Editing Hamlet (section)

==Derivative works==
[[File:Ralph Cleaver - 1904 amateur performance of W.S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the Garrick Theatre, London - Image 1.jpg|thumb|Scenes from a 1904 benefit performance of [[W. S. Gilbert]]'s ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play)|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]]'', with Gilbert as Claudius]]
This section is limited to derivative works written for the stage.

Tom Stoppard's 1966 play ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'' retells many of the events of the story from the point of view of the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and gives them a backstory of their own. Several times since 1995, the [[American Shakespeare Center]] has mounted repertories that included both ''Hamlet'' and ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern'', with the same actors performing the same roles in each.{{sfn|Warren|n.d.}}

[[W. S. Gilbert]] wrote a short comic play titled ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play)|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]]'', in which Hamlet's play is presented as a tragedy written by Claudius in his youth of which he is greatly embarrassed. Through the chaos triggered by Hamlet's staging of it, Guildenstern helps Rosencrantz vie with Hamlet to make Ophelia his bride.{{sfn|Gilbert|1892|pp=349–366}}

[[Lee Blessing]]'s ''[[Fortinbras (play)|Fortinbras]]'' is a comical sequel to ''Hamlet'' in which all the deceased characters come back as ghosts. ''The New York Times'' said it is "scarcely more than an extended comedy sketch, lacking the portent and linguistic complexity of Tom Stoppard's ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead''. ''Fortinbras'' operates on a far less ambitious plane, but it is a ripping yarn and offers Keith Reddin a role in which he can commit comic mayhem".{{sfn|Gussow|1992b}}

[[Caridad Svich]]'s ''12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)'' includes elements of the story of ''Hamlet'' but focuses on Ophelia. In Svich's play, Ophelia is resurrected and rises from a pool of water, after her death in ''Hamlet''. The play is a series of scenes and songs, and was first staged at a public swimming pool in Brooklyn.{{sfn|Schultz|2008}}

[[David Davalos]]'s ''Wittenberg'' is a "tragical-comical-historical" prequel to ''Hamlet'' that depicts the Danish prince as a student at Wittenberg University (now known as the [[University of Halle-Wittenberg]]), where he is torn between the conflicting teachings of his mentors [[Faust|John Faustus]] and [[Martin Luther]]. ''The New York Times'' reviewed the play, saying, "Mr. Davalos has molded a daft campus comedy out of this unlikely convergence",{{sfn|Grode|2011}} and ''[[Nytheatre.com]]''{{'}}s review said the playwright "has imagined a fascinating alternate reality, and quite possibly, given the fictional Hamlet a back story that will inform the role for the future."{{sfn|Todoroff|2011}}

''Mad Boy Chronicle'' by Canadian playwright Michael O'Brien is a dark comedy loosely based on ''Hamlet'', set in [[Viking Age|Viking]] Denmark in 999 AD.{{sfn|Brandes|2001}}

In 2025 [[Radiohead]]'s [[Thom Yorke]] collaborated with directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] to make a work fusing Hamlet with Radiohead's album [[Hail To The Thief]]. The work featured [[Samuel Blenkin]] as Hamlet.