Fortinbras (play)

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Fortinbras is a 1991 play by American playwright Lee Blessing. Set immediately following William Shakespeare's Hamlet , the play recounts the events after Hamlet's death that go on throughout Elsinore. The play includes almost every character from Hamlet returning as a ghost. [1]

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Production

Fortinbras opened on 18 June 1991 at the La Jolla Playhouse. [2]

La Jolla Playhouse non-profit organisation in the USA

La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre on the campus of the University of California San Diego.

Crew

NameRole
Des McAnuff Artistic Director [2]
Alan LeveyManaging Director
Robert Brill Scene design
Susan Hilferty Costume design
Chris Parry Lighting design
Michael Roth Music and sound design
Kenneth Ted Bible Sound design
Andy Tighe Stage manager

Cast

NameRole
Don Reilly Hamlet [2]
Jefferson Mays Osric
Ralph Bruneau Horatio
William GainEnglish ambassador
Daniel Jenkins Fortinbras
Paul Gutrecht Captain of the Norwegian army
James Crawford Marcellus
James KiernanBarnardo
Archer MartinPolish maiden
Kim C. WalshPolish maiden
William Cain Polonius
Laura Linney Ophelia
Jonathan Freeman Claudius
Devon Allen Gertrude
Josh Sebers Laertes

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References

  1. Drake 1991.
  2. 1 2 3 Blessing 1992, p. 4.

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