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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/1874
Title'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare
Extent1 file
Date1955-1956
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Hamlet' with photographs of members of the cast and cast lists; includes programme with cast list and dates 1955; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; press and magazine cuttings of an interview with and an article by producer, Peter Brook; printed flyer [1955]

Performed at The Phoenix Theatre, London, 8 Dec 1955, closing performance, 24 Mar 1956; presented by Tennent Productions Ltd; produced by Peter Brook; costumes and setting by George Wakhevitch; music and songs by Thomas Eastwood; The Royal Theatre, Brighton, 25 Oct 1955
Russia: The Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow, 23 Nov 1955 (2 weeks)

Cast: Gareth Jones, Michael Allinson, John Turner, Michael David, John Phillips, Paul Schofield, Alec Clunes, Diana Wynyard, Ernest Thesiger, Richard Johnson, Mary Ure, Peter Whitbread, Anthony Service, Gerald Flood, David de Keyser, Norman Scace, Harry H. Corbett, Gareth Jones, Aubrey Woods, Norman Bird, Richard Pasco, Churton Fairman, Timothy Findley, Robert Robinson, Beryl Andrews, Greta Watson, Catherine Feller
Access StatusOpen

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