Hamlet.

0013979 WELLS Stanley;GIELGUD John;Book illustrations; Hamlet's Dilemma; Relief: Three Quarters Mother and Child and Reclining Figure, 1977 bronze; Elsinore, 1980 drawing; Hamlet, 1980 drawing; Ghost, 1980 drawing; Ophelia, 1980 drawing; To Be or Not to Be, 1980 drawing; Players, 1980 drawing; Courtiers, 1980 drawing; Mad Ophelia, 1980 drawing; King and Queen, 1980 drawing; Horatio, 1984 drawing Hamlet. William Shakespeare Delfino Edizioni d'Arte Rome Unabridged English edition suggested by Dr. Stanley Wells. 10 original drawings and cover bas-relief Hamlet's Dilemma by Henry Moore". Large leather-bound volume hand made paper deckle edged with Reclining Figure portion of Relief: Three Quarters Mother and Child and Reclining Figure 1977 bronze set in the front cover. The volume set into a velvet-covered book stand.
The foreword by Stanley Wells General Editor The Oxford Shakespeare introduces the play and suggests a spiritual kinship between Moore and Shakespeare. "Henry Moore's art like Shakespeare's has a mythical quality".
John Gielgud recalls his performances of Hamlet and is happy to be associated with the collaboration between Delfino and Henry Moore.
Editorial notes in Italian at the end of the volume on pages 103 and 105 suggest that a total of 1200 copies were produced "numbered from 1 to 1200 21 ad personam" with 350 copies lettered from A to Z. The copy in the Henry Moore Foundation library is a "special copy dedicated to Dr. Stanley Wells".
Full title: The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark.
Drawings reproduced: Elsinore 1980 drawing; Hamlet 1980 drawing; The Ghost 1980 drawing; Ophelia 1980 drawing; To Be or Not to Be 1980 drawing; The Players 1980 drawing; The Courtiers 1980 drawing; The Mad Ophelia 1980 drawing; The King and Queen 1980 drawing; Horatio 1984 drawing."