Dramatis Personae

HAMLET, Prince of Denmark, son of former King and Gertrude GHOST, of King Hamlet, former King of Denmark

CLAUDIUS, King of Denmark, brother of the former king

GERTRUDE, Queen, widow of King Hamlet, now wife of Claudius

POLONIUS, councilor to the King OPHELIA, his daughter

LAERTES, his son

REYNALDO, his servant

HORATIO, friend to Hamlet and fellow student

ROSENCRANTZ, courtiers and former fellow student GUILDENSTERN, courtiers and former fellow student

CORNELIUS, Ambassadors to Norway VOLTEMAND, Ambassadors to Norway OSRIC, a courtier

A GENTLEMAN

A LORD

BERNARDO, sentinels

FRANCISCO, sentinels

MARCELLUS, sentinels FORTINBRAS, Prince of Norway CAPTAIN, in his army

PLAYERS, three of four actors who perform as PROLOGUE,PLAYER KING, PLAYER QUEEN, and LUCIANUS

CLOWNS, a gravedigger and his companion

DOCTOR, of Divinity, a minister or priest

MESSENGERS

SAILOR

AMBASSADOR, from England

Lords, Attendants, Guards, Sailors, Followers of Laertes, another Ambassador or Ambassadors from England, Norwegian Soldiers

Scene: Denmark