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College-Bound Intensive: Comparing productions of HAMLET
Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet: Too much in the sun
David Tennant's Hamlet: Too much in the sun
Ghost scene from the Zeffirelli Hamlet
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Useful Study Tools & Resources
For Shakespeare studies
- Shakespeareswords.com
David Crystal's wonderful guide to Shakespeare's use of words across all the plays and poems. Easily search and find every occurrence of any word Shakespeare used, with easy-to-view definitions and explanations.
- British Library: Compare the texts
Select the specific Shakespeare texts you'd like to examine, and this site will pull up images of the particular texts you've requested, e.g., the 1st and 2nd quartos of Hamlet.
- The Authorship Question
Some people question whether Shakespeare was truly the author of the plays attributed to him, usually proposing as the true author Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. In case you've ever wondered how we know that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's plays, you'll find the evidence neatly laid out on this page. But be warned: Facts are seldom as thrilling as the claims of conspiracy.
Contact me at rspeed@salientcomm.com with any questions you may have.
— Roy Speed
Ordering DVDs
To view information at Amazon on DVDs of various versions of Hamlet , just click on one of the images below:
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