Piotr Sadowski is a lecturer in Humanities in the Department of Film and Creative Media at Dublin Business School, Ireland. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. Sadowski is the author of several books on medieval and Renaissance literature, film history, and cognitive semiotics.

• Introduction: Between drama and life1. “And all men and women merely players”: Social role playing and theatrical acting2. “Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied”: Audiences and critics3. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!”: Hamlet versus pragmatic avengers4. “How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”: Hamlet’s teen angst5. “This fellow in the cellarage”: Hamlet and the Ghost6. “Doubt truth to be a liar”: The melancholy lover7. “Will you see the players well bestowed”: Hamlet in his element8. “The play’s the thing”: Hamlet’s unfortunate theatrical experiment9. “There’s letters sealed”: Hamlet’s nemesis10. “The rest is silence”: The dénouement

Piotr Sadowski is a lecturer in Humanities in the Department of Film and Creative Media at Dublin Business School, Ireland. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. Sadowski is the author of several books on medieval and Renaissance literature, film history, and cognitive semiotics.

• Introduction: Between drama and life1. “And all men and women merely players”: Social role playing and theatrical acting2. “Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied”: Audiences and critics3. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!”: Hamlet versus pragmatic avengers4. “How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”: Hamlet’s teen angst5. “This fellow in the cellarage”: Hamlet and the Ghost6. “Doubt truth to be a liar”: The melancholy lover7. “Will you see the players well bestowed”: Hamlet in his element8. “The play’s the thing”: Hamlet’s unfortunate theatrical experiment9. “There’s letters sealed”: Hamlet’s nemesis10. “The rest is silence”: The dénouement

Piotr Sadowski is a lecturer in Humanities in the Department of Film and Creative Media at Dublin Business School, Ireland. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. Sadowski is the author of several books on medieval and Renaissance literature, film history, and cognitive semiotics.

• Introduction: Between drama and life1. “And all men and women merely players”: Social role playing and theatrical acting2. “Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied”: Audiences and critics3. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!”: Hamlet versus pragmatic avengers4. “How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”: Hamlet’s teen angst5. “This fellow in the cellarage”: Hamlet and the Ghost6. “Doubt truth to be a liar”: The melancholy lover7. “Will you see the players well bestowed”: Hamlet in his element8. “The play’s the thing”: Hamlet’s unfortunate theatrical experiment9. “There’s letters sealed”: Hamlet’s nemesis10. “The rest is silence”: The dénouement