Laertes and Claudius tumble down the deck and out of sight, one by one, leaving only the dying Hamlet, cradled by his friend Horatio. It is an impressively clutter-free death spree, which ensures ...

When you get down to it, that’s the simplicity at the heart of this story: Hamlet’s father dies, and we see how it destroys him; Polonious’ death destroys Laertes and Ophelia. Besides that ...

Both Ophelia and Polonius die in tragic circumstances, realising that Hamlet is becoming increasingly dangerous, Claudius plots with Ophelia’s brother, Laertes, to do away with Hamlet once and ...