Hamlet
Edited by David Bevington
Quick start: Hamlet (Modern, Editor's Version)
Introduction
Texts of this edition
Hamlet was published in three widely variant versions. The First Quarto (Q1, 1603) was apparently unauthorized, and differs greatly from the Second Quarto (Q2, 1604), which may have been based on Shakespeare's own papers. The Folio text (F1, 1623) was apparently based on a transcript differing in numerous details from Q2 and omitting more than two hundred lines in that quarto, along with some shorter additions. The Editor's Choice version combines the most effective passages from all three texts.
Hamlet (Editor's Choice)
Hamlet (First Quarto)
Hamlet (Second Quarto)
Hamlet (First Folio)
Supplementary and related materials
Related Resources
Links in this section are to pages on the websites of the Internet Shakespeare Editions, Digital Renaissance Editions, Queen's Men Editions and Shakespeare in/au Québec.
Facsimiles
- Hamlet, Quarto 1
- Hamlet, Quarto 2
- First Folio
- Second Folio
- Third Folio
- Fourth Folio
- Works Rowe, Vol.5
- Works Theobald, Vol.7
Life And Times pages
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- The Ghost
- The Court
- Staging the opening
- Revenge
- "Incestuous sheets"
- Hamlet and women
- University student
- Hamlet as actor
- Madness: Hamlet
- Madness: Ophelia
- The duel
- Divine right?
- Claudius: politician
- Ordinary people
- The ending: Fortinbras
- Order restored?
- Hamlet and tragedy
- The sources of Hamlet
- The text: solid or sullied?
Performances
- Hamlet (2015, American Shakespeare Center, USA)
- Hamlet A.D.D. (2014, Bobby Ciraldo, USA)
- I HATE HAMLET (2014, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, USA)
- Hamlet (2013, Bard on the Beach)
- Shakespeare for Kids (2013, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, USA)
- Hamlet (2012, National Ballet of Canada, Canada)
- What You Will: An Evening By and About the Bard Written and Performed by Roger Rees (2012, Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF)
- Ghost Light (2011, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA)
- Hamlet (2011, Brentwood Shakespeare Company, UK)
- Hamlet (2011, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
- Hamlet (2011, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
- Hamlet (2011, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, USA)
- Hamlet (2011, Victoria Shakespeare Society, Canada)
- Hamlet (from the East) (2011, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
- Hamlet in the Original Pronunciation (2011, Nevada Repertory Company, University of Nevada, USA)
- Kupenga Kwa Hamlet (2011, Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss, Germany)
- Hamlet (2010, The National Theatre)
- Hamlet (2010, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, USA)
- Hamlet (2010, Annapolis Shakespeare Company, USA)
- Hamlet (2009, Gregory Doran, UK)
- 190 more performances…
Performance materials
- costume design artifacts (3 collections, 1 artifact)
- flyer artifacts (2 artifacts)
- magazine artifacts (10 collections)
- newsletter artifacts (2 collections)
- pamphlet artifacts (11 collections, 9 artifacts)
- photograph artifacts (10 artifacts)
- postcard artifacts (6 collections)
- poster artifacts (12 artifacts)
- press release artifacts (3 collections, 3 artifacts)
- production still artifacts (193 artifacts)
- program artifacts (36 collections)
- review artifacts (5 collections, 22 artifacts)
- script artifacts (1 artifact)