Hamlet

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Event Hamlet
Venue Princess Theatre, Wanganui, New Zealand
First Date 16 April 1881
Last Date 16 April 1881
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description … Herr Bandmann's Hamlet is truly original…. It was the Hamlet that Shakespeare had in his mind's eye, the sane Hamlet cloaking his purpose of revenge beneath an assumed madness….
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
John Musgrave Actor Polonius/First Gravedigger
William Shakespeare Playwright
Collins Jennings Publicist
Works
Text Nationality England
Further Information By April 1881, the company consists of Miss Louise Beaudet, Herr Bandmann, Mr JF Cathcart, Mr J Costello, Mr Alfred Tasman, Mr JH Nunn, Mr Horace Rigby, J Musgrave, Alf Manning, Geo Ward, Miss Louise Crawford, Ellen Ashford, Jane Herrick, Fanny Reirdon. (According to an ad in Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 9376, 11 April 1881, Page 3). Dresses from S May & Co, London. Seven nights in Wan
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 196940