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Hamlet
Play
Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 13, 1945
Closing Date
Apr 08, 1946
Performances
131
Play
Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 13, 1945
Close Date: Apr 08, 1946
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Columbus Circle
(Dec 13, 1945 - Apr 08, 1946)
Description
A play in five acts
Some of the members of the company served with Major Evans in the Pacific and over twenty were ex-service men.
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Michael Todd
Produced by
Michael Todd
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Roger Adams
Staged by
George Schaefer
Scenic Design by
Frederick Stover
; Costume Design by
Irene Sharaff
Company Manager:
William G. Norton
; General Manager:
James Colligan
Production Manager:
Walter Williams
; Production Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
; Stage Manager:
George Cotton
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Robert Hartung
and
Bernard Gersten
; General Stage Manager:
Sammy Lambert
Conducted by
William Brooks
; Music Contractor:
Charles Kunen
General Press Representative:
Bill Doll
; Company Press Representative:
Mort Nathanson
and
Dick Williams
; Casting:
Sidney Piermont
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Mary Adams
Ensemble
Franz Bendtsen
Reynaldo
John Bryant
Francisco
Officer
Ensemble
Thomas Chalmers
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
Blanche Collins
Player Queen
Booth Colman
Guildenstern
Courtier
Walter Coy
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
Morton Da Costa
Osric
a Courtier
Lili Darvas
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Alan Dreeben
Player Villian
Ensemble
Maurice Evans
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Jane Flynn
Ensemble
Bernard Gersten
Ensemble
Charles Goff
Ensemble
Thomas Gomez
Claudius
King of Denmark
Robert Hartung
Ensemble
Nelson Leigh
Player King
Norwegian Captain
Bill Levitt
Ensemble
Alexander Lockwood
Marcellus
Officer
Alan Masters
Player Prologue
Nan McFarland
Ensemble
Howard Morris
Rosencrantz
Courtier
Robert Pastene
Ensemble
Frances Reid
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Emmett Rogers
Laertes
son to Polonius
Frank Rooney
Ensemble
Leon Shaw
Fortinbras
Prince of Norway
Janet Slausen
Ensemble
Victor Thorley
Ghost
Ray Walston
Ensemble
William Weber
Bernardo
Officer
Ensemble
Columbus Circle
(Dec 13, 1945 - Apr 08, 1946)
Cast
Robert Berger
Francisco
Officer
Ensemble
Victor Rendina
Reynaldo
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Michael Todd
Produced by
Michael Todd
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Roger Adams
Staged by
George Schaefer
Scenic Design by
Frederick Stover
; Costume Design by
Irene Sharaff
Company Manager:
William G. Norton
; General Manager:
James Colligan
Production Manager:
Walter Williams
; Production Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
; Stage Manager:
George Cotton
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Robert Hartung
and
Bernard Gersten
; General Stage Manager:
Sammy Lambert
Conducted by
William Brooks
; Music Contractor:
Charles Kunen
General Press Representative:
Bill Doll
; Company Press Representative:
Mort Nathanson
and
Dick Williams
; Casting:
Sidney Piermont
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Mary Adams
Ensemble
Franz Bendtsen
Reynaldo
John Bryant
Francisco
Officer
Ensemble
Thomas Chalmers
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
Blanche Collins
Player Queen
Booth Colman
Guildenstern
Courtier
Walter Coy
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
Morton Da Costa
Osric
a Courtier
Lili Darvas
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Alan Dreeben
Player Villian
Ensemble
Maurice Evans
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Jane Flynn
Ensemble
Bernard Gersten
Ensemble
Charles Goff
Ensemble
Thomas Gomez
Claudius
King of Denmark
Robert Hartung
Ensemble
Nelson Leigh
Player King
Norwegian Captain
Bill Levitt
Ensemble
Alexander Lockwood
Marcellus
Officer
Alan Masters
Player Prologue
Nan McFarland
Ensemble
Howard Morris
Rosencrantz
Courtier
Robert Pastene
Ensemble
Frances Reid
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Emmett Rogers
Laertes
son to Polonius
Frank Rooney
Ensemble
Leon Shaw
Fortinbras
Prince of Norway
Janet Slausen
Ensemble
Victor Thorley
Ghost
Ray Walston
Ensemble
William Weber
Bernardo
Officer
Ensemble
Columbus Circle
(Dec 13, 1945 - Apr 08, 1946)
Cast
Robert Berger
Francisco
Officer
Ensemble
Victor Rendina
Reynaldo
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