The Play                                 
Two university friends come to visit HAMLET. Their names are ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN. At first Hamlet is very pleased to see them. But they ask a lot of questions and he becomes suspicious.
·      Why are you behaving so strangely?
·      What’s the matter with you? (What’s your problem?)
·      Tell us what you are thinking about. We are your friends.
·      I think the King has sent them. They are spying on me. I shall not tell them anything. I cannot trust anyone except HORATIO...

Some travelling actors arrive at Elsinore. Hamlet loves the theatre and he greets them like old friends.
·      Welcome to ELSINORE! (Greets: Welcomes, says hello to.)
·      We have come to perform a play for the King and Queen.
·      That gives me an idea, Horatio. I shall put some extra words in they play. I shall put the Ghost’s story on the stage!
That night, CLAUDIUS and GERTRUDE watch the play. There are three characters – the Player King, the Player Queen and LUCIANUS, the Queen’s lover ... the murderer!
·      I shall always love you.
·      But if I die, you will marry again.
·      No, never!
·      Do you like the play, Mother?
·      The lady speaks too much about love.

All the court of Denmark watch the play. Ophelia, Polonius, Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are all there. But nobody knows the secret of King Hamlet’s death... except Claudius and Hamlet. On the stage, while the Player King is sleeping, the murderer pours poison in his ear. Hamlet watches Claudius’s face carefully.
·      This is the Ghost’s story. If Claudius is afraid, I shall know he is guilty.

Suddenly, Claudius stands up and runs out of the court. Everybody follows him. The actors do not know what the problem is.
·      Lights! Lights! Stop the play!
·      Did you see that, Horatio? The King is frightened. The Ghost’s story is true!

After the play, Claudius feels very guilty so he goes to play in the chapel. Hamlet finds him there.
·      I want God to forgive me for my brother’s murder. Perhaps, if I pray, he will help me.
·      It would be easy for me to kill him now.
·      But if I kill him while he is praying, his soul will go to heaven. I want him to go to hell. I shall wait for another opportunity.
·      I cannot repent! God doesn’t listen to my words!