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Hamlet
Play
Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 04, 1939
Closing Date
Jan 06, 1940
Performances
40
Play
Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 04, 1939
Close Date: Jan 06, 1940
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
44th Street Theatre
(Dec 04, 1939 - Jan 06, 1940)
Description
A play in five acts
Setting
In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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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