Something to include in your bucket list: see a play by Shakespeare at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. We all know it's not the original one but it stands where the real one stood and it has the same shape. Since it has no roof, te theatre season is mostly summer but sometimes they go on a world tour and if you are lucky, they might visit your country. We are lucky! They'll be performing Hamlet in Madrid (Teatros del Canal) on April 22, 23 and 24 2015. Goes without saying, it's really worth seeing, of course !!
Hamlet is one of the most famous plays by William Shakespeare. We all know the famous sentences "to be or not to be..." or "something is rotten in the state of Denmark" but few can claim that they have read the play IN ENGLISH, of course.
Well, if you are thinking about seeing the play in April or just want to have a go at reading it, here you have a couple of links with the online version of the play and a recommended printed version with notes:
Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library edition)
The language of Shakespeare
Thou - You (Subject) [Thou art a villain!]
Thee - You (Object) [I give this to thee.]
Thy - Your [Thy sheet is stained.]
Thine - Yours [It shall always be thine.]
Thyself - Yourself [Kill thyself.]
Hast - Have [What hast thou done?]
Dost - Do [Why dost thou hate me?]
Doth - Does [Methinks the lady doth protest too much.]
Art - Are [Where art thou?]
Ye - You (can be used for plural as well) [Ye are a fool!] [Ye are fools!]
Hence - Away from this place [I go hence.]
Henceforth/Henceforward - From now on [Henceforth, my son is king.]
Thence - From there, from that place [I come from thence.]
Whence - Which place, what place, what source/origin [Go back to the pit from whence you came.]
Whencesoever - From whatever place [Sent from London whencesoever.]
Hither - Here/to this place [Come hither!]
Hitherto - Up till now [I have escorted you hitherto.]
Hitherward - To here/this place [They move hitherward.]
Thither - To that place [She has sent me thither.]
Thitherward - In that direction [He was seen thitherward.]
Whither - To which place/why, for which purpose [Whither goest thou?] [Whither wouldst thou send for me?]
Somewhither - Somewhere [I go somewhither.]
Begone - Disappear, leave [Begone, villain!]
http://unenlightenedenglish.com/2009/07/thou-thee-thy-thine-ye-shakespearean-english
The language of Shakespeare
Thou - You (Subject) [Thou art a villain!]
Thee - You (Object) [I give this to thee.]
Thy - Your [Thy sheet is stained.]
Thine - Yours [It shall always be thine.]
Thyself - Yourself [Kill thyself.]
Hast - Have [What hast thou done?]
Dost - Do [Why dost thou hate me?]
Doth - Does [Methinks the lady doth protest too much.]
Art - Are [Where art thou?]
Ye - You (can be used for plural as well) [Ye are a fool!] [Ye are fools!]
Hence - Away from this place [I go hence.]
Henceforth/Henceforward - From now on [Henceforth, my son is king.]
Thence - From there, from that place [I come from thence.]
Whence - Which place, what place, what source/origin [Go back to the pit from whence you came.]
Whencesoever - From whatever place [Sent from London whencesoever.]
Hither - Here/to this place [Come hither!]
Hitherto - Up till now [I have escorted you hitherto.]
Hitherward - To here/this place [They move hitherward.]
Thither - To that place [She has sent me thither.]
Thitherward - In that direction [He was seen thitherward.]
Whither - To which place/why, for which purpose [Whither goest thou?] [Whither wouldst thou send for me?]
Somewhither - Somewhere [I go somewhither.]
Begone - Disappear, leave [Begone, villain!]
http://unenlightenedenglish.com/2009/07/thou-thee-thy-thine-ye-shakespearean-english
GLOBE TO GLOBE HAMLET TRAILER
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