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William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Label
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Language
eng
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technical information on music
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Medium
electronic resource
Summary
Shakespeare's most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world. Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle to understand the situation he finds himself in and to do his duty. Many others, including Hamlet's beloved, the innocent Ophelia, are swept up in his tragedy
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Classification
Director
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