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Hamlet escape rooms

Five self-checking escape rooms on Shakespeare's Hamlet, one for each act. Every answer comes from the act, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. They suit high school English classes and homeschoolers from about grade 8.

No logins and nothing to install. Try the first two locks of any room free. See the rooms on all twelve plays.

Room by room

• Act 1: The Midnight Ghost. The Ghost on the platform at Elsinore, the new king's court, Hamlet's grief, Polonius's advice to his children, the Ghost's story of murder and Hamlet's oath of revenge.
• Act 2: Method in Madness. Polonius's spy in Paris, Ophelia's fright, the news from Norway, Hamlet's letter, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the arrival of the players and Hamlet's plan to catch the king.
• Act 3: The Mousetrap. The spying on Hamlet and Ophelia, Hamlet's advice to the players, the play that catches the king, Claudius at prayer, the death of Polonius and the Ghost in the queen's room.
• Act 4: Rosemary for Remembrance. The hunt for Polonius's body, Hamlet sent to England, Fortinbras's army, Ophelia's madness, Laertes's return, the pirates, the plot with the poisoned sword and Ophelia's death.
• Act 5: Alas, Poor Yorick. The gravediggers, Yorick's skull, Ophelia's burial, Hamlet's story of the changed letters, Osric's challenge, the fencing match, the deaths of the royal family and the arrival of Fortinbras.