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While it is perhaps one of the most read, performed and studied plays in the English language, Hamlet is often the cause of much grief for students. This website is a compilation of various resources to aide you in your understanding of the play. In addition to several websites, you will also find books and videos, which are all available to you through the Fleetwood Park Library.
To access any of the materials, simply click on the picture.
Note: For Videos and Books, you will be directed to the Fleetwood Park Library Homepage. You will need to visit the Library to obtain any of these materials.
Elizabethan England: Culture and Society
Use the following resources to explore life in Shakespeare's England
Queen Elizabeth BBC (Website)
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Title: Elizabeth I
Published/Created: Brisco, Alexandra
Publication/Creation Date: c.2011
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: This Website outlines Queen Elizabeth's early years, her rise to power, attempts to kill her and overthrow her monarchy. Also included is a description of her relationship to Mary Queen of Scots.
Notes: provides links to other Tudor monarchs
Subject(s):History - Great Britain, The Golden Age, Shakespeare, William.
URL:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/elizabeth_i_01.shtml
Elizabethan Humours (Website)
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Title: Elizabethan Humours
Published/created: Dr. Richard Alan Nanian
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: The Elizabethans believed that a person's temperament was determined by a balance in their humours. This website explains the different humours and their corresponding personality traits. Information is also provided on Shakespeare's characters vis-a-vis the humours.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare Criticism / History - Great Britain
ULR:http://classweb.gmu.edu/rnanian/humours.html
Published/created: Dr. Richard Alan Nanian
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: The Elizabethans believed that a person's temperament was determined by a balance in their humours. This website explains the different humours and their corresponding personality traits. Information is also provided on Shakespeare's characters vis-a-vis the humours.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare Criticism / History - Great Britain
ULR:http://classweb.gmu.edu/rnanian/humours.html
Elizabeth (Video Recording)
ELI
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Title: Elizabeth
Published/Created: Kapur, Shekhar (director)
Creation/publication date: c. 1998
Physical Description: Format: videocassette (124 min.) : sd., col ; 13 mm.
Summary: A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
Subject/keyword: History - Great Britain, The Golden Age, Cate Blachett
Published/Created: Kapur, Shekhar (director)
Creation/publication date: c. 1998
Physical Description: Format: videocassette (124 min.) : sd., col ; 13 mm.
Summary: A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
Subject/keyword: History - Great Britain, The Golden Age, Cate Blachett
Everyday Life (Website)
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Title: Everyday Life
Author/creator: Peters, MJ
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: This website contains information on various topics including: crime and punishment, entertainment, fashion, food, and medicine.
Subject/keyword: History - Great Britain, The Golden Age, Shakespeare, William.
ULR: http://www2.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/everylife.html
Author/creator: Peters, MJ
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: This website contains information on various topics including: crime and punishment, entertainment, fashion, food, and medicine.
Subject/keyword: History - Great Britain, The Golden Age, Shakespeare, William.
ULR: http://www2.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/everylife.html
Women in Shakespeare's Time
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Title: Elizabethan Women
Author/creator: Thomas, Heather
Creation/publication date: February 16, 2011
Summary: The website details the lives of various types of women in the Elizabethan Era.
Subject/keyword: History - Shakespeare, William. Women in History, Tudor
ULR: http://www.elizabethi.org/us/women/
Author/creator: Thomas, Heather
Creation/publication date: February 16, 2011
Summary: The website details the lives of various types of women in the Elizabethan Era.
Subject/keyword: History - Shakespeare, William. Women in History, Tudor
ULR: http://www.elizabethi.org/us/women/
Shakespeare's London
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Title: Shakespeare's London
Published/Created: Love, Mark
Creation/publication date: London: MayaVision International, c.2003
Series: PBS, In Search of Shakespeare
Summary: This website offers information on London during Shakespeare's time. Included is the importance of the Thames River for trade, which resulted in the introduction of new cultures as London became a melting pot of cultures. A summary of entertainment during the time period, including the theatre, is also described.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, History - London - 16 Century
URL: http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/locations/location154.html
Published/Created: Love, Mark
Creation/publication date: London: MayaVision International, c.2003
Series: PBS, In Search of Shakespeare
Summary: This website offers information on London during Shakespeare's time. Included is the importance of the Thames River for trade, which resulted in the introduction of new cultures as London became a melting pot of cultures. A summary of entertainment during the time period, including the theatre, is also described.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, History - London - 16 Century
URL: http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/locations/location154.html
William Shakespeare: Biographical Information
Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
822.3 STA
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Title: The Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
Author/Creator: Stanley, Diane and Vennema, Peter ; illustrated by Stanley, Diane
Creation/Publication: New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1992
Physical Description: [48] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Summary:A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright, using only historically correct information.
Subject/Keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Dramatists - English -- 16th and 17th Centuries
Notes: Includes Bibliography
ISBN: 0-688-09108-3
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama (Video Recording)
VID 822.33 WIL
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Title: William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Published/Created: Caird, Rod.
Creation/publication date: New York: A & E Home Video; 1996
Physical Description: Format: 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
Series: A & E Biography - arts and letters
Summary: William Shakespeare's tumultuous life produced and unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the Bard's own story remains for the most part, a mystery. In this remarkable program, Biography pieces together the clues of Shakespeare's identity, from his comfortable youth in Strathford-on-Avon and his marriage to an older woman at eighteen, to the night of carousing that led to his death at age fifty-two. Film excerpts, dramatic readings and location footage provide a glimpse into his little known life and his astonishing twenty-year career as a playwright and actor (information taken from video jacket).
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Dramatists - English -- 16th and 17th Centuries
ISBN: 1-56501-935-0
Published/Created: Caird, Rod.
Creation/publication date: New York: A & E Home Video; 1996
Physical Description: Format: 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
Series: A & E Biography - arts and letters
Summary: William Shakespeare's tumultuous life produced and unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the Bard's own story remains for the most part, a mystery. In this remarkable program, Biography pieces together the clues of Shakespeare's identity, from his comfortable youth in Strathford-on-Avon and his marriage to an older woman at eighteen, to the night of carousing that led to his death at age fifty-two. Film excerpts, dramatic readings and location footage provide a glimpse into his little known life and his astonishing twenty-year career as a playwright and actor (information taken from video jacket).
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Dramatists - English -- 16th and 17th Centuries
ISBN: 1-56501-935-0
Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust (Website)
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Title: Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: Information chronicling Shakespeare's life and work. This charitable website strives promote in the every part of the world the appreciation and study of the plays and other works of William Shakespeare and general advancements of Shakespearian knowledge, while maintaining and preserving Shakespeare Birthplace properties, library of books, manuscripts, records of historic interest, pictures, photographs and objects of antiquity with particular, but not exclusive reference to William Shakespeare, his life, works and times.
Subject/keyword: History - Great Britain, Shakespeare, William, Stratford Upon Avon.
URL: http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: Information chronicling Shakespeare's life and work. This charitable website strives promote in the every part of the world the appreciation and study of the plays and other works of William Shakespeare and general advancements of Shakespearian knowledge, while maintaining and preserving Shakespeare Birthplace properties, library of books, manuscripts, records of historic interest, pictures, photographs and objects of antiquity with particular, but not exclusive reference to William Shakespeare, his life, works and times.
Subject/keyword: History - Great Britain, Shakespeare, William, Stratford Upon Avon.
URL: http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12
Shakespeare in London: The Life & of the Real William Shakespeare (Video Recording)
VID 822.33 SHA
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Title: Shakespeare in London: The Life & TImes of the Real William Shakespeare
Published/Created: Ironhill Pictures
Creation/publication date: Thousand Oaks, CA : Goldhil Video,c.1999.
Physical Description: Format: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col.
Summary: Experience the real story of the world's greatest playwright during his controversial and historic time in London. Illustrated by dramatic reconstructions of the late Elizabethan life and scenes from the plays themselves, this program show may sites that were known by Shakespeare - from the Tower of London to the taverns made famous by Falstaff and other Shakespearean characters and of course, the murky River Thames
Subject/keyword:Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Biography., London (England) -- History -- 17th century
ISBN: 1-58565-105-2
Published/Created: Ironhill Pictures
Creation/publication date: Thousand Oaks, CA : Goldhil Video,c.1999.
Physical Description: Format: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col.
Summary: Experience the real story of the world's greatest playwright during his controversial and historic time in London. Illustrated by dramatic reconstructions of the late Elizabethan life and scenes from the plays themselves, this program show may sites that were known by Shakespeare - from the Tower of London to the taverns made famous by Falstaff and other Shakespearean characters and of course, the murky River Thames
Subject/keyword:Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Biography., London (England) -- History -- 17th century
ISBN: 1-58565-105-2
The Theatre
Shakespeare's Theater
792.0942 MOR
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Title: The Bard of Avon: Shakespeare's Theater
Author/Creator: Jacqueline Morley ; [illustrations by] John James.
Creation/Publication: New York: Peter Bedrick Books, c. 1994
Physical Description: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Series: Inside Story
Summary: Discusses all aspects of theater in Shakespeare's time, giving an inside view of Elizabethan drama (from book jacket).
Subject/Keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
Notes: Includes Bibliography
ISBN: 0-87226-309-6
William Shakespeare & The Globe
822.3 ALI
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Title: William Shakespeare & The Globe
Published/Created: Aliki, illustrated by Aliki,
Creation/publication date: New York : HarperCollins, c1999.
Physical Description: 48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 32 cm
Series: Wilson's Children's
Summary: Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed (from book jacket).
Notes: Includes list of Shakespeare's works, chronology, words & expression
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625
ISBN: 0-06-027820-X
Published/Created: Aliki, illustrated by Aliki,
Creation/publication date: New York : HarperCollins, c1999.
Physical Description: 48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 32 cm
Series: Wilson's Children's
Summary: Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed (from book jacket).
Notes: Includes list of Shakespeare's works, chronology, words & expression
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625
ISBN: 0-06-027820-X
Shakespeare: an Illustrated Stage History
822.3 SHA
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Title: Shakespeare: An Illustrated History
Published/Created: Bate, Jonathan and Jackson, Russell (editors)
Creation/publication date: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
Physical Description: xiii, 253 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Summary: A history of Shakespeare's plays as they have been performed on the English stage, presented through a series of essays by a variety of authors, discussing the theatres, the plays, and the men and women who staged, adapted, and performed them over the course of 400 years, from the fifteenth century through modern times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Drama -- History
ISBN:0-19-812372-8
Published/Created: Bate, Jonathan and Jackson, Russell (editors)
Creation/publication date: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
Physical Description: xiii, 253 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Summary: A history of Shakespeare's plays as they have been performed on the English stage, presented through a series of essays by a variety of authors, discussing the theatres, the plays, and the men and women who staged, adapted, and performed them over the course of 400 years, from the fifteenth century through modern times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Drama -- History
ISBN:0-19-812372-8
Shakespeare's Globe (Website)
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Title: Shakespeare's Globe
Published/Created: The Shakespeare Globe Trust
Publication/Creation Date: c.2011
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: The website offers links with information on Shakespeare, the theatre where his works were performed and the London in which he lived and wrote.
Notes: includes Virtual Tour of the theatre.
Subject(s):History - Shakespeare, William, Theatre, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625
URL: http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/
Published/Created: The Shakespeare Globe Trust
Publication/Creation Date: c.2011
Physical Description: col. ill.
Summary: The website offers links with information on Shakespeare, the theatre where his works were performed and the London in which he lived and wrote.
Notes: includes Virtual Tour of the theatre.
Subject(s):History - Shakespeare, William, Theatre, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625
URL: http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/
Hamlet
Hamlet (Sound Recording)
ABK SHA
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Title: Hamlet
Published/Created: Modern Library/BBC Audio
Creation/publication date: London : Modern Library/BBC Audio, 1996
Physical Description: 2 sound cassettes (approx. 190 min.) : ; plus novel
Series: Modern Library/BBC Audio
Summary: An audio performance of the play. Includes text for students to follow along.
Notes: Performed by Ronald Pickup and Angela Pleasance
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616,
ISBN: 0-679-44929-9
Published/Created: Modern Library/BBC Audio
Creation/publication date: London : Modern Library/BBC Audio, 1996
Physical Description: 2 sound cassettes (approx. 190 min.) : ; plus novel
Series: Modern Library/BBC Audio
Summary: An audio performance of the play. Includes text for students to follow along.
Notes: Performed by Ronald Pickup and Angela Pleasance
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616,
ISBN: 0-679-44929-9
Hamlet (Video Recording)
VID HAM
Title: Hamlet
Published/Created: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video
Creation/publication date: 1990
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS)(135 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
Summary: Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds
Notes: Performances by: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter, closed captioned, VHS Hi-fi Doulby surround stereo
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600.
ISBN: 0-7907-0405-6
Published/Created: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video
Creation/publication date: 1990
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS)(135 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
Summary: Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds
Notes: Performances by: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter, closed captioned, VHS Hi-fi Doulby surround stereo
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600.
ISBN: 0-7907-0405-6
Understanding Hamlet
822.33 HAM
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Title: Understanding Hamlet
Published/Created: Nardo, Dan
Creation/publication date: San Diego : Lucent Books, c2001
Physical Description: 112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series: Understanding great literature
Summary: Discusses the life of William Shakespeare and the original sources, performance history, story, characters, and themes of Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet"; also includes ideas for research, excerpts of criticism, and a chronology (from book jacket).
Notes:The life, times, and works of William Shakespeare -- The original sources and performance history of Hamlet-- The story told in Shakespeare's Hamlet -- The principal characters appearing in Hamlet -- Exploring the basic truths of the human experience. Includes Bibliography and Index.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, English literature -- History and criticism
ISBN:1-56006-830-2
Published/Created: Nardo, Dan
Creation/publication date: San Diego : Lucent Books, c2001
Physical Description: 112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series: Understanding great literature
Summary: Discusses the life of William Shakespeare and the original sources, performance history, story, characters, and themes of Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet"; also includes ideas for research, excerpts of criticism, and a chronology (from book jacket).
Notes:The life, times, and works of William Shakespeare -- The original sources and performance history of Hamlet-- The story told in Shakespeare's Hamlet -- The principal characters appearing in Hamlet -- Exploring the basic truths of the human experience. Includes Bibliography and Index.
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, English literature -- History and criticism
ISBN:1-56006-830-2
Hamlet: Notes
822.3 SHA
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Title: Hamlet: Notes
Published/Created: Shakespeare, William
Creation/publication date: Hauppauge, N.Y : Barron's Educational, c2002
Physical Description: 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Series: Simply Shakespeare; Barron's Educational Series
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities (from book jacket).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616,
ISBN: 0-7641-2084-0
Published/Created: Shakespeare, William
Creation/publication date: Hauppauge, N.Y : Barron's Educational, c2002
Physical Description: 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Series: Simply Shakespeare; Barron's Educational Series
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities (from book jacket).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616,
ISBN: 0-7641-2084-0
Shakespeare's Hamlet : the manga edition
GNV SHA
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Title: Shakespeare's Hamlet : the manga edition
Published/Created: Adam Sexton, Tintin Pantoja.
Creation/publication date: Hoboken, N.J : Wiley, c2008
Physical Description: 185 p. : chiely ill. ; 19 cm.
Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy about Prince Hamlet of Denmark, who seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Graphic Novels,
ISBN: 978-0-470-09757-1
Published/Created: Adam Sexton, Tintin Pantoja.
Creation/publication date: Hoboken, N.J : Wiley, c2008
Physical Description: 185 p. : chiely ill. ; 19 cm.
Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy about Prince Hamlet of Denmark, who seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Graphic Novels,
ISBN: 978-0-470-09757-1
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Volume 2, Hamlet ; Julius Caesar ; Richard III
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Title: Shakespeare: The Animated Tales; Volume 2, Hamlet ; Julius Caesar ; Richard III
Published/Created: screenplay by Leon Garfield ; BBC Wales ... [et al.]
Creation/publication date: Ambrose Video, c2004
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Series: Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Summary: Includes animated adaptations of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Richard III. Originally aired as a six part television series between 1992-1994.
Notes: animated
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 — Adaptations — Juvenile Films
Creation/publication date: Ambrose Video, c2004
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Series: Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Summary: Includes animated adaptations of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Richard III. Originally aired as a six part television series between 1992-1994.
Notes: animated
Subject/keyword: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 — Adaptations — Juvenile Films
