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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hamlet |
| Document Type | Prompt Book |
| Reference | Wa 71 |
| Primary Association | Siddons, Sarah; Bell, George Joseph |
| Associated Names | Kean, Charles; Kean, Edmund |
| Publication Date | 1806-1808 |
| Theatre | Drury Lane; Covent Garden |
| Place of Production | London |
| Country of Production | Great Britain |
| Date of Production | c. 1800-1808 |
| Description | Contained within a bound book containing three of Shakespeare's plays; King Lear, the Merchant of Venice and Hamlet. Contains George Joseph Bell's notes on performances by Edmund Kean, Charles Kean, and Sarah Siddons; a few cuts and marginal markings to printed text. |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption |
| Content Keywords | death, madness, royalty, revenge, poison, supernatural, marriage |
| Context Keywords | character, cast, cues, script |
| Visual Content | Contains an illustration of Act III, Sc.7. |
| Shattuck Code | Not in Shattuck |
| Play | Hamlet |
| Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |