Hamlet
Historical Records
The LPD treats the play documented by the entry in Henslowe's Diary and alluded to by Nashe (1589) and Lodge (1596) as the same play; it considers this early "Hamlet" to be essentially discrete from the Hamlet preserved in Q1 (1603).
Henslowe's Diary
Nashe
Henslowe
Lodge
Theatrical Provenance
A London venue c. 1589
Newington 1594
The Theater in Shoreditch c. 1596
Probable Genre(s)
Tragedy
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
1514: Saxo Grammaticus, Danorum regum heroumque historiae
1570: Francois de Belleforest, Histoires tragiques, vol 5
References to the Play
Nashe, 1589, preface to Menaphon
Lodge, 1596, Wit's Miserie
Critical Commentary
Authorship
Relation to Q1
Projected Content
For What It's Worth
Works Cited
Boas
Erne
Honigmann
Malone
Menzer
Robertson
Sams
Smith
Urkowitz
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