Hamlet
Event Information
Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
3 July 2021
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
24 Jan 1870, 7:45 PM25 Jan 1870, 7:45 PM
26 Jan 1870, 7:45 PM
27 Jan 1870, 7:45 PM
28 Jan 1870, 7:45 PM
29 Jan 1870, 1:00 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Edwin Thomas Booth (role: Hamlet); Fanny [actress] Morant (role: Queen); W. E. Sheridan [actor] (role: Laertes); Theodore [actor] Hamilton (role: King); D. W. [actor] Waller (role: Ghost); Blanche [actress] De Bar (role: Ophelia); D. C. [actor] Anderson (role: Polonius)
Citations
5)
“A new musical feature has been introduced at the close of ‘Hamlet’ at Booth’s Theatre—viz., the distant playing of a band as Hamlet dies and the curtain descends. This at first sound somewhat dissonant, but as it really represents the entry of the conquering Fortinbras into the Danish capital it is beyond a doubt correct.”