Hamlet

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Anon. (1589?, 1594)


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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