Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and performed at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, from October 17 to November 26, 1904, starrring Julia Marlowe (1866-1950) and E. H. Sothern.

   Scenes from Hamlet, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and performed at  the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, from October 17 to November 26, 1904, starrring Julia Marlowe (1866-1950) and E. H. Sothern.   

   Sothern's Hamlet was presented during his period of prominence under producer Daniel Frohman, transitioning his career toward more serious dramatic work. The production highlighted his aspirations for precision in Shakespearean interpretation, setting the stage for his subsequent development in the classics.

with E.H. Sothern in Hamlet

In 1900, he appeared in Hamlet, his first Shakespeare performance at the Garden Theatre in New York City.  In 1904, Sothern first played with Julia Marlowe in Romeo & Juliet at the Illinois Theatre in Chicago. That same year, in repertory, he did Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet. The next year, in Cleveland, he added The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice. In 1905, at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York, he played the same bill and added Twelfth Night with himself in the role of Malvolio. In 1907, he performed in the same four plays at the Lyric Theatre in New York. In 1907, he returned to England where he had a successful season with these and several popular non-Shakespeare plays.