![]() QUEEN GERTRUDE- Queen of Denmark, Hamlet’s mother, now husband to Claudius ![]() HAMLET- Son to the former king and Gertrude, and Nephew to Claudius POLONIUS- Lord Chamberlain, father to Laertes and Ophelia Excerpt from the play:ĬLAUDIUS- King of Denmark, now husband to Gertrude She holds her BFA in Theatre Performance from Salem State. Her work as an actor has given her the opportunity to perform all over Boston, including ArtsEmerson and the Museum of Fine Arts. She has been teaching for over a decade, often writing scripts to fit the needs of her students and classes. ![]() Jen Taschereau is the Drama Specialist at Wellan Montessori School in Newton, MA. If you need to extend this piece to put on a longer show, you can bookend your show by having students perform Shakespeare Sonnets, Shakespeare Death Quotes, or Hamlet Comedic Duologue. Note: The play itself is 11 pages long, and a general rule of thumb is that one page equals one minute of stage time, but Shakespeare tends to run longer. Shakespeare’s characters can easily be played by any gender. While all the characters are written with their original pronouns don’t feel limited in your casting. Hamlet meets a ghost of his dead father, who tells him that he was poisoned by Claudius and demands that Hamlet kill Claudius in revenge. Instead, his uncle Claudius seizes the throne and marries his mother, Gertrude. Hamlet is a young prince in Denmark who was supposed to become king when his father dies. This 30-minute adaptation of Hamlet uses Shakespeare’s language but is condensed to help young actors make easier connections.
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