Elsinore Appeal: People Vs. Hamlet, the Funniest Court Case in 400 Years

On 11 October 1994 the Assoc. of the Bar of the City of NY retried Hamlet, the late prince of Denmark before a three-judge appellate panel. This book contains all the transcripts & briefs relating to the hearing. The case was an attempt to overturn Hamlet s original conviction for no fewer than 6 homicides following his recovery from the poisoned sword wound received in his duel with Laertes. The melancholy Dane was ultimately acquitted of some of his charges -- but not until the American justice system had battled wits with Shakespeare in a hilarious yet illuminating examination of one of literature s most beloved & perplexing characters.