Hamlet

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Event Hamlet
Venue Queen's Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 4 January 1881
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description His conception of Hamlet, that the melancholy Prince of Denmark was deliberately feigning madness, seems to us to be an erroneous one …
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Herr Bandmann Actor Hamlet
Louise Beaudet Actor Ophelia
JF Cathcart Actor Ghost of Hamlet's Father
JF Cathcart Actor Claudius
Louise Crawford Actor Gertrude
Charles Hall Actor Horatio
Grace Hathaway Actor Gertrude
Grace Hathaway Actor Osric
J H Nunn Actor Polonius
Walter Reynolds Actor Laertes/First Actor
William Shakespeare Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Further Information 1881: The company consists of Miss Louise Beaudet, Herr Bandmann, Mr Walter Reynolds, Mr JF Cathcart, Mr J Costello, Mr J Martin, Mr J Gordon, Mr F Fisher, Miss Grace Hathaway, Mr Alfred Tasman, Mr Charles Hall, Mr JH Nunn, Mr E Rigby, Mr E Tucker, Mr Horace Butler, Miss Lottie Jamieson, Miss Lonise Crawford. Sloan Theatre Invercargill 2 January. Hamlet was the Dunedin season opener. Also played
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 196907