{"product_id":"9789176374818","title":"Hamlet - Prince of Denmark (Wisehouse Classics Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark\u003c\/strong\u003e, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge \u003cem\u003ePrince Hamlet \u003c\/em\u003eis called to wreak upon his uncle, \u003cem\u003eClaudius\u003c\/em\u003e, by the ghost of \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e's father, \u003cem\u003eKing Hamlet\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eClaudius\u003c\/em\u003e had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his deceased brother's widow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e's longest play, and is considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature, with a story capable of \"seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others.\" The play likely was one of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e's most popular works during his lifetime, and still ranks among his most performed, topping the performance list of the \u003cem\u003eRoyal Shakespeare Company \u003c\/em\u003eand its predecessors in \u003cem\u003eStratford-upon-Avon\u003c\/em\u003e since 1879. It has inspired many other writers--from \u003cem\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/em\u003e--and has been described as \"the world's most filmed story after Cinderella.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e's \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e was derived from the legend of \u003cem\u003eAmleth\u003c\/em\u003e, preserved by 13th-century chronicler \u003cem\u003eSaxo Grammaticus\u003c\/em\u003e in his \u003cem\u003eGesta Danorum\u003c\/em\u003e, as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar \u003cem\u003eFranCois de Belleforest\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e may also have drawn on an earlier (hypothetical) \u003cem\u003eElizabethan\u003c\/em\u003e play known today as the \u003cem\u003eUr-Hamlet\u003c\/em\u003e, though some scholars believe he himself wrote the \u003cem\u003eUr-Hamlet\u003c\/em\u003e, later revising it to create the version of \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e we now have. He almost certainly wrote his version of the title role for his fellow actor, \u003cem\u003eRichard Burbage\u003c\/em\u003e, the leading tragedian of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e's time. In the 400 years since its inception, the role has been performed by numerous highly acclaimed actors in each successive century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wisehouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063780196592,"sku":"9789176374818","price":12.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789176374818_p0.jpg?v=1763672009","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789176374818","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}