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.