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Hamlet : Prinz von Dänemark [promptbook]

Item Information

Creator

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Contributor

Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

Date

1900s

Rights

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Collection

Max Reinhardt Promptbooks

Description

Markings in black pen, black pencil, purple pen, pink pen, orange pencil, red pencil, and blue pencil. Extensively marked throughout entire promptbook. Some notes have dates written with them corresponding to certain performances. Some notes use specific ink for certain performances. Some use same ink, and therefore impossible to tell. Black pencil is the most used ink. Most of the written notes and dialogue notes appear in black pencil. Markings throughout consist of stage directions, dialogue notes, stage drawings, various sketches, cross-outs, underlines, etc. These are found in nearly every ink color. A promptbook annotated by Max Reinhardt.

Dimensions

Pages 1-184
19.5cm x 14cm

Production(s)

1909, Siofok, Hungary (date faded, illegible)

March 1909, Budapest

July 1909, Munich
-Supporting materials: Box 5 Folder 5: Photographs
Oversized mounted 10

October 1909, Berlin
-Supporting materials: Box 5 Folders 6-10: Photographs

November 1910, Berlin
-Supporting materials: Box 5 Folders 10-11: Photographs

November-December 1913, Berlin
-Supporting materials: Box 5 Folder 14: Photographs
Oversized mounted 2, 12

December 1919, Berlin, Großes Schauspielhaus

December 14, 1919, Berlin, Großes Schauspielhaus

January 17, 1920, Berlin, Großes Schauspielhaus
-Supporting materials: Box 5 Folders 15-18: Photographs; characters, costume and scene designs
Oversize mounted 5

Earlier version

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Notes

Located in Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections
PT2635.E548P75 v.107

Accessibility

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About this Collection

Collection Description

Who is Max Reinhardt? The celebrated Austrian theater director Max Reinhardt, recognized in America primarily for his elaborate productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Franz Werfel’s The Eternal Road, and Karl Vollmoeller’s The Miracle, was born in 1873 at Baden near Vienna, Austria and died in New York City in… More

Citation

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, “Hamlet : Prinz von Dänemark [promptbook],” Digital Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1581.