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Title: Hamlet

Author: William Shakespeare

Editor: Charles Kean

Release Date: January 10, 2009 [EBook #27761]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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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 Personae

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 }