Zachary Lesser

Enter the Ghost in his Nightgown: "Hamlet After Q1 - An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text" by Zachary Lesser Published 2014.
 
“What appeared in Bunbury’s closet was a ghost in this sense, the trace of the forgotten or repressed memory of “Hamlet” before “Hamlet”, a sign that something was – is – missing from our understanding of the Shakespeare text. Like the ghost of Hamlet’s father, Q1 returns in such a questionable shape that we will speak to it.”
 
In “Hamlet show more After Q1 – An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text”
 
“Enter the Ghost in his nightgown”
 
In “Hamlet After Q1 – An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text”
 
Every Shakespearean worth his or her salt knows there’s no stage direction regarding the scene when the Ghost enters Gertrud’s closet (I’m talking about the Folio version).
 
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