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Ø “//Hamlet// is conserved to be one of the most notoriously problematic of Shakespeare’s plays.” (Boyce)
 * 1) o Questions about //Hamlet// still torment commentators today.
 * 2) o Astounding amounts of energy have gone into trying to get its possible interpretations
 * 3) o The range of opinions on //Hamlet// is monumental.

Ø //Hamlet// is the longest play Shakespeare wrote. (Epstein)
 * 1) o //Hamlet// is rarely performed in its entirety.
 * 2) o The uncut version called “eternity //Hamlet//”.
 * 3) o //Hamlet// takes about five in a half to six hours to perform.

Ø //Hamlet// is the only play that has inspired its own cult. (Epstein)
 * 1) o Hamletology is the study of all things //Hamlet//.
 * 2) o Hamletologists cite every record-breaking fact about //Hamlet//.



Ø //Hamlet// is play filled with death. (Hamlet Online )
 * 1) o The play showed how the rightful king was poisoned and killed by his own brother
 * 2) o Hamlet has an obsession with death in the play.

Ø The play //Hamlet// has been translated more than any other play. (Epstein)
 * 1) o Believe it or not, there is even a Popeye version of the play
 * 2) o //Hamlet// has inspired many spoofs, spinoffs and adaptations.
 * 3) o There are more than forty-five movie versions of the play.