. Hamlet . ance,and the gestures of a fool are fit for me, to the end that, guiding myself wisely therein, I maypreserve my life for the Danes and the memory of my late deceased father; for that the desireof revenging his death is so engraven in my heart, that if I dye not shortly, I hope to takesuch and so great vengeance, that these countryes shall for ever speak thereof. Neverthe-less I must stay the time, meanes, and occassion, lest by making over-great haste, I be nowthe cause of mine own sodaine ruine and overthrow, and by that mctanes end, before Ibeginne to effect my heartes desire; he


. Hamlet . ance,and the gestures of a fool are fit for me, to the end that, guiding myself wisely therein, I maypreserve my life for the Danes and the memory of my late deceased father; for that the desireof revenging his death is so engraven in my heart, that if I dye not shortly, I hope to takesuch and so great vengeance, that these countryes shall for ever speak thereof. Neverthe-less I must stay the time, meanes, and occassion, lest by making over-great haste, I be nowthe cause of mine own sodaine ruine and overthrow, and by that mctanes end, before Ibeginne to effect my heartes desire; hee that hath to doe with a wicked, disloyall,cruell, and discourteous man, must use craft, and politike inventions, such as a fine witte canbest imagine, not to discover his interprise; for seeing that by force I cannot effect mydesire, reason alloweth me by dissimulation, subtiltie and secret practices to proceedtherein.,J—Historie of HarnMet. Manager, Mr. W. STUART. 100TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT. ENGAGEMENT OF. Mr. Stuart begs to announce that on This Evening, March 22, 1865, BEING THE 100TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT, MR. EDWIN BOOTH will appear in the play of HAMLET! The piece has been placed on the stage under the immediate direction of Mr. BOOTH, by Mr. J. G. HANLEY, Stage Manag-r, In a style, it is hoped, combining splendor of production with strict historical correctness. Noexpense or effort has been spared in the endeavor, by a more strictly pictorial arrangement of theordinary stage resources, and by the fidelity, appropriateness, and superior execution of theseveral means of scenic illusion, to carry out the spirit of the play into the most minute details,and thus advance the drama as a branch of national literature and art. The following is the distribution of characters: HAMLET. Prince of Denmark MR. EDWIN BOOTH CLAUDIUS, King of Denmark (first appearance) MR. EDWIN VARREY GHOST OF HAMLETS FATHER. .. .(first appearance). .MR. CHARLES KEMBLE MASON POLONIUS, Lord Chamberlain MR. G


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