Hamlet Actor/Character Breakout by Scene Each row in this table represents a scene in the play. Columns indicate the number of actors in each scene and the scenes in which the actors appear. For flexibility, red text indicates a character that can be played by the specific actor or any actor who has an "x" in that same row. If there are multiple character names in red text in the same row, those actors can swap roles among themselves. Act/ # of Scene Actors ACTOR 1 ACTOR 2 ACTOR 3 ACTOR 4 ACTOR 5 ACTOR 6 ACTOR 7 ACTOR 8 ACTOR 9 1.1 4 x x x x Marcellus Horatio x Barnardo Francisco 1.2 8 Hamlet x King Claudius Queen Gertrude Laertes/Marcellus Horatio Polonius Cornelius Voltemand 1.3 3 x Ophelia x x Laertes x Polonius x x 1.4 3 Hamlet x x x Marcellus Horatio x x x 1.5 4 Hamlet x x x Marcellus Horatio x x Ghost 2.1 3 x Ophelia x x x x Polonius Reynaldo x 2.2 6 Hamlet x King Claudius Queen Gertrude Player x Polonius Rosencrantz Guildenstern 3.1 7 Hamlet Ophelia King Claudius Queen Gertrude x x Polonius Rosencrantz Guildenstern 3.2 8 King Claudius/ Queen Gertrude/ Hamlet Ophelia Player King Player Queen Player/Lucianus Horatio Polonius Rosencrantz Guildenstern 3.3 4 Hamlet x King Claudius x x x Polonius x Guildenstern 3.4 4 Hamlet x x Queen Gertrude x x Polonius x Ghost 4.1 2 x x King Claudius Queen Gertrude x x x x x 4.2 3 Hamlet x x x Gentlemen x x Rosencrantz Guildenstern 4.3 3 Hamlet x King Claudius x x x x Rosencrantz x 4.4 4 Hamlet x x x Fortinbras x Captain Rosencrantz x 4.5 7 x Ophelia King Claudius Queen Gertrude Laertes Horatio x Messenger Gentleman/All 4.6 3 x x x x x Horatio Sailor x Gentleman 4.7 4 x x King Claudius Queen Gertrude Laertes x x Messenger x 5.1 8 Hamlet Other King Claudius Queen Gertrude Laertes Horatio Doctor Gravedigger All 5.2 7 Hamlet x King Claudius Queen Gertrude Laertes/Fortinbras Horatio Ambassador Osric Lord Red Indicates a character that can be played by any available actor x Indicates an actor is not in the scene To access The Folger SHAKESPEARE please visit www.shakespeare.folger.edu. .