Hamlet - 9781533044808

The story of Shakespeare's Hamlet was derived from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum, as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar Francois de Belleforest. Shakespeare may also have drawn on an earlier (hypothetical) Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet, though some scholars believe he himself wrote the Ur-Hamlet, later revising it to create the version of Hamlet we now have"

• • Author: William Shakespeare, Edibooks
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: May 02, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 204 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1533044805
• • ISBN-13: 9781533044808