The Hamlet Project

They haven’t heard much, have they? Mostly, they’ve seen.
All they’ve heard from the ghost is “Swear” – which is not much to speak of.
Unless –
Is Hamlet, perhaps, concerned that they have overheard his chat with his dad?
Does he suspect they’ve been eavesdropping and caught wind of all the news?
Is it possible they HAVE been eavesdropping?
They were only steps behind him when they followed.
That is quite a long scene for them to catch up so much later.
They’d have every reason to listen in. They’re concerned for Hamlet’s safety,
They want to be assured he will not be tempted to the flood or something.
They could, in fact, have heard and perhaps Hamlet is rightly concerned with their silence. Is there any evidence for them NOT hearing the big reveal?
I’ve never seen it played that way
But I’m curious about what would shift if Horatio and Marcellus were witnesses
To the ghost’s news.
There is such a lot of eavesdropping in this play already, it’s not impossible for there to be a little more, is it?