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

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
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 Mgr: Richard Janaver, Donald Arbury and Rhys Williams
Orchestra Leader: Virginia Oman
Fencing arranged by George Santelli; Press Representative: Richard Maney
Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King
Bernardo
Officer
 
Fortinbras
Prince of Norway
Francisco
Officer
 
Player
Ensemble
Marcellus
Officer
Ensemble
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet
Claudius
King of Denmark
Voltemand
 
Priest
Ensemble
Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
 
Ensemble
Reynaldo
 
Second Gravedigger
Gravedigger
Gentleman
Ophelia
daughter to Polonius
Ensemble
Player Queen
 
Ambassador
Captain
 
Ensemble
 
Ensemble
Horatio
friend to Hamlet
Guildenstern
Courtier
Cornelius
 
Player
 
Sailor
Rosencrantz
Courtier
Laertes
son to Polonius
Lady in Waiting
 
Ensemble
Osric
a Courtier
Ensemble
Player King
 
Ambassador

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

Cast

Polonius
Lord Chamberlain
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