Hamlet Presentation: 6th Grade Medieval Pageant.
Song: Verse 1
Good evening and welcome- its our pleasure to host
Such an night as this as we search for a ghost
We will wonder about searching in the dark,
To sniff out that infamous smell in Denmark.
Our story is mix up of various scenes
Some of our Hamlet and some of our fiends,
So enjoy as we travel back even further
To witness this most infamous murder.
Juno: A man go to nap on a bench. He is handsome and wears the finest clothes. A bushy
beard falls down onto his chest and his long chocolate hair hangs untidily. This man is
King Hamlet of Denmark. Suddenly another man approaches. Prince Claudius: King
Hamlet’s brother. He pours a bubbling green liquid into the sleeping king’s ear and then
runs to hide behind a bush.
Kyra: I wake up and there are sharp pains all over my body like I have never had before.
My ear is especially burning, as though it might fall off. I am dying! There are no
bloodstains on the purple robe I am wearing but my skin is scorching. I must have been
poisoned…but why me? I am the King Of Denmark! Why did God choose this fate for
me? I am sorry, my Lord. I know I have done wrong in my life, but now I beg you to free
me from the horrible end that awaits me. I have not even had a chance to defend myself.
Oh how life is unfair!
As I feel the poison slowly coating my mind, I open my eyes to see Claudius, my own
brother, standing over me. As he turns I grab his shoulder, “Brother why do you poison
me, King, and your own brother.”
Ethan L: “Foolish brother, I simply wanted to become king, you were in my way, and so I
eliminated you. Now fall into your eternal rest and may you burn in the flames of hell.”
Kaleo: As the poison sinks into my head, I notice an empty drinking horn, hidden in the
bushes. My body shivers from the deep dark cold inside of me. I get up slowlyand hold
my head still, feeling the pain of the poison in my head. To think my own brother would
want to kill me for his own selfish reasons. The thought increased the pain by one
thousand times. (Looks around) This is such a calm place to die. Oh the Irony to die in a
garden. This is such a peaceful realm to be in. ( Beginning to fade) To be killed by my
own brother… birds sing to a sad song today, for the sense death. As I see the flowers al
around, I realize that life is like a rose, and all roses have thorns. It is hot, but all I feel is
the cold in my soul, from the poison that captures and stops my heart.
Dies
Ethan G:
(Looks around)
Look at what I had. Glory wealth, honor all of which I made for myself, and that demon
of a brother took it all away! I gave him everything he needed, food wealth a home in the
magnificent Elsinore Castle. GOD’S BLOOD!
Pause
But how magnificent is a castle with a traitor, a demon, and a thief of lives for a ruler?
Oh this death is so contrary the sun which once brightened my day now spits upon me
and says “ You don’t belong here” … “return to your rightful place.”
The suffering of this pain burns my inner heart and tells me what I truly feel. It says to
me that I do not fully hate my brother. I say that is preposterous !! Well I still have some
care for him. I mean he is my brother and maybe I have been too hard on him
sometimes but it is the greed that I sense of him and the coldness of his heart that makes
me want him dead.
{Pause}
Juno: My Brother’s plan was simple, it was to wait until I was asleep out in the
meadow, kill me and marry my wife. Marry my wife? He would not dare, she would
not dare… but she has. Oh God this whole time was my brother just jealous. Did
my wife not love me as much I love her? She would never. All those happy times
down to this. All the secrets I shared with my brother. I used to think he did the
same, but he has not. Oh how I just wish I could say goodbye to Hamlet and hear
that my wife loves me one more time.
Juno and Ethan G: I have returned from the grave to let my son know who killed me.
But I fear there has already been too much corruption in Denmark and soon the
kingdom will fall.
Ethan is Ghost…
Song: Verse 2 (Mekhi and Adam stand watch)
High on the Battlements, the sentinels stare round
The biting wind is the only sound
For the past two nights they’ve seen a strange sight,
A phantom ghost who stalks the night.
Now it’s past midnight and close to the time
When the clock tower bell will begin to chime.
So lets join these men out there in the cold,
And watch this tragic tale unfold.
Bernado: Mekhi
Fransisco: Adam
Horatio: Emilo
Marcellus: Leo
Ghost- Ethan G
BERNARDO
Who's there?
FRANCISCO Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.
BERNARDO
Long live the king!
FRANCISCO Bernardo?
BERNARDO
He.
FRANCISCO You come most carefully upon your hour.
BERNARDO
'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.
FRANCISCO For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
BERNARDO
Have you had quiet guard?
FRANCISCO
Not a mouse stirring.
BERNARDO
Well, good-night.
If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,
The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.
FRANCISCO I think I hear them. Stand, ho! Who is there? [Enter HORATIO and
MARCELLUS]
HORATIO Friends to this ground
MARCELLUS
And liegemen to the Dane.
FRANCISCO Give you good-night.
MARCELLUS
Oh! farewell, honest soldier: Who hath reliev'd you?
FRANCISCO Bernardo has my place. Give you good-night. [Exit]
MARCELLUS
Holla! Bernardo!
BERNARDO Say, what! is Horatio there?
HORATIO
A piece of him.
BERNARDO Welcome, Horatio; welcome, good Marcellus.
HORATIO
Has this thing appear'd a again to-night?
BERNARDO
I have seen nothing.
MARCELLUS
Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy,
And will not let belief take hold of him
HORATIO
BERNARDO
Tush, tush! 'twill not appear.
Sit down awhile, And let us once again assail your ears,
HORATIO
Well, sit we down, And let us hear Bernardo speak of this.
BERNARDO
Last night of all, Marcellus and myself, The bell then beating one,
[Enter GHOST]
MARCELLUS
Peace! break thee off; look, where it comes again!
BERNARDO
In the same figure like the king that's dead.
MARCELLUS
Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horati o.
BERNARDO
Looks it not like the king? mark it, Horatio.
HORATIO
Most like: it harrows me with fear and wonder.
BERNARDO
It would be spoke to.
MARCELLUS
Question it, Horatio.
HORATIO
What art thou that usurp'st this time of night,
Together with that fair and war-like form
In which the majesty of buried Denmark
Did sometimes march? by heaven I charge thee, speak!
MARCELLUS
It is offended
BERNARDO
HORATIO
See! it stalks away.
Stay!
speak,speak!
I charge thee,
speak! [Exit
GHOST]
MARCELLUS
'Tis gone, and will
not answer.
BERNARDO
How now, Horatio!
you tremble and look
pale: Is not this
something more than
fantasy? What think
you on't?
HORATIO
Before my God, I
might not this
believe Without the
sensible and true
avouch Of mine
own eyes.
MARCELLUS Is it not like the
king?
HORATIO As thou art to thyself.
Song: Verse 3
Within hours of the sighting on the platform that night
The castle abounded with brightness and light
For though King Hamlet was just two months dead
His wife , Queen Gertrude, had once again wed.
And so Claudius became king of the land.
So lets visit Queen Gertrude and see how she feels
After making the mother of all dirty deals…
Eliza: Gertrude
I feel like I've done such a horrible thing. I married Claudius just a few months
after the death of my husband. Guilt washes through me leaving goose bumps on my
skin. Should I be mourning for the death of King Hamlet, or should I be celebrating my
new marriage to Claudius? I ponder these thoughts and they eat away at me day and
night. My son, Hamlet seems to disapprove of my decisions. But my choice to marry
again was only made for the sake of Denmark. I thought it would be good for our
country. I feel awful the way I've been treating him. He may be insane but anyone would be
if their father died when they were still so very young.
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As I think more and more about my former king and husband, pangs of grief pierce
my heart. I find myself crouched on the floor of the corridor, my face buried in my lap,
sobbing. What would he think of me getting married so soon after his death? What a
horrible wife I have been. 'I wonder if he's looking down at me in pity, thinking that I
don't love him anymore. Oh God's Body! Please have mercy on me! I love him so very
much and I miss him dearly. If only I could talk -Ed him one more time, explain everything
to him, ask for forgiveness.
Daxia: Gertrude
I feel like I am in a war between Hamlet and Claudius. Hamlet has been acting mad, he's just
never happy. He's always so negative. Is he trying to tell me
something? I sense he's mad
because I've married so soon. Maybe I should have waited. I feel a bit guilty, yet I think I did
the right thing. I've only married for the sake of Denmark, but will Claudius really protect us? I
should stop weeping and be strong; if we aren't strong all of Denmark could die from attacks.
I feel confusion and tension. I hear Claudius laughing with his noblemen. They are all
drunk and clinking their mugs of ale and glasses of wine. As for Hamlet, he is moping
around the halls, as if he's seen a ghost or has something he's hiding. He's snickering to
himself. I wonder why King Hamlet died? What happened? Was it really just a sudden
death? Or something else?
Song: Verse 10 (Now 3A)
Meanwhile the ghost of King Hamlet was in need of his son,
He searched Elisinore to tell him of what Claudius had done.
Otilia:
It is cold and dark. The rain falls silently on the black-grey stone sentry post. It is long
after midnight., “I must go and find Hamlet” “GO” (Echo) H a m l e t . I f l o a t l i k e
v a p o r p a s t t h e g u a r d s w h o k e e p watch in the moonlight. A sword shines like
silver and gold. Gold like t h e s u n . I look behind me. There is a small gleam of light on
the horizon. I gasp. The golden glowing embers of light first red, then orange, now yellow,
hot, burning sun is growing nearer. I am desperate to share the truth with my son. The truth.
The truth ofmy death and the wicked lies of my brother, Claudius. Hamlet must know these
truths if he wishes to avenge my death. He must know for his safety and the future of
Denmark.
Enter GHOST and HAMLET
HAMLET Whither wilt thou lead me? speak; I'll go no further.
Ghost: Mark me.
HAMLET : I will.
Ghost : My hour is almost come,
When I to sulphurous and tormenting flames
Must render up myself.
HAMLET: Alas, poor ghost!
Ghost: Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing
To what I shall unfold.
HAMLET: Speak; I am bound to hear.
Ghost: So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear.
HAMLET : What?
Ghost : I am thy father's spirit,
Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night,
If thou didst ever thy dear father love-HAMLET :O God!
Ghost :Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.
HAMLET : Murder!
Ghost
Murder most foul, as in the best it is;
But this most foul, strange and unnatural.
Now, Hamlet, hear:
'Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard,
A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark
Is by a forged process of my death
Rankly abused: but know, thou noble youth,
The serpent that did sting thy father's life
Now wears his crown.
HAMLET : O my prophetic soul! My uncle!
Ghost
O, horrible! O, horrible! most horrible!
If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not;
But, howsoever thou pursuest this act,
Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive
Against thy mother aught: leave her to heaven
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Changes in nature…(the sun is rising)
Fare thee well at once!
The glow-worm shows the matin to be near,
And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire:
Adieu, adieu! Hamlet, remember me.
Exit
HAMLET
O all you host of heaven! O earth! what else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold, my heart;
And you, my sinews, grow not instant old,
But bear me stiffly up. Remember thee!
Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat
In this distracted globe. Remember thee!
O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!
So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word;
It is 'Adieu, adieu! remember me.'
I have sworn 't.
MARCELLUS & HORATIO
[Within] My lord, my lord,--
MARCELLUS
[Within] Lord Hamlet,-HORATIO
[Within] Heaven secure him!
HAMLET
So be it!
HORATIO
[Within] Hillo, ho, ho, my lord!
HAMLET
Hillo, ho, ho, boy! come, bird, come.
Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS
MARCELLUS
How is't, my noble lord?
HORATIO
What news, my lord?
HAMLET
O, wonderful!
HORATIO
Good my lord, tell it.
HAMLET
No; you'll reveal it.
HORATIO
Not I, my lord, by heaven.
MARCELLUS
Nor I, my lord.
HAMLET
How say you, then; would heart of man once think it?
But you'll be secret?
HORATIO & MARCELLUS
Ay, by heaven, my lord.
HAMLET
There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all Denmark
But he's an arrant knave.
HORATIO
There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave
To tell us this.
HAMLET
Why, right; you are i' the right;
And so, without more circumstance at all,
I hold it fit that we shake hands and part:
HORATIO
These are but wild and whirling words, my lord.
HAMLET
I'm sorry they offend you, heartily;
Yes, 'faith heartily.
HORATIO
There's no offence, my lord.
HAMLET
Yes, by Saint Patrick, but there is, Horatio,
And much offence too.
And now, good friends,
As you are friends, scholars and soldiers,
Give me one poor request.
HORATIO
What is't, my lord? we will.
HAMLET
Never make known what you have seen to-night.
HORATIO & MARCELLUS
My lord, we will not.
HAMLET
Nay, but swear't.
HORATIO
In faith,
My lord, not I.
MARCELLUS
Nor I, my lord, in faith.
HAMLET
Upon my sword.
MARCELLUS
We have sworn, my lord, already.
HAMLET
Indeed, upon my sword, indeed.
Ghost
[Beneath] Swear.
HAMLET
Ah, ha, boy! say'st thou so? art thou there,
truepenny?
Come on--you hear this fellow in the cellarage-Consent to swear.
HORATIO
Propose the oath, my lord.
HAMLET
Never to speak of this that you have seen,
Swear by my sword.
Ghost
[Beneath] Swear.
HAMLET
Come hither, gentlemen,
And lay your hands again upon my sword:
Never to speak of this that you have heard,
Swear by my sword.
Ghost
[Beneath] Swear.
HAMLET
Well said, old mole! canst work i' the earth so fast?
A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good friends.
HORATIO
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
HAMLET
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. But come;
Here, as before, never, so help you mercy,
Swear.
Ghost
[Beneath] Swear.
HAMLET
Rest, rest, perturbed spirit!
They swear
End.
Song: Verse 4 (Gabe enters with Emilio)
And so Prince Hamlet was left alone,
Lamenting for the world he’d once known.
My father is dead and my uncle is king,
By giving my mother a wedding ring.
Within a month they married. Oh most wicked speed!
Frailty, thy name is woman! How could she concede?
These strange events, my soul have wrung
But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue”
Gabe: Talking to Emilio as Horatio.
I know the way the others talk about me. They think I’m mad. If I reveal that Claudius
killed my father without any proof, they will say that I'm stark raving mad. Then they
will send me away for the good of Denmark or Claudius will somehow kill me in
order to protect the truth about the death of my father. The end result will be that
I will never be able to reveal Claudius's conscience about my father's murder. His
only child will never avenge him, and who should avenge his father's murder by
killing the murderer.
Song: Verse 5
Now Claudius knew nothing of Hamlet’s plans,
Neither did Polonius the king’s right hand man
In his job as Chamberlain, he advised everyone
Including, of course, both his daughter and son.
Song: Verse 6
Polonius turned to his daughter with further advice
This time though, he was more concise,
What’s between you and Hamlet? Tell me the truth
Ophelia, are you dating this noble youth?
His daughter replied softly, “I cannot disagree
He hath made many tenders of affection to me.”
Flashback – Antonia’s scene Ophelia
“Look at this letter here…(opens it proudly)
Dearest Ophelia,
My love for you will never die as long as there are stars in the sky.
Never forsake me for my madness for you are my one and only. You have the
knowledge of Athena and the body of Aphrodite. No more perfect maiden
could have been created by the skilled, worn hands of God. You golden locks
resemble the golden wedding rings my mother wears. You dress in the finest
gowns made from the rarest fabrics from around the world. You do not look like
a lord's daughter rather than a princess. Do not let your father and brother give
you away to a nobleman with no love for you, but one who only wants a wife
for the convenience and pleasure. I will not act ferocious or harm you in any way,
for your love but by God's blood I love you
(Freeze, tap in Aiden)
Aiden’s Poem Ophelia
A poem, for Hamlet! He sends me love letters, so I can send him, a poem! Oh, but,
maybe Hamlet, doesn't feel the same way he did about me before.... I know he used to
love me, I have proof, all these love notes, and letters all stacked up in my secret closet,
What kind of poem? I have an Idea, let me have a try.....
Hamlet, oh Hamlet
sweet like the smell of summer,
Hamlet, oh hamlet
you will never be quite the same,
for I am the one to blame,
Hamlet, oh Hamlet, let us be together,
but I fear from my father, and god to change the weather, Hamlet, oh Hamlet, I
know you and I could never try to touch the sky, Hamlet, oh Hamlet
Those sweet love letters you sent me, filled my
Heart like cupid shooting his dart!
Song: Verse 7
Polonius snorted “Don’t believe his pleas!
He trifles with your love. He’s nothing but a tease.
There will be no more courting! You will do as I say!”
The poor girl had no choice, “Father I shall obey”.
Song: Verse 8
Before long it seemed, Hamlet had changed
The talk of the court was that he was deranged
But he was observing the kings every move
The murder he wanted desperately to prove
Into Ophelia’s chamber he barged one day
His manner wild, his clothes in disarray.
His doublet unbuttoned not hat upon his head
His stockings were ungartered and not a word he said”
Avery- Ophelia
(talking to Hamlet, Gabe)
I am confused. I don't understand why you are acting this way. Hamlet, please tell me. First you say
you love me. You send me all those love letters. And then you take it back! I mean why? What did I
do? Was it because I have stayed away from you? I was just following my father's orders. I never
meant to hurt you so badly. My intentions were pure and true. I do love you. But, judging by the way
you've been acting....and what you've said, you don't love me back. I can only imagine what our
life would have been like if you hadn't gone mad and if my father didn't tell me to stay away from you.
And I'm sorry for that. He said he was just trying to protect me. But he was wrong. I was honest though.
And shall always stand by my word. I will always love you. And I can only hope that my feelings will be
returned once again. Please, don't leave me waiting for long. Oh Hamlet, how you've left me so pale.
Dear Hamlet, how confused I am.
Song: Verse 9
And so (in our version) in his anguish and pain,
He wrote to Ophelia to express himself again.
Max: Hamlet
Dear Ophelia,
I am writing this letter to apologize, I do love you, I have lied. As I sit in this
dark musty room filled with sadness, remorse, and sorrow. Listening to the soft pitterpatter of the rain on the roof, in this cold dawn night I think of death. Why? Because
dawn is the time of death for me. Although you and I have had many enjoyable
times at the time of dawn like climbing the old oak tree or snow ball fights by the
frosty lake or boating on the smooth silky river.
It is perilous for me to tell you this but an apparition of my father came to me one
night and told me of his murder. King Claudius, my own uncle, killed my father just
so he could ware the crown of Denmark. Do not think badly upon this decision but I
have to avenge my father. The only way to do so is to kill my uncle. I feel much
better now that I have shared my feelings with you.
My feelings for you are changing rapidly; sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you
and sometimes I feel I not deserve you. We must talk before my life comes to an end. I
mean really talk about our love, our friendship and our feelings.
I know that things between us have changed but we can’t we take moonlit walks
through the forest, we can’t we run cheerfully through the pastures as we once did, we
can’t we ride horses through the sunny garden filled with flowers, birds, butterflies, and
laughing children.
Always remember that I love you and I always will till the end of time no matter what
happens.
Hamlet
Song: Verse 11
Well this information made hamlet insane
And before long he was dreaming of it all over again…
Josh: Intro to K. Hamlet’s murder
The wind was mellow, the air was thin, as King Hamlet was getting up. It was a
beautiful winter morning. King Hamlet longed for the fresh scent of flowers and fruit
mixed together. The smell of apples and lilacs, blooming fresh and freely in the spring.
Beautiful birds were flying through the gentle wind, and The king found himself in the
garden amongst the trees.
Emma: King Hamlet walking on
Even a king grows sleepy. I wander into my castle's garden. The bare trees look like
oddly similar to arms and fingers spread out as if in shock. I look up at the trees and
notice there is one leaf hanging from a branch. The leaf won't let go despite the
wind and the winter. The soil is packed hard and frozen to the ground. I needed to go
outside because I was annoyed with my wife. She spends too much time with my brother,
Claudius. I am fed up with them both. I am here in this garden because no one else is
here. It is peaceful here in the cold. I sat on the wooden bench overlooking at the gray
stones and arched windows of the castle. There are no birds or flowers, just naked stems
and trees. I am upset and dreary like the mood in the garden. I just want to forget about
the day and so I lie down on my side and shut my eyes.
E: Claudius approaches K. Hamlet and pours in poison
Claudius: Angels and spirits forgive me. My hands will soon be covered in sanguine fluid. I will be
a finer, more desirable king Hamlet who agonized me during childhood; who seduced my love
Gertrude; and who mocked and tricked me while winning the favor of my parents while blaming
everything on me. But as I look down at his sleeping face and watch him doze, his hazel curls falling
around his broad shoulders as his chest goes in and out, his heart beating steadily as he dreams of
affable worlds, I feel as though I am the evil one to halt that steady heartbeat. But I must if I want
the crown.
[Pours yew sap into King Hamlet's ear. King Hamlet starts to convulse as though there
was a knife in his chest.]
Olivia: Reaction to poison and dies
In a flash, from deep sleep to the waking world, I sit bolt upright in the bench. 'My
ear!' I feel a sticky sap dripping down my ear. I ache and curl my head towards my
chest. My face and body clenches. "Help me!" I yell. As I fall to the ground I see that one
leaf let go and slowly fall to the ground. With that last gust of wind inflicted on the
tree that leaf just like I could not hold on any longer just had to let go. As the leaf made
its way to the ground I lay on my side and shut my eyes. Neither the leaf nor I knew
where we were going to end up, heaven or hell?... I never absolved my sin.
King Hamlet: Uhhhhhh. (Dies)
Claudius [E to audience] What a devil I am killing my own brother. I will be cursed
forever.
E & Josh: Claudius and Guards (Sara Zach and Mars)
[An hour later guards knock.]
Claudius: Come in! (To audience): Do they know?
(They kneel)
Guard 1: My lord, I am grief-stricken to report that King Hamlet is dead.
Claudius: Who did this?! How did they get passed you? You sentries are apathetic You
sluggish thugs!
Guard 2: (to other guard), we didn’t say he was killed. (to Claudius:)My apologies, my
lord.
Guard 1: There is a meeting in the castle conference room to decide who is the rightful
heir to the throne. You are asked to attend , my lord.
Claudius: But young Hamlet is away in Wittenburg attending school. Will we still hold it
without him?
Guard 1: Yes, my lord.
Guard 2:It is a shame, my lord.
Claudius: Yes, a shame, a shame.
[To audience:] Perfect. But I still feel guilty. Why? I shall ponder it later.
[To the guards:] You may take your leave.
Guard 2: As you wish.
Claudius: It's truly sad really, to lose a family member. It's like having a part of your
heart ripped out, the part that keeps you going. The love. Now gone. All gone." (Smiles)
Song: Verse 12
Hamlet could no longer tell who was into deception
Could he trust anyone – or his own warped perception?
Was it really a snakebite that killed his dad dead?
No, it was Claudius with the poison instead.
Naomi: Rosencrantz and Hamlet (Immanuel) and Narrator (Anna and Sophie)
Immanuel: Dead you say?
Anna: My Voice cracked, partly from pain and partly from disbelief.
Everything slowed down and zoomed out.
Sophia: It was just my bedchamber, and yet I knew that it would always be different.
Anna: I shivered.
Sophia: I glanced to my right, the crisp fall air, surrounded by the night sky, that was free of clouds,
making the stars look brighter.
I turned back around. I would never see my father's smile-creased face, sitting on the
chair by the dresser. The chair itself being red trimmed with gold that matched his
brown eyes perfectly.
Anna: I would never see him leaning on the brown, hard wood table. In that
minute, I noticed 'everything that I hadn't taken the time to before; the carefully
made details carved in the furniture, the squirrels in the illuminated tapestries.
Sophia: The cold, stonewalls of Denmark's royal castle, that looked as if wet. Had
they always looked wet like that? I started to get up to see if the walls really were
wet, but in the midst of my getting up, I realized that Rosencrantz had started talking
again.
Naomi:…and so sadly, as it is known, there always comes a time for the devil or
God to take our souls and put them through purgatory. .
Immanuel:And you say, Rosencrantz, that the cause of my father, King
Hamlet's death, was that of a snake bite?
Naomi Yes, my lord. Would you like me to explain again?
Immanuel: Very much so, Rosencrantz.
Naomi:Very well. My lord King Hamlet-God bless our late monarch's soul-was
taking his afternoon nap-as were you-except that my lord had decided to take his
underneath the warm afternoon sun, out in the orchard. So that he might have
somewhat of a chance to get away and have a little peace at mind for a little while.
(Alexa and Sara act out the snake bite scene)
During the midst of my lord's deep sleep, a small but extremely venomous
and dull colored snake crawled up my lord's breeches and somewhere in the midst
of his thigh, bit him, causing a crust to form around his body. Thus, he suffocated
as the venom swelled up his insides to a point where it blocked his air pipes and he
couldn't breath."
Immanuel: Thank you, Rosencrantz. You are dismissed.
Anna: He crossed the room, opened the door, turned back with a sorry look on his
face,
Sophia: and left as the door swiftly closed behind him.
Song: Verse 13
With new found rage to worsen his grief,
Hamlet greeted some players for some light relief
In colorful costumes they bound through the hall
Hamlet cried “welcome Masters welcome all”
Song: Verse 14
The play, revealed Claudius’s despicable deed
And he left in a hurry aware of his greed
“Oh my offense is rank, it smells to high heaven” he cried
“A brother’s murder can never be denied”
Ethan A: Claudius
Oh, my offence is rank. It smells to heaven.
It hath the primal eldest curse upon ’t,
A brother’s murder.. But oh, what form of prayer
Can serve my turn, “Forgive me my foul murder”
O wretched state! O bosom black as death!
O limèd soul that, struggling to be free,
Art more engaged! Help, angels. (kneels)
Hannah : Hamlet
HAMLET
Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying.
And now I’ll do ’t. And so he goes to heaven.
And so am I revenged.—That would be scanned.
A villain kills my father, and, for that,
I, his sole son, do this same villain send
To heaven.
Oh, this is hire and salary, not revenge.
No.
Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent.
When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven,
And that his soul may be as damned and black
As hell, whereto it goes. My mother stays
This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. (Exits)
CLAUDIUS
(rises) My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
Song: Verse 15
Ophelia now so confused and her heart heavy as lead,
Got really depressed and sick in the head,
Alexa as Ophelia
OPHELIA
Oh, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!—
The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword,
Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state,
The glass of fashion and the mould of form,
Th' observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
That sucked the honey of his music vows,
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh;
That unmatched form and feature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy. Oh, woe is me,
T' have seen what I have seen, see what I see!
And well, let’s leave it that for tonight,
As what happened to her, was simply not right.
(Alexa is drowning in the blue fabric at the front of the stage)
And one more moment where our ghost appears clearly,
Is when Hamlet lays into his mother severely.
Simon: Hamlet
Miles: Polonius
Polonius: My lord, the queen would speak with you and presently.
Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in the shape of a camel?
Polonius: By the mass, and ‘tis like a camel, indeed.
Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel.
Polonius: It is backed like a weasel.
Hamlet: Or like a whale?
Polonius: Very like a whale.
Hamlet: Then I will come to my mother by and by.
(To audience): They fool me to the top of my bent.
(to Polonius): I will come by and by.
Polonius: I will say so. (exits)
Hamlet: By and by is easily said. Leave me friends.
‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood
And do such bitter business as the day
Would quake to look on. Soft! Noe to my mother.
Exits
Scene: Act 3 scene 4
Gertrude Pia
Polonius: Lilah
Hamlet: Kai
Iniko: Ghost
SCENE IV. The Queen's closet.
Enter QUEEN and POLONIUS
LORD POLONIUS
He will come straight. Look you lay home to him:
Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with,
And that your grace hath screen'd and stood between
Much heat and him. I'll sconce me even here.
Pray you, be round with him.
HAMLET
[Within] Mother, mother, mother!
QUEEN GERTRUDE
I'll warrant you,
Fear me not: withdraw, I hear him coming.
POLONIUS hides behind the arras
Enter HAMLET
HAMLET
Now, mother, what's the matter?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
HAMLET
Mother, you have my father much offended.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.
HAMLET
Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Why, how now, Hamlet!
HAMLET
What's the matter now?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Have you forgot me?
HAMLET
No, by the rood, not so:
You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife;
And--would it were not so!--you are my mother.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Nay, then, I'll set those to you that can speak.
HAMLET
Come, come, and sit you down; you shall not budge;
You go not till I set you up a glass
Where you may see the inmost part of you.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder me?
Help, help, ho!
LORD POLONIUS
[Behind] What, ho! help, help, help!
HAMLET
[Drawing] How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!
Makes a pass through the arras
LORD POLONIUS
[Behind] O, I am slain!
Falls and dies
QUEEN GERTRUDE
O me, what hast thou done?
HAMLET
Nay, I know not:
Is it the king?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
O, what a rash and bloody deed is this!
HAMLET
A bloody deed! almost as bad, good mother,
As kill a king, and marry with his brother.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
As kill a king!
HAMLET
Ay, lady, 'twas my word.
Lifts up the array and discovers POLONIUS
Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
I took thee for thy better: take thy fortune;
Thou find'st to be too busy is some danger.
Leave wringing of your hands: peace! sit you down,
And let me wring your heart; for so I shall,
If it be made of penetrable stuff,
If damned custom have not brass'd it so
That it is proof and bulwark against sense.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
What have I done, that thou darest wag thy tongue
In noise so rude against me?
HAMLET
Such an act
That blurs the grace and blush of modesty,
O, such a deed
As from the body of contraction plucks
The very soul, and sweet religion makes
A rhapsody of words: heaven's face doth glow:
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Ay me, what act,
That roars so loud, and thunders in the index?
HAMLET
Look here, upon this picture, and on this,
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers.
See, what a grace was seated on this brow;
This was your husband. Look you now, what follows:
Here is your husband; like a mildew'd ear,
Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes?
You cannot call it love; for at your age
The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble,
And waits upon the judgment: and what judgment
Would step from this to this?
O shame! where is thy blush?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
O Hamlet, speak no more:
Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul;
O, speak to me no more;
These words, like daggers, enter in mine ears;
No more, sweet Hamlet!
HAMLET
A murderer and a villain;
A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe
Of your precedent lord; a vice of kings;
QUEEN GERTRUDE
No more!
HAMLET
A king of shreds and patches,-Enter Ghost
Save me, and hover o'er me with your wings,
You heavenly guards! What would your gracious figure?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Alas, he's mad!
HAMLET
Do you not come your tardy son to chide,
That, lapsed in time and passion, lets go by
The important acting of your dread command? O, say!
Ghost
Do not forget: this visitation
Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose.
But, look, amazement on thy mother sits:
O, step between her and her fighting soul:
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works:
Speak to her, Hamlet.
HAMLET
How is it with you, lady?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Alas, how is't with you,
That you do bend your eye on vacancy
Where on do you look?
HAMLET
On him, on him! Look you, how pale he glares!
QUEEN GERTRUDE
To whom do you speak this?
HAMLET
Do you see nothing there?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Nothing at all; yet all that is I see.
HAMLET
Nor did you nothing hear?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
No, nothing but ourselves.
HAMLET
Why, look you there! look, how it steals away!
My father, in his habit as he lived!
Look, where he goes, even now, out at the portal!
Exit Ghost
QUEEN GERTRUDE
This the very coinage of your brain:
This bodiless creation ecstasy
Is very cunning in.
HAMLET
Ecstasy!
Mother, for love of grace,
Confess yourself to heaven;
Repent what's past; avoid what is to come;
Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
END
Song: Verse 16
So with this final sighting of the ghost of the king,
We will not divulge another thing,
We have dipped into the world of Elsinore,
And we tracked down our ghost till we found him no more.
There is much more but don’t want to give it away.
If you want to find out, you must read the play.