Alas! Poor Yorick!

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Alas! Poor Yorick!

1913

0h 7m

5.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor.

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7 members

Acting

Wheeler Oakman

Real Montgomery Irving

Acting

Tom Santschi

Deranged Actor

Acting

Lillian Hayward

Ophelia Jones

Acting

Hobart Bosworth

The Theatre Manager

Acting

John Lancaster

Unknown Role

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Frank Clark

Unknown Role

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Roscoe Arbuckle

Player in Female Costume

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