Photo Title
Preview
Production Title
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Production Date
1939
Photograph Caption
Maurice Evans' production of ...'Hamlet' scored a new triumph for Mr. Evans on Broadway last season (Cleveland (Ohio) Press Caption). Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, has unknowingly married her husband's murderer. Claudius acknowledges his desire for Gertrude motivated him to murder his brother.
Dialogue
Ghost: "So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust
The will of my most seeming-virtuous Queen." (I.v.45-46)
Hamlet: "Failty, thy name is woman! "(I.ii.146).
Claudius: "My crown, mine own ambition, and my Queen." (III.iii.55)
Play Title
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Venue
Stage
Place of Production
New York (N.Y.)
Character
Gertrude: Mady Christians
Other Credits
Maurice Evans - Producer
Object Type
black-and-white photographs
Size of Original
8 x 10 in.
Donor
Cole, Joseph E.
Repository
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Format
jpeg
