ENGL 339 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.2: Kenneth Branagh, Prompt Book, Foul Papers
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Shakespeare got inspiration for hamlet from thomas kyd: the title of the play is lost. The play is referred to as ur-hamlet: kyd wrote the rst revenge tragedy. The spanish tragedy (1587-1590: revenge tragedy became extremely popular, hamlet was written in 1600-1601. Against the will of the furies: strong theme of madness, hesitation for revenge. Afraid of being lead astray: a play is used to point of the accused, women kill themselves due to love sickness, murders are avenged, ends in total murder of all main characters. The signet classic text is a combination of the rst and second quarto and the rst folio. Thursday, february 23, 2017: the rst quart is not a full version. Kenneth branagh lmed a complete version of the text that is 4 hours long: much too long for an elizabethan audience. Quarto 1: oldest version of hamlet, only half the size of quarto 2.
