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DRAMATIS PERSONAE IT

HAMLET, Prince of Denmark.
CLAUDIUS, King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle.
THE GHOST of the late king, Hamlet’s father.
GERTRUDE, the Queen, Hamlet’s mother, now wife of Claudius.

POLONIUS, councillor of State.
LAERTES, Polonius’s son.
OPHELIA, Polonius’s daughter.
HORATIO, friend and confidant of Hamlet.

ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN: courtiers, former schoolfellows of Hamlet.
FORTINBRAS, Prince of Norway.
VOLTEMAND, CORNELIUS: Danish councillor, ambassador to Norway.
MARCELLUS, BARNARDO, FRANCISCO: members of the King’s Guard.

OSRIC, a foppish courtier.
REYNALDO, a servant of Polonius.
Players.
A Gentleman of the court.

A Priest.
A Grave-digger.
The grave-digger’s Companion.
A Captain in Fortinbras’s army.

English Ambassadors.
Lords, Ladies, Soldiers, Sailors, Messengers, and Attendants.

SCENE. Elsinore: the Court and its environs.