ACT II, SCENE I

Act II, Scene I

by

Justin Stimac

Zahra Syed

Mike “Webby” Clark 

Int. scene - description

Enter old Polonius with his man (Reynaldo) 

Polonius

Give him some money and notes Reynaldo

Reynaldo 

OK

Polonius

You’ll do pretty good Reynaldo. Ask him about his behavior.

Reynaldo

I was thinking about doing that.

Polonius

Good, ask about the Danes that are in Paris and how they are doing, who is hanging with him and how they know my son. 

Reynaldo

OK 

Polonius

Ask about his drinking, fighting, cursing, more fighting, and his getting around.

Reynaldo 

That would be pretty bad for him.

Polonius

You can’t make him look bad so just keep everything a secret. 

Reynaldo

But-

Reynaldo 

Yeah I got this. 

Polonius

Go to and you should be able to see everything he is doing. By lying, the truth shall prevail. So listen to what I just said. Capeche 

Reynaldo

Capeche

Polonius 

Good luck

Reynaldo

Thank you. See you later.

Exit Reynaldo and enter Ophelia 

Ophelia 

OMG the craziest thing just happened!

Polonius

What!? What just happened?

Ophelia

I was facebooking in my room ad Hamlet came in with the deepest v-neck ever! He wasn’t even wearing pants! But he was as pale as Edward Cullen. He started mad crazy.

Polonius

Like crazy for you?

Ophelia

I think so.

Polonius

What did he say?

Ophelia

He grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me. He almost fainted!After holding onto my wrist and looking at my eyes for a good five minutes. Then, he just walked away... 

Polonius 

Let’s go, we need to go see the king. He is most certainly in love. Have you talked to him lately?

Ophelia

I haven't talked to him in awhile. I've been taking your advice and ignoring him. 

Polonius

Well that’s why he’s so mad. I did not think that my advice would actually hurt the situation. We must go see the king and make it known to him about Hamlet’s love. 

Exit