Hamlet

Name: Hamlet
Director: Hay Plumb
Genre: Drama
Released: 1913
Duration: 1 h 4 min
Cast: Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Walter Ringham, S.A. Cookson, J.H. Barnes, Alex Scott-Gatty

1913 Drama 64 minutes Directed by Hay Plumb

About Hamlet

Hay Plumb's film records the Drury Lane company's 1913 staging of Hamlet. Johnston Forbes-Robertson plays the prince and Gertrude Elliott plays Ophelia. Walter Ringham is Claudius. Percy Rhodes plays the ghost, who names Claudius as the murderer. Hamlet dies in the final duel.

Cast & crew

Hay Plumb Director
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Walter Ringham
S.A. Cookson
J.H. Barnes
Alex Scott-Gatty
Percy Rhodes
Grendon Bentley
Montagu Rutherford
E.A. Ross
George Hayes

More about Hamlet

Cecil Hepworth produced it for the Hepworth company. The British release was September 22, 1913. The picture runs 64 minutes.

Themes

A father's ghost
A prince who delays and then strikes
The last duel
Hamlet
Ophelia
Claudius
Drury Lane
Forbes-Robertson

Look

Geoffrey Faithfull photographed the Hepworth record of the Drury Lane staging.

Notes

Adeleine Bourne plays Gertrude. J. H. Barnes plays Polonius. S. A. Cookson plays Horatio. Alex Scott-Gatty plays Laertes. George Hayes plays Osric.

Influenced by

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
The Drury Lane Theatre's 1913 staging