Transcriber's Note: This is a heavily edited version of Hamlet. It was used for Charles Kean's 1859 stage production. Phrases printed in italics in the book are indicated in this electronic version by _ (underscore). Footnotes originally appeared at the bottom of each page. For this electronic version the footnotes are collected at the end of each act. In Act I, Scene 5, the word Uumix'd has been changed to Unmix'd. A closing bracket ] was added to Act IV footnote 37 after Naked on your kingdom,. A closing bracket ] was added to Act IV footnote 50 after Venom'd stuck,. The word o'er-crows appears in Act V, Scene 3; in footnote V.81, o'ercrows appears without a hyphen. Both are as they appear in the book.
SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY
OF
HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK.
ARRANGED FOR REPRESENTATION AT THE Royal Princess's Theatre
WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES,
BY CHARLES KEAN, F.S.A.
AS PERFORMED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1859.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET. 1859.
LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
Dramatis Personæ
CLAUDIUS (King of Denmark) Mr. RYDER.
HAMLET (son to the former and nephew to the present King). Mr. CHARLES KEAN.
POLONIUS (Lord Chamberlain) Mr. MEADOWS.
HORATIO (friend To Hamlet) Mr. GRAHAM.
LAERTES (son To Polonius) Mr. J. F. CATHCART.
ROSENCRANTZ } { Mr. BRAZIER. GUILDENSTERN } (Courtiers) { Mr. G. EVERETT. OSRICK } { Mr. DAVID FISHER.
PRIEST Mr. TERRY.
MARCELLUS Mr. PAULO.
BERNARDO Mr. DALY.
FRANCISCO Mr. COLLETT.
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER Mr. WALTER LACY.
FIRST GRAVEDIGGER Mr. FRANK MATTHEWS.
SECOND GRAVEDIGGER Mr. H. SAKER.
FIRST PLAYER Mr. F. COOKE.
SECOND PLAYER Mr. ROLLESTON.
GERTRUDE (Queen of Denmark, and mother of Hamlet) Mrs. CHARLES KEAN.
OPHELIA (daughter of Polonius) Miss HEATH.
ACTRESS Miss DALY.
STAGE DIRECTIONS.
R. H. means Right Hand; L. H. Left Hand; U. E. Upper Entrance; R. H. C. Enters through the Centre from the Right Hand; L. H. C. Enters through the Centre from the Left Hand.
RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS WHEN ON THE STAGE.
R. means on the Right side of the Stage; L. on the Left side of the Stage; C. Centre of the Stage; R. C. Right Centre of the Stage; L. C. Left Centre of the Stage.
The reader is supposed to be on the Stage, facing the audience.