Hamlet

Hamlet

  

by William Shakespeare

Current Events & Pop Culture

Available to teachers only as part of the Teaching Hamlet Teacher Pass


Teaching Hamlet Teacher Pass includes:

  • Assignments & Activities
  • Reading Quizzes
  • Current Events & Pop Culture articles
  • Discussion & Essay Questions
  • Challenges & Opportunities
  • Related Readings in Literature & History

Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture


Hamlet Among Modern-Day Murderers

An episode of This American Life features a story about a Prison Performing Arts production of Hamlet in a high-security correctional facility in Missouri. According to the story, "Shakespeare may seem like an odd match for a group of hardened criminals, but Jack [TAL contributor] found that they understand the Bard on a level that most of us might not. It's a play about murder and its consequences, performed by murderers, living out the consequences.”