Hamlet

Premiere – 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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