Hamlet (1913 film)
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Hamlet is a 1913 British
silent
drama film
directed by Hay Plumb
and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson
, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham. It is an adaptation of the play Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre
's 1913 staging of the work.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Hay Plumb
Hay Plumb
-Selected filmography:Director* Hamlet Actor* The Midshipmaid * The House of Trent * Orders Is Orders * Things Are Looking Up * Car of Dreams * Song of the Forge...
and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson was an English actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the nineteenth century and one of the finest actors of his time, despite his dislike of the job and his lifelong belief that he was temperamentally unsuited to acting.-Early life:Born in...
, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham. It is an adaptation of the play Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. The building standing today is the most recent in a line of four theatres at the same location dating back to 1663,...
's 1913 staging of the work.
Cast
- Johnston Forbes-RobertsonJohnston Forbes-RobertsonSir Johnston Forbes-Robertson was an English actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the nineteenth century and one of the finest actors of his time, despite his dislike of the job and his lifelong belief that he was temperamentally unsuited to acting.-Early life:Born in...
- Hamlet - Gertrude Elliot - Ophelia
- Walter Ringham - Claudius
- Adeleine Bourne - Gertrude
- J.H. Barnes - Polonius
- S.A. Cookson - Horatio
- Alex Scott-Gatty - Laertes
- Grendon Bentley - Fortinbras
- Montagu Rutherford - Priest
- J.H. Ryley - A Gravedigger
- Percy Rhodes - The Ghost
- Robert AtkinsRobert AtkinsRobert Atkins may refer to:* Robert Atkins , American physician noted for the Atkins diet* Robert Atkins , British film and theatre actor...
- Marcellus - Eric Adeney - Reynaldo
- Richard Andean - Second Player
- George HayesGeorge HayesGeorge Hayes may refer to:* Sir George Hayes , British jurist* George "Gabby" Hayes , American actor* George Hayes , Canadian NHL linesman...
- Osric - S.T. Pearce - Second Gravedigger
- Olive Richardson - Player Queen
- E.A. Ross - Guildenstern