Histrionic Hamlet: Shakespeare's Ultimate Metatheatrical Experiment

Author:   Piotr Sadowski
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032829029


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Histrionic Hamlet: Shakespeare's Ultimate Metatheatrical Experiment


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Author:   Piotr Sadowski
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032829029


ISBN 10:   1032829028
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Introduction: Between drama and life 1. “And all men and women merely players”: Social role playing and theatrical acting 2. “Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied”: Audiences and critics 3. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!”: Hamlet versus pragmatic avengers 4. “How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”: Hamlet’s teen angst 5. “This fellow in the cellarage”: Hamlet and the Ghost 6. “Doubt truth to be a liar”: The melancholy lover 7. “Will you see the players well bestowed”: Hamlet in his element 8. “The play’s the thing”: Hamlet’s unfortunate theatrical experiment 9. “There’s letters sealed”: Hamlet’s nemesis 10. “The rest is silence”: The dénouement

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Piotr Sadowski is a lecturer in Humanities in the Department of Film and Creative Media at Dublin Business School, Ireland. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. Sadowski is the author of several books on medieval and Renaissance literature, film history, and cognitive semiotics.

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