Hamlet gives direction to the actors and asks Horatio to help him observe Claudius's reaction to the play. The traveling actors perform a story mirroring Claudius's alleged seduction of Gertrude and murder of King Hamlet. At the moment the Player King is murdered in his garden, Claudius stops the play and rushes out. Hamlet is exuberant that the Ghost's word has been proved true. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell Hamlet that Claudius is furious and that Gertrude wishes to see him at once.
Hamlet gives direction to the actors and asks Horatio to help him observe Claudius's reaction to the play. The traveling actors perform a story mirroring Claudius's alleged seduction of Gertrude and murder of King Hamlet. At the moment the Player King is murdered in his garden, Claudius stops the play and rushes out. Hamlet is exuberant that the Ghost's word has been proved true. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell Hamlet that Claudius is furious and that Gertrude wishes to see him at once.