Possible Clues:

• 'O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!' speaker
• Shakespeare character who coins the term 'primrose path'
• Character to whom 'Get thee to a nunnery' is said
• She 'speaks things in doubt, / That carry but half sense'
• "Hamlet" woman at whose grave Gertrude says "Sweets to the sweet"
• Character associated with 30 Across
• Tragic heroine excited hope before trouble mounts
• Female cops shed alias, dispensing with tips
• Shakespeare character who says 'Good night, ladies; good night, sweet ladies; good night, good night'
• Tragic heroine's husband in work by essayist