While differences among the three early printed texts of "Hamlet" have often been considered in terms of interpretive consequences in performance, "The Hamlets" instead considers practical issues in the playhouse and acting economy of early modern London. This book examines how Shakespeare's company operated, how it may have treated the authorial text, what the actors' needs might be, and how the three texts may be manifestations of the play's life in the theater. By collating and studying cue-line variation in the three texts, the book introduces a new method of analysis and constructs for "Hamlet" a new narrative of authorial, textual, and playhouse practices that challenges customary assumptions about the nature and transmission of Shakespeare's most textually troubling play. Paul Menzer is an Associate Professor at Mary Baldwin College.
- ISBN10 0874130131
- ISBN13 9780874130133
- Publish Date 1 January 2009
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Associated University Presses
- Imprint University of Delaware Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 264
- Language English