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This 12th-century Scandinavian legend was the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Medievalists.net’s series of articles details medieval Denmark’s politics and relations with its neighbors, offering context for the world of Hamlet.
Tom Stoppard’s 1966 play is an existentialist reworking of Shakespeare’s story from the viewpoint of two minor characters: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Joshua Rothman’s New Yorker article discusses some of the major academic criticisms of Hamlet—most notably, the Freudian reading—while reviewing Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster’s 2013 contribution: Stay, Illusion!.
This inaugural episode of the Breaking Bard podcast discusses how to approach Shakespeare’s plays from a contemporary perspective.
This video showcases the kinds of weaponry and swordplay that would have featured in an Elizabethan production of Hamlet.
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Shakespeare Analysis Zone” features guided worksheets, questions to consider, and several videos exploring how actors analyze language to determine characters’ emotional states, relationships to one another, etc.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
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As You Like It
As You Like It
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Coriolanus
Coriolanus
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Cymbeline
Cymbeline
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Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1
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Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2
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Henry V
Henry V
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Henry VIII
Henry VIII
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Henry VI, Part 1
Henry VI, Part 1
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Henry VI, Part 3
Henry VI, Part 3
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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
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King John
King John
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King Lear
King Lear
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Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
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Macbeth
Macbeth
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Measure For Measure
Measure For Measure
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Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
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Othello
Othello
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