Hamlet

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Artist/Maker	Lenare (photographers)
Place of origin	London (photographed)

Photographic print from a production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, at the Kingsway Theatre, August 25^th 1925. The modern dress production was produced by Barry V. Jackson. The photographic portrait includes Dorothy Massingham as the Queen.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Title	Hamlet (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Photographic print mounted on card Photographic Paper Card Photography
Brief description	Photographic print of a scene from a production of Hamlet, at the Kingsway Theatre, August 25^th 1925
Physical description	Photographic print of a scene from a production of Hamlet, at the Kingsway Theatre, August 25^th 1925. The quarter length portrait of Dorothy Massingham as the Queen shows her in modern dress, wearing a black lace dress and black bead necklace. She is sitting in profile facing to the left.
Dimensions	Height: 33.3cm Width: 25.7cm
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Credit line	Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Object history	Given to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection by Sir Barry Jackson in 1936.
Literary reference	Hamlet
Summary	Photographic print from a production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, at the Kingsway Theatre, August 25^th 1925. The modern dress production was produced by Barry V. Jackson. The photographic portrait includes Dorothy Massingham as the Queen.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.528-2016

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Record created	September 2, 2016
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1365043/hamlet-photograph-lenare/

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