This Edition Tells The Story Of Hamlet In Production From Burbage At The Globe To Branagh On Film Relating Stage Interpretations To Developments In The Theatre In Literary Criticism And In Society At Large. Hamlet Is The Most Performed Play Of All Time. The Stage History Records An Ongoing Process Of Discovery As Successive Performers Have Found What It Is In The Play That Will Speak Most Powerfully To The Audiences Of Their Own Times. The Introduction Focuses Not Only On Star Hamlets But On Who