Hamlet: The First Quarto
Hamlet: The First Quarto, by William Shakespeare, was produced by Bad Quarto Productions in 2016, and opened on 26 March 2016 in New York City. Hamlet: The First Quarto was directed by Tony Tambasco.
IMAGE GALLERY
The King (John Walbolt) and Queen (Kitty Mortland) toast their new court, much to Hamlet's (Alex Dabertin) chagrin in Bad Quarto's 2016 production of
Hamlet: The First Quarto, directed by Tony Tambasco. Photo by James M. Smith.
Hamlet (Alex Dabertin, center) bids Horatio (Rachel Matuse, right) and Marcellus (Arif Silverman) to swear by his sword in Bad Quarto's 2016 production of
Hamlet: The First Quarto, directed by Tony Tambasco. Photo by James M. Smith.
Ofelia (Beatriz Browne) attempts to return Hamlet's (Alex Dabertin) tenders of affection in Bad Quarto's 2016 production of
Hamlet: The First Quarto, directed by Tony Tambasco. Photo by James M. Smith.
Hamlet (Alex Dabertin) gives the players (left to right: Arif Silverman, Andre Silva, James Overton, and Owen Moss Hayden) an acting lesson in Bad Quarto's 2016 production of
Hamlet: The First Quarto, directed by Tony Tambasco. Photo by James M. Smith.
The Player Duchess (Arif Silverman) and Player Duke (James Overton) dance during the production of "The Mousetrap" in Bad Quarto's 2016 production of
Hamlet: The First Quarto, directed by Tony Tambasco. Photo by James M. Smith.
Leartes (Andre Silva) confronts Hamlet (ALex Dabertin) at Ofelia's grave in Bad Quarto's 2016 production of
Hamlet: The First Quarto, directed by Tony Tambasco. Photo by James M. Smith.
Hamlet (Alex Dabertin) bids Horatio (Rachel Matuse) to tell his story in Bad Quarto's 2016 production of
Hamlet: The First Quarto, directed by Tony Tambasco. Photo by James M. Smith.
COMPANY
| Director | Tony Tambasco |
| Stage Manager | S.M. Payson |
| Costumer | Joanne Famiglietti |
| Artistic Director | Tony Tambasco |
| General Manager | Joanne Famiglietti |
| Photographer | James M. Smith |
| Cast | |
| Alex Dabertin | Hamlet |
| Beatriz Browne | Ofelia / Braggart Gentleman |
| Kitty Mortland | Queen Gertred |
| James Overton | Ghost / Player Duke / Fortenbrasse |
| Roz Cavallaro | Rossencratf / 1st Sentinel / English Ambassador |
| Dani Martnieck | Gilderstone / Gravedigger |
| Arif Silverman | Marcellus / Player Duchess |
| Sofia Kokonas | Corambis / Priest / Ambassador |
| Owen Moss Hayden | Barnardo / Montano / Player Murderer / Voltemar |
| Andre Silva | Leartes |
| Rachel Matuse | Horatio |
| John Walbolt | King |
| Citizens, messengers, Lords, attendants, soldiers, and guards played by members of the company | |
MATERIALS
Bad Quarto Productions is devoted to creating performance contexts as well as performances, and to that end, we offer the following documents from Hamlet: The First Quarto for perusal. If there's anything you'd like to review that you don't find here, please feel free to contact us.
Program
A pdf copy of the production program.
Poster
A jpg copy of the production poster.
Scene 14
A video of scene 14 from the production
Performance Script
A pdf copy of the production script.
Review
Howard Miller's review of the production for Talkin' Broadway
"That Same Skull, Sir"
Blog post by director Tony Tambasco