Overview
Character Name
Laerte
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Tenor
Vocal Range
High Note: A#4/Bb4
Low Note: F#3/Gb3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Elsinor, Denmark, 16th century
Analysis
Laerte is Ophelie’s brother, and a friend of Hamlet. He has to leave Ophelie in Elsinore while he is called away to serve in the army and entrusts her safety to Hamlet. When he finds out that Ophelie has died, he returns to take his vengeance on Hamlet for her death.
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