Description
| Product ID: | 9780241682098 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Staged |
| Title: | Hamlet |
| Subtitle: | Staged: the origins of YA’s greatest tropes |
| Authors: | Author: William Shakespeare |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Playscripts, Shakespeare studies & criticism, Children’s & teenage literature studies, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Playscripts (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 13 years |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, author of Ace of Spades‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’The King of Denmark is dead. When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, meets the King’s ghost and discovers he was murdered, he swears vengeance against the killer: his father’s brother, Claudius, who has married Hamlet’s mother and taken the throne. Furious at this betrayal, Hamlet devises a complex plot to reveal the truth and enact his revenge. But Claudius has a devious plan of his own. Together, they will bring devastation to the entire court. Hamlet is Shakespeare’s timeless story of grief and a revenge so unrelenting that by curtain’s close, all the major players are dead. Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare’s unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day. Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:As You Like It – With a foreword by Talia HibbertMacbeth – With a foreword by Kat DelacorteA Midsummer Night’s Dream – With a foreword by Becky AlbertalliMuch Ado About Nothing – With a foreword by Holly BourneRomeo and Juliet – With a foreword by Jennifer Niven With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, author of Ace of Spades
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| Imprint Name: | Puffin |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-14 |
