The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (/ ˈhæmlɪt /), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in …

Michael Benthall set the play in Victorian England in his 1948 production at Stratford-upon-Avon, with two actors, Paul Scofield and Robert Helpmann, in the role of Hamlet on alternate nights.

Hamlet is set in Denmark. The action predominantly takes place at Elsinore, the court of the new Danish King, Claudius, and his queen, Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet.

26 Beal 2025 · Hamlet is regarded as one of Shakespeare’s tragedies. Where is Hamlet set? Hamlet is set in the cold, dark isolation of Elsinor, a bleak, snow-covered region of Denmark. It’s the royal court …

In 1990, Franco Zeffirelli presented a colourful and strongly cast version of the play, set within the huge stone walls of a Scandinavian castle, with a charismatic Hamlet from Mel Gibson.

The whole play takes place inside Elsinore’s castle, except for Act 5, Scene 1, which takes place just outside, or possibly in the grounds of the castle. This confined setting reflects Hamlet’s situation.

The story of Hamlet is set in the late middle ages (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, or 1300 to 1499) in and around (mostly) the royal palace in Elsinore, a city in Denmark.

20 Noll 2025 · Hamlet is a tragedy in five acts written by William Shakespeare about 1599–1601 and published in a quarto edition in 1603 from an unauthorized text. Often considered the greatest drama …

Set in the royal court of Elsinore Castle in Denmark, the play tells the story of Prince Hamlet, who is summoned by the ghost of his father and tasked with avenging his murder.

In Hamlet, the uncertain political situation in Denmark, following the death of King Hamlet and Claudius’s hasty ascension to the throne, mirrors the uncertainties in Elizabethan England about who would …