Websites
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Back to the source: here's the 12th century account of Amleth, Prince of Denmark.
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And possibly more. The BBC has a slew of Shakespeare resources.
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Need a little line-by-line help? Check out this funny modern adaptation at Hamlet for the Shakespeare-Impaired.
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The folks at This is Hamlet break it down, talk-show style.
Check out this list of actors performing the "To be or not to be" soliloquy. Which version do you like best?
Movie or TV Productions
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Laurence Olivier's 1948 adaptation.
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Glenn Close and Mel Gibson take on Denmark in 1990.
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It doesn't get classier than Kenneth Branagh (1996).
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In this 2000 adaptation with Ethan Hawke, Denmark is a NYC-based corporation.
Dr. Seuss-style, in 1995.
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Dr. Seuss-style, in 1995.
Articles
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This article in The Guardian asks if Batman is a Hamlet for our time. Pretty cool!
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People have been trying to figure out Hamlet since at least the beginning of the nineteenth century—like famous essayist William Hazlitt.
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T.S. Eliot takes on the problem of Hamlet in The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism.
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For a modern take on Hamlet, here's Meghan O'Rourke arguing that Hamlet's not depressed—he's grieving.
Video
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The entire 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet, with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. Well, we know what we're doing tonight.
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Sarah Bernhardt in her fencing scene. Filmed in 1899!
Audio
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In this NPR segment, Hamlet goes on trial.
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The entire audiobook of Hamlet—free. Results may vary.
Images
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John Everett Millais painted Ophelia in 1851-52.
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Here's Sarah Bernhardt playing Hamlet, sometime between 1885 and 1900.