakespeare Editions:

  keywords: ham, hamlet, quarto

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Hearing Green: Logomarginality inHamlet- Introduction

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/07-1/logomarg/intro.htm

  Smith, Bruce R. "Hearing Green: Logomarginality inHamlet"Early Modern Literary Studies7.1/Special Issue 8 (May, 2001): 1.1-2. Beginning with an audioclip of segments from the first two scenes ofHamlet, Smith considers Prince Hamlet's coming-to-presence in the play's original performances through three frames: the physical, the dramaturgical, and the physiological:

  keywords: audio, Ham, hamlet, frame

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Irving'sHamlet

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=hamlet_irving&PagePosition=1

  Hamlet: a tragedy in five acts, by William Shakespeare, as arranged for the stage by Henry Irving. London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1879. (Hamlet):

  keywords: ham, hamlet, london, stage, tragedy

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Johnson's and Steevens'sHamlet

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=hamlet_johnson&PagePosition=1

  Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. FromThe plays of William Shakespeare... : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators.London: Printed for C. Bathurst, 1773. (Hamlet):

  keywords: denmark, ham, hamlet, london

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Multiplicity of Meaning in the Last Moments ofHamlet

  http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/connotations/BROWN21.HTM

  Russell Brown. "Multiplicity of Meaning in the Last Moments ofHamlet."Connotations2.1 (1992): 16-33. Russell Brown analyses what the last scenes of the play, particularly the death scenes, add to the characterization of Hamlet and our understanding of his interaction with the world:

  keywords: death, Ham, hamlet

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2006-02-20

• On Seeing Madame Bernhardt'sHamlet

  http://www.jsu.edu/depart/english/robins/docshort/onseeham.htm

  Robins, Elizabeth. "On Seeing Madame Bernhardt'sHamlet." North American Review, 171 (December 1900): 908-19. An article written by famous Ibsen actress Elizabeth Robins on the faults of the character ofHamletbeing played by a woman:

  keywords: actress, elizabeth, ham, hamlet, review, bernhardt

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Actors

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Ophelia - A Letter by a Victorian Actress (Hamlet)

  http://shakespearean.org.uk/oph1-fau.htm

  Faucit, Helena. "Ophelia"Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters. 6th ed. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1899: 3-21. Excerpt transcribed and edited by Thomas Larque. A discussion of the character of Ophelia by one the the actresses famous for playing her in the Victorian period:

  keywords: actress, criticism, Ham, hamlet, ophelia, victorian

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual articles > Historical (pre-1935)

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• Queen of the First Quarto

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/HAMLETQ1%20QUEEN.txt

  Shand, G.B. "Queen of the First Quarto." SHAKSPER viaEarly Modern Literary Studies. A performance-oriented study of Queen Gertrude inHamlet's First Quarto.

  keywords: gertrude, Ham, hamlet, performance, quarto, queen

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• Saxo Grammaticus: Book III

  http://www.columbia.edu/~fs10/saxo~1.htm

  Saxo Grammaticus.Book III. This principle source ofHamletis made available by Clifford Stetner of Columbia University:

  keywords: hamlet, saxo, grammaticus

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > European > Saxo Grammaticus

  valid as of 2005-09-14

• Shakespeare Lectures

  http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/eng366/lectures/lectures.htm

  Johnson, Ian. Lectures:Studies in ShakespeareMalaspina University-College, Nanaimo, Spring 2002. Course lectures on numerous Shakespeare plays includingHenry IV, Part 1,Henry V,As You Like It,Twelfth Night,Hamlet,King Lear,Macbeth,The Tempest,Antony and Cleopatra,Richard II, andRichard IIIas well as Shakespeare background material:

  keywords: ant, anthony, cleopatra, ayl, as you like it, lectures, english, ham, hamlet, 1h4, h8, henry, lr, king, lear, mac, macbeth, r2, r3, richard, tempest, tmp, twelfth night, tn

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Courses and Study Materials > Study materials

  valid as of 2005-09-06

• Shakespeare Navigators

  http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/

  Here you can find the complete text A. C. Bradley's critical classic, "Shakespearean Tragedy." Additional information, such as scene indexes, notable quotes, and character reviews can be found for some of Shakespeare's plays. This site was created by Philip Weller, Ph.D.

  keywords: criticism, ham, hamlet, lectures, london, mac, macbeth, oth, othello, tragedy

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Courses and Study Materials > Study materials

• Stick Figure Hamlet

  http://www.stickfigurehamlet.com/

  Dan Carrol is the creator of this humourous Hamlet, done completely in the guise of comic stick figures. The site is updated with a new page three times a week:

  keywords: comic, ham, hamlet

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Fun stuff

  valid as of 2006-06-16

• The GermanHamlet

  http://www.columbia.edu/~fs10/bruder~1.htm#I.iia

  Anonymous.De Brudermord (Fratricide Punished): Tragoedia Der bestrafte Brudermord oder PrinzHamletaus Dannemark. This German play, ambiguously related toHamlet, is available in translation from Clifford Stetner of Columbia University:

  keywords: Ham, hamlet, german

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > European > Anonymous

  valid as of 2005-09-13

• The Mixture of "High" and "Low" Culture inHamletI,i: a Close Reading

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/HIGH_LOW%20CULTURE.txt

  Hill, Harry. "The Mixture of 'High' and 'Low' Culture inHamletI,i: A Close Reading." SHAKSPER viaEarly Modern Literary Studies. Hill argues that popular culture is not folk culture but low culture elevated to high ; he examinesHamlet1.1 to provide examples of Shakespeare's ability to elevate low culture by reproducing the way people speak and think in metaphor and verbal texture.

  keywords: culture, Ham, hamlet, low, popular

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• The Tragicall Historie ofHamletPrince of Denmarke (1603 Quarto)

  http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/ShaHaQ1.html

  The University of Virginia's transcription of the First Quarto forHamletis available at theirElectronic Text Center:

  keywords: Ham, hamlet, historie, quarto

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-13

• The Tragicall Historie ofHamletPrince of Denmarke (1604 Quarto)

  http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/ShaHaQ2.html

  The 1604 Second Quarto forHamletis available through theElectronic Text Centerat the University of Virginia:

  keywords: ham, hamlet, historie, quarto

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• To Take Arms Against a Sea of Anomalies: Laurence Olivier's Film Adaptation of Act Three, Scene One ofHamlet

  http://www.brunel.ac.uk/faculty/arts/EnterText/hamlet/hirsh.pdf

  Hirsh, James. "To Take Arms Against a Sea of Anomalies: Laurence Olivier's Film Adaptation of Act Three, Scene One ofHamlet." This document is available in Adobe Acrobat format atEnterText1.2:

  keywords: film, ham, hamlet, james, oliver

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Movies

  valid as of 2005-09-09