The Masks of HamletIn this work, Rosenberg insists again and again that only the individual reader or actor can determine Shakespeare's design of Hamlet's character -- and of the play. To interpret Hamlet's words and actions at the many crises, the reader needs to double in the role of actor, imagining the character from the inside and observing from the outside. Winner of the Theatre Library Association Award for 1993. |
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Act I Scene i Part | 1 |
Act I Scene ii Part | 82 |
Hamlet Part | 105 |
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