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Hamlet

By Lisa Peterson and William Shakespeare
Series: Play on Shakespeare
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Hamlet, reimagined by Lisa Peterson in contemporary American English, remains true to Shakespeare's original spirit while making the play's timeless themes accessible to today's audiences. This translation preserves famous speeches like "To be, or not to be" verbatim, while clarifying the language elsewhere to enrich understanding and emotional impact.
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This edition is ideal for readers and theatre lovers seeking an approachable yet respectful version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. It suits students, newcomers to classics, and anyone interested in a modern rendition that retains the beauty of the Bard's verse.

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"This translation unties the language knots that can make some of the play difficult to understand in a single theatrical viewing and makes it accessible to new audiences, drawing out its timeless themes while helping to contextualize the familiar lines so that contemporary audiences can feel their full weight"--

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To thine own text be true—Lisa Peterson’s translation of Hamlet into contemporary American English makes the play accessible to new audiences while keeping the soul of Shakespeare’s writing intact.

Lovers of Shakespeare’s language take heart: Lisa Peterson’s translation of Hamlet into contemporary American English was guided by the principle of “First, do no harm.” Leaving the most famous parts of Hamlet untouched, Peterson untied the language knots that can make the rest of the play difficult to understand in a single theatrical viewing. Peterson’s translation makes Hamlet accessible to new audiences, drawing out its timeless themes while helping to contextualise "To be, or not to be: that is the question," and “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” so that contemporary audiences can feel their full weight.

This translation of Hamlet was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present work from "The Bard" in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project re-envisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print—a new First Folio for a new era.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780866986663

Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 140

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About the Author

Lisa Peterson is a two-time OBIE award-winning director and writer. She created and cowrote An Iliad, with Denis O’Hare, based on Homer’s epic poem. She also recently directed their second collaboration, The Good Book, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In addition to many classic plays, Lisa has directed new works across the country.

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