Overview
Character Name
Polonius
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Bass
Vocal Range
High Note: D#4/Eb4
Low Note: B2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Elsinor, Denmark, 16th century
Analysis
Polonius’s story is considerably changed from the original in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. He is still an aristocrat, important in the palace, and Ophelie’s father, but he is no longer murdered. Rather, he becomes the reason why Hamlet spares
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