Hamlet
William ShakespeareEach edition includes:
• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages_facing the text of the play
• Scene-by-scene plot summaries
• A key to famous lines and phrases
• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
• An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing_a modern perspective on the play
• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare_Library's vast holdings of rare books
TEACHERS: Lesson plans for this play are available at_www.folger.edu. To receive a curriculum guide for this play, email your request to folger.marketing@simonandschuster.com. Please specify PDF or print version.
Essay by Michael Neill
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the...