Characters in Shakespeare who canonically sing:
–Iago
–Edmund (if you count “fa so la mi” to mean ‘singing to himself’)
Characters in Shakespeare who don’t canonically sing, but should:
–Hamlet
hamlet DOES sing!! after the murder of gonzago when everyone’s running and chaotic he has a little song exulting in his victory
Why, let the strucken deer go weep,
The hart ungallèd play.
For some must watch, while some must sleep:
Thus runs the world away.
For thou dost know, O Damon dear,
This realm dismantled was
Of Jove himself, and now reigns here
A very very—pajock.and in 2.1 when he references “jephthah, judge of israel” to polonius i’ve often seen him do it in a little sing-song voice, and i think that’s based on a contemporary song
WOOOOOOO Thank you for this!!
I was looking specifically for stage directions that indicate singing so that one didn’t catch my eye
But it’s wonderful to know that hamlet gets to be involved in Being In A Musical