Hamlet

Press night

30.04.1940

Venue

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cast

Role and name

• Ophelia

  Bryan, Peggy,

• Doctor of Divinity

  Clark, G F Hannam,

• Osric

  Gadsby, C Rivers,

• Reynaldo

  Gadsby, C Rivers,

• Gertrude

  Harris, Clare,

• Player 1

  Howlett, Stanley,

• Laertes

  Hurndall, Richard,

• Osric

  Hutchinson, Dennis,

• Francisco

  Ingham, Michael,

• Laertes

  Kenton, Godfrey,

• Hamlet

  Langton, Basil,

• Gravedigger 1

  Laurier, Jay

• Horatio

  Layne-Smith, Donald,

• Polonius

  Leigh, Andrew

• Marcellus

  Manship, George,

• Horatio

  Marshall, Robert,

• Gravedigger 2

  Mattingly, Hedley,

• Guildenstern

  Mattingly, Hedley,

• Player 3

  Sanderson, Joan,

• Player 4

  Shaw, Susan,

• Claudius

  Skillan, George

• Ghost

  Souper, Gerald Kay,

• Barnardo

  Wheatleigh, Edward,

• Rosencrantz

  Wheatleigh, Edward,

• Cornelius

  Wood, George,

• Player 2

  Wood, George,

• Fortinbras

  Wordsworth, Richard,

• Voltimand

  Wordsworth, Richard,

Creative

Role and name

• Music by

  Bernard, Anthony

• Costume Designer

  Curtis, Barbara

• Director

  Payne, B Iden,

• Playwright

  Shakespeare, William