Overview
Character Name
Claudius
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
Elizabethan Era; Denmark
Analysis
Claudius is a duplicitous, ruthless schemer. He murdered his own brother, then married his brother’s widow in order to gain the throne. Once King of Denmark, he will do anything to keep his role, including having his nephew/stepson, Hamlet, murdered.
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