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Early modern literature
Drama, gender & the body

Hamlet

A modern-spelling reading text. The 1623 pages are linked beside the text. Stage directions are omitted.

Start at Act 1, Scene 1

Act 1

Act 1, Scene 162Act 1, Scene 277Act 1, Scene 327Act 1, Scene 432Act 1, Scene 563

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 138Act 2, Scene 2170

Act 3

Act 3, Scene 145Act 3, Scene 2146Act 3, Scene 310Act 3, Scene 457

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 110Act 4, Scene 217Act 4, Scene 329Act 4, Scene 418Act 4, Scene 571Act 4, Scene 69Act 4, Scene 744

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1113Act 5, Scene 2151

Open Hamlet in the 1623 First Folio. See its words in the cloud.

Compare a quarto passage.

Modern spelling for reading. The edition is public domain in the United States. Edition source.