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Author
Language
English
Description
Hamlet is commonly, regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Queen Gertrude. The ghost of the dead king then, appears and...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
New ed.
Physical Desc
lviii, 148 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the text of Shakespeare's drama about the Prince of Denmark, and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.
3) Hamlet
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
4) Hamlet
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Two-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (242 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Special collector's ed. ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paige is a college student at a university in Wisconsin where she hopes to attend medical school. One day, Paige meets a new student on campus, Eddie, who is obviously attracted to her. Paige and Eddie strike up a friendship which slowly turns into romance. Paige learns that Eddie is actually Prince Edward, heir to the throne of Denmark, who has come to Wisconsin to chase girls and enjoy himself away from the eye of the European press. Now Paige must...
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paige and Edvard, now Queen and King of Denmark, decide to take their honeymoon. Amidst ancient castles, glittering snowcapped mountains and dreams of passionate embraces, the royal couple find themselves thrust back into the spotlight. The captivating forest they have found refuge in is under attack by their own prime minister, who wants to turn it in to an oil field. To make matters worse, an old flame of Queen Paige has turned up and wants to tell...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a small boy leaps to his death from the snow-covered roof of a Copenhagen apartment building, his friend Smilla, a Greenlander who can "read" snow, knows it was no accident. For one thing, Isaiah was horribly afraid of heights, and his small footprints tell her he was fleeing from something, or someone, even more terrifying.
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With just weeks before their royal wedding, Paige and Edvard find their relationship in jeopardy when an old law is brought to light, stating that an unmarried heir can only marry a woman of noble blood, or else he must relinquish the crown.
9) Hamlet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (272 min.) : sd., col., ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Danish
Description
At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin to occur, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. At the urging of a spiritualist patient, the employees attempt to help the supernatural forces rest.
12) Ophelia
Publisher
IFC Films, Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The unspoken, complex heroine of Hamlet shares her own story through modern language in contemporary Denmark. As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections of the young Prince Hamlet. A passionate romance kindles between the two in secret as the kingdom is on the brink of war amidst its own political intrigue and...
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