Hamlet

Gunda Antal

Publication Date: 1964

About this Item

Size: Tram poster (cca. 24 x 17 cm). Shakespeare Hamlet is a 1964 vintage Hungarian theatre poster collage artwork designed by Antal Gunda The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark often shortened to Hamlet h ml t is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602 Set in Denmark the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle Claudius by the ghost of Hamlet s father King Hamlet Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne also marrying his deceased brother s widow Hamlet is Shakespeare s longest play and is considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature with a story capable of seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others It was probably one of Shakespeare s most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most performed topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford upon Avon since 1879 It has inspired many other writers from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Charles Dickens to James Joyce and Iris Murdoch and has been described as the world s most filmed story after Cinderella source wikipedia org. Seller Inventory # 4995

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hamlet

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Paper, collage.

Condition: Near mint.