| A | B |
|---|
| Hamlet | Prince of Denmark, son of the late King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude |
| Queen Gertrude | widow of King Hamlet, now married to Claudius |
| King Claudius | brother to the late King Hamlet |
| Polonius | councillor to King Claudius |
| Ophelia | daughter of Polonius |
| Laertes | son of Polonius |
| Reynaldo | servant to Polonius |
| Horatio | Hamlet's friend and confidant |
| Fortinbras | Prince of Norway |
| The Ghost | The specter of Hamlet’s recently deceased father |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | Two slightly bumbling courtiers, former friends of Hamlet from Wittenberg |
| Voltimand and Cornelius | Courtiers whom Claudius sends to Norway to persuade the king to prevent Fortinbras from attacking |
| Marcellus and Barnardo | The officers who first see the ghost walking the ramparts of Elsinore and who summon Horatio to witness it. |
| Francisco | A soldier and guardsman at Elsinore |
| Denmark | The country of where the story of Hamlet takes place |
| Elsinore Castle | The setting of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet |
