Internet Shakespeare Editions

Shakespeare in Performance: Film

The Royal Box (1930, Bryan Foy)

TitleThe Royal Box
Year1930
Release LocationsUSA
DirectorBryan Foy
MediumBlack & white video
Length1 hrs, 29 mins
Play ConnectionsHamlet (excerpt(s))

Description

Alexander Moissi as Edmund Kean plays a scene from Hamlet with Camilla Horn as Ophelia. The film is based on a play by Charles Coghlan that opened in New York on November 20, 1928

Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14

Cast Overview

Alice DorenCamilla Horn
Edmund KeanAlexander Moissi

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorBryan Foy
ComposerHarold Levy
Adaptor/TranslatorMurray Roth
ProductionFrank Namczy

Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell