Hamlet Character-to-Scene Study Grid

Hamlet — Character-to-Scene Study Grid

A.S = Act.Scene. ✓ indicates onstage appearance.

Character appearances per scene in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Character	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	2.1	2.2	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.7	5.1	5.2
Hamlet		✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓				✓	✓
King Claudius		✓					✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓		✓		✓	✓
Queen Gertrude		✓						✓	✓		✓	✓				✓		✓	✓
Polonius			✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ophelia			✓			✓		✓	✓						✓
Laertes			✓													✓		✓	✓	✓
Horatio	✓	✓		✓	✓				✓								✓		✓	✓
Ghost (King Hamlet)	✓			✓	✓						✓
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern							✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
Fortinbras																				✓
The Players / Player King & Queen							✓		✓
Gravediggers (Clowns)																			✓
Osric																				✓
Reynaldo						✓
Sailors (messengers)																	✓
Captain (Fortinbras’ army)															✓
Ambassadors: Voltemand & Cornelius							✓
Ambassador: English Ambassador																				✓
Priest																			✓
Francisco	✓
Barnardo	✓
Marcellus	✓			✓	✓

Tip: Header and first column are sticky for easy cross-reference.

Hamlet — Character-to-Scene Study Grid