1st Edition
Histrionic Hamlet Shakespeare's Ultimate Metatheatrical Experiment
Introduction: Between drama and life
1. “And all men and women merely players”: Social role playing and theatrical acting
2. “Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied”: Audiences and critics
3. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!”: Hamlet versus pragmatic avengers
4. “How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”: Hamlet’s teen angst
5. “This fellow in the cellarage”: Hamlet and the Ghost
6. “Doubt truth to be a liar”: The melancholy lover
7. “Will you see the players well bestowed”: Hamlet in his element
8. “The play’s the thing”: Hamlet’s unfortunate theatrical experiment
9. “There’s letters sealed”: Hamlet’s nemesis
10. “The rest is silence”: The dénouement
Biography
Piotr Sadowski is a lecturer in Humanities in the Department of Film and Creative Media at Dublin Business School, Ireland. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. Sadowski is the author of several books on medieval and Renaissance literature, film history, and cognitive semiotics.
