Characters in Hamlet means act 3, scene 1, line 55. References to the First Quarto and First Folio are marked "Hamlet "Q1"" and "Hamlet "F1"", respectively, and are taken from the Arden Shakespeare "Hamlet: the texts of 1603 and 1623" (Thompson and Taylor, 2006b). Their referencing system for "Q1" has no act breaks, so 7.115 means scene 7, line 115. Characters in Hamlet What follows is an overview of the main characters in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", followed by a list and summary of the minor characters from the play. Three different early versions of the play survive: known as the First Quarto ("Q1"),
BBC Television Shakespeare capacity for compassion and sympathy." The "Prefaces to Shakespeare" episode for "Titus Andronicus" was presented by Patrick Stewart who had played Titus in a 1981 RSC production directed by John Barton. The "Shakespeare in Perspective" episode was presented by psychiatrist Anthony Clare. All line references are taken from the individual Oxford Shakespeare editions of each play. BBC Television Shakespeare The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, the series spanned