Ghost: the late former King Hamlet.
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, the son of the late king and the nephew of the present king. A student and a philosopher by nature.
Claudius: the current king of Denmark and brother to the former king.
Gertrude: the queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother.
Polonius: Father to Ophelia and Laertes. A politician and Claudius’s most trusted councilor.
Ophelia: Polonius’s daughter. Hamlet’s true love.
Laertes: Polonius’s son and Ophelia’s brother. A student in France, dedicated to family, and a gifted fencer.
Horatio: Hamlet’s best friend and fellow student at Wittenberg. A great thinker guided by reason.
Voltemand and Cornelius: Danish ambassadors who seek to negotiate peace with Norway.
Marcellus: a Danish military officer
Francisco and Bernardo: members of the Danish guard.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: Danish courtiers and two of Hamlet’s friends from long ago.
Players: a group of actors who come to Elsinore to perform a play partially written by Hamlet.
Fortinbras: the prince of Norway whose father was killed by Old King Hamlet.
Gravediggers: a pair of church groundskeepers who know a thing or two about life and death.
Osric: a courtier and duel referee.
Priest, Soldiers, Messengers, Servants, Ambassadors, Sailors, Lords, Doctor of Divinity
