ACT 1 SCENE 1 HAMLET

CHARACTERS

• Horatio- Hamlet's friend
• Marcellus- guard
• Barnardo- guard
• Francisco- guard
• The Ghost- the dead king

A GUARD PLATFORM AT ELSINORE CASTLE

• Elsinore castle in Denmark
• Castle walls in background
• The play is set in the Middle Ages
• It is nighttime and cold winter.
• There is a spooky atmosphere because of the ghost.

SUMMARY

• The guards are watching over the castle.
• The have seen a ghost twice already.
• They ask Horatio to stay in hopes he'll see the ghost.
• They see the ghost and Horatio tries to speak to it.
• The ghost disappears, and they want to tell hamlet about it.