Hamlet

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Event Hamlet
Venue Her Majesty's Theatre (1973-2001), Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Old Vic Company, Australian Tour, 1979
First Date 11 December 1979
Last Date 15 December 1979
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bernard Brown Actor Ghost of Hamlet's father / First Player / Player King Osric
Brenda Bruce Actor Gertrude
Martin Chamberlain Actor Guildenstern
Richard Clifford Actor Voltimand / Fortinbras
Michael Cogan Actor Soldiers / Players / Courtiers
Richard Derrington Actor Francicsco / Second Player / Player Queen / Second Gravedigger
Robert Eddison Actor Polonius
Peter Ellis Actor Rosencrantz
Mark Fletcher Actor Norwegian Captain
Julian Glover Actor Claudius
Alan Haywood Actor Cornelius / Lucianus / Priest
Lee Hudson Actor Soldiers / Players / Courtiers
Derek Jacobi Actor Hamlet
Malcolm Mudie Actor Marcellus / Ambassador from England
Eunice Roberts Actor Soldiers / Players / Courtiers
Jeremy Roberts Actor Player King
Charles Rogers Actor Player Queen
John Rowe Actor Horatio
Barrie Rutter Actor Barnardo / Reynaldo / Lucianus / First Gravedigger
Terence Wilton Actor Laertes
Jane Wymark Actor Ophelia
William Louther Choreographer
Donald Fraser Composer
Robin Archer Designer
Toby Robertson Director
Keith Edmundson Lighting Designer
Laurence Joyce Musician Recorder
Clive Scrivener Musician: Drummer
Alan Lawrence Musician: Guitarist
Hugh Carslaw Musician: Trumpeter
William Shakespeare Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality England
Further Information National Library collection contains two copies of the official tour programme, which covers all Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide performances. One programme contains five newspaper articles/reviews from Adelaide. The publication names and dates are not available, and therefore have not been indexed.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1979
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 132449