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Hamlet

Director/Adapter: Kenneth Branagh Director of Photography: Alex Thomson Editor: Neil Farrell Music: Patrick Doyle Production Designer: Tim Harvey Producer: David Barron…

Hawke on Hamlet

The Snow Falling on Cedars Star Shakes Up Shakespeare by Alicia Potter In Michael Almereyda's new film, Ethan Hawke's Hamlet is a brooding filmmaker in Manhattan. "It's highbrow in that the…

Brewer's: Hamlet

A daft person (Icelandic, amlod'), one who is irresolute, and can do nothing fully. Shakespeare's play is based on the Danish story of Amleth' recorded in Saxo-Grammaticus. Source:…

Cambridge Bay

(Encyclopedia) Cambridge Bay, hamlet, Canadian government post and weather station, on the southeast shore of Victoria Island, Nunavut Territory.

Chesterfield Inlet

(Encyclopedia) Chesterfield Inlet, hamlet, Canadian government post in the Nunavut Territory, at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet of Hudson Bay.

Saxo Grammaticus

(Encyclopedia) Saxo GrammaticusSaxo Grammaticussăkˈsō grəmătˈĭkəs [key], c.1150–c.1220, the first important Danish historian. He was in the service of Absalon, archbishop of Lund, at whose suggestion…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, becoming a widow by the sudden death of King Hamlet, in less than two months after his death married his brother Claudius, which was…

Tarlton, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Tarlton, Richard, d. 1588, Elizabethan actor and clown. One of the Queen's Men, he gained fame for his improvised jests, jigs, and doggerel. A collection of anecdotes, Tarlton's Jests…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act I

Act IScene IElsinore. A platform before the castleFrancisco at his post. Enter to him BernardoBernardoWho's there?FranciscoNay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.BernardoLong live the…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act V

Act VScene IA churchyardEnter two Clowns, with spades, &cFirst ClownIs she to be buried in Christian burial that wilfully seeks her own salvation?Second ClownI tell thee she is: and…