Forum:Hamlet characters

I know TF is a fan of Hamlet, but as I am preparing to add templates to the "We Haven't Got There Yet", I've come realize that having articles on individual characters from the play doesn't make much sense. While many of the characters obviously "appear" in that story by way of an actor portraying them, the only ones that matter to the story itself are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and even then, they are more illustrative of Shakespeare's (possible) re-evaluation of his craft. Others, such as Claudius and Gertrude are in the story, and the articles about them are essentially "Shakespeare saw his characters appear in Tom Stoppard's play."

I'd propose that we consolidate all of the Hamlet characters into a single article, something like the Shakespearean Allusions in Turtledove's Work page, or we can just move them to the page for Hamlet proper.

(Obviously, if HT writes a story about Prince Hamlet swapping stories of depression with John Yossarian, then we'll have to start all over again.) TR (talk) 00:16, September 30, 2013 (UTC)