Yes, he does this in Act 2 Scene 2.
Lines 12-16 buhh
Yes, he did exactly that.
He calls it The Mousetrap although its real name is The Murder of Gonzago. Hamlet's name for it betrays his purpose in selecting it: "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
Hamlet will insert some dozen or fourteen lines into the play the Murder of Gonzago to make it seem more like the murder of his father.
The Hamlet book I'm holding has 4070 lines in the book. The book is called Cliffs Complete and has the play Hamlet in it as well as other information about the play. -Neo917
Francisco
The play within the play - the enactment by the players of "The Murder of Gonzago," with additions by Hamlet.
Hamlet asks the players to perform a specific play containing the murder of Gonzago. He also requests that they insert specific lines that he created himself.
He calls it The Mousetrap although its real name is The Murder of Gonzago. Hamlet's name for it betrays his purpose in selecting it: "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
The lines in Hamlet varies by how the lines are counted. Hamlet has roughly, 4,042 lines in the play. Hamlet does most of the speaking in the play and accounts for almost 50% of the lines in the play.
Hamlet will insert some dozen or fourteen lines into the play the Murder of Gonzago to make it seem more like the murder of his father.
Hamlet
The Hamlet book I'm holding has 4070 lines in the book. The book is called Cliffs Complete and has the play Hamlet in it as well as other information about the play. -Neo917
Francisco
The Shakespeare play with the most lines, 3,924, is 'Hamlet'.
The play within the play - the enactment by the players of "The Murder of Gonzago," with additions by Hamlet.
The speech that Hamlet gives to the players means don't over act. The speech is given in Act 3 Scene 2 of the play.
Falstaff, who appears in three plays (the two parts of Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor) has more lines than any other Shakespearean character, with 471. Hamlet has the most in a single play (probably because when you conflate the two versions of the play it is way longer than any other play)
Hamlet asks the Players to perform a play called "The Murder of Gonzago." In it, a guy called Gonzago gets murdered. The players put on this play, with the first player playing the part of Gonzago, although he is not referred to by name.