Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

THE PROPHECY

Act 1, Scene 1: Elsinore. The ramparts.

Act 1, Scene 2: Claudius' Court.

• Claudius, Laertes and Hamlet

• Hamlet Soliloquy: “O, that this too, too solid flesh…”

Act 1, Scene 3: A room in Polonius' house.

• Ophelia and Laertes

• Polonius’ Advice

• Ophelia and Polonius

Act 1, Scene 4: The ramparts

Act 1, Scene 5: Another part of the platform.

THE FUNHOUSE

Act 2, Scene 1: A room in POLONIUS' house.

• Polonius and Reynaldo

• Ophelia’s Entrance

Act 2, Scene 2: A room in the castle.

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

• Voltimand and Polonius

• Hamlet and Polonius

• Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

• Hamlet speech: “What a piece of work is man!”

• Polonius’ Introduction of the Players

• The Players Arrive

• Hamlet Soliloquy “O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I…”

Act 3, Scene 1: A room in the castle.

• Hamlet Soliloquy: “To be or not to be…”

• Hamlet and Ophelia: "Get thee to a nunnery"
  

Act 3, Scene 2: A hall in the castle.

• Hamlet’s Advice to the Players

• Hamlet and Horatio

• Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia

• The Mousetrap

• Hamlet and Horatio

• Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Act 3, Scene 3: A room in the castle.

• Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Polonius

• Claudius’ Prayer

• Hamlet and Claudius

Act 3, Scene 4: The Queen's Bedroom.

• Hamlet, Gertrude and Polonius (behind the arras)

• The Ghost’s Entrance

Act 4, Scene 1: A room in the castle.

• Claudius, Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Act 4, Scene 2: Another room in the castle.

• Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Act 4, Scene 3: Another room in the castle.

• Claudius, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Act 4, Scene 4: A plain in Denmark.

• Hamlet, Captain, Fortinbras

• Hamlet soliloquy: “How all occasions do inform against me…”

CATHARSIS

Act 4, Scene 5: Elsinore. A room in the castle.

• Gertrude, Horatio, Gentleman

• Ophelia’s Entrance

• Claudius and Gertrude, then Laertes

• Ophelia returns

Act 4, Scene 6: Another room in the castle.

• Horatio and the Pirates

Act 4, Scene 7: Another room in the castle.

• Claudius and Laertes

• Gertrude’s Lament for Ophelia

Act 5, Scene 1: A churchyard.

• The Gravediggers

• Hamlet and Horatio enter

• Hamlet speech: “Alas poor Yorick…”

• The Funeral Procession

• Hamlet and Laertes Wrestle in the Grave

Act 5, Scene 2: A hall in the castle.

• Hamlet and Horatio

• Osric’s Challenge

• Hamlet  Speech: “Readiness is all…”

• The Fencing Match

• Hamlet’s Death

• Fortinbras’s Entrance