PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 17, 1975
Closing Date
Jan 25, 1976
1st Preview
Dec 05, 1975
1st Preview
Dec 05, 1975
Previews
14
Performances
47
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Vivian Beaumont Theater
(Dec 17, 1975 - Jan 25, 1976)
Description
A play in five acts
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer); Associate Producer: Bernard Gersten
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by John Morris
Directed by Michael Rudman
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto; Costume Design by Hal George; Lighting Design by Martin Aronstein
NYSF General Manager: Robert Kamlot
NYSF Production Manager: Andrew Mihok; Production Stage Manager: D. W. Koehler; Stage Manager: Michael Chambers
NYSF Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; NYSF at Lincoln Center Press Representative: Faith Geer; NYSF Casting: Rosemarie Tichler; Fight direction by Erik Fredricksen
Peter Ackroyd
Rosencrantz
Courtier
Jane Alexander
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Maureen Anderman
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Ernest Austin
Technical Director
 
Ensemble
Richard Brestoff
Marcellus
Officer
 
Player
 
Ensemble
Robert Burr
Ghost
Nancy Campbell
Player Prologue
 
Apprentice Actor
Charles Cioffi
Claudius
King of Denmark
Michael Cutt
Stagehand
 
Ensemble
Erik Fredricksen
Reynaldo
 
Ensemble
James Gallery
Voltemand
Larry Gates
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
 
Gravedigger
John Heard
Guildenstern
Courtier
George Hearn
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
David Howard
Stagehand
 
Ensemble
Ronald Hunter
Stagehand
 
Ensemble
James Hurdle
Player King
Henson Keys
Ensemble
Stephen Lang
Bernardo
Officer
 
Priest
 
Player
 
Ensemble
Jack R. Marks
Gravedigger
 
Stagehand
 
Ensemble
Bruce McGill
Osric
a Courtier
 
Ensemble
Vance Mizelle
Company Manager
 
Ensemble
David Naughton
Francisco
Officer
 
Player Queen
 
Ensemble
Mandy Patinkin
Fortinbras
Prince of Norway
 
Player King
Hannibal Penney, Jr.
Captain
 
Player Queen
Richard Sanders
Ensemble
James Sutorius
Laertes
son to Polonius
Reginald Vel Johnson
Stagehand
 
Ensemble
Sam Waterston
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Understudies: Ernest Austin (Francisco), Richard Brestoff (Guildenstern, Player King), Nancy Campbell (Ophelia), Michael Cutt (Gravedigger, Marcellus), James Gallery (Gravedigger, Polonius), John Heard (Hamlet), Ruby Holbrook (Gertrude), David Howard (Player King, Captain), Ronald Hunter (Horatio, Technical Director, Player Queen), James Hurdle (Claudius), Henson Keys (Bernardo, Player), Stephen Lang (Rosencrantz, Prologue), Jack R. Marks (Voltemand), Bruce McGill (Laertes), Vance Mizelle (Priest), David Naughton (Osric), Hannibal Penney, Jr. (Fortinbras), Richard Sanders (Player Queen, Ghost) and Reginald Vel Johnson (Company Manager)
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