Hamlet - CD
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Hamlet Full-Cast Audio Drama - Folger Shakespeare Library Edition
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
The World's Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies
About This Audio Production
Hamlet--Shakespeare's most popular, and perhaps most puzzling play--follows the form of a "revenge tragedy," in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties.
This full-cast recording is expertly produced by the Folger Theatre and based on the most respected edition of Shakespeare's classic. The unabridged audio format captures the complete text with professional theatrical performance, making it an essential resource for students, teachers, and Shakespeare enthusiasts.
Key Features
- Full-length, full-cast dramatic recording
- Based on the definitive Folger Edition
- Unabridged audio presentation
- Professionally produced by Folger Theatre
- Complete Renaissance drama experience
- Ideal for academic study and personal enjoyment
About the Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library is a world-renowned research center on Shakespeare and on the early modern age in the West. Its conservation lab is a leading innovator in the preservation of rare materials. Its well-known public programs include plays, concerts, literary readings, family activities, and exhibitions, as well as numerous programs for students and teachers. The Folger also publishes the illustrated, completely re-edited Folger Editions of Shakespeare's plays, award-winning exhibition catalogs, and the journal Shakespeare Quarterly. The Folger opened in 1932 as a gift to the American nation from Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger. It is administered by a Board of Governors under the auspices of Amherst College, Henry Folger's alma mater.
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.
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