Richard Burton's Hamlet

by Richard Burton, William Shakespeare, John Gielgud, Alfred Drake

$6,500 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., 1963. Vintage script for the 1964 production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, staged at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway from April 9 through August 8, 1964. Copy belonging to actor Christopher Culkin, who appeared in the play as Player King, with his manuscript name on the title page, and his manuscript annotations on over 20 pages, marking stage blocking and dialogue.With sparse set design and a total absence of period costuming,

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