Hamlet, William Shakespeare
Hamlet, William Shakespeare
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Hamlet
A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation

Author: William Shakespeare

Narrator: Full Cast, Jamie Parker

Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/16/2014

Synopsis

Jamie Parker stars as the Prince of Denmark in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast production.

At the Castle of Elsinore in Denmark, the court is uneasy. The king of Denmark has recently died and the throne has been claimed by the king's brother, Claudius.

Prince Hamlet, still in mourning for his father, distrusts Claudius and believes that what has happened at the court 'cannot come to good’. The ghost of his father has told him he was murdered by Claudius. Can it be true? He arranges for a troupe of players to emulate such a murder before the court, in the hope that the truth will out.

As circumstances play out, and Hamlet is variously counselled and challenged by the King and Queen, Laertes, Polonius, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the fabric of the court starts to unravel. Soon Hamlet’s indecision leads to a series of tragic events - and to what end?

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on July 05, 2020

I don't have any earth-shattering insights to share from this most recent of god-knows-how-many readings, but this time through I was struck by: 1) what a damn fine piece of stagecraft this is, from the suspenseful, moody opening on the castle battlements to the solemn dead march carrying the prince......more

Goodreads review by daph pink ♡ on October 15, 2020

if you don't ship Hamratio did you even read the play???......more

Goodreads review by jessica on October 28, 2019

shakespeare when pitching this play, probably: this is my OC hamlet. hes a prince. hes bisexual. hes moody, brooding, and is anywhere between the ages of 16 to 30 years old. and no, i am not taking constructive criticism. well, let me tell you what. im sold! i love hamlet. i love his angsty monologue......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 09, 2016

The Skinhead Hamlet - Shakespeare's play translated into modern English. By Richard Curtis. Yes, that Richard Curtis! Note : those offended by the F word - LOOK AWAY NOW! And Georgia, if you've stumbled on this review by your funny old dad - this is ANOTHER Paul Bryant. Not me! ********* ACT I SCENE I......more

Goodreads review by Vit on May 25, 2024

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark… I watched six different adaptations of Hamlet… This is a review of sorts… All the quirks are deliberate… Attempting Not to Be Why didn’t time choose to stop? How can the sun keep rising up? How dare the earth still turn around? Now that Ophelia’s drowned. Tomorro......more

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a masterclass in how to create an atmosphere of swirling, sepulchral doom The Stage

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