Hamlet

��Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

��Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages_facing the text of the play

��Scene-by-scene plot summaries

��A key to famous lines and phrases

��An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

��An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing_a modern perspective on the play

��Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare_Library's vast holdings of rare books

TEACHERS: Lesson plans for this play are available at_www.folger.edu. To receive a curriculum guide for this play, email your request to folger.marketing@simonandschuster.com. Please specify PDF or print version.

Essay by Michael Neill

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