Hamlet

HamletBy: William Shakespeare Series: Staged With a foreword by Faridah bk ymd, 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 Kings ghost and discovers he was murdered, he swears vengeance against the killer: his fathers brother, Claudius, who has married Hamlets mother and taken the throne. Furious at this betrayal, Hamlet devises a complex plot to reveal the truth

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.
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As You Like It – With a foreword by Talia Hibbert
Hamlet – With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Macbeth – With a foreword by Kat Delacorte
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – With a foreword by Becky Albertalli
Much Ado About Nothing – With a foreword by Holly Bourne
Romeo and Juliet – With a foreword by Jennifer Niven
Julius Caesar – With a foreword by Simon James Green
King Lear – With a foreword by Manjeet Mann
The Merchant of Venice – With a foreword by Lev Rosen
Othello – With a foreword by Malorie Blackman
The Tempest – With a foreword by Katherine Webber
Twelfth Night – With a foreword by Bea Fitzgerald