Hamlet in Modern Verse: A Faithful Rendering of The Bard's Classic Tragedy for Today's Audience - Softcover

Schwartz, DM

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798526135467

Publisher: Independently published, 2021

Synopsis

Hamlet in Modern Verse relates Shakespeare's classic story of love, revenge and murder in a painstakingly faithful fashion. The Bard's characters, plot, idiom and intent remain perfectly intact while being wholly accessible to modern readers.

Young Hamlet is afflicted by thoughts of bloody vengeance, conflicted desire for pretty Ophelia, treacherous plotting by so-called friends and a burning resentment of his mother's hasty remarriage. All is presented in the original five act structure. While the players remain the same, the language is entirely modern and in rhyme, making it extremely readable.

Hamlet in Modern Verse is a great starting place for those new to Shakespeare or those put off by those myriad classic phrases and references obscured by the passage of centuries.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798526135467
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 153