Editing Hamlet (section)

==Characters==
{{main|Characters in Hamlet}}

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* [[Prince Hamlet|Hamlet]]{{snd}}son of the late king and nephew of the present king, Claudius
* [[King Claudius|Claudius]]{{snd}}King of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and brother to the former king
* [[Gertrude (Hamlet)|Gertrude]]{{snd}}Queen of Denmark and Hamlet's mother
* [[Polonius]]{{snd}}chief counsellor to the king
* [[Ophelia]]{{snd}}Polonius's daughter
* [[Horatio (Hamlet)|Horatio]]{{snd}}friend of Hamlet
* [[Laertes (Hamlet)|Laertes]]{{snd}}Polonius's son
* Voltemand and Cornelius{{snd}}[[courtier]]s
* [[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]]{{snd}}courtiers, friends of Hamlet
* Osric{{snd}}a courtier
* Marcellus{{snd}}an officer
* Bernardo{{snd}}an officer (spelled Barnardo or Barnard in [[Early texts of Shakespeare's works|quarto versions]])
* Francisco{{snd}}a soldier
* Reynaldo{{snd}}Polonius's servant
* [[Ghost (Hamlet)|Ghost]]{{snd}}the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet
* [[Fortinbras]]{{snd}}prince of Norway
* [[The Gravediggers|Gravediggers]]{{snd}}a pair of [[Sexton (office)|sextons]]
* Player King, Player Queen, Lucianus, etc.{{snd}}players
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