Photographs: PH2232

Title

Sir John Gielgud as Hamlet

Subject

Gielgud, John (Sir)

Date

1930

Dimensions

height: 13.8cm
width: 8.6cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "JOHN GIELGUD".

Provenance

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2024.

Other number

E0159

Photographic postcard of actor Sir John Gielgud in the title role of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', performed at the Old Vic in 1930. He is depicted full length and standing facing the viewer. He wears an Elizabethan-style doublet, breeches, stockings, large white collar, cape, pouch and a dagger hangs at the waist.