Hamlet

This production played in repertory with Twelfth Night, King Henry V

Broadway Theatre, (12/16/1958 - 1/10/1959)

Category: Play, Tragedy, Revival, Broadway

Description: A play in five acts

Setting: In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark

Production Staff
Theatre Operated by the Trebuhs Realty Co., Inc.
Produced by Old Vic Trust, Ltd., Arts Council of Great Britain and S. Hurok
Written by William Shakespeare; Musical Director: Arthur Lief
Directed by Michael Benthall
Scenic Design by Audrey Cruddas; Costume Design by Audrey Cruddas
General Manager: Douglas Morris; Company Manager: Roy Parker; General Manager for S. Hurok: Wolfe Kaufman
Stage Manager: Peter Smith and Maurice Stewart; Assistant Stage Mgr: Andrew Laird; Production Manager: William Downing
Musical Accompaniment: Gordon Jacob
Dueling direction by Bernard Hepton; General Press Representative: Martin Feinstein; Press Associate: Michael Sweeley; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner

Cast

Joss Ackland	Marcellus Officer
Robert Algar	Player
	Captain
	Ensemble
John Bonney	Ensemble
Peggy Butt	Ensemble
Peter Cellier	Rosencrantz Courtier
Margaret Courtenay	Gertrude Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
James Culliford	Player Prologue
	Ensemble
Michael Culver	Servant
David Dodimead	Horatio friend to Hamlet
Jane Downs	Lady
Simon Fraser	Ensemble
David Gardner	Fortinbras Prince of Norway
	Ensemble
John Gay	Ensemble
Jennie Goossens	Ensemble
Timothy Harley	Ensemble
Gerald Harper	Guildenstern Courtier
Douglas Harris	Sailor
	Ensemble
Peter Hodgson	Ensemble
John Humphry	Laertes son to Polonius
Harold Innocent	Sailor
	Priest
	Ensemble
Barbara Jefford	Ophelia daughter to Polonius
Ursula Jenkins	Ensemble
Thomas Johnston	Gravedigger
	Ensemble
Dudley Jones	Gravedigger
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	Player Queen
Dyson Lovell	Ensemble
James Mellor	Francisco Officer
John Neville	Hamlet son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Oliver Neville	Claudius King of Denmark
Joseph O'Conor	Polonius Lord Chamberlain
Roy Patrick	Bernardo Officer
Job Stewart	Osric a Courtier
Crispian Woodgate	Ensemble
Richard Wordsworth	Ghost
	Player King
William Young	Ensemble