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Located on capitol hill in washington, dc, it is home to the worlds largest and finest collection of shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art. During the english restoration, it was revived and heavily revised by william davenant. Paul werstine is professor of english at kings college. Feb 15, 20 hamlet by william shakespeare full audiobook greatest audio books the tragedy of hamlet, prince of denmark give the gift of audiobooks. This new unabridged audio recording of the wellrespected edition of shakespeares classicexpertly. Your guide to streaming shakespeare in march shakespeare. Podcasts and recordings folger shakespeare library. Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. See more ideas about shakespeare, william shakespeare and shakespeare plays. Folger library editions provide almost line by line commentary, as well as longer commentaries to certain more obscure places in the text. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Support the folger sign up for our newsletters shop hours. Because so many shakespeare lovers and students are homebound, we are sharing seven complete audio performances of shakespeare plays, available for free streaming until july 1, 2020. I read hamlet, tempest and henry iv part i and part ii in their editions, as well as antony and cleopatra, and merchant of venice.
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