[E. A. Sothern and Julia Marlowe as Hamlet and Ophelia]

Creator:

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) (author)

Contributor:

Sothern, E. H., "(Edward Hugh)" (1859-1933) (actor); Marlowe, Julia (1865-1950) (actor); Schwarz, Ira D. (photographer)

Description:

Play in Progress

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pma625_5_ml

Subject:

Performance; Theater Biography; Hamlet (character); Ophelia (Hamlet) (character)

Resource Type:

Image

Form/Genre:

black-and-white photographs

Physical Description:

34.0 x 26.0 cm.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Play: Hamlet; Notes about E. H. Sothern: Actor who was born in New Orleans, educated in England, and made his New York debut in 1879. Julia Marlowe and Sothern began a collaboration in Romeo and Juliet at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago, in 1904, and eventually married. They played together as Beatrice and Benedick, Ophelia and Hamlet, Katherine and Petruchio, Viola and Malvolio, Portia and Shylock, and the Macbeths. Both were good friends of Horace Howard Furness.; Notes about Julia Marlowe: Born in England, Marlowe came to America in 1870 and became a star when she appeared as Juliet in New York in 1887. Edward H. Sothern and Marlowe began a collaboration in Romeo and Juliet at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago, 1904, and eventually married. They played together as Beatrice and Benedick, Ophelia and Hamlet, Katherine and Petruchio, Viola and Malvolio, Portia and Shylock, and the Macbeths. Both were good friends of Horace Howard Furness.; Ira D. Schwarz.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Ma625.5 ML, Large Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)