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Hamlet (19th March 1985, Folger Theatre, Washington D.C.)

by William Shakespeare
Décor John Lee Beatty
Costume Judianna Makovsky
Lighting Jeffrey Beecroft
Fight Choreography Erik Fredricksen
Movement Consultant Virginia Freeman
Dramaturg Genie Barton

Cast
Frank Grimes (Hamlet)
Roderick Horn (Claudius)
Emery Battis (Polonius)
James Maxwell (Horatio)
Michael Tolaydo (Laertes)

Courtiers
Seth Allan Jones (Voltemand)
Rick Sabatini (Cornelius)
Edward Hibbert (Rosencrantz)
Edward Gero (Guildenstern)
Floyd King (Osric)
Richard Hart (A Gentleman)
Richard Hart (A Priest)

Officers
Alessandro Cima (Marcellus)
Michael Howell (Bernardo)
David Shroder (Francisco, a soldier)

Players
Michael Howell (Lucianus)
John Wylie (Player King)
Richard Hart (Player Queen)
Jim Beard (1st Player)
Seth Allan Jones (Fortinbras, Prince of Norway)
Alesssandro Cima (A Norwegian Captain)
John Wylie (Ghost of Hamlet’s Father)

Mikel Lambert (Gertrude)
Madeleine Potter (Ophelia)

Attendants
Joao de Sousa
David Shroder
Rick Sabatini
Ritchie Porter

Monks
Joao de Sousa
Rick Sabatini
Michael Howell
Ritchie Porter

David Shroder (Captain)

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