Hamlet

Press night

23.04.1948

Venue

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cast

Role and name

• Priest

  Amyes, Julian

• Gravedigger 2

  Bass, Alfie

• Ophelia

  Bloom, Claire

• Unnamed parts

  Davion, Alexander,

• Unnamed parts

  Dipper, Alan,

• Unnamed parts

  Fox, Jean,

• Player 1

  Godfrey, Michael,

• Player 2

  Grahame, Ailsa,

• Norwegian Captain

  Gwynn, Michael,

• Francisco

  Hardwick, Paul

• Unnamed parts

  Harley, Timothy,

• Hamlet

  Helpmann, Robert,

• Unnamed parts

  Herrington, Keith,

• Horatio

  Justin, John,

• Unnamed parts

  Kasket, Harold,

• Polonius

  Kidd, John,

• Unnamed parts

  Kneale, Tom,

• Ghost

  Knight, Esmond,

• Gravedigger 1

  Knight, Esmond,

• Player 3

  Mitchell, Norman,

• Marcellus

  Monk, William,

• Fortinbras

  Priestley, Manfred,

• Unnamed parts

  Purdom, Edmund,

• Claudius

  Quayle, Anthony

• Unnamed parts

  Russell, Mairhi,

• Hamlet

  Scofield, Paul

• Laertes

  Squire, William,

• Unnamed parts

  Stannard, Heather,

• Bernardo

  Urquhart, Robert,

• Rosencrantz

  Van Eyssen, John,

• Unnamed parts

  Whitehouse, Lorna,

• Unnamed parts

  Williams, Clifford

• Osric

  Willman, Noel,

• Guildenstern

  Wilmer, Douglas,

• Unnamed parts

  Wroe, David,

• Gertrude

  Wynyard, Diana,

Creative

Role and name

• Designer

  Bailey, James

• Director

  Benthall, Michael

• Music by

  Easdale, Brian,

• Playwright

  Shakespeare, William