Hamlet
“EXHAUSTION. Nicol Williamson, who has quite a reputation for accepting mighty theatrical challenges and taking colossal roles in his stride, has seen the warning light. Apart from playing Hamlet at the Round House every evening, he spends the day filming the same part until shortly before the evening performance. Small wonder he threw down his sword and cloak on the Round House stage the other evening, feeling he could go on no longer. He was prepared to pay for every seat, but after a ten-minute pause, he returned to the stage and gave a performance which earned a standing ovation.” – Eric Johns (editorial), The Stage 2nd April 1969 (page 8)
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Barnardo / courtier / soldier / player | John Trenaman |
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| Captain / courtier / soldier / player | John Railton |
| Claudius | Anthony Hopkins |
| courtier / soldier / player | Anjelica Huston |
| courtier / soldier / player | Bill Jarvis |
| courtier / soldier / player | Jennifer Tudor |
| First Player / Gravedigger | Roger Livesey |
| First Sailor / courtier / soldier / player | Michael Elphick |
| Francisco / courtier / soldier / player | Robin Chadwick |
| Gertrude | Judy Parfitt |
| Guildenstern | Clive Graham |
| Hamlet | Nicol Williamson |
| Horatio | Gordon Jackson |
| Laertes | Michael Pennington |
| Marcellus / Player King | John J Carney |
| Messenger / courtier / soldier / player | Mark Griffith |
| Ophelia | Marianne Faithfull |
| Osric | Peter Gale |
| Player Queen / soldier / courtier | Richard Everett |
| Polonius | Mark Dignam |
| Priest / courtier / soldier / player | Ian Collier |
| Reynaldo / courtier / soldier / player | Roger Lloyd-Pack |
| Rosencrantz | Ben Aris |
Crew | |
| Company & Play Movement | Eleanor Fazan |
| Designer | Jocelyn Herbert |
| Director | Tony Richardson |
| Electrician | Nick Chelton |
| Fights arranged by | William Hobbs |
| Music | Patrick Gowers |
| Music for Gravedigger’s Song | John Pritchett |
| Presented in association with | Tony Richardson Productions |
| Presented in association with | English Stage Company |
| Sound | John Moore |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Stephen Butcher |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Mario Cassar |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Howard Panter |
| Master Carpenter | Geoff Torrens |
| Poster designed by | Michael English |
| Production Manager | Kevin Palmer |
| Production Photographs | John Bulmer |
- Observations (1)
- Added by L J Meek, last modified by Jared William.
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Observations
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I saw this production in the spring of 1969. I don’t know the date, but Nicole Williamson suffered some kind of medical problem during the performance and had to leave the stage. He excused himself strongly to the audience. There was a pause for about 20 minutes before he returned and finished with bravado.
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