| The Ghost | Hamlet’s dead father |
| Hamlet | Prince of Denmark, son of the late King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude |
| Queen Gertrude | widow of King Hamlet, now married to Claudius |
| King Claudius | brother to the late King Hamlet |
| Ophelia | Hamlet’s girlfriend, sister of Laertes, daughter of Polonius |
| Laertes | brother of Ophelia, son of Polonius |
| Polonius | father of Ophelia and Laertes, councillor to King Claudius |
| Reynaldo | servant to Polonius |
| Horatio | Hamlet’s friend and confidant |
| Voltemand | courtier at the Danish court, gets word about Fortinbras |
| Cornelius | courtier at the Danish court, *corny* |
| Rosencrantz | courtier at the Danish court, ex-friend of Hamlet, whom Hamlet once loved |
| Guildenstern | courtier at the Danish court, ex-friend of Hamlet that can’t play the recorder as well as he can lie |
| Osric | courtier at the Danish court, refs the “game” between Laertes and Hamlet |
| Francisco, Barnardo, Marcellus | Danish soldiers |
| Fortinbras | Prince of Norway |
| Captain | A captain in Fortinbras’s army |
| Players | Actors who perform “The Murder of Gonzago,” which Hamlet calls “The Mousetrap” to Claudius |
| A Lord | Tells Hamlet that Claudius wants him to fence Laertes |
Hamlet Characters
August 29, 2019