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Creator
Horton, Rick, 1954-1990
Call number
*T-Vim 1991-023
Physical description
2 boxes, col, 24 x 20 in. and smaller; 2 boxes, col, 24 x 20 in. and smaller
Preferred Citation
Photographs of actors who played Hamlet, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Access to materials
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Consists of 8 large (24 x 20 in.) and 23 (11 x 14 in.) portraits of the following actors: Jean Louis Barrault, Richard Burton, Vittorio Gassman, Sir John Gielgud, Ben Kingsley, Sir Laurence Olivier, Maximilian Schell and Nicol Williamson, all of whom played Hamlet. Also contains smaller photographs, slides and negatives of these men and of Trevor Nunn, Mandy Patinkin, Roger Rees and Innokentiĭ Smoktunovskiĭ as well as of Hamlet memorabilia.

Biographical/historical information

Rick Horton, photographer.

Scope and arrangement

Consists of 8 large (24 x 20 in.) and 23 (11 x 14 in.) portraits of the following actors: Jean Louis Barrault, Richard Burton, Vittorio Gassman, Sir John Gielgud, Ben Kingsley, Sir Laurence Olivier, Maximilian Schell and Nicol Williamson, all of whom played Hamlet. Also contains smaller photographs, slides and negatives of these men and of Trevor Nunn, Mandy Patinkin, Roger Rees and Innokentiĭ Smoktunovskiĭ as well as of Hamlet memorabilia.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Photographs: bequest, Estate of Rick Horton, 1983

Using the collection

Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor