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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]

William Shakespeare · Public domain text

209,018 words · about 14 h 38 min to read

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Author
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language
English
Subjects
English drama
Length
209,018 words · about 14 h 38 min
Sections
77 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (77)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 19 min
  3. Act I, Scene I — Elsinore. A platform before the castle. about 6 min
  4. Act I, Scene II — A room of state in the castle. about 9 min
  5. Act I, Scene III — A room in Polonius's house. about 5 min
  6. Act I, Scene IV — The platform.[352] about 3 min
  7. Act I, Scene V — Another part of the platform. about 38 min
  8. Act II, Scene I — A room in Polonius's house. about 4 min
  9. Act II, Scene II — A room in the castle. about 24 min
  10. Act II, Scene II — ] Pope about 22 min
  11. Act III, Scene I — A room in the castle. about 7 min
  12. Act III, Scene II — A hall in the castle. about 14 min
  13. Act III, Scene III — A room in the castle. about 4 min
  14. Act III, Scene IV — The Queen's closet. about 40 min
  15. Act IV, Scene I — A room in the castle. about 2 min
  16. Act IV, Scene II — Another room in the castle. about 1 min
  17. Act IV, Scene III — Another room in the castle. about 2 min
  18. Act IV, Scene IV — A plain in Denmark. about 2 min
  19. Act IV, Scene V — Elsinore. A room in the castle. about 7 min
  20. Act IV, Scene VI — Another room in the castle. about 1 min
  21. Act IV, Scene VII — Another room in the castle.[1835] about 19 min
  22. Act IV, Scene VII — Pope about 10 min
  23. Act V, Scene I — A churchyard. about 11 min
  24. Act V, Scene II — A hall in the castle.[2137] about 2 h 12 min
  25. Act I, Scene I — King Lear's palace. about 11 min
  26. Act I, Scene II — The Earl of Gloucester's castle. about 7 min
  27. Act I, Scene III — The Duke of Albany's palace. about 1 min
  28. Act I, Scene IV — A hall in the same. about 12 min
  29. Act I, Scene V — Court before the same. about 37 min
  30. Act II, Scene I — The Earl of Gloucester's castle. about 5 min
  31. Act II, Scene II — Before Gloucester's castle. about 6 min
  32. Act II, Scene III — A wood. about 1 min
  33. Act II, Scene IV — Before Gloucester's castle. Kent in the stocks. about 37 min
  34. Act II, Scene XII — Pope. Scene xiii. Warburton about 1 min
  35. Act III, Scene I — A heath. about 2 min
  36. Act III, Scene II — Another part of the heath. Storm still.[3578] about 3 min
  37. Act III, Scene III — Gloucester's castle. about 1 min
  38. Act III, Scene IV — The heath. Before a hovel.[3667] about 7 min
  39. Act III, Scene V — Gloucester's castle. about 1 min
  40. Act III, Scene VI — A chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castle. about 4 min
  41. Act III, Scene VII — Gloucester's castle. about 30 min
  42. Act IV, Scene I — The heath.[3996] about 3 min
  43. Act IV, Scene II — Before the Duke of Albany's palace. about 4 min
  44. Act IV, Scene III — The French camp near Dover.[4140] about 2 min
  45. Act IV, Scene IV — The same. A tent. about 1 min
  46. Act IV, Scene V — Gloucester's castle. about 1 min
  47. Act IV, Scene VI — Fields near Dover. about 39 min
  48. Act IV, Scene IX — Pope about 8 min
  49. Act V, Scene I — The British camp near Dover. about 3 min
  50. Act V, Scene II — A field between the two camps. about 1 min
  51. Act V, Scene III — The British camp near Dover. about 33 min
  52. Act I, Scene 1 — The acts and scenes are marked throughout in the Folios, but not in the Quartos about 9 min
  53. Act I, Scene I — Venice. A street. about 7 min
  54. Act I, Scene II — Another street. about 4 min
  55. Act I, Scene III — A council-chamber. about 37 min
  56. Act II, Scene I — A sea-port in Cyprus. An open place near the quay. about 11 min
  57. Act II, Scene II — A street. under 1 min
  58. Act II, Scene III — A hall in the castle. about 17 min
  59. Act II, Scene IV — Pope about 1 min
  60. Act II, Scene V — Pope about 3 min
  61. Act II, Scene VI — Pope about 9 min
  62. Act II, Scene XII — Pope. SCENE XIII. Hanmer about 6 min
  63. Act III, Scene I — Before the castle. about 2 min
  64. Act III, Scene II — A room in the castle.[5788] under 1 min
  65. Act III, Scene III — The garden of the castle.[5793] about 18 min
  66. Act III, Scene IV — Before the castle. about 25 min
  67. Act III, Scene X — Pope about 4 min
  68. Act III, Scene XIII — Pope. Scene changes to the Street before the Palace. Theobald about 1 min
  69. Act IV, Scene I — Cyprus. Before the castle. about 10 min
  70. Act IV, Scene II — A room in the castle.[6389] about 9 min
  71. Act IV, Scene III — Another room in the castle. about 15 min
  72. Act IV, Scene X — Pope about 7 min
  73. Act V, Scene I — Cyprus. A street.[6611] about 5 min
  74. Act V, Scene II — A bedchamber in the castle: DESDEMONA in bed asleep; a light burning.[6698] about 22 min
  75. Act V, Scene VII — Pope about 5 min
  76. Act V, Scene IX — Pope about 5 min
  77. Act V, Scene XI about 7 min

The opening of Preface

1. The earliest edition of HAMLET appeared in 1603, with the following title-page:

THE | Tragicall Historie of | HAMLET | Prince of Denmarke | By William Shake-speare. | As it hath beene diuerse times acted by his Highnesse ser-| uants in the Cittie of London: as also in the two V-| niuersities of Cambridge and Oxford, and else-where | At London printed for N: L. and Iohn Trundell. | 1603.

We refer to it as (Q₁).

A copy of this edition belonged to Sir Thomas Hanmer, though he does not appear to have mentioned it in his notes to Shakespeare or in his correspondence, and its existence was not known till his library came into the possession of Sir E. H. Bunbury in 1821. In a copy of the Reprint of 1825, now at Barton, Sir E. H. Bunbury wrote the following note:

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