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Shakespeare
Online
Hamlet
The Play
To read the play online, click on one of the links below:
Alternately, you can go to Project
Gutenberg and download one of three versions of the play,
each one available as either a TXT or ZIP file.
Movies
Websites
- The Society for the Study
of Hamlet. Well, it's sure got the easiest-to-remember URL.
It's an excellent site with the complete text (the Moby version,
I think), essays on the play, and links to other Hamlet-related
web resources.
- A Short
Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Includes the complete text,
plus Questions and Sample Answers, and a whole host of Other
Documents for researching the history and source of Hamlet. A
great site, even with the annoying pop-up ads.
- Lynch
Multimedia's Hamlet. Offer's two versions of the play: a
prose adaptation (in modern English), and the original text,
viewable alongside the adaptation. A good site if you're really
having trouble with the play. (Although I'd recommend watching
the play before trying to read it, and before using this site.)
- Hamlet
Online. Another great site, with options for high- and low-bandwidth
users. Lots of great links to online versions of Hamlet, essays,
and discussion groups. On top of all that, the site is really
well-designed.
- The
Lost Quatro of Hamlet. I couldn't let this one slip by. One
of the funniest parodies of Hamlet I've read: the events of the
play are explained as being part of a plot by Fortinbras, but
is foiled in the end by Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby.
Jeinkes!
- Hamlet
from TNT Learning. Recently the cable network hosted the
non-premium cable premier of the Branagh "Hamlet",
and this site has several great resources, including a film summary,
character summaries, a note to educators, and links to other
sites.
- Hamlet
Home Base. The Falcon Education Link's scene-by-scene summary
of the play. Some of it is funny stuff, but it also includes
a serious discussion of the play.
- The
Hamlet Page. This is Ned Canty's page of actors who have
played Hamlet. Don't look for Branagh or Gibson here (since you
can find them plenty of other places), but he does have pictures
of Sarah
Bernhardt playing Hamlet!
- Val
Kilmer as Hamlet. Here's another page devoted to actors who
played Hamlet, this one focussing on one actor: Kilmer played
Hamlet at the 1988 Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Also includes
a synopsis of the play and, for those of you that are interested,
a list of Kilmer's other stage and screen credits.
- Enjoying "Hamlet"
by William Shakespeare. This is a long page, so give it time
to load. It's got scene-by-scene summaries of the play, plus
a lot of information on the historical background of the play.
Also has some stuff that has nothing to do with Hamlet, and it's
all on one big page, so be forewarned.
- Lets Make
Fun of Hamlet (or Let's Make Hamlet Fun) Site. Well, it's
in frames, but it's pretty good, anyway. Has a complete e-text
of Hamlet, plus both text and cartoon summaries of the play,
a lot of parodies of the "To be or not to be..." soliloquy,
and cartoons that feature the soliloquy (including an old Calvin
and Hobbes!).
- Hamlet
(untitled). Megan McCarthy's class notes on the play itself,
it's thematic components, Hamlet's madness and hesitation, etc.
This link takes you directly to the no-frames version of the
page.
- My
Hamlet Resources. Tariq Khan's page of notes (both his and
Monarch's) on the play and soliloquies, plus sound files of some
of the speeches. He's also got links to his FTP site, and he
says he's working on converting most of the play to MP3 files,
which should be very interesting to see.
- William
Shakespeare's Hamlet. A page with ten questions on Shakespeare
in general, and eight questions about Hamlet in particular, plus
website links to begin looking for the answers. I think this
was part of a high school course, but I can't be sure.
- Hamlet (Branagh)
Links. Virginia Leong's site is probably the most comprehensive one regarding the
movie, especially now that the "Official" site has been taken down. But despite
it's title, it has a lot more than just links: you can view the trailer, and she has an
online bookstore where you can buy the video and related products via Amazon.com.
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