Event Comment: [
The playbill assigns
Claudius to
Packer, but "
Archer, on
the sudden indisposition of Packer, put on
the robes of majesty, which seemed to sit sufficiently easy upon him" (
Monthly Mirror, Sept. 1799, p. 175.] "
The agitation of
Hamlet in
the course of
the Play which he prepares to try
the King, and his violent transports on gaining
the certainty of his uncle's villainy by
the effect of
the piece were strongly characterized" (
Morning Chronicle, 20 Sept.). Receipts: #330 17s. (245.19; 84.14; 0.4)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Hamlet
Performance Comment: Claudius-Archer; Hamlet-Kemble; Polonius-Dowton; Horatio-Holland; Laertes-C. Kemble; Rosencrantz-Clarke; Guildenstern-Trueman; Osrick-Palmer; Priest-Webb; Marcellus-Surmont; Bernardo-Wentworth; Francisco-Evans; Ghost of Hamlet's Father-Barrymore; Grave@diggers-King, Sparks; Players-Maddocks, Ryder; Gertrude-Mrs Powell; Ophelia-Miss Biggs (1st appearance in that character); Actress-Miss Tidswell.Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd