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Hamlet
Play
Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 10, 1936
Closing Date
Dec 1936
Performances
39
Play
Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Open Date: Nov 10, 1936
Close Date: Dec 1936
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Imperial Theatre
(Nov 10, 1936 - Dec 1936)
Description
A play in five acts
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Imperial Theatre Corporation
Produced by
Leslie Howard
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Virgil Thomson
; Musical Director:
Hugh Davis
Directed by
Leslie Howard
; Directed in collaboration with
John Houseman
; Mime of the Players' Scene by
Agnes de Mille
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
; Costume Design by
Stewart Chaney
General Manager:
Percy Burton
; Company Manager:
Frank Perley
Stage Manager:
Edward McHugh
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Charles Ashley
and
Jean Rosenthal
Fencing Scene arranged by
Santelli
Leslie Howard
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Gay Adams
Court Lady
Wesley Addy
Marcellus
Officer
Joan Adrian
Court Lady
John Barclay
Ghost
Fortinbras
Prince of Norway
Daphne Bayne
Court Lady
Bourn Blood
Soldier
Richard Cameron
Courtier
Albert Carroll
Osric
a Courtier
Richard Clayton
Page
Clifford Evans
Laertes
son to Polonius
Paul Foster
Courtier
Eugene Francis
Page
Paul Genge
Francisco
Officer
Captain
Denis Green
Rosencrantz
Courtier
James Hayes
Courtier
Janet Hill
Court Lady
Joseph Holland
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
George Ingham
Soldier
Paul Jones
Soldier
Stanley Lathbury
First Gravedigger
Henry Leonard
Soldier
Eric Mansfield
A Chaplain
Aubrey Mather
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
Mary Meyer
Player Queen
Hugh Norton
Soldier
Richard Ogden
Courtier
Winston O'Keefe
Guildenstern
Courtier
John Parrish
Bernardo
Officer
Tileston Perry
Page
Madelyn Phillips
Player Prologue
Edward Potter
Gentleman
Courtier
Keith Randall
Soldier
Herbert Ranson
Player
Alexander Scourby
Player King
Mary Servoss
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Mary Shower
Court Lady
Toni Sorel
Court Lady
Hope Spingarn
Court Lady
Pamela Stanley
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Philip Sudana
Page
Daphne Sylva
Court Lady
Vernon Tanner
Courtier
George Volk
Soldier
Wilfrid Walter
Claudius
King of Denmark
O.Z. Whitehead
Second Gravedigger
Arthur Zwerling
Courtier
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Imperial Theatre Corporation
Produced by
Leslie Howard
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Virgil Thomson
; Musical Director:
Hugh Davis
Directed by
Leslie Howard
; Directed in collaboration with
John Houseman
; Mime of the Players' Scene by
Agnes de Mille
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
; Costume Design by
Stewart Chaney
General Manager:
Percy Burton
; Company Manager:
Frank Perley
Stage Manager:
Edward McHugh
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Charles Ashley
and
Jean Rosenthal
Fencing Scene arranged by
Santelli
Leslie Howard
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Gay Adams
Court Lady
Wesley Addy
Marcellus
Officer
Joan Adrian
Court Lady
John Barclay
Ghost
Fortinbras
Prince of Norway
Daphne Bayne
Court Lady
Bourn Blood
Soldier
Richard Cameron
Courtier
Albert Carroll
Osric
a Courtier
Richard Clayton
Page
Clifford Evans
Laertes
son to Polonius
Paul Foster
Courtier
Eugene Francis
Page
Paul Genge
Francisco
Officer
Captain
Denis Green
Rosencrantz
Courtier
James Hayes
Courtier
Janet Hill
Court Lady
Joseph Holland
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
George Ingham
Soldier
Paul Jones
Soldier
Stanley Lathbury
First Gravedigger
Henry Leonard
Soldier
Eric Mansfield
A Chaplain
Aubrey Mather
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
Mary Meyer
Player Queen
Hugh Norton
Soldier
Richard Ogden
Courtier
Winston O'Keefe
Guildenstern
Courtier
John Parrish
Bernardo
Officer
Tileston Perry
Page
Madelyn Phillips
Player Prologue
Edward Potter
Gentleman
Courtier
Keith Randall
Soldier
Herbert Ranson
Player
Alexander Scourby
Player King
Mary Servoss
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Mary Shower
Court Lady
Toni Sorel
Court Lady
Hope Spingarn
Court Lady
Pamela Stanley
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Philip Sudana
Page
Daphne Sylva
Court Lady
Vernon Tanner
Courtier
George Volk
Soldier
Wilfrid Walter
Claudius
King of Denmark
O.Z. Whitehead
Second Gravedigger
Arthur Zwerling
Courtier
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