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28 June-1 July 1939

Hamlet

Location Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, UK
Plays performed Hamlet

Programme

Date 1939
Play(s) Hamlet
Production Date(s) 28 June 1939 to 1 July 1939
Venue Lyceum Theatre
Producer John Gielgud
Document ID EC-D60 Original record
Held by The British Library
Notes Edith Craig author of essay in this souvenir programme on ‘Ellen Terry and Henry Irving’; farewell to the Lyceum Theatre. John Gielgud as Hamlet; Fay Compton as Ophelia; music arranged by Herbert Menges; various illustrated pieces on theatre and actors.

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Edith Craig and Pamela Colman Smith designed scenes for a play by W. B. Yeats.

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