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I hope this is not a duplicate posting to the list. I attempted to send it previously but lost the connection with my ISP, and do not think that it was sent successfully. I have added an "Ophelia Bibliography" (http://shakespearean.org.uk/ophbib1.htm) to my website "Shakespeare and His Critics". This is only a working draft at this stage, but already contains 245 items. This Bibliography aims to list books, essays, articles, dissertations, novels, plays and poems which are centred on or deal extensively (or with great originality) with the character of Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet", and which were written in English or are available in English translation. I would be very grateful if anybody with an interest in Ophelia would take a look at the Bibliography, and let me know what they think. Any additions, corrections, or suggestions would be very welcome. If you have read or published any work on Ophelia (or have seen or written a play about her that has been performed, whether published or not) which is not included in the current Bibliography then please let me know by E-Mailing [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] . I am particularly interested in hearing about original adaptations based on Shakespeare's play - whether plays, novels, short stories, or poems - which are centred on Ophelia or which give a significant rereading of her place within the play (the last category includes works like "Der Berstrafte Brudermord" [which gives a number of new comic scenes to Ophelia] or W.S.Gilbert's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern" [in which Ophelia is rescued from Hamlet by the romantic attentions of the attendant lords], but not works like Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" [in which Ophelia is a minor character with no significant alterations from Shakespeare's play] nor performance scripts which merely cut and edit the Shakespearean originals without adding significant new material). I am interested in plays which deal significantly with Ophelia even if they have been performed but never published. Many thanks for any help that anybody can give me. Thomas Larque. "Shakespeare and His Critics" http://shakespearean.org.uk