Feb 26, 2016
In the 1600s, three distinct versions of Hamlet were produced. Known as the Bad Quarto, Good Quarto, and First Folio, they are often mixed into one during modern-day performances. The result is a Hamlet who seems more passive and indecisive than the one who appears in the First Folio. Joshua Calhoun, an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses those versions in this free talk.
