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.
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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
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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
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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.