Hamlet
Contributors: Elliott, Gertrude, d. 1950; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Corning, John Herbert, d. ca. 1940, donor; Klaw & Erlanger; Columbia Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1904
Language: eng
Description: Columbia Theatre, absolutely fireproof. Luckett & Dwyer, lessees and managers, N. Stein, treasurer. Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger present the eminent English actor Mr. Forbes Robertston and Miss Gertrude Elliott (first American tour) and their London Company from the Lyric Theatre, in Shakepeare's immortal tragedy "Hamlet," as produced by Mr. Forbes Robertson at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in September, 1897. The orchestra under the direction of Herbert Hassler will play the "Hamlet" overture, incidental music by Tschaikowsky.
Notes: Columbia Theatre, season of 1903-'04, week of Monday, February 29, 1904.

Title devised by Library staff.

"Cast. Vol. VII, no. 24".

"The Columbia program. Washington's leading theatre, Luckett & Dwyer, managers"--Cover.

Cast: Mr. Ian Robertson, Mr. Forbes Robertson, Mr. Arthur Harrold, Mr. Guy Lane, Mr. Leon Quartermaine, Mr. H. Beaumont, Mr. F. Bickley, Mr. Leonard Howe, Mr. G. Devereaux, Mr. N. Howard, M. C. Kinnaird, Mr. S. Macdonald, Mr. C. Aubrey Smith, Mr. West Drayton, Mr. James J. Ryan, Mr. S.T. Pearce, Miss Auriol Lee, Mr. Ernest Cosham, Mr. S. Thompson, Mr. Morton Bennett, Miss Jennie A. Eustace, Miss Gertrude Elliott.

LC copy: Gift: Est. of J.H. Corning, June 20, 1940.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).