Hamlet: Staged: the origins of YAs greatest tropes
English
By (author): William Shakespeare
With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, author of Ace of Spades
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
The King of Denmark is dead. When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, meets the Kings ghost and discovers he was murdered, he swears vengeance against the killer: his fathers brother, Claudius, who has married Hamlets mother and taken the throne.
Furious at this betrayal, Hamlet devises a complex plot to reveal the truth and enact his revenge. But Claudius has a devious plan of his own. Together, they will bring devastation to the entire court.
Hamlet is Shakespeares timeless story of grief and a revenge so unrelenting that by curtains close, all the major players are dead.
Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeares unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.
Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:
As You Like It With a foreword by Talia Hibbert
Macbeth With a foreword by Kat Delacorte
A Midsummer Nights Dream With a foreword by Becky Albertalli
Much Ado About Nothing With a foreword by Holly Bourne
Romeo and Juliet With a foreword by Jennifer Niven