Hamlet Collection

Cricket in an English Village
A classic English village scene of cricket played under the watchful gaze of the church steeple. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Dulwich Hamlet FC football team 1936. Back row: Stollery (Trainer), Benka, Morrish, Toser, Cummings, Woolgor, Robbins (Captain), Jonas (Honorary Secretary)

Laurence Olivier / Hamlet
(Sir) LAURENCE OLIVIER British actor of stage and screen in the role of Hamlet (1948)

The Hamlet, Torrish, Helmsdale, Strath of Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Hamlet and Skull
Hamlet with Yoricks skull

OPHELIA
Ophelia Goes Mad, Hands out Wild Flowers Date: 1906

Hamlet & Ophelia
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Ophelia

Hamlet at the Grave
Hamlet at the grave moralises on the skull of the jester Yorick

Ophelia Drowns
Ophelia drowns

Rosemary, Pansies, Fennel, Columbines, Rue, Daisy and Violets (Hamlet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare

Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann as Hamlet
Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) as Hamlet - London, New Theatre - Old Vic Production. Date: circa 1942

Coney Island, Ardglass - a view of this coastal hamlet with a thatched building on the left, amongst others and two women on the sea wall on the right

Hamlet Slays Polonius
While talking with his mother, Hamlet detects an intruder hiding behind a curtain : he stabs him, only to find it is his girl-friends father, Polonius

Achill Island, Co Galway, Ireland - The Dugort Colony
Achill Island, County Galway, Ireland - The Dugort Colony Date: circa 1903

Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) from Riffelalp a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

Caricatured Hamlet on a music sheet
A caricatured Hamlet, probably based on Sir Henry Irving, on a music sheet entitled Hamlet Ye Dane, A Ghost Story, with music by J B Lawreen

Surrey Cottages
Picturesque black and white cottages and the fragrant smell of woodsmoke complete this beautiful corner of rural England, Eashing, a tiny hamlet near Godalming, Surrey

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, preparing to play Hamlet
Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, theatre manager and playwright -- More Study! Seen here preparing to play Hamlet, to the consernation of Henry Irving

Dugort, Achill Island - a panoramic view of a hamlet and church at the foot of a mountain. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Mayo; Achill Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Farming in Middle Ages
A farming scene in the middle ages (allegedly England, but more likely Germany) showing a farmer with a horse-drawn plough carving up his field, a watermill and cattle

Rosencrantz & G
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are given their orders by Claudius

Saddlescombe, Devils Dyke, West Sussex - nr. Brighton
Saddlescombe Farm, Devils Dyke, a Hamlet in the South Downs, West Sussex - nr. Brighton Date: circa 1910

The Green, nr. Millom, Cumbria. Date: circa 1910s

The Becks Of Beckermonds
A landscape painting shows a countryside settlement of houses placed amongst the bend of a river, with an old bridge crossing, in Beckermonds, a small hamlet of north Yorkshire. Date: circa 1919

Hamlet Scene
A painting depicting a scene from Mr. Martin Harvey's production of the Shakespeare play, Hamlet, where a procession of white cloaked people are bearing the coffin

Barrymore's Hamlet production
John Barrymore's Hamlet production at the Haymarket theatre. The scenery was very striking as seen in the illustration. Mr Barrymore is seen in the centre, centre with Miss Fay Compton

John Barrymore and Fay Compton
Actors John Barrymore (1882-1942) and Fay Compton (1894-1978) in their roles as Hamlet and Ophelia for a production soon to open at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Date: 1925

Pin Mill, River Orwell, Suffolk
Pin Mill, a hamlet on the south bank of the River Orwell, Suffolk Date: circa 1908

Trewarmitt, Cornwall
A landscape oil painting of Trewarmitt, a small hamlet in Cornwall, a popular area for slate mining. A lady wearing a pink dress can be seen talking to a seated man, beside two horses

Polhill, Sevenoaks
Landscape etching of Polhill, a Hamlet in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Date: circa 1930

Hamlet at the Haymarket Theatre, theatrical portraits. With description, Miss Constance Collier as the Queen and Mr John Barrymore, the famous American actor-manager

Caricature illustration of Forbes Robertson as Hamlet, by Frank Richardson. Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937), actor and theatre manager

Illustration, Gravediggers scene, Hamlet
Illustration to the Gravediggers scene in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet (Act. V, Scene I)

MOUNET SULLY HAMLET
The eminent French actor MOUNET-SULLY in the role of Hamlet : holding Yorick's skull, he muses on life and death... Date: circa 1900

Cover of Eve Magazine 25 February 1925 featuring the actress Fay Compton as Ophelia in Hamlet at the Haymarket Date: 1925

The Vale of Health
View of the Vale of Health, Hampstead, London. Those who wished to attract visitors or new residents invented and promoted the Vale of Health name, which was first recorded in 1801

Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot

Cartoon, The New Hamlet - Waiting for the Verdict - the Shakespearean actor Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) waits for the reviews of his new production to come in. 1884

Willow, Crow flowers, Nettles, Daisies, and Long-purples (Hamlet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Perrancoombe, near Perranzabuloe, North Cornwall
Perrancoombe, a hamlet near Perranzabuloe, North Cornwall. Date: circa 1920s

Picturesque Swiss Alpine village of Blatten close to Zermatt
circa 1910s

ENGLAND / SEATHWAITE
A lovely row of traditional cottages in a corner of Seathwaite, a small hamlet in Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Sir Laurence Olivier
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Dog as Hamlet
A dog that always wanted to play Hamlet Date: late 19th century

OPHELIA PLUNGES
Ophelia plunges into the brook

ELLEN TERRY / HAMLET 1880
Ellen Terry in the role of Ophelia in Hamlet. Date: 1880

HAMLET AND GHOST
Hamlet with the ghost of his father on the battlements of Elsinore

SOLDIERS AND GHOST
The ghost of Hamlets father appears on the battlements of Elsinore and alarms the sentries

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