*p1787 09 18 dl Hamlet. Hamlet-Kemble; King-Packer; Horatio-Staunton; Polonius-Baddeley; Laertes-Barrymore; Ostrick-R. Palmer; Rosencraus-Phillimore; Guildenstern-Williames; Marcellus-Benson; Bernardo-Wilson; Player King-Chaplin; Lucianus-Waldron; Gentleman-Fawcett; Francisco-Spencer; Messenger-Alfred; Sailor-Jones; Gravediggers-Suett, Burton; Ghost-Bensley; Ophelia-Mrs Forster; Player Queen-Miss Tidswell; Queen-Mrs Hopkins.*a1787 09 18 dl The First Floor. Whimsey-Baddeley; Furnish-Suett; Young Whimsey-R. Palmer; Landlord-Chaplin; Snap-Jones; Postboy-Alfred; Frank-Spencer; Montford-Whitfield; Simon-Burton; Tim Tartlet-Bannister Jun.; Nancy-Mrs Wilson; Charlotte-Miss Collins; Mrs Pattypan-Mrs Hopkins.*c1787 09 18 dl "$Palmer= and $Bannister= having withdrawn from the theatre, <i>The School for Scandal</i> and <i>The Quaker</i>, which were intended for the opening pieces, were changed" (<i>Town and Country Magazine</i>, Oct. 1787, p. 445). [These two actors thought themselves ill-used because of the refusal of the <i>dl</i> management to acknowledge their right to open the <i>Royalty</i> (see 20 June 1787). $Oulton=, 1796, II, 1-8, prints an exchange of letters between Palmer, Bannister, and $King= (the <i>dl</i> acting manager) relating to this situation.] "Some twenty of thirty bars of $Handel=, on the approach of the court to the play [in III. ii of mainpiece]...made a fine preparation for the scene which followed" (<i>World</i>, 19 Sept.). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of $Fosbrook= at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 13 Nov.]. Receipts: #186 5s. 6d. (151.0.0; 35.4.6; 0.1.0).