Resource Guides: William Shakespeare: Hamlet

Hamlet in Carnegie Library

Hamlet by Burton Raffel (Editor); William Shakespeare
Call Number: 822.3 SHA
ISBN: 0300101058
Publication Date: 2003-09-10
Hamlet : an authoritative text, intellectual backgrounds, extracts from the sources, essays in criticism by William Shakespeare; Cyrus Hoy (Editor)
Call Number: 822.33 SH 15H
ISBN: 0393956636
Publication Date: 1992-01-17
The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters
Call Number: F-Historical WIN
ISBN: 9781419719158
Publication Date: 2016-03-08
A thrilling reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet, The Steep and Thorny Way tells the story of a murder most foul and the mighty power of love and acceptance in a state gone terribly rotten. 1920s Oregon is not a welcoming place for Hanalee Denney, the daughter of a white woman and an African-American man. She has almost no rights by law, and the Ku Klux Klan breeds fear and hatred in even Hanalee's oldest friendships. Plus, her father, Hank Denney, died a year ago, hit by a drunk-driving teenager. Now her father's killer is out of jail and back in town, and he claims that Hanalee's father wasn't killed by the accident at all but, instead, was poisoned by the doctor who looked after him--who happens to be Hanalee's new stepfather. The only way for Hanalee to get the answers she needs is to ask Hank himself, a "haint" wandering the roads at night.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Call Number: 822.3 HAM
ISBN: 1578400066
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Classic comic version of Hamlet

Re-imagining Hamlet

Thy Father's Spirit : Introducing Hamlet In 360-Degree Virtual Reality
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company has taken Shakespeare’s most iconic play to meet the cutting edge of immersive storytelling in Hamlet 360: Thy Father’s Spirit, embracing the immersive power of VR to plunge viewers into Hamlet’s harrowing journey. This cinematic 360-degree adaptation explores new dimensions of the medium by casting the viewer as the Ghost of Hamlet’s dead father. Giving them this role as an omniscient observer, guide and participant, lends viewers a sense of agency and urgency throughout the 60-minute experience.
Ophelia -
2018 movie based on the YA novel; Hamlet told from Ophelia's point of view; If you think you know Ophelia and Hamlet's story, think again... "A spellbinding tale of love, murder, and revenge." -- VOYA As ambitious and witty as she is beautiful, Ophelia is quick to catch the eye of the captivating prince Hamlet. Their love blossoms in secret, but bloody deeds soon turn Denmark into a place of madness, and Ophelia may be forced to choose between her relationship and her own life. In desperation, she devises a plan to escape from Elsinore Castle forever... with one very dangerous secret. Ophelia takes center stage in this bold and thrilling reimagining of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, the story of a young woman falling in love, searching for her place in the world, and finding the strength to survive.
Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead
movie based on the Tom Stoppard play from the point of view of two minor characters, Rosencratz and Guildenstern, Hamlet's school friends.
The Lion King
Disney animated film, based on Hamlet (spoiler - this retelling has a happier ending!)
To Tell My Story: A Hamlet Fanfic
a new play

Hamlet Online

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
the complete text and audio online at The Folger Shakespeare Library
Explore the play Hamlet
BBC Hamlet production
Hamlet in Japan
this short essay includes photographs of an early 20th-century production of Hamlet in Japan
"Hamlet is a play about grief and revenge"
All of the information you need about the play is divided into four sections: Story, Characters, Language and Staging.
Each section has three different levels of information. Choose which level is right for you or simply move between them to find what you need.
Shakespeare Said It First?
A Compendium of Familiar Phrases from Hamlet and Their Modern Meanings
A Modern Perspective - Hamlet
Hamlet in China: Translation, Interpretation and Performance

Podcasts about Hamlet

Shakespeare Unlimited: The ABCs of Playing Hamlet
Imagine getting the chance to interview Jude Law, Maxine Peake, Adrian Lester, David Tennant, Simon Russell Beale, and Nicholas Hytner about Shakespeare’s Hamlet. What would you ask? Would you want to hear about backstage hijinks? About Hamlet’s motivations? About what they would change about their performances?
Shakespeare and YA Novels
Molly Booth discusses her time-travel YA (young adult) novel Saving Hamlet, with a heroine who slips back to the original production of Hamlet in Shakespeare's time.
Lisa Klein on Ophelia
Have you ever wanted to know more about Ophelia? What does she think about the events at Elsinore? What is her relationship to Hamlet? Whose account of her death should we believe? Shakespeare’s Hamlet leaves lots of questions about Ophelia unanswered. That’s where Lisa Klein’s Ophelia comes in.
Klein’s 2007 YA novel approaches the events of Hamlet from Ophelia’s point of view, suggesting what might happen to her between and beyond the lines of Shakespeare’s play
Adapting Shakespeare
A conversation with playwrights on adapting Shakespeare includes Alexandra Petri and her play Tell My Story – Hamlet in the world of online fan fiction.

To Be or Not To Be

Three Hamlets - To Be or Not to Be

Hamlet - Just for Fun

"7 Geeky - Cool Translations of Hamlet"
Short sampling includes Klingon, programming language Perl, Emoji, Facebook, and Lego animation. "Hamlet has been translated into hundreds of languages. But normal human languages can be so, well, normal. Here are seven translations of Hamlet that go beyond the normal, right into the awesome."

William Shakespeare: Hamlet

Hamlet in Carnegie Library

Re-imagining Hamlet

Hamlet Online

Podcasts about Hamlet

To Be or Not To Be

Three Hamlets - To Be or Not to Be

Hamlet - Just for Fun

Iambic Pentameter