ABSTRACT
A JOKE ON THE ARBAT IN FIVE SCENES A COMPOSITION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – called Gumozkin
THEATER MANAGER – called Fyodor Semyonovich
DIRECTOR – called Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov 1
KING – Claudius
LAERTES
POLONIUS
QUEEN – Gertrude
NOVIKOV – the actor playing HAMLET
OPHELIA
GUILDENSTERN
ROSENCRANTZ
A COURTIER
COURTIERS, VENDORS AND VARIOUS OTHERS