Playbill advertising Hamlet.

Playbill advertising Hamlet.

Kongl. Theatrarne. I dag söndag den 22 april 1866: [...] Hamlet, Prins af Danmark, sorgespel i 5 akter, af W. Shakspeare [...].

Stockholm : Kongl. Theatrarne, 1866 April 22.

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; [47] x [36] cm

From dealer's description:"The playbill advertises Hamlet at Stora Teatern, whithout giving the usual sequence number of the performances played. Nils Arvidsson did the adaption for the stage using C. A. Hagbergs translation. Hamlet was played by Edvard Swartz (1826-1897). He was one of the most renowned actors in 19th century Sweden. He started his career at Dramatiska Teatern with the role of Hamlet in 1853 and rose to fame almost overnight. This playbill also announces the operetta "Den sköna Helena" with music by Offenbach at Dramatiska Teatern. The Stockholm Royal Theatre was split into two separate venues in 1863 when the Royal Dramatic Theatre got its own house. The two venues issued a common playbill each day, with performances at the opera house "Stora Teatern" in the left column and at the Dramatic Theater in the right column. Occasionally, when no plays were performed in one of the houses, that column was left blank."

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