Episode 1 - Hamlet Begins

from Shakespeare Closely Read · host Mark Naftel

Welcome to Shakespeare closely read, a study guide to Shakespeare's great plays and other great works in the public domain.  This first episode introduces Hamlet and covers Act 1, Scene 1.  The Ghost enters! The Laurence Olivier version (1948) is currently available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNP_2Omaciw

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