Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages

by David Bevington

Book Overview

What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare's great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then how the play has fared down to the present: performances on stage, television, and in film, critical evaluations, publishing history, spinoffs, spoofs, musical adaptations, the play's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199599106
• ISBN13: 9780199599103
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"