William Shakespeare's Hamlet the Bard's most famous play is the story of a young man's idealism utterly destroyed
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Dramatis Personæ

CLAUDIUS, King of Denmark.
HAMLET, Son to the late, and Nephew to the
present King.
FORTINBRAS, Prince of Norway.
HORATIO, Friend to Hamlet.
POLONIUS, Lord Chamberlain.
LAERTES, his Son.
VOLTIMAND,
CORNELIUS,
ROSENCRANTZ,
GUILDENSTERN,
OSRIC,
A Gentleman, Courtiers.
A Priest.
MARCELLUS,
BERNADO, Officers.
FRANCISCO, a Soldier.
REYNALDO, Servant to Polonius.
A Captain.
English Ambassadors.
Players. Two Clowns, Grave-diggers.
GERTRUDE, Queen of Denmark and Mother
to Hamlet.
OPHELIA, Daughter to Polonius.
Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Mes-
sengers, and Attendants.
Ghost of Hamlet's Father.
 
Scene.—Elsinore.
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