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Hamlet, at the Lyric Theatre, London, 1905 or later: Martin Harvey (1863-1944) as Hamlet, Miss Nina De Silva (1869-1949) as Ophe

Hamlet, 1897: Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) as Ophelia at the Lyceum Theatre, 1897 (with Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet).

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Hamlet, 1897: Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) as Ophelia at the Lyceum Theatre, 1897 (with Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet).

The new Hamlet is full of bright and natural innovation, which adds greatly to the humanity of the characters in the play. . . . The chief scenic novelty is an orchard for Ophelias mad scene, instead of a room in the Castle. Mrs. Patrick Campbell played Ophelia with poetic feeling, but her performance was regarded as somewhat weak. Our London Letter, Dundee Courier, Sept. 13, 1897: 19th C. British Library Newspapers.Courtesy of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection at http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/the/the.html

Date: 01/27/2009