“Hamlet”


Ernest Thesiger as Polonius


Art Theatre, Moscow

November - December, 1955

12 perf

Phoenix Theatre, London

December 8, 1955 - March 24, 1956

124 perf


 

caricature by Gilbert Sommerlad, November 10, 1955

at Art Theatre, Moscow

A 90 minute version of this stage production was broadcast live from a studio on February 27, 1956 on ITV. No archive copy is known to exist.

With Mary Ure and Diana Wynyard.  Ernest is wearing a hat he made for the cold of Moscow.

With Mary Ure