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    Polonius is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the chief counsellor of the play's ultimate villain, Claudius, and the father of Laertes...
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    Hamlet (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's...
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    Hamlet's mother Polonius – chief counsellor to the king Ophelia – Polonius's daughter Horatio – friend of Hamlet Laertes – Polonius's son Voltemand and...
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    Queen of Denmark, and Hamlet's mother. Polonius: Claudius's chief adviser. Laertes: Polonius's son Ophelia: Polonius's daughter. Horatio: friend of Hamlet...
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    is causing Hamlet so much pain. Claudius and his advisor Polonius persuade Ophelia—Polonius' daughter and Hamlet's love interest—to speak with Hamlet...
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  • Kate Winslet as Ophelia, Michael Maloney as Laertes, Richard Briers as Polonius, and Nicholas Farrell as Horatio. Other cast members include Robin Williams...
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    /leɪˈɜːrtiːz/ is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Laertes is Polonius' son and Ophelia's brother. In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet...
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  • and the father of Odysseus in Greek mythology Laertes (Hamlet), son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet Laertes (Cilicia),...
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  • Green Polonius Hamilton (1867–1932) was an American educator, principal, and author who was prominent in the African-American community of Memphis, Tennessee...
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  • natural beauty, Eddie and Paige discover that the evil Prime Minister Polonius has given orders to bulldoze the precious forests to drill for oil. Paige...
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  • Dreyfuss as the leading player, Iain Glen as Hamlet, Ian Richardson as Polonius, Joanna Miles as Gertrude, and Donald Sumpter as King Claudius. This was...
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  • Laertes, Julia Stiles as Ophelia, Steve Zahn as Rosencrantz, Bill Murray as Polonius, and Sam Shepard as Hamlet's father. In this version of Hamlet, Claudius...
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  • 1-57062-623-5) offers Attar's rendering of the story "Works of Edward FitzGerald". Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances. Houghton, Mifflin & Co...
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  • Hamlet). Polonius ("Corambis" in "Q1") is Claudius's chief counsellor, and the father of Ophelia and Laertes. Laertes is the son of Polonius, and has...
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  • Mariah Gale as Ophelia, Edward Bennett as Laertes, Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius, and Peter de Jersey as Horatio. The production was filmed with a single-camera...
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    William Shakespeare's Hamlet Characters Hamlet Claudius Gertrude Ghost Polonius Laertes Ophelia Horatio Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Fortinbras The Gravediggers...
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    because Ophelia is on stage waiting for him to see her, and Claudius and Polonius have concealed themselves to hear him. Even so, Hamlet seems to consider...
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  • Parfitt as Queen Gertrude, Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia, Mark Dignam as Polonius, Gordon Jackson as Horatio, and Michael Pennington as Laertes. Nicol Williamson...
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    madness in this exchange with Polonius: HAMLET Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in the shape of a camel? POLONIUS By th'Mass and 'tis, like a camel...
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  • Hamlet Morfydd Clark as Ophelia Joe Alwyn as Laertes Timothy Spall as Polonius Art Malik as King Claudius In October 2017, it was announced that a film...
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  • takes it as a sign he will win the fourth-grade spelling bee. A Cousin Polonius Baldwin (Iggie Wolfington) at first plans to exploit the meteorite for...
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    character of Polonius as a caricature of Lord Burghley, Oxford's guardian from the age of 12. In the First Quarto the character was not named Polonius, but Corambis...
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    performance, was generally considered to be Hume Cronyn's performance as Polonius, winning him the only Tony Award he would ever receive in a competitive...
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  • following exchange between Hamlet and Polonius: Hamlet: ... My lord, you played once i'th'university, you say. Polonius: That I did my lord, and was accounted...
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  • lady-in-waiting, and ridiculed by the others for her lack of nobility. Her father, Polonius, is chief councillor to King Hamlet. Upon his return from Wittenberg, Prince...
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    in The Seventh Cross (1944) and won a Tony Award for his performance as Polonius opposite Richard Burton's Hamlet (1964). Cronyn bought the screenplay What...
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    roles and experienced a resurgence in his career. In 2000, he portrayed Polonius in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet, based on the play by William Shakespeare...
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  • as King Claudius Paul Scofield as the ghost of King Hamlet Ian Holm as Polonius Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia Stephen Dillane as Horatio Nathaniel Parker...
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  • William Shakespeare's Hamlet Characters Hamlet Claudius Gertrude Ghost Polonius Laertes Ophelia Horatio Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Fortinbras The Gravediggers...
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  • an outcast. Over the next five years, he became the lover of Rosanna, Polonius Lartessa's lieutenant and the one who recruited him into the Order. However...
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