Selected titles from the popular, trusted and best-selling series - Cambridge School Shakespeare - are being published in a new edition. Each title is fully updated and refreshed yet remains faithful to the Cambridge School Shakespeare active approach, which treats the play as theatre and the text as script, enabling students to inhabit the imaginative world of the play in an accessible, meaningful and creative way. New and revised activities throughout - including expanded sections on characters, language, and performance history - give improved support for the KS3 SATs and GCSE coursework. In addition, the new edition includes exciting new features such as a visually stunning eight-page section packed with full-colour production photographs.

Table of Contents

List of characters; Hamlet; What is the play about?; Characters; The language of Hamlet; Hamlet in performance; William Shakespeare.

Reviews

It is a tragedy that all actors seem to crave to perform, and the Renaissance Theatre Company clearly relishes the chance to present Hamlet for the ear. It is a contemporary cast from which one has come to expect superior Shakespearean acting on stage and screen: Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet; Sir John Gielgud as the Ghost; Derek Jacobi as Claudius; and Emma Thompson as the Player Queen. Unlike the Recorded Books version (Audio Reviews, LJ 8/90), this BBC edition may be a little hard to follow by those unfamiliar with the play's text, particularly since stage directions are not provided and speakers are not clearly identified. But the program does give the complete version, a rare treat, and the accompanying booklet offers insights into both the acting and the production. Highly recommended.-- Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, N.Y.