Hamlet Street

Hamlet is a ghost street named for a ghost play. Though Hamlet Street appeared on the 1922 map, it was never opened and is now part of the Douglas property at 45 James St., Stratford Festival garden parties were held for many years. Hamlet, the moniker chosen for the street, was drawn from Shakespeare's famous play of the same name. By: Stanford Dingman

Christopher Plummer played Hamlet in the first Hamlet play at the Stratford Festival, in 1957. Through 2015, he was in nine productions of Hamlet.

Making history, a black woman, Amaka Umeh played Hamlet in her Stratford Festival debut in the 2022 production.