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Presents a re-working of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in the Middle East. The setting of this version of the Hamlet story is a modern Middle-Eastern state whose old king has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, westernised dictator who has married the old king's wife to legitimise his rule, and calls his regime a new democracy.
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The Al-Hamlet Summit, Sulayman Al-Bassam, Graham Holderness
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- The Al-Hamlet Summit
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sulayman Al-Bassam, Graham Holderness
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 190280662X
- ISBN13
- 9781902806624
- Category
- Art / Culture, Theatre / Drama, Hobby and Home
- Description
- Presents a re-working of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in the Middle East. The setting of this version of the Hamlet story is a modern Middle-Eastern state whose old king has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, westernised dictator who has married the old king's wife to legitimise his rule, and calls his regime a new democracy.