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Hamlet, former King of Denmark, Hamlet’s father
    GERTRUDE , queen of Denmark, Hamlet’s mother
    POLONIUS , councillor to the state of Denmark
    LAERTES , Polonius’ son
    OPHELIA , Polonius’ daughter
    REYNALDO , Polonius’ servant
    HORATIO , Hamlet’s friend and fellow student
    ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN
    two courtiers, former schoolfellows of Hamlet
    VOLTEMAND and CORNELIUS
    ambassadors to Norway
    MARCELLUS
    BARNARDO
    sentinels of the king’s guard, seemingly also friends and fellow students of Hamlet and Horatio
    FRANCISCO , another sentinel of the king’s guard
    OSRIC , a courtier
    PLAYERS , who take the roles of PROLOGUE, PLAYER KING, BAPTISTA and LUCIANUS
    FORTINBRAS , Prince of Norway
    A CAPTAIN in his army
    Two CLOWNS , a gravedigger and his companion
    Two MESSENGERS
    A SAILOR
    A PRIEST
    AMBASSADOR from England
    Lords, Soldiers, Attendants,
    Servants, Followers of Laertes

TEXTUAL NOTES
    Q1 = First Quarto text of 1603 (of uncertain authority)
    Q2 = Second Quarto text of 1604–05
    Q1/Q2 = a reading in which the First Quarto and Second Quarto texts agree
    F = First Folio text of 1623
    F2 = a correction introduced in the Second Folio text of 1632 Ed = a correction introduced by a later editor SD = stage direction SH = speech heading (i.e. speaker’s name)
    List of parts = Ed
    1.1.70 he = Q1/Q2.
Not in
F 72 steelèd = Ed. Q1/Q2 = sleaded. F = sledded pole-axe = F (Pollax)
. Sometimes emended to
Polacks 104 designed = F2. F = designe 126 haply
spelled
happily
in
F 151 say = Q1/Q2. F = sayes 167 Let’s = Q1/Q2. F= Let
    1.2.8 sometime = Q2. F = sometimes 67 SH GERTRUDE = Ed. F =
Queen
. 129 solid = F. Q2 = sallied,
sometimes emended to
sullied 134 Seem = Q2. F = Seemes 141 beteem = Q2. F = beteene 207 distilled = Q1/Q2. F = bestil’d 212 Where, as = Ed. F = Whereas 221 its = Q4. F = it 232 SH MARCELLUS
and
BARNARDO = Ed. F =
Both
. 249 SH MARCEL-LUS
and
BARNARDO = Ed. F =
All
. 254 walk = Q1/Q2. F = wake 260 tenable = Q1/Q2. F = treble
    1.3.18 will = Q2. F = feare 23 sanctity = F. Q2 = safety. Ed = sanity whole = Q2. F = weole 48 watchman Q2. F = watchmen 68 new-hatched = Q2. F = vnhatch’t 77 chief
spelled
cheff
in
F 113 Running = Ed. F = Roaming 121 Lends = Q1/Q2. F = Giues 132 dye = Q2. F = eye 134 bawds = Ed. F = bonds
    1.4.10 wassail = Q1/Q2. F = wassels 23 intents = Q1/Q2. F = euents 37 the = Q1/Q2. F = thee; 54 summit = Ed. F = Sonnet 64 artery = Ed. F = Artire
    1.5.23 on
spelled an in F
33 I = Q2.
Not in
F 38 roots = Q1/Q2. F = rots 48 wit = Ed. F = wits with = Q1/Q2. F = hath 50 to his = Q1/Q2. F = to to this 74 eager
spelled
Aygre
in
F 76 barked = Q1/Q2. F = bak’d 112–13 My tables, My tables = F (
in one line
). Q1/Q2
does not repeat
122 SH HAMLET = Q2. F =
Mar
. 123 Hillo
spelled
Ilio
in
F 146 whirling
spelled
hurling
in
F 150 Horatio = Q2. F = my Lord 174 our = Q1/Q2. F = for 194 they = Q1/Q2. F = there
    2.1.1 this = Q1/Q2. F = his 3 marvellous
spelled
maruels
in
F 15 As = Q2. F = And 67 carp = Q2. F = Cape 121 feared = Q2. F = feare
    2.2.0 SD
with others F
has the Latin “Cum alijs”
17 Whether … thus = Q2.
Not in
F (
compositor’s eyeskip?
) 46 lord? I = Q2. F = lord? 48 and = Q1/Q2. F = one 55 fruit = Q2. F = Newes 129 solicitings = Q2. F = soliciting 169 does = Q2. F = ha’s 204 that you read = Q2. F = you meane 208 lack = Q2. F = locke 226 SD
Enter … Guildenstern
placed one line later in
F 239 favours = Q2. F = fauour 283 of = Q1/Q2.
Not in
F 297 discovery, and = Q2. F = discouery of 300 heavily = Q2. F = heauenly 303 firmament = Q2.
Not in
F 339 berattle = F2. F = be-ratled 345 most like = Ed. F = like most 384 Roscius, an = F (
Rossius
an). Q1/Q2 =
Rossius
was an 388 came = Q2. F = can 392 individable = Q2. F = indiuible 411 pious = Q2. F =
Pons
415 valanced = Q2. F = valiant 427 caviar
spelled Caviarie in
F 434–35 as … fine = Q2.
Not in
F 435 One = Q2. F = One cheefe 447 total = Q1/Q2. F = to take 455 So, proceed you . = Q2.
Not in
F 461 matched = Q2. F =