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Hamlet (Character)

Hamlet is the main character in the tragedy, Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. Some of the famous players in this role include Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, E.H. Sothern, Sir Henry Irving, Sir Martin Harvey, and Sarah Bernhardt.

The Shakespeare Blog recounts this anecdote from actress Elizabeth Robins about one of Bernhardt’s performances: “Madame Bernhardt’s assumption of masculinity is so cleverly carried out that one loses sight of Hamlet in one’s admiration for the tour de force of the actress… She gives us…a spirited boy; doing it with an impetuosity, a youthfulness, almost childish.”

E. Lyall Swete as Polonius, H. B. Irving as Hamlet, Oscar Asche as Claudius, and Maude Milton Gertrude in "Hamlet"

James Young as Hamlet, Shylock, and Marc Antony

E. H. Sothern as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Henry Baynton as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Matheson Lang as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Martin Harvey as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Unknown Actor as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Johnston Forbes Robertson as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Martin Harvey as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Statue of Sir Henry Irving as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Ernest Milton as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Robert B. Mantell as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

E. H. Sothern as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

H. B. Irving as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Wilson Barrett as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Martin Harvey as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Matheson Lang as Hamlet and Hutin Britton as Ophelia in "Hamlet"

Julia Marlowe as Ophelia and E. H. Sothern as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Julia Marlowe as Ophelia and E. H. Sothern as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Matheson Lang as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

William Stack as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Martin Harvey as Hamlet and Nina de Silva as Ophelia in "Hamlet"

Henry Herbert as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Frank Benson as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Oscar Asche as Claudius, Maud Milton as Gertrude, and H. B. Irving as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Robert B. Mantell as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Edmund Russell as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Edwin Booth as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Martin Harvey as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

E. H. Sothern as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Allan Wilkie as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Walter Hampden as Laertes, Oscar Asche as Claudius, Maud Milton as Gertrude, and H.B. Irving as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Martin Harvey as Hamlet and Nina de Silva as Ophelia in "Hamlet"

Charles Doran as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Hamlet in "Hamlet"