Hamlet

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Event Hamlet
Venue University of Auckland, Old Arts Quad, Auckand, New Zealand
First Date 9 February 1963
Last Date 21 February 1963
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description An outdoor setting. 'The image of the pale and broody Prince is dealt a further knock by Eric Woofe, a student Hamlet modelled with almost uncomfortable closeness on the Olivier prototype, alternating passion, ruthless [sic] and exuberance with a savage self-possession….
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Murray Alford Actor Polonius
Robin Chadwick Actor Horatio
Graeme Eton Actor Claudius
Norman Fletcher Actor Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Rosalynne Laird Actor Ophelia
Warren Lindberg Actor Marcellus
Errice Montague Actor Gertrude
Roger Pine Actor Laertes
Eric Woofe Actor Hamlet
Sidney Musgrove Director
William Shakespeare Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Further Information Approx 4,000 people attended the performance over 10 nights. Perhaps the first Auckland Summer Shakespeare?
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 192958