This project is dedicated to the legacy of William Shakespeare, the most versatile mind the world has ever produced, and to those people who want to take the time and the effort to meaningfully read his greatest work, Hamlet. Although I left the...

Dramatis Personae Claudius, King of Denmark Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present king Polonius, Lord Chamberlain Horatio, friend to Hamlet Laertes, son to Polonius Voltimand, Cornelius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Orsic, A...

SCENE II. A room of state in the castle. Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, HAMLET, POLONIUS, LAERTES, VOLTIMAND, CORNELIUS, Lords, and Attendants The previous scene of gloom and darkness is replaced by the bright lights of the King’s court,...

SCENE III. A room in Polonius' house. While we had a brief introduction to Polonius, Claudius’ chief adviser, and his son Laertes in the previous scene, we are about to meet his daughter Ophelia and learn a great deal about the dynamics of the House...

SCENE IV. The platform. Enter HAMLET, HORATIO, and MARCELLUS HAMLET The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. HORATIO It is a nipping and an eager air. HAMLET What hour now? HORATIO I think it lacks of twelve. HAMLET No, it is...