Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

By William Shakespeare

editors: Craig A. Berry, Martin Mueller, and Clifford Wulfman
technical editors: Jeffrey Cousens and Bill Parod
editorial assistants: Lawrence Berland, Hilary Bina, Katherine Gould, Kreg Segal, Nicholas Terrell

The WordHoard Shakespeare is a joint project of the Perseus Project at Tufts University, The Northwestern University Library, and Northwestern University Academic Technologies. It is derived from The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare , edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright (1891-3). The Internet Shakespeare editions of the quartos and folios have been consulted to create a modern text that observes as closely as possible the morphological and prosodic practices of the earliest editions. Spellings, especially of contracted and hyphenated forms, have been standardized across the corpus. The text has been fully lemmatized and morphosyntactically tagged.

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The Wordhoard Shakespeare is derived from, but not identical with, The Globe Shakespeare , the one-volume version of the Cambridge Shakespeare (1891-3) edited by W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright.

Act 1
- Act 1, Scene 1
  
  Elsinore. A platform before the castle. FRANCISCO at his post.
  
  Speakers: Bernardo, Francisco, Horatio, Marcellus
- Act 1, Scene 2
  
  A room of state in the castle.
  
  Speakers: All, Cornelius and Voltimand, Gertrude, Hamlet, Horatio, King, Laertes, Marcellus, Marcellus and Bernardo, Polonius
- Act 1, Scene 3
  
  A room in Polonius' house.
  
  Speakers: Laertes, Ophelia, Polonius
- Act 1, Scene 4
  
  The platform.
  
  Speakers: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus
- Act 1, Scene 5
  
  Another part of the platform.
  
  Speakers: Ghost, Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, Marcellus and Horatio
Act 2
- Act 2, Scene 1
  
  A room in Polonius' house.
  
  Speakers: Ophelia, Polonius, Reynaldo
- Act 2, Scene 2
  
  A room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: First Player, Gertrude, Guildenstern, Hamlet, King, Polonius, Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Voltimand
Act 3
- Act 3, Scene 1
  
  A room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Gertrude, Guildenstern, Hamlet, King, Ophelia, Polonius, Rosencrantz
- Act 3, Scene 2
  
  A hall in the castle.
  
  Speakers: All, First Player, Gertrude, Guildenstern, Hamlet, Horatio, King, Lucianus, Ophelia, Player King, Player Queen, Polonius, Prologue, Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- Act 3, Scene 3
  
  A room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Guildenstern, Hamlet, King, Polonius, Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- Act 3, Scene 4
  
  The Queen's closet.
  
  Speakers: Gertrude, Ghost, Hamlet, Polonius
Act 4
- Act 4, Scene 1
  
  A room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Gertrude, King
- Act 4, Scene 2
  
  Another room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Guildenstern, Hamlet, Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- Act 4, Scene 3
  
  Another room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Hamlet, King, Rosencrantz
- Act 4, Scene 4
  
  A plain in Denmark.
  
  Speakers: Captain, Fortinbras, Hamlet, Rosencrantz
- Act 4, Scene 5
  
  Elsinore. A room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Danes, Gentleman, Gertrude, Horatio, King, Laertes, Ophelia
- Act 4, Scene 6
  
  Another room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Horatio, Sailor, Servant
- Act 4, Scene 7
  
  Another room in the castle.
  
  Speakers: Gertrude, King, Laertes, Messenger
Act 5
- Act 5, Scene 1
  
  A churchyard.
  
  Speakers: All, First Clown, Gertrude, Hamlet, Horatio, King, Laertes, Priest, Second Clown
- Act 5, Scene 2
  
  A hall in the castle.
  
  Speakers: All, First Ambassador, Fortinbras, Gertrude, Hamlet, Horatio, King, Laertes, Lord, Osric