“Mad I call it, for to define true madness, what is't to be nothing else but mad?” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Hamlet is every man's self-love with all its dreams realized. He wears all the crowns and carries every cross. — Hugh Kingsmill Copy Share Image
“such wanton, wild, and usual slips/ As are companions noted and most known/ To youth and liberty.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Hamlet' is a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he's just one part of the story. — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
“I will have the children read Hamlet as soon as it is practical. There are some useful cautions against eavesdropping to be… — maryrose wood Copy Share Image
“For us and for our tragedy, Here stooping to your clemency, We beg your hearing patiently. HAMLET: Is this a prologue or… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you decide to do Hamlet in a funny hat staged in a ruined factory, it doesn't make you Shakespeare. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“But I have that within which passes show. these but the trappings and the suits of woe” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“What is he whose grief Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow Conjures the wand'ring stars, and makes them stand Like… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“I met Hamlet at a number 48B bus stop,” said Mr. Gedeon. “He’d been there for some time, poor chap. At least… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
When you are at the right age to play Hamlet you are still to young and immature to play it. It is… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare — or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great,… — Paul Scofield Copy Share Image
Every time one can write a self-deluded song, you are way ahead of the game, way ahead. Self-delusion is the basis of… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I was very moved to see that the name of the boat was Hamlet - an imaginary character becomes so important to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Maybe I got sick of accusations, sick of being Polonius's daughter, and Laertes's sister, and Hamlet's girlfriend. Maybe I wanted, for a… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“When Rosencrantz asks Hamlet, "Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper? You do surely bar the door upon your own… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Imagine the same scene in HAMLET if Pullman had written it. Hamlet, using a mystic pearl, places the poison in the cup… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
Even in the tragedies, Shakespeare always put in parts for the comic actors because his audience was mixed. He puts in people… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“shows the destructive forces that affect young women. As a girl, Ophelia is happy and free, but with adolescence she loses herself.… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“SHAKESPEARE What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast,… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“My lord, the queen would speak with you, and presently. HAMLET Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who in Hamlet… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I will receive it sir with all diligence of spirit. Put your bonnet to his right use, 'tis for the head. OSRIC… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I had no one, but Hamlet. Who hated me with the fire of a thousand suns.” — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
“A life without once reading Hamlet is like a life spent in a coal mine.” — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
