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*<><iin»<tfttmi^tfm^ttpmpt^iufi^mtit, \«ai^*i*a^nw Presented to the LIBRARY of the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO hy The Estate of the late PROFESSOR WOODHOUSE A. S. P. Head of the De^partment of English University College 1944-1964 J THE WARWICK SHAKESPEARE THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET PRINCE OF DENMARK. ^^ EDITED BY EDMUND« . » CHAMBERS. SIR K. * k.B.E., C.B., M.A., D.LITT Sometime Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford "^^BLACKIE & SON LIMITED LONDON AND GLASGOW ! Blackie & Son Limited 50 OldBailey, London jy Stanhope Street, Glasgow Blackie & Son (India) Limited Warwick House, Fort Street, Bombay Blackie & Son (Canada) Limited 1118Bay Street, Toronto Q£C 2 8 1SS5 •';> 4^. ..',C\\ (t^R.SITY OFj; & PrintedinGreatBritainbyBlackie Son, Ltd., Glasgoio GENERAL PREFACE. In the Warwick Shakespeare an attempt is made to present the greater plays of the dramatist in their literary aspect, and not merely as material for the study of philology or grammar. Criticism purely verbal and textual has only been included to such an extent as may serve to help the student in his appreciation of the essential poetry. Questions of date and literary history have been fully dealt with in the Introductions, but the larger space has been devoted to the interpretative rather than the matter-of-fact order of scholar- ship. Aesthetic judgments are never final, but the Editors have attempted to suggest points of view from which the analysis of dramatic motive and dramatic character may be profitably undertaken. In the Notes likewise, while it is hoped that all unfamiliar expressions and allusions have been adequately explained, yet it has been thought even more important to consider the dramatic value of each scene, and the part which it plays in relation to the whole. These general principles are common to the whole series; in detail each Editor is alone responsible for the plays intrusted ta him. Every volume of the series has been provided witb a. Glossary, an Essay upon Metre, and an Index; and Appen- dices have been added upon points of special interest, whicb. could not conveniently be treated in the Introduction or the: Notes. The text is based by the several Editors on that of the Globe edition the only omissions made are those that are : unavoidable in an edition likely to be used by young students^ By the systematic arrangement of the introductory matter, and by close attention to typographical details, every effort has been made to provide an edition that will prove con- venient in use. NOTE THE WARWICK SHAKESPEARE has been prepared under the general editorship of Professor C. H. Herford, Litt.D., F.B.A., and contains the following volumes: Play Editedby As You Like It J. C. Smith, M.A., B.A. coriolanus. Sir Edmund K. Chambers, K.B.E.,C.B., M.A..D.Litt. Cymbeline. A.J. Wyatt, M.A. Hamlet. Sir Edmund K. Chambers. — Henry the Fourth—Part I. F. W. Moorman, B.A., Ph.D. HenryTHE Fourth Part II. C.H.Herford,Litt.D.,F.B.A. Henry the Fifth. G. C. Moore Smith, D.Litt., Ph.D., LL.D. Henry the Eighth. D. Nichol Smith, M.A., D.Litt. Julius C^sar. ArthurD. Innes, M.A. King John. G. C. Moore Smith. King Lear. D.Nichol Smith. Macbeth. Sir Edmund K. Chambers. The Merchant of Venice. H. L. Withers. A Midsummer-Night's Sir Edmund K. Chambers. Dream. Much Ado About Nothing. J. C. Smith. Othello. C.H.Herford,Litt.D.,F.B.A. Richard the Second. C. H. Herford. Richard the Third. Sir George Macdonald, K.C.B., D.Litt., LL.D. . The Tempest. F. S. Boas, M.A., LL.D. Twelfth Night. Arthiur D. Innes,M.A. The Winter's Tale. C. H. Herford. CONTENTS. Page General Preface, - - iii Introduction, 7 Dramatis Persons, 26 The Tragedy of PIamlet, Prince of Denmark, - 27 Notes, 150 — Appendices A. The First Quarto of 1603, 216 B. The Pre-Shakespearian Hamlet, - - - . 220 .... C. 'Fratricide Punished', 222 D. The 'Travelhng' ofthe Players, 223 e. 'Dido, Queen ofCarthage', - - - - "221; f. Goethe and Coleridge on Hamlet, - - - - 226 Essay on Metre, - - 229 Glossary, 235 Index of Words, 248 General Index, - - - - - - - - 250 Addendum: Shakespeare's Stage in its bearing upon his Drama, by Prof. C. H. Herford, Litt.D. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of Toronto http://www.archive.org/details/tragedyofhamOOshak