TO
MY HONOURED RELATIVE
ALEXANDER STEWART MACCOLL
A LITTLE LESS THAN KIN, AND MORE THAN KIND
TO WHOM I OWE IN ESPECIAL THE TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF
THE GREAT SOLILOQUY
I DEDICATE
WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE
THIS EFFORT TO GIVE HAMLET AND SHAKSPERE THEIR DUE
GEORGE MAC DONALD
BORDIGHERA
Christmas, 1884
Summary:
The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:
a study of the text of the folio of 1623
By George MacDonald
[Motto]: "What would you, gracious figure?"
Dr. Greville MacDonald looks on his father's commentary as the "most important interpretation of the play ever written… It is his intuitive understanding … rather than learned analysis—of which there is yet overwhelming evidence—that makes it so splendid."
Reading Level: Mature youth and adults.