Hamlet

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event Hamlet
Venue Little Theatre, Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand
First Date 1943
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description Played in modern dress. Original music by Douglas Lilburn. No professional Shakespeare in Christchurch for 20 years prior to this student production.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jack Henderson Actor Hamlet
Paul Molineaux Actor Laertes
James Walker Actor Ghost of Hamlet's father
Ngaio Marsh Director
Douglas Lilburn Musician
Maurice Clare Musician: Violinist Violin
William Shakespeare Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Further Information Played a revived season in November 1943. ACT Magazine Feb 1985 page 12: Noted that celebrations were held in December 1984 in Christchurch to honour the 40th anniversary of the first Shakespearean tour of New Zealand by a local company - Canterbury University College Drama Society - with a modern dress Hamlet and Othello in 1944, under the direction of Ngaio Marsh. Those expected at the reunion are Jack Henderson (head of Script Division at BBC) who played Hamlet and Iago, Ursula Cooke and Paul Molineaux who played Othello.
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 189092
Dataset Theatre Aotearoa