What's Happening?
Act 4,
Scene 5
RALPH: With Claudius and Hamlet, the two most powerful members of the royal family, engaged in a mortal battle of wits, the psychological stress is spilling over to other members of the court.
SARAH: In this scene we'll see how the young Ophelia is holding up under the verbal abuse Hamlet has been showering on her.
RALPH: And that’s not all - now Ophelia is also grieving the sudden loss of her father…
SARAH: … killed by her own boyfriend. Not pretty.
RALPH: Ophelia is not the the only one shocked by the death of Polonius. Her brother, Laertes, has rushed back from Paris determined to take revenge on his father’s murderer...
SARAH: … only to be confronted with more tragic news upon arriving at Elsinore.