Hamlet (The Play Pictorial volume 6) The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. H.B. Irving as Hamlet, Mr. H.R. Hignett as Horatio, Mr. Walter Hampden as Laertes, Mr. Alfred Brydone as the Ghost, Miss Lily Brayton as Ophelia, Mrs Tree as Gertrude Queen of Denmark, Mr. E. Lyall Swete as Polonius, Mr. Herbert Grimwood as the First Player, Miss Pamela Gaythorne as the Player Queen, Mr. Oscar Asche as King Claudius, Miss Maud Milton as Gertrude Queen of Denmark and Mr. Charles Rock as the First Grave Digger. 4.4.1905