NoShakespeare, Hamlet, EducationalShakespeare made easier for schoolchildren and baffled adults with an easy to understand narrative adaptation and parallel text with the original. Why adapt Shakespeare? Well, it's hard! A lot of actors in Shakespeare productions can act it, confusing audiences. A lot of teachers can't teach it, confusing pupils. A lot of parents lack confidence helping with homework. This is for students of all ages and parents, too. The purpose is to make Shakespeare comprehensible and accessible. Shakespeare is the greatest of writers, for that reason everyone must attempt to grasp his genius. Read the original first and then consult this adaptation to help you. Use this as an aid. The poetry of the original cannot be matched. The action of Book One, Chapter 1 corresponds with Act One, Scene 1, (for the podcasts Episode 1 is 1-1) and so on This recording of Hamlet is read by Michael Matus, who has acted extensively with the RSC and will be appearing at the Globe in London during the Summer 2008 season.HamletShakespeare Lynch Multimedia www.lynchmultimedia.com This is Shakespeare made easier for schoolchildren and baffled adults with an easy to understand narrative adaptation and parallel text with the original. Why adapt Shakespeare? Well, it's hard! A lot of actors in Shakespeare productions can act it, confusing audiences. A lot of teachers can't teach it, confusing pupils. A lot of parents lack confidence helping with homework. This is for students of all ages and parents, too. The purpose is to make Shakespeare comprehensible and accessible. Shakespeare is the greatest of writers, for that reason everyone must attempt to grasp his genius. Read the original first and then consult this adaptation to help you. Use this as an aid. The poetry of the original cannot be matched. The action of Book One, Chapter 1 corresponds with Act One, Scene 1, (for the podcasts Episode 1 is 1-1) and so on This recording of Hamlet is read by Michael Matus, who has acted extensively with the RSC and will be appearing at the Globe in London during the Summer 2008 season. ©LYNCH MULTIMEDIA http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:13 +0100 www.lynchmultimedia.comwww.lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/HamletFront.jpgHAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUSRosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead...Death at Elsinore...Fortinbras claims DenmarkLYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 5 Scene 2)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book5Chapter2.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:13 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Alas poor Yorick!"LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 5 Scene 1)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book5Chapter1.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:11 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUSClaudius coaxes Laertes to join his plotLYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 4 Scene 7)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book4Chapter7.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:10 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUSHoratio receives a letter from HamletLYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 4 Scene 6)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book4Chapter6.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:08 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUSOphelia descends into madnessLYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 4 Scene 5)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book4Chapter5.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:08 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUSFortinbras reaches Denmark...LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 4 Scene 4)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book4Chapter4.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:07 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"A man may fish with a worm that hath eat of a king..."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 4 Scene 3)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book4Chapter3.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:06 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Compounded it with dust whereto 'tis kin."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 4 Scene 2)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book4Chapter2.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:04 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Mad as the sea and wind.."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 4 Scene 1)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book4Chapter1.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:03 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Alas he's mad!"LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 3 Scene 4)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book3Chapter4.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:01 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Oh my offence is rank..."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 3 Scene 3)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book3Chapter3.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:01 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"The lady doth protest too much methinks."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 3 Scene 2)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book3Chapter2.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:59 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"To be, or not to be..."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 3 Scene 1)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book3Chapter1.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:58 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUSPolonius reads Hamlet's letters to Ophelia to Claudius and GertrudeLYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 2 Scene 2)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book2Chapter2.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:57 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"..I did repel his letters.."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 2 Scene 1)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book2Chapter1.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:56 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 1 Scene 5)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book1Chapter5.mp3Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:03:30 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Look my lord, it comes!"LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 1 Scene 4)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book1Chapter4.mp3Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:43:17 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Neither a borrower nor lender be.."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act1 Scene3)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book1Chapter3.mp3Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:43:17 +0100HAMLET, SHAKESPEARE, HOMEWORK, MATUS"Thou know’st ‘tis common, all that lives must die.."LYNCH MULTIMEDIA SHAKESPEARE(Act 1 Scene 2)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book1Chapter2.mp3Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:40:44 +0100SHAKESPEARE, HAMLET, EDUCATIONAL, MATUSThe Ghost of King Hamlet appears.SHAKESPEARE LYNCH MULTIMEDIAhttp://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book1Chapter1.mp3SHAKESPEARE LYNCH MULTIMEDIAEducational( Act One Scene1)http://lynchmultimedia.com/Audio/Hamlet/Book1Chapter1.mp3Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:43:17 +0100