PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
May 01, 1969
Closing Date
Jun 14, 1969
Performances
52
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(May 01, 1969 - Jun 14, 1969)
Description
A play in five acts
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
Comments
This production of Hamlet is in two acts
Produced by Albert I. Fill, Joseph H. Shoctor, Marcel Akselrod and Norman Twain; By Special Arrangment with Woodfall, Ltd.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tony Richardson
Scenic Design by Jocelyn Herbert; Costume Design by Jocelyn Herbert; Lighting Design by John Gleason
General Manager: Sherman Gross; Manager for the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: Leonard Soloway
Production Stage Manager: Kevin Palmer; Stage Manager: Howard Panter; Assistant Stage Mgr: Mario Cassar
Scenery Supervisor: Michael Annals
General Press Representative: Frank Goodman; Press Representative: Ruth Cage; Advertising: Fred Golden and The Blaine Thompson Company
Francesca Annis
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Ben Aris
Rosencrantz
Courtier
John J. Carney
Marcellus
Officer
 
Player King
Ian Collier
Priest
 
Ensemble
Constance Cummings
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Mark Dignam
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
Michael Elphick
Francisco
Officer
 
Sailor
 
Ensemble
Richard Everett
Player Queen
 
Ensemble
Peter Gale
Osric
a Courtier
Clive Graham
Guildenstern
Courtier
Mark Griffith
Reynaldo
 
Ensemble
Anjelica Huston
Ensemble
Gordon Jackson
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
Bill Jarvis
Ensemble
Roger Livesey
Player
 
Gravedigger
 
First Player
Michael Martin
Ensemble
Michael Pennington
Laertes
son to Polonius
Malcolm Terris
Captain
 
Ensemble
John Trenaman
Bernardo
Officer
 
Ensemble
Jennifer Tudor
Ensemble
Jason Twelvetrees
Ensemble
Christopher Walsh
Ensemble
Nicol Williamson
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Patrick Wymark
Claudius
King of Denmark
Understudies: Ben Aris (Polonius), Ian Collier (Rosencrantz), Michael Elphick (Guildenstern), Clive Graham (Hamlet), Mark Griffith (Osric), Anjelica Huston (Ophelia), Malcolm Terris (Horatio), John Trenaman (Claudius), Jennifer Tudor (Gertrude) and Jason Twelvetrees (Laertes)

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (May 01, 1969 - Jun 14, 1969)

Cast

John J. Carney
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
Michael Elphick
Marcellus
Officer
 
Player King
Michael Martin
Francisco
Officer

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Performance

1969 Winner
Nicol Williamson
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