Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

By William Shakespeare.

First performed between 1600 and 1602.

Contents

• Dramatis Personæ
• Scene
• Act i
• Scene 1.   Elsinore. A platform before the castle.
• Scene 2.   A room of state in the castle.
• Scene 3.   A room in Polonius' house.
• Scene 4.   The platform.
• Scene 5.   Another part of the platform.
• Act ii
• Scene 1.   A room in Polonius' house.
• Scene 2.   A room in the castle.
• Act iii
• Scene 1.   A room in the castle.
• Scene 2.   A hall in the castle.
• Scene 3.   A room in the castle.
• Scene 4.   The Queen's closet.
• Act iv
• Scene 1.   A room in the castle.
• Scene 2.   Another room in the castle.
• Scene 3.   Another room in the castle.
• Scene 4.   A plain in Denmark.
• Scene 5.   Elsinore. A room in the castle.
• Scene 6.   Another room in the castle.
• Scene 7.   Another room in the castle.
• Act v
• Scene 1.   A churchyard.
• Scene 2.   A hall in the castle.

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Dramatis Personæ.

• CLAUDIUS, king of Denmark.
• HAMLET, son to the late, and nephew to the present king.
• POLONIUS, lord chamberlain.
• HORATIO, friend to Hamlet.
• LAERTES, son to Polonius.
• LUCIANUS, nephew to the king.
• VOLTIMAND, CORNELIUS, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, OSRIC, courtiers.
• A Gentleman,
• A Priest.
• MARCELLUS, BERNARDO, officers.
• FRANCISCO a soldier.
• REYNALDO, servant to Polonius.
• Players.
• Two Clowns, grave-diggers.
• FORTINBRAS, prince of Norway.
• A Captain.
• English Ambassadors.
• GERTRUDE, queen of Denmark, and mother to Hamlet.
• OPHELIA, daughter to Polonius.
• Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Messengers, and other Attendants.
• Ghost of Hamlet's Father.

Scene.

Denmark.

Speakers, in order of appearance.

• Bernardo (19 lines)
• Francisco (8 lines)
• Horatio (111 lines)
• Marcellus (34 lines)
• King (102 lines)
• Cornelius (1 line)
• Laertes (62 lines)
• Lord (86 lines)
• Hamlet (359 lines)
• Queen (69 lines)
• All (4 lines)
• Ophelia (58 lines)
• Ghost (10 lines)
• Within (2 lines)
• Reynaldo (13 lines)
• Rosencrantz (49 lines)
• Guildenstern (29 lines)
• Voltimand (1 line)
• Player King (4 lines)
• Player Queen (5 lines)
• Lucianus (1 line)
• Prince (6 lines)
• First Clown (31 lines)
• Second Clown (12 lines)
• Osric (25 lines)