La Reine Gertrude
See more songs from Ambroise Thomas William Shakespeare Michel Carré Jules Barbier
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Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude, colluded with Claudius, her brother-in-law to murder her husband, so that Claudius might become King of Denmark, and Gertrude would be his new wife. Where Claudius seems plagued by guilt over the crime, Gertrude appears to be less affected.
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