Gravedigger’s Tale is going on tour! Learn more and reserve for your organization today!
Gravedigger’s Tale is a new interactive one-man play based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The play, developed by director Robert Richmond (Folger Theatre’s Julius Caesar, Richard III, Henry V and more), features the Gravedigger, who appears to have much more knowledge about court life in Elsinore than originally thought. He arrives with a trunk and a book and responds to questions from the audience using the text from Hamlet.
Two free performances will take place at the Folger on June 12 at 6:30pm and June 13 at 12:00pm. Learn more and reserve your spot here.
The Folger Shakespeare Library has a treasure trove of images of characters from Hamlet, including the Gravedigger, pictured below.
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- An engraving of the Gravedigger by artist George Scharf, 1825.
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- Rowland Buckstone in costume as the Gravedigger, late 19th or early 20th century.
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- The Gravedigger by artist F. O. C. Darley, 1884.
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- The Gravedigger by artist Henry Liverseege, 1832.
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- Actor Owen Fawcett as the Gravedigger, 1891.
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- Mr. George Barrett as the Gravedigger by artist F. H Townsend, 1892.
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- An drawing of the Gravedigger by artist John Massey Wright, late 18th century or 19th century.
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- Todd Scofield as the Gravedigger in Folger Theatre’s 2010 production of Hamlet directed by Joseph Haj. Photo by Carol Pratt.
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- Rowland Buckstone as the Gravedigger. Photo by William Morrison, 1901.
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- An illustration the Gravedigger by artist Thomas Charles Wageman, 19th century.
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