Hamlet
Distressed by his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage, Hamlet receives a ghostly message telling of murder and revenge. As the young prince is driven to the edge of madness, others, including his beloved Ophelia, are swept up in his tragedy. Performed by Simon Russell Beale, Imogen...
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Distressed by his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage, Hamlet receives a ghostly message telling of murder and revenge. As the young prince is driven to the edge of madness, others, including his beloved Ophelia, are swept up in his tragedy. Performed by Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, and the Arkangel cast.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781932219081 (1932219080)
Publish date: March 2nd 2005
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks
Edition language: English
Goodreads summary: Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and co-directs a brillant ensemble per...
The end scene is a WTF moment. I started reading Hamlet around Shakespeare's birthday in April. I was super into it at first then I just completely lost interest in the middle. It is a very long play. Having to force myself to finish, I am very thankful I did. Every time I read Shakespeare I am amaz...
Really enjoyable play of Shakespeare. I'm glad to see his tragedies are much better now since *cough* Titus Andronicus *cough*.The only thing is that this play can get a little confusing if you don't have a wiki right next to you. In the first page I was confused as to why the characters were saying...
Honestly, I was never a big Shakespeare fan. I thought that he was overrated, and that he doesn’t have anything special, not more than Marlow, Goethe, and so on. I still believe that his plays are overrated; but I must admit that they are not devoid of beauty, shaped by their diction and overly dram...
Favorite Shakespeare of those I've read, absolutely. Also, every famous quote ever apparently comes from Hamlet if you didn't know.
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