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VGW(HU.773.029
1 Apr 1773:12 (1131)
London, December 21. Last night the tragedy of Hamlet, with
alterations, was performed at the theatre in Drury Lane to a
very crowded audience. Mr. Garrick played the Danish
Prince, with uncommon spirit. The old scenes of low humour,
particularly that of the gravediggers, were omitted. Hamlet
does not go to England, but fights Laertes soon after his
scene with the King. The Queen, at the encounter, runs off;
and an account is, at the conclusion, given of her death.
Polonius's advice to his son, a fine lesson for young
travellers, is restored, with the description of
Fortinbrass's army, and many other fine passages, which have
been hitherto overlooked. In short, the play makes a very
respectable figure in its present state, and the alterations
seem to have been produced by the hand of a master.
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