Cornel West: 'Hamlet' as Anti-War Play

NPR | By Cornel West

Published October 13, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Commentator Cornel West gives Shakespeare's timeless drama Hamlet a second look, and finds it relevant to the present situation in the United States.

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