PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 04, 1939
Closing Date
Jan 06, 1940
Performances
40
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
44th Street Theatre
(Dec 04, 1939 - Jan 06, 1940)
Description
A play in five acts
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
Produced by Maurice Evans
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Lehman Engel
Staged by Margaret Webster
Scenic Design by David Ffolkes; Costume Design by David Ffolkes
Maurice Evans
Hamlet (son to the late, and nephew to the present King)
Mady Christians
Gertrude (Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet)
Henry Edwards
Claudius (King of Denmark)
Raymond Johnson
Polonius (Lord Chamberlain)
Katherine Locke
Ophelia (daughter to Polonius)
John Barclay
Ghost
 
Fortinbras (Prince of Norway)
June Brown
Ensemble
Donald Cameron
Marcellus (Officer)
Frederic Carney
Cornelius
 
Ensemble
Jessie Dimond
Ensemble
Constance Friend
Ensemble
Lauren Gilbert
Francisco (Officer)
 
Rosencrantz (Courtier)
Henry Jones
Reynaldo
 
Second Gravedigger
George Keane
Gentleman
 
Ambassador
 
Ensemble
John McQuade
Bernardo (Officer)
 
Player
 
Sailor
 
Ensemble
Alexander Nicol
Ensemble
Melvin Parks
Ensemble
Alfred Paschall
Captain
 
Sailor
 
Ensemble
Jackson Perkins
Lady in Waiting
 
Ensemble
Donald Randolph
Horatio (friend to Hamlet)
Kurt Richards
Page
 
Player Queen
Emmett Rogers
Guildenstern (Courtier)
 
Ambassador
Sydney Smith
Laertes (son to Polonius)
Maury Tuckerman
Osric (a Courtier)
Howard Wierum
Player
 
Ensemble
Rhys Williams
Player King
 
First Gravedigger
Walter Williams
Voltemand
 
Priest
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