SCRIPT OF HAMLET
By Erika Castiblanco
Characters
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark (H)
Ophelia - Bride of Hamlet (O) -Luisa
Claudius - Hamlet’s uncle and king (Cl)
Gertrudis - Mother of Hamlet (G): Natalia
Ghost - Spirit of the deceased king (GH)
Polonius - Father of Ophelia (Pl) Camila
Laertes - Brother of Ophelia (L) Dayanna
Rosencrantz - Friend of Hamlet (R) Sebastian G
Guildenstern - Friend of Hamlet (Gu) Majo
Narrator - Story Presenter ERIKA
InTROduCTIOn
Narrator: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our theater. Today we are going to
present a very famous tragedy “Hamblet” (Pause) a history of revenge, madness, and
betrayal. In the dark Kingdom of Denmark, a prince has been abandoned by all who
loved him and now he must face his reality and take charge of his life. Let us begin our
story!
Scene 1
(The ghost enters the scenery, with little lights and unsettling music)
Narrator: On a dark night, Prince Hamlet stands guard with the other knights of the
castle. But, what he does not know is that that dark and terrifying night a spectre will
change his life.
GH: Hamlet, my little prince, I will no longer be able to accompany you in your process
of being the conniving king of Denmark. Damn you, Claudius! Cursed by this and a
thousand generations. You took my life, and I swear that you will have your deserved,
my son will be your "neck pain".
(Hamlet is confused and scared)
H: Father, wait, don’t go away. (The prince sobs) Is this real or is it a dream? I can no
longer differentiate reality. Don’t know what to do, father, help me, how did it happen?
how can I avenge you?
GH: My dear son, your uncle is a fucking traitor. I was rested in the palace gardens,
when suddenly he came and poured a few drops of poison into my hatred, I died with
much pain in my being and without help... ¡ I hate your uncle! You must avenge me and
help your mother to see reality.
H: I will do it, your death will not be in vain.
Narrator: And in this way the revenge begins to fall on Hamlet’s shoulders. His father is
dead, but the future of his kingdom has been given into his hands.
Scene 2
(Hamlet and Ofelia are in the castle, specifically in the garden).
Narrator: Meanwhile love grows between Ophelia and Hamlet, but it is threatened by
his own interests and revenge. Ophelia must obey her father not to heed this man, for
she does not belong to royalty and serve is her place.
H: (Taking the arm and bringing it closer to him) My love, my heart is not at peace,
darkness has filled this world, and my being has been divided between duty and you.
Of: Hamlet, what haunts you? I don’t want to lose you in this madness. I want to help
you, let me do it.
H: Love can be salvation when it blesses your soul or perdition when it betrays and fills
you with hatred. I must act, I have to do it, my fate depends on it, but the fear is latent.
What should I do?
Scene 3
(Claudius and Polonius are in the big room of the castle)
Narrator: Claudius, the new king is still plotting to retain his power. This man did not
marry Gertrude for love, of course not! Married for ambition and thirst for power, his
heart is full of bad wishes and will do everything in its power to achieve their goal:
Invade Denmark.
Cl: Polonius, there is much to do to finally unite Norway with Denmark and take this
away from me at once. Have the ambassadors arrived in my country?
Pl: Yes, my lord, they arrived safely.
Cl: (Claudius scratches his head and is thoughtful) There is something that reveals to
me, Hamlet is behaving quite strangely, avoids meeting us in the Kingdom events and
only responds to incoherences to the whole court. You must discover the reason for
his madness.
Pl: My lord, I will take it upon myself to spy on the prince with my daughter Ophelia. It
will be easier to do so because my son Laertes is already in France and is not so much
looking after his sister here at the castle.
Scene 4
(Hamlet is alone in his room)
Narrator: The prince still professes his great love for Ophelia, but deep down he knows
that something will happen to interrupt his happiness. Ophelia, that young woman
she believes to know has her heart devoted to her father and is not available for him.
H: (Write on paper) My dear Ophelia, your eyes are the most beautiful lights that
illuminate my life. Your skin pale, pure and white as the snow that covers the highest
mountains. I only wish that your love will keep me in your breasts. No, no, no! Do not
let your love curse my blood, do not let me rest in the thorns of your heart.
Scene 5
(Polonius, Gertrudis, Claudius are in the big room of the castle)
Narrator: Here we are again, Polonius believes that the prince’s madness is of love but
still does not know that he is more sane than all those present. However, this king is a
little more cunning... He will use banishment to protect his interests.
Pl: Sir, I think I have found the answer to what was troubling you. The prince is crazy
with love, for Ophelia, he writes letters with nonsense and there is no coherence in his
declarations of love. Here the letter says it (shows the letter to the king and all).
C: I don’t think it’s just that, something tells me he wants to take the throne away from
me. I won’t allow it... no!
Gr: (She approaches the king and takes him by the hand) no, not Claudio, my son has
no such intentions with you, understand, he is a curious boy and wants to fall in love
to fill his emptiness.
Cl: Shut up woman, don’t say such foolish words.
Pl: My lord, I know, to verify this information it is better to have a good plan. I will have
the prince speak to Ophelia and then to his mother to compare her answers to the
women’s questions, and there we can see what really torments him.
Cl: You better hope it works, that depends on your neck.
Scene 6
(Hamlet and Ophelia are in the great royal hall)
H: Ophelia, you are radiant as the morning sun in this castle. Your hair and your aroma
of hypnotize me.
Of: My prince, as you make my beauty stand out more, I desire that you beautify me
with other words.
H: (Hamlet realizes that hidden are Polonius and the king) Ophelia of my heart, which
delights you. You think that my being trembles before your feet, I answer this question
to you, it is not so, only your physique dazzles me, but your interior is pure
putrefaction, distills hatred and poison and your kisses are the same gall.
Narrator: Another love that fails by a betrayal, this family knows very well. (The
narrator laughs) This should set the course and the new attitude of the prince.
Scene 7
(Gertrudis and Hamlet are in his room and Polonius is behind the curtain)
G: Son of my heart, lately you have been distant, I wish to know that it has taken away
your peace.
H: Nothing to worry you mother. I think the darkness has come to flood this castle,
even the spirits won’t let them rest. The hearts have rotted, and the fervent flame has
been transformed into death and deceit.
G: Don’t understand your words, son, express them better. I believe that the flame of
your heart needs Ophelia.
H: (Hamlet realizes that Polonius is hidden) Mother, your words are noise for my ears, I
already told you, there is nothing to deal with the crime that has been committed, only
the payment with the same blood (he goes to Polonio and with the sword wounds him
until he kills him)
G: (Take Polonius in his arms) What have you done? What madness have you done!
Horrible crime have you committed, I do not know you, my son.
Narrator: With this action Claudius took the decision to banish Hamlet to England, but
his mission was stronger than the terrible desires of his uncle. After a while, this
prince decides to return to his castle to face his fate, a difficult decision, but certain.
Also, Laertes learns of his father’s death and is determined to put the ruthless king to
death by his sword.
Scene 8
( King Claudius is worried in the great hall of the castle waiting for Laertes)
Cl: This is getting out of control. First a letter from this little boy threatening me for his
father’s death, who do you think? If he touches me, I will cut him off with the
movement of my sword. And now a letter announcing the return of Hamlet, this boy is
a weed, never dies, but I am stronger.
G: My king, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have arrived. As you have asked, these old
friends of Hamlet wish to speak with you.
(Friends come in and greet the king)
Cl: Greetings young people, I hope you have received in the best way. I have a job for
you, as your king orders you to investigate Hamlet’s intentions, he will arrive today and
I need to keep him in check. In fact, I want to see you at the play that is going to take
place here in this room, I’ll see you later.
R ad Gu: Yes sir, we will get it.
Scene 9
Narrator: A friendship corrupted by duty and self-interest. But the heart of Hamlet has
hardened on the journey, he is determined to make his uncle suffer no matter what.
Destiny is always defined and tragedy must always be present on its way.
(Rosencrantz and Guildenstern found Hamlet in the cementery)
H: (He did a gesture of the hand and looks at them seriously) I have no interest in your
questions so empty, that does not interest me at all, I can only tell you that my destiny
is marked and you are not in it.
R : Hamlet, give us a chance, we have not seen each other for a long time and we need
to know more about you, it seems like a consignment, but we need to know more.
Gu: I have an idea, let’s go to the play that will be in the castle for your arrival, there
you could relax.
R: And loosen a little more tongue, please Hamlet.
H: (Instructs them to be silent and approaches the gravedigger) Excuse me, good sir.
Whose bones are these?
Gravedigger: My prince, they are from people of your kingdom. This skull is of Yorik the
jester, 23 years ago he died.
H: (Hamblet takes the skull in his hands) To be or not to be, that is the question:
whether it is nobler for the soul to endure the arrows and stones of rough Fortune or to
be armed against a sea of adversity and give them an end in the encounter. To die:
sleep, nothing more. And if they end up sleeping the anguish and the thousand natural
attacks inheritance of the flesh, would be a conclusion seriously desirable.
(Hamlet heard some voices and hides with his friends)
L: I can’t believe my sister died, but I’m not keeping it. I was very close to blaming you,
King Claudius, for my father’s death.
H: (Hamlet stands up and demands them with anger) Who is the blame for the death
of Ophelia?
L: Shut up traitor, that because of you my father is dead and my sister too. I do not
want to see you because death I want to cause.
Cl: Calm down, Laertes, it’s not the time yet.
Narrator: Sure, it wasn’t time yet. In fact, the king had proposed to Laertes to kill
Hamlet for the death of Polonius in a friendly duel where his sword would be poisoned
to hurt him and if the prince won also had prepared a glass of wine with the same
ingredient to cause him death.
Scene 10
(the whole royal family is in the principal room of the castle)
H: (Walk and talk to one of the actors) I need you to do this: Star in the death of a king
poisoned by hatred with drops of his brother’s deadly poison.
Narrator: After such a pleasant experience in the cemetery, all gathered to see the
work they had prepared for the king. Here Hamlet takes his chance to torture Claudio
from his conscience with a small change of script in the performance. The show
begins and Hamlet asks his friends to be attentive to the king’s gestures when the
scene is happening.
Cl: Stop this, now! It’s an order, this is the worst play I’ve ever seen. No more, I can’t
stand it.
Scene 11
Narrator: In this last scene we will finally see Hamlet’s revenge for his father, but he
must go through the risky plan that Claudius and Laertes had prepared. The key
question here is, will the prince succeed in revenge and come out triumphant from his
fate?
L: I am eager to see your blood fall on the ground. (Scratch Hamlet’s arm with the
poisoned sword)
H: This does not stand, for my father I will end your darkness. (Strike with the same
sword to Laertes)
G: This disturbs my nerves, Claudio for this, is my son. (the king neither listens and
takes the poisoned cup and gives it a sip) I, I feel weak and do not feel my legs...
(collapses in front of the king)
Cl: Help me please! Help her!
L: (Kneels down on the ground) No, Hamlet, this is all a plan, in your body as in mine
there is poison and it was a terrible idea of the king, forgive me.
H: ( He hurls himself upon the king and stabs him with his sword to death) Here is my
father’s revenge, nothing remains unsettled and with my last breath I will defend the
honor of my family. (He died tragically)
Narrator: "Thus ends the story of Hamlet, a prince caught between madness and
revenge. Let us remember that decisions can lead to tragic consequences. Life is
fragile, and revenge can consume us. ¡ Thank you for your attention, and may this
story resonate in your hearts!"