*p1763 04 29 dl Hamlet. ^As17630404^ but Polonius-Parsons; Ghost-Bransby; Rosencraus-Fox.*a1763 04 29 dl Fortunatus. ^As17621027^, but Others-_Blakes.*c1763 04 29 dl Benefit for $Rooker=, and $Saunderson= (machinist). No Building on Stage. [<i>The Theatrical Review; or, Annals of the Drama</i> (Volunteer Manager section for 1 May 1763, p. 212) comments upon a stage tradition of having the Mouse Trap" Play presented on stage with the players' backs to <i>Claudius</i> and <i>Gertrude</i>. The author wishes $Garrick= and $Beard= to revise this absurdity and bring the whole in more accord with reality. The same paper criticises $Mrs Cibber= as <i>Ophelia</i>r. "I hope you will not let so flagrant an outrage to the decorum of the stage as the following pass unnoticed. As [Mrs Cibber] sat upon the stage, with <i>Hamlet</i>r at her feet, in the third act, she rose up three several times, and made as many courtiess, and those very low ones, to some ladies in the boxes. Pray good Sir, ask her in what part of the play it is said that the Danish Ophelia is acquainted with so many <i>British Ladies</i>?" See similar comment on her <i>Belvidera</i>r, 17 March 1760.]