• Title
  Charles Albert Fechter, actor & theatrical manager - portrait as Hamlet, [1861-1862] / Heath & Beau, 283 Regent Street, [Lond.] W.
• Creator
  Heath and Beau
• Call number
  P1/562
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  [1861-1862]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  447706
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 10.5 x 6.4 cm. - carte de visite
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Charles Albert Fechter (October 23, 1824 - August 5, 1879) -- On 21 Mar 1861, he first attempted Hamlet. The result was an extraordinary triumph, the play running for 115 nights. -- from the Wikipedia biography of Fechter
  1861-1862: Charles Fechter/John Ryder (alternated Othello and Iago) at The Princess's Theatre, [Melb.] -- Source: Othello / William Shakespeare, edited by Julie Sankey (2nd ed.). Cambridge : University of Cambridge, 2005 (List of productions, p.xi)
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: created before 1955
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Fechter, Charles Albert (BM),
  Digital order no:a4215061
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Fechter / as Hamlet" -- in ink & pencil below the photograph
  "Fechter / Hamlet" -- in pencil in a different hand, on the reverse of the carte
• Name
  Fechter, Charles Albert, 1824-1879
  Hamlet (play)
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  actors
  portraits
  theatrical producers & directors
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3246324

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