Scene Two.—A ROOM OF STATE IN THE PALACE. *** Trumpet March. Enter the King and Queen, preceded by Polonius, Hamlet, Laertes, Lords, Ladies, and Attendants. King. R.C. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death The...

Scene Three.—A ROOM IN POLONIUS’S HOUSE. *** Enter Laertes and Ophelia (R.H.) Laer. (L.C.) My necessaries are embarked: farewell: And, sister, as the winds give benefit, Let me hear from you. Oph. (R.C.) Do you doubt that? Laer. For...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare ACT One. Scene One.—ELSINORE. A Platform before the Castle. Night. Francisco on his post. Enter to him Bernardo, L.H. Ber. Who’s there? Fran. (R.) Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself. Ber. Long...

PREFACE. The play of Hamlet is above all others the most stupendous monument of Shakespeare’s genius, standing as a beacon to command the wonder and admiration of the world, and as a...

Chapter Eleven *** Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that...