Character | Speaker | Gender |
ALL | HORATIO, friend of Prince Hamlet | male |
ALL | BARNARDO | male |
ALL | MARCELLUS | male |
ALL AT GRAVESIDE | King, Priest, Lord, Others | |
ALL IN COURT | Osric, Lord, Gentleman, Others | |
ALL LORDS | UNISON members of the court | |
ALL WITH HAMLET | Horatio, Marcellus, Barnardo | male |
AMBASSADOR | English AMBASSADORS | male |
BARNARDO | BARNARDO | male |
CAPTAIN | A CAPTAIN, A Norwegian | male |
FIRST CLOWN | FIRST CLOWN, a gravedigger | male |
FIRST PLAYER | FIRST PLAYER, who leads the troupe and takes the part of a king [Player King] | male |
FORTINBRAS | FORTINBRAS, Prince of Norway [Young Fortinbras] | male |
FOURTH PLAYER | FOURTH PLAYER, who speaks a Prologue | male |
FRANCISCO | FRANCISCO | male |
GENTLEMAN | GENTLEMAN | male |
GENTLEMEN | GENTLEMEN | male |
GHOST | GHOST of Hamlet, lately King of Denmark | male |
GUILDENSTERN | GUILDENSTERN | male |
HAMLET | HAMLET, son of the late King Hamlet and of Gertrude [Prince of Denmark] | male |
HIS FOLLOWERS | Followers of Laertes | male |
HORATIO | HORATIO, friend of Prince Hamlet | male |
HORATIO and MARCELLUS | HORATIO, friend of Prince Hamlet | male |
HORATIO and MARCELLUS | MARCELLUS | male |
KING | Claudius, his brother, now KING of Denmark | male |
LAERTES | LAERTES, son of Polonius | male |
LORD | A LORD | male |
MARCELLUS | MARCELLUS | male |
MARCELLUS and BARNARDO | MARCELLUS | male |
MESSENGER | A Messenger | male |
OPHELIA | OPHELIA, daughter of Polonius | female |
OSRICK | OSRICK [Osric] | male |
POLONIUS | POLONIUS, counsellor to the King | male |
PRIEST | A PRIEST | male |
QUEEN | Gertrude, QUEEN of Denmark, widow of the late King and now wife of his brother Claudius | female |
REYNALDO | REYNALDO, servant of Polonius | male |
ROSENCRANTZ | ROSENCRANTZ | male |
ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN | ROSENCRANTZ | male |
ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN | GUILDENSTERN | male |
SAILOR | A SAILOR | male |
SECOND CLOWN | SECOND CLOWN, a gravedigger, his companion | male |
SECOND PLAYER | SECOND PLAYER, who takes the part of a queen [Player Queen] | male |
THIRD PLAYER | THIRD PLAYER, who takes the part of Lucianus, nephew of the king | male |
VOICES | UNISON members of the court | male |
VOLTEMAND | VOLTEMAND [Valtemand] | male |
VOLTEMAND and CORNELIUS | VOLTEMAND [Valtemand] | male |
VOLTEMAND and CORNELIUS | CORNELIUS | male |