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Hamlet
Limited engagement.

Broadhurst Theatre, (10/6/2009 - Present)
Preview:Sep 12, 2009 Total Previews:25
Opening:Oct 6, 2009   
Closing: Total Performances:48 as of November 15, 2009


Category: Play, Tragedy, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in five acts
Setting: In and around Elsinore Castle in Denmark





by opening date





Written by William Shakespeare; Composer: Adam Cork

Directed by Michael Grandage; Associate Director: Sam Yates

Scenic Design by Christopher Oram; Costume Design by Christopher Oram; Lighting Design by Neil Austin; Sound Design by Adam Cork; Hair and Wig Design by Richard Mawby; Associate Scenic Design: Andrew D. Edwards; Associate Costume Design: Barry Doss; Associate Lighting Design: Pamela Kupper; Associate Sound Design: Chris Cronin

Donmar Executive Producer: James Bierman; General Manager: 101 Productions, Ltd.; Company Manager: Beverly Edwards

Production Stage Manager: Frank Lombardi; U.S. Technical Supervisor: Aurora Productions; U.K. Technical Supervisor: Patrick Molony; Stage Manager: Diane DiVita

Casting: Anne McNulty; General Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Director of Marketing: Eric Schnall; Advertising: SPOTCo, Inc.; Photographer: Joan Marcus; Press Associate: Jim Byk


Opening Night Cast

Ross Armstrong Cornelius  
Harry Attwell Guildenstern
Courtier 
 
Ron Cook Polonius
Lord Chamberlain 
 
 First Gravedigger  
Ian Drysdale Osric
a Courtier 
 
Peter Eyre Ghost  
 Player King  
Jenny Funnell Player Queen  
Michael Hadley Barnardo  
 Priest  
 Captain  
Colin Haigh Member of the Court  
Sean Jackson Reynaldo  
Geraldine James Gertrude
Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet 
 
Jude Law Hamlet
son to the late, and nephew to the present King 
 
James Le Feuvre Member of the Court  
Gwilym Lee Laertes
son to Polonius 
 
John MacMillan Rosencrantz
Courtier 
 
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Ophelia
daughter to Polonius 
 
Kevin R. McNally Claudius
King of Denmark 
 
Henry Pettigrew Marcellus
Officer 
 
 Player  
 Gravedigger  
 English Ambassador  
Matt Ryan Horatio
friend to Hamlet 
 
Alan Turkington Francisco
Officer 
 
 Fortinbras
Prince of Norway 
 
 Player  
Faye Winter Member of the Court  

Understudies: Ross Armstrong (Laertes, Osric, Rosencrantz), Ian Drysdale (Claudius, Polonius), Jenny Funnell (Gertrude), Colin Haigh (Barnardo, Ghost, Gravedigger), Sean Jackson (Captain, Marcellus, Priest), James Le Feuvre (Cornelius, English Ambassador, Francisco, Gravedigger, Guildenstern, Player, Reynaldo), John MacMillan (Horatio), Henry Pettigrew (Fortinbras), Matt Ryan (Hamlet), Alan Turkington (Player King), Faye Winter (Ophelia, Player Queen).