PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 08, 1936
Closing Date
Jan 30, 1937
Performances
132
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Empire Theatre
(Oct 08, 1936 - Dec 19, 1936)
St. James Theatre
(Dec 21, 1936 - Jan 30, 1937)
Description
A play in five acts
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
Theatre Leased by Nesca Realty Co., Inc.
Produced by Guthrie McClintic
Written by William Shakespeare
Staged by Guthrie McClintic
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Jo Mielziner; Technical Assistant to Jo Mielziner: Rose Bogdanoff
General Manager: Stanley Gilkey; Company Manager: William G. Tisdale
Stage Manager: William Richardson; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Cornell, Kurt Steinbart and Donaldson Murphy
John Gielgud
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Judith Anderson
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Arthur Byron
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
John Emery
Laertes
son to Polonius
Lillian Gish
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Malcolm Keen
Ghost
 
Claudius
King of Denmark
Evelyn Abbott
Ensemble
Harry Andrews
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
Neal Berry
Ensemble
Whitner Bissell
Cornelius
 
Lucianus
John Cromwell
Rosencrantz
Courtier
James Dinan
Voltemand
 
Ensemble
Morgan Farley
Osric
a Courtier
John Galland
Ensemble
Stanley Gould
Ensemble
Peter Gray
Ensemble
Reed Herring
Bernardo
Officer
 
Fortinbras
Prince of Norway
Henry Hull Jr.
Ensemble
Barry Kelly
Marcellus
Officer
 
Gravedigger
Mary Lee Logan
Ensemble
Ruth March
Player Queen
Harry Mestayer
Player King
Donaldson Murphy
Ensemble
George Nash
Gravedigger
William Roehrick
Guildenstern
Courtier
Sydna Scott
Ensemble
William Stanley
Sailor
Kurt Steinbart
Ensemble
Ivan Triesault
Prologue
 
Priest
George Vincent
Captain
Murvyn Vye
Francisco
Officer
 
Reynaldo
Francis Wayne
Ensemble

Empire Theatre (Oct 08, 1936 - Dec 19, 1936)

St. James Theatre (Dec 21, 1936 - Jan 30, 1937)

Cast

Whitner Bissell
Guildenstern
Courtier
Stanley Gould
Lucianus
Edward Mason
Ensemble
Edmond O'Brien
Marcellus
Officer
 
Gravedigger
John Reymond
Ensemble
William Roehrick
Laertes
son to Polonius
David Sands
Ensemble
Gustave Tweer
Ensemble
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