The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
by Shakespeare
The action of the play is set in and around the Danish royal palace at Elsinore.
List of Characters
HAMLET
The Prince of Denmark; the son of Queen Gertrude and the recently murdered King Hamlet; the nephew of the present king, Claudius.
CLAUDIUS
The King of Denmark; Hamlet’s uncle.
GERTRUDE
The Queen of Denmark; mother of Hamlet, recently married to Claudius.
THE GHOST
The Ghost of King Hamlet; Hamlet’s recently deceased father.
POLONIUS
The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court; father to Laertes and Ophelia.
OPHELIA
Daughter of Polonius. Loves Hamlet.
LAERTES
Polonius’s son and Ophelia’s brother.
REYNALDO
Polonius’s servant, who is sent to France by Polonius to check up on and spy on Laertes.
HORATIO
Hamlet’s trusted friend, who studied with the prince at the university in Wittenberg.
FORTINBRAS
The Prince of Norway, whose father the king (also named Fortinbras) was killed by Hamlet’s father (also named Hamlet).
OSRIC, ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN
Courtiers.
VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS
Ambassadors to Norway.
MARCELLUS and BERNARDO
The officers of the Watch.
FRANCISCO
A soldier.
TWO CLOWNS
Gravediggers.
A CAPTAIN, ENGLISH AMBASSADORS, A PRIEST, and PLAYERS
LORDS, LADIES, OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MESSENGERS, and other ATTENDANTS.
(Artsdome & Phiffee 编注 )