Contributions

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Corporate Author) - Contributor
  • Kevin Thomas Duffy (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

1996-09-01 - St Martins Pr

Language

English

Word Count

45,750 words, Guess

Page Count

183 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96006491
  • Goodreads963153

Classifications

  • LCCPR2807 .E57 1996

Description

The night of 11 October 1994, before a packed house of law and literature buffs, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York retried the late prince of Denmark before a three-judge appellate panel. The case was an attempt to overturn Hamlet's original conviction for no fewer than six homicides (those of Claudius, Polonius, Laertes, Rosenkrantz, Guildenstern, and Ophelia) following his recovery from the poisoned sword wound received in his duel with Laertes. Already having served four hundred years of a life sentence, the melancholy Dane was ultimately acquitted of some of his charges - but not until the American justice system had battled wits with Shakespeare in a hilarious yet illuminating examination of one of literature's most beloved and perplexing characters. The Elsinore Appeal: People v. Hamlet contains all transcripts and briefs relating to the hearing, as well as the most incriminating document in the case: the complete text of Shakespeare's play.

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  • The Elsinore Appeal: People V. HamletHardcoverSt Martins Pr1996-09-01

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