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Field name | Value |
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Title | Hamlet |
Document Type | Prompt Book; Memorial Book |
Reference | Ham 29 |
Primary Association | Moore, John |
Associated Names | Macready, William Charles, Wallack, James William; Eddy, Edward; Booth, Edwin; Mayne Young, Charles; Jordan, George; Davenport, Edward L. |
Theatre | Covent Garden; Park; Daly's |
Place of Production | London; New York; Montreal |
Country of Production | Great Britain; United States |
Date of Production | c. 1850-1879 |
Description | Detailed prompt book made by John Moore. Loose at the back are: a manuscript 12-leaf part book for Claudius; 8-leaf part book for Horatio; 2-leaf issue of the Brooklyn Daily Programme, 10 March 1870; a playbill for Burton's Theatre, 2 Dec 1857; 5 prop letters; and a partial manuscript cast list. |
Genre | Tragedy |
Theme(s) | Royalty, Aristocracy and Class; History, Politics and Corruption |
Roles | William Charles Macready - Hamlet; E.L. Davenport - Hamlet; Edwin Booth - Hamlet |
Content Keywords | death, madness, royalty, revenge, poison, supernatural, marriage |
Context Keywords | arms, cast, character, sound effects, lighting, cues, stage, business, music, |
Visual Content | Contains an illustration of the Coat of Arms of Denmark and several illustrations depicting scenes from the play. |
Additional Information | Includes playbills for: Montreal, 6 July 1854 (incomplete); Park Theatre, 16 Sept 1844; Covent Garden, 19 July 1819; Park Theatre, 18 Oct [1870]; and Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre, 25 Oct 1875. |
Edition | Steevens edition |
Shattuck Code | HAM 44 |
Play | Hamlet |
Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |