Bernardo
officer
Francisco
a soldier
Reynaldo
servant to Polonius
Players
Two clowns
grave-diggers
Fortinbras
prince of Norway
A Captain
English Ambassadors
Gertrude
queen of Denmark, and mother to Hamlet
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Lords
ladies, officers, soldiers, sailors, messengers, and other attendants
Ghost of Hamlet’s father
Scene: Denmark.