HAMLET

HAMLET

1. It is generally assumed to have been written between 1599 and 1601.

   • in 1700s it was reclaimed by the romantic poets of the 19th century.

2. Hamlet is shakespears longest play and initially published in three versions.

   • Because it contains a great many of errors its often referred to as the bad quarto.

3. Shakespear it must be pointed out had a son called hamnet who died in 1596 a few years after the plays composition.

   • The theme of death after all looms large as does that of the reltionship between father and son.

4. The play opens on a cold winter night in the danish castle royal castle.