
HAMLETO
AKTO I - SCENO I
BERNARDO
FRANCISKO
BERNARDO
FRANCISKO
BERNARDO
FRANCISKO
BERNARDO
FRANCISKO
A cold night settles over the ramparts of Elsinore, where a small guard—Bernardo, Francisco, Horatio and Marcellus—keep watch beneath a moonlit sky. Their routine patrol is shattered when a spectral figure, clad in the armor of the dead Danish king, appears and vanishes, leaving the sentries uneasy and full of whispered speculation. The ghost’s brief, foreboding presence hints at unfinished business, setting a tone of intrigue and looming danger that pervades the palace corridors.
Within these opening moments, listeners meet the central players: the grieving Prince Hamlet, his mother Gertrude, the scheming courtier Polonius, and the melancholy Ophelia. The drama quickly reveals a kingdom teetering between mourning and political unrest, as rumors of foreign threats and internal treachery swirl. Expectations of revenge, loyalty, and the quest for truth begin to take shape, inviting audiences to follow Hamlet’s struggle with grief, duty, and the unsettling mystery that has resurfaced from the dead.
Language
eo
Duration
~3 hours (179K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Andrew Sly, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Release date
Aug 31, 2011
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1564–1616
The defining voice of English drama, he transformed the stage with unforgettable characters, bold language, and stories that still feel strikingly modern. His work spans comedy, tragedy, history, poetry, and some of the most quoted writing in the English language.
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