You might think he's the hero of his own story but the murder happy Hamlet is really an unconscionable brute.
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From 'islands of pain' to the 'peril of exposure,' writers have captured the fear, emptiness and despair that characterize life during the current pandemic, writes a poet and English scholar.
The Bard's plays have an unfair reputation for being hard. You're probably reading them in the wrong way.
Even Samuel Johnson found some of Shakespeare's violent scenes unwatchable.
Human milk is being traded online in the mistaken belief that it is a panacea.
Neil Armfield's production of the Brett Dean opera Hamlet is a confronting three hours in the theatre, but then so is Shakespeare's play. The second act is devastating in its emotional impact.
Valentine's Day originated as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. It took a gruesome path to becoming a romantic holiday.
Hamlet begins with a 'night of the living dead'; Banquo turns into a ghost . The Bard had a supernatural streak and it was crucial to the genesis of Gothic literature.
Hamlet is a play that haunts itself. Its saturation into cultural consciousness means that watching a performance is inevitably a process of past ghosts and past echoes framing the current performance.
What makes Hamlet the career defining role it is today?
The ghost, in this autumn’s Royal Exchange Theatre production of Hamlet, is in the light bulbs. Hung over the stage, they flicker and hum as they mark Old Hamlet’s movements. They also set the scene for…
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Honorary Research Fellow, English and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Vocal Studies and Opera, University of Sydney
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Lecture in English/Writing, James Cook University
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Senior Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Studies; Associate Research Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Applied Research into Human Trafficking; Senior Research Associate, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
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Research Associate in English Literature, University of Manchester
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Allardyce Nicoll Chair in Drama, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford
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Reader in English Literature, Cardiff University
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Professor of History & Religion, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
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Lecturer in English, Keele University
