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Hamlet

 

Author:

William Shakespeare

 

Genre/Form:

Plays, Drama, Tragedy

 

Literary Period:

The Renaissance (1500-1660); Elizabethan (1558-1603)

 

Language:

English

Characters

CLAUDIUS

King of Denmark

HAMLET

(son of the late, and nephew to the present King)

POLONIUS

Lord Chamberlain

HORATIO

a friend to Hamlet

LAERTES

(son to Polonius)

GERTRUDE

Queen of Denmark, mother to Hamlet

OPHELIA

daughter to Polonius

VOLTEMAND

courtier

CORNELIUS

courtier

ROSENCRANTZ

courtier

GUILDENSTERN

courtier

OSRIC

courtier

A GENTLEMAN

courtier

DOCTOR (OF DIVINITY)

a priest

MARCELLUS

officer

BARNARDO

officer

FRANCISCO

a soldier

REYNALDO

servant to Polonius

PLAYERS

 

TWO CLOWNS

gravediggers

FORTINBRAS

Prince of Norway

A NORWEGIAN CAPTAIN

 

ENGLISH AMBASSADORS

 

GHOST

of Hamlet's father

LORDS, LADIES,
OFFICERS, SOLDIERS,
SAILORS, MESSENGERS,
ATTENDANTS

 
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