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Summary
Some scholars are questioning who created the seventeenth-century abridgment of Hamlet. The person who undertook the abridgment did not possess a copy of Hamlet. The abridgment accurately renders the speeches of only one of the characters, and a poor rendering of all other parts.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
The abridgment was likely produced by an actor that played a single character’s role in Hamlet.
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The facts we’re given about the abridgment do not support the idea that it was produced by Shakespeare.
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We don’t know why the abridgment was created. The question the scholars are attempting to answer is who created the abridgment.
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If the facts about the abridgment are true, it fits that the abridgment was produced by an actor. An actor is likely to both not have a full copy of the play and only accurate memory of one of the character’s roles.
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A spectator is unlikely to have produced an accurate rendering of one of the character’s speeches.
e
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Hamlet would not be improved by having an accurate rendering of one of the character’s roles and a poor rendering of all of the other character’s roles.