Overview
Character Name
Laertes
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
The underworld, Ancient Greece
Analysis
Laertes is Odysseus’ father and the former king of Ithaca. He is getting on in years and - although he still has a hand in running the kingdom - seems more concerned with domestic matters than with diplomacy. Odysseus tolerates and humors his father in his dotage.
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