PlayTragedyRevival
Opening Date
Oct 12, 1938
Closing Date
Jan 1939
Performances
96
PlayTragedyRevival

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
St. James Theatre
(Oct 12, 1938 - Jan 1939)
Description
A play in five acts
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
Comments
This was the first staging of the full text of "Hamlet" in New York.
Produced by Maurice Evans; Produced in association with Joseph Verner Reed and Boris Said
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Lehman Engel
Staged by Margaret Webster
Scenic Design by David Ffolkes; Costume Design by David Ffolkes
General Manager: Edgar Runkle
General Stage Manager: Edward P. Dimond; Assistant Stage Manager: Richard Janaver, Donald Arbury and Rhys Williams
Orchestra Leader: Virginia Oman
Fencing arranged by George Santelli; Press Representative: Richard Maney
Maurice Evans
Hamlet (son to the late, and nephew to the present King)
Wesley Addy
Bernardo (Officer)
 
Fortinbras (Prince of Norway)
Donald Arbury
Francisco (Officer)
 
Player
Charles Bowden
Ensemble
Donald Cameron
Marcellus (Officer)
Frederic Carney
Ensemble
Mady Christians
Gertrude (Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet)
Augustin Duncan
Ghost
Henry Edwards
Claudius (King of Denmark)
Reynolds Evans
Voltemand
 
Priest
Constance Friend
Ensemble
George Graham
Polonius (Lord Chamberlain)
Richard Janaver
Sailor
 
Ensemble
Henry Jones
Reynaldo
 
Second Gravedigger
Whitford Kane
Gravedigger
George Keane
Gentleman
Katherine Locke
Ophelia (daughter to Polonius)
Carmen Mathews
Ensemble
Paul Nevens
Player Queen
 
Ambassador
Alfred Paschall
Captain
 
Ensemble
William Prince
Page
 
Ensemble
Donald Randolph
Horatio (friend to Hamlet)
Everett Ripley
Guildenstern (Courtier)
Emmett Rogers
Cornelius
 
Player
 
Sailor
Alexander Scourby
Rosencrantz (Courtier)
Sydney Smith
Laertes (son to Polonius)
Irene Tedrow
Lady in Waiting
 
Ensemble
Maury Tuckerman
Osric (a Courtier)
Ruth Wilk
Ensemble
Rhys Williams
Player King
 
Ambassador

St. James Theatre (Oct 12, 1938 - Jan 1939)

Cast

Raymond Johnson
Polonius (Lord Chamberlain)
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