Hamlet

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Event Hamlet
Venue Mechanics Institute, Launceston, TAS
First Date 27 August 1883
Last Date 28 August 1883
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Mechanics' Institute was crowded to excess long before the curtain rose last evening, the occasion being the production of Sliakespeae's masterpiece, ''Hamlet,' with Miss Poineroy as the Prince of Denmark.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Fred Appleton Actor Ghost
Branton Actor Ophelia
Arthur Elliott Actor Laertes/First Player
Frank Gerald Actor Horatio
Charles Hall Actor Claudius, King of Denmark
J G Joyce Actor Polonius
J J Kennedy Actor Second Gravedigger
Harry Leston Actor Rosencrantz/First Gravedigger
Blanche Lewis Actor Gertrude, Queen of Denmark
Florence Lewis Actor Actress
L Pomeroy Actor Hamlet
William Shakespeare Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 162319