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Inspired by 'Hamlet', the work bears inscriptions from the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy and blends references to characters and incidents from the play. It is the second in a series of sculptures designed for the Great Garden near New Place, the site of Shakespeare's former home in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Shakespeare's New Place

Stratford-upon-Avon

Title

Hamlet

Date

1998

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 200 x W 120 x D (?) cm (E)

Accession number

STRST : SBT 2000-23

Acquisition method

gift from the Newington-Cropsey Foundation, 1999

Work type

Statue

Signature/marks description

rear: “HAMLET” / BY GREGG WYATT / PRESENTED TO THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST BY / MRS JOHN C NEWINGTON, CHAIRMAN / AND TRUSTEES OF THE NEWINGTON-CROPSEY FOUNDATION / NEWINGTON-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK APRIL 2000

Inscription description

rear: To die to sleep. / To sleep; perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub; / For in that sleep of death what dreams may come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil / Must give us pause / Act 3 Scene 1

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