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    The Complete Hamlet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
    The Complete Hamlet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
    The Complete Hamlet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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    The Complete Hamlet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play

    By Donald J. Richardson

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    As an instructor of English 102, First-Year Composition, for more than eighty-six times, I have read and taught Hamlet repeatedly. I have come to know the play extensively and, as a result, when we read the play aloud in class I have to stop the students repeatedly to explain various arcane references that are not explained in any single version of the play. For several years I have threatened to do my own complete version of Hamlet; finally, I have. The result is The Complete Hamlet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play. It has taken me years of study and application. My hope is that the play will, thus, be more accessible to the general reader.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 21, 2012
    ISBN9781468552157
    The Complete Hamlet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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    Donald J. Richardson

    Although he has long been eligible to retire, Donald J. Richardson continues to (try to) teach English Composition at Phoenix College in Arizona. He defines his life through his teaching, his singing, his volunteering, and his grandchildren.

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      The Complete Hamlet - Donald J. Richardson

      © 2012, 2017 Donald J. Richardson. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 01/28/2017

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-5217-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-5216-4 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-5215-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012902740

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Table of Contents

      Act One

      Act Two

      Act Three

      Act Four

      Act Five

      Works Cited

      Other Books by Donald J. Richardson

      Dust in the Wind, 2001

      Rails to Light, 2005

      Song of Fools, 2006

      Words of Truth, 2007

      The Meditation of My Heart, 2008

      The Days of Darkness, 2009

      The Dying of the Light, 2010

      Between the Darkness and the Light, 2011

      The Days of Thy Youth, 2012

      Those Who Sit in Darkness¸ 2013

      Just a Song at Twilight, 2014

      Covered with Darkness, 2015

      Behold the Sun, 2016

      Approaching Alzheimer’s, 2017

      The Complete Macbeth, 2013

      The Complete Romeo and Juliet, 2013

      The Complete King Lear, 2013

      The Complete Julius Caesar, 2013

      The Complete Merchant of Venice, 2013

      The Complete Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013

      The Complete Much Ado About Nothing, 2013

      The Complete Twelfth Night, 2014

      The Complete Taming of the Shrew, 2014

      The Complete Tempest, 2014

      The Complete Othello, 2014

      The Complete Henry IV, Part One, 2014

      The Complete Antony and Cleopatra, 2014

      The Complete Comedy of Errors, 2014

      The Complete Henry IV, Part Two, 2014

      The Complete Henry V, 2014

      The Tragedy of Richard the Third, 2015

      The Complete Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2015

      The Complete Richard the Second, 2015

      The Complete Coriolanus, 2015

      The Complete As You Like It, 2015

      The Complete All’s Well That Ends Well, 2015

      The Complete Love’s Labors Lost, 2015

      The Complete Measure for Measure, 2015

      The Complete Winter’s Tale, 2015

      The Complete Henry VIII, 2016

      The Complete Troilus and Cressida, 2016

      The Complete King John, 2016

      The Complete Cymbaline, 2016

      The Complete Titus Andronicus, 2016

      The Complete Pericles, Prince of Tyre, 2016

      For everyone reading Hamlet for the first time

      About the Book

      As an instructor of English 102, First-Year Composition, for more than eighty-six times, I have read and taught Hamlet repeatedly. I have come to know the play extensively and, as a result, when we read the play aloud in class I have to stop the students repeatedly to explain various arcane references that are not explained in any single version of the play. For several years I have threatened to do my own complete version of Hamlet; finally, I have. The result is The Complete Hamlet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play. It has taken me years of study and application. My hope is that the play will, thus, be more accessible to the general reader.

      About the Author

      Although he has long been eligible to retire, Donald J. Richardson continues to teach English Composition at Phoenix College in Arizona. The Complete Hamlet (Revised) is his forty-seventh published work, all available from AuthorHouse. The first fourteen are novels, the most recent of which is Approaching Alzheimer’s. He defines his life through his teaching, his singing, his volunteering, and his grandchildren.

      ACT I

      SCENE I. Elsinore. A platform before the castle.

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