Perhaps Shakespeare’s most popular play, Hamlet in all its brilliance and nuance is now accessible to every reader with our Shakescleare modern English translation.

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Hamlet Hamlet avenges his father’s murder in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, translated here into modern English.

1 Hamlet is also the name of the titular character's father (the ghost), not to be confused here with this play's main character. 3

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When Horatio sees the ghost, he decides they should tell prince Hamlet —his closest friend and the dead king's son. Hamlet is also the nephew of the present king, Claudius, who not only assumed his …

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