Ruby of Elsinore
One Act Comedy Play
Winner of the All Ireland One Act Play Competition
Royalty Free
Amid the madness of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the Danish royal court spills the beans to Ruby, the quick‑witted hairdresser with attitude to spare, in this hilarious one‑act comedy that even the Bard could not have envisaged.
CHARACTERS
Ruby - Hairdresser to the Danish court.
Ophelia - Lovestruck and waiting for Hamlet to propose
Queen Gertrude - Widow of old King Hamlet and the lusty wife of the new King Claudius
King Claudius - Gertrude's roving new husband and Hamlet's new stepfather.
Hamlet - the slovenly and ambivalent young Prince
Ghost - Hamlet's late father - angry, vengeful and disappointed in young Hamlet for not avenging his death.