Hamlet at the New Theatre
Painting
1934 (painted)
1934 (painted)
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Oil painting showing the stage and auditorium of a theatre during a performance of Hamlet, viewed from a stage right box with red curtains. The scene being acted is the play's Act I, scene iv. At the rear of the stage the Ghost stands on a high raised platform, reached by steps. He gestures with his right arm, indicating that Hamlet should follow him. Below, on a lower platform, Horatio and Marcellus attempt to restrain Hamlet.
Object details
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| Title | <i>Hamlet</i> at the New Theatre (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Painting entitled "Hamlet at the New Theatre" by Nigel Ramsey Newton, 1934 |
| Physical description | Oil painting showing the stage and auditorium of a theatre during a performance of Hamlet, viewed from a stage right box with red curtains. The scene being acted is the play's Act I, scene iv. At the rear of the stage the Ghost stands on a high raised platform, reached by steps. He gestures with his right arm, indicating that Hamlet should follow him. Below, on a lower platform, Horatio and Marcellus attempt to restrain Hamlet. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Sir John Gielgud in October 1966. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | <i>Hamlet</i> |
| Bibliographic reference | Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026 |
| Other number | 1966/A/217 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.90-1986 |
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| Record created | November 11, 2003 |
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