J. Roth

 

HAMLET by William Shakespeare

 

Who’s Who in the play

 

Hamlet--Prince of Denmark, son of the late king and of Gertrude

 

Claudius--present king of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle, became king because of Hamlet’s father’s death

 

Gertrude--Hamlet’s mother, queen of Denmark, recently married Claudius

 

Ghost of Hamlet’s father, the dead king

 

Horatio—Hamlet’s friend and fellow student

 

 

Polonius—counselor to the king, Ophelia’s father

 

Laertes—son of Polonius, brother of Ophelia—going to France to attend school

 

Ophelia—sister of Laertes, daughter of Polonius, Hamlet’s love interest

 

Reynaldo—servant of Polonius

 

 

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern—former school friends of Hamlet

 

Marcellus, Barnardo, Francisco—soldiers

 

Voltemand, Cornelius—Danish ambassadors to Norway

 

Fortinbras—prince of Norway

 

 

A traveling theatre troupe

 

A gravedigger and his companion

 

A priest

 

Assorted lords, ladies, soldiers, messengers, attendants