Polonius
Americannoun
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To keep up the “Hamlet” ties, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern show up, as a pair of henchmen trying to stop Scarlet, and there are cameos by Laertes and his father, Polonius.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Bushy-browed Waterston began his acting career as a stage actor in New York with a number of Shakespeare roles, including Lear, Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes, Prospero, Leonato, Prince Hal, Silvius, Cloten and Benedict.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
His Polonius prates on foolishly without losing his essential dignity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022
Still, as Polonius put it in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.”
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022
“Is it Polonius? Who runs away? Halt!” growled Edmund, staggering forward.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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