Booth's Theatre, New York, in 1869: Design for Act III of Hamlet.

Odell says the outstanding production in the 1869-70 season was Hamlet, with Booth as Hamlet, "a performance now mellowed to the point of richness which from the time forward for years stamped the impression inseparable"(567-8). Compare this perspective with that of the Castle Theatre (above). The baroque effect is one recreated by Branagh in setting his Hamlet film in Blenheim Palace. Courtesy of New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection at
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