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Hamlet Connotations

Choreography by Christopher Newton
Music by Aaron Copland (Piano Variations, Connotations for Orchestra, and selections from the Piano Fantasy)
Scenery by Robin Wagner
Costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge
Lighting by Thomas R. Skelton

World Premiere

January 6, 1976
Uris Theatre
New York, New York

Cast:
Mikhail Baryshnikov (Hamlet)
Marcia Haydee (Gertrude)
Gelsey Kirkland (Ophelia)
Erik Bruhn (Claudius)
William Carter (Ghost of Hamlet’s Father)