Vermont Humanities

Hamlet in Prison

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First Wednesdays

In this talk, celebrated literary critic Ilan Stavans discusses his teaching Shakespeare’s Hamlet in correctional facilities, and shares insights his classes have made about the play and revenge, freedom, and redemption.

This video was recorded at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum in St. Johnsbury, VT on November 2, 2016.

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