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Hamlet

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Image ID

5571786


Item data

Title

Hamlet

Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Collection scripts
Plays

Names

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 (Actor)
Becks, George, 1834-1904 (Annotator)
Torrey Brothers (Printer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1860 (Approximate)
Place: N[ew] Y[ork]
Publisher: Printed by Torrey Brothers; for sale by C. S. Bernard

Library Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *NCP+ 74-377 (Shakespeare, W. Hamlet. 1860 (Facsimile))

Subjects

Drama
Promptbooks

Genres

Drama

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Correctly marked with the kind permission of the eminent tragedian, from his own prompt book, and as acted by him in the principal cities of the United States under the arrangement of James M. Nixon.
Action: Fascimile edition made by NYPL, 1974. 24 x 32 cm.

Physical Description

Facsimiles
Extent: 78 p. port. 21 cm.

Abstract

Prompt-book, interleaved with extensive manuscript notes.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 38660187
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14744951
Shattuck Number: Shattuck 67
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c7630bd0-b1a4-0133-5a3b-00505686d14e

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Text

Date Issued

1860

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MLA format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Hamlet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7630bd0-b1a4-0133-5a3b-00505686d14e

APA format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1860). Hamlet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7630bd0-b1a4-0133-5a3b-00505686d14e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Hamlet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7630bd0-b1a4-0133-5a3b-00505686d14e

Wikipedia citation

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