Shakespeare Tragedies

About Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet (c. 1600–1601) is the most performed, studied, and debated play in the English language — a tragedy of indecision, betrayal, and revenge about Prince Hamlet of Denmark, who is charged by his father's ghost to avenge his murder by his uncle Claudius. The play's exploration of grief, mortality, moral uncertainty, and the relationship between thought and action has made it a touchstone for four centuries of literature and philosophy. Shakespeare's other major tragedies include Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello.