*p1772 12 18 dl Hamlet. Hamlet-Garrick; King-Jefferson; Ghost-Bransby; Horatio-Packer; Polonius-Baddeley; Laertes-J. Aickin; Rosencraus-Davies; Guildenstern-Fawcett; Marcellus-Ackman; Player King-Keen; Queen-Mrs Hopkins; Player Queen-Mrs Johnston; Ophelia-Mrs Smith, first time; Bernardo-Wrighten; Francisco-Griffith-$Hogan=, from <i>Bell edition</i> 1773.*a1772 12 18 dl Miss in Her Teens. ^As17721103^.*c1772 12 18 dl The Tragedy of <i>Hamlet</i> having been greatly Altered by D. G. was perform'd for the first time $Mr Garrick= playd divinely & Merited the great Applause he receivd It is Alterd much for the better in regard to the part of Hamlet & I think the alterations very fine & proper (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= considerably briefer. See "<i>Garrick's Long Lost Alteration of Hamlet</i>," <i>PMLA</i>, Sept. 1934.] Paid $Mr George Garrick= on account #100; $Mr Bulkley= for $Mr Weston=, #2 8s. (Treasurer's Book). [Reviewer for <i>Town and Country Magazine</i> comments unfavorably on the Hamlet alteration: "How far the critics will approve these mutations we will not at present determine; but the admirers of $Shakespeare= must certainly be displeas'd, whenever they see his immortal works mutilated."] Receipts: #284 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).