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Only four actors in history have played Prince Hamlet more than 100 times in a single production?Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir John Gielgud, and Richard Burton. Moreover, Burton was the longest-running Hamlet in the history of the late Old Vic, where Hamlets were kept in the repertory only as long as the box office remained strong...
Between Stratford-upon-Avon and the Old Vic, he has delivered some nine or ten major Shakespearean performances, including a shining Prince Hal, a superb lago, and the definitive Coriolanus...
Otherwise everyone had an easy day. Vic Niederhoffer beat Frankel 6-3, 6-3; Frank Ripley tripped Kaplan, 6-4, 6-2; Chum Steele walloped Seth Schein, 6-1, 6-2. Doug Walter crushed Steve Hartman, 6-1, 6-2; and Sandy Walker outstroked Bob Dorman...
Paul Sullivan had no trouble in the number one match, outstroking John Reese, 6-4, 6-2. But in the second singles, Vic Niederhoffer had to play Bailey Brown, who usually plays number one for Penn. Perhaps the Penn coach feared that Brown was not yet strong after a recent injury; in any case, he walloped Niederhoffer...
Coach Jack Barnaby's Crimson squad brings a much-revised lineup into the Penn match. Two varsity players dropped test matches last week; number six man Dean Peckham lost in straight sets to Sandy Walker, who has played impressively all spring, and Vic Niederhoffer dropped Frank Ripple from the number two spot in a three-set match...