An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and

theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic

Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University

Special introduction to the play by the editor, Sylvan Barnet

A note on the three early texts of Hamlet

Sources from which Shakespeare derived Hamlet

Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, A.C. Bradley, Maynard Mack,

Robert Ornstein, Caroline Heilbrun, and Catherine Belsey

A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors,

directors, and productions of Hamlet, then and now

Text, notes, notes and commentaries printed in the

clearest, most readable type

Up-to-date list of recommended readings