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Hamlet |
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Author: |
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Genre/Form: |
Plays, Drama, Tragedy |
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Literary Period: |
The Renaissance (1500-1660); Elizabethan (1558-1603) |
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Language: |
English |
| 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 |
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TWO CLOWNS |
gravediggers |
FORTINBRAS |
Prince of Norway |
A NORWEGIAN CAPTAIN |
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ENGLISH AMBASSADORS |
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GHOST |
of Hamlet's father |
LORDS, LADIES, |