Dramatis Personae

A Watchman Francisco

Chorus of Argive Elders Polonius

Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon Claudius

Agamemnon, King of Argos The Dane, Hamlet’s Father

Cassandra, daughter of Priam and slave of Agamemnon ASSANDRA, Ophelia

Aegisthus, son of Thyestes and cousin of Agamemnon Gertrude

Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra Laertes

Pylades, the son of Strophius and Anaxbia, Orestes’ first cousin and best friend Horatio

Electra twin sister of Orestes Hamlet

Apollo Fortinbras

The Pythian Priestess

Chorus of the Furies

Athena  

Attendants of Athena

Twelve Athenian Citizens

Servants, Attendants, Soldiers, Heralds

Chorus of Slave women