31 August 1668

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1667-1668
Volume: 1
Comments: Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's playhouse, and there met my wife and Deb. and Mary Mercer and Batelier, where also W. Hewer was, and saw Hamlet, which we have not seen this year before, or more; and mightily pleased with it; but, above all, with Betterton, the best part, I believe, that ever man acted

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    *plif Hamlet. [Adapted, probably by $Sir William Davenant=.] Hamlet?-Betterton. [See also 28 May 1663.% *clif <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the <i>Duke of York's playhouse</i>, and there met my wife and $Deb.= and $Mary Mercer= and $Batelier=, where also $W. Hewer= was, and saw <i>Hamlet</i>, which we have not seen this year before, or more; and mightily pleased with it; but, above all, with $Betterton=, the best part, I believe, that ever man acted.

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    *p1668 08 31 lif Hamlet. [Adapted, probably by $Sir William Davenant=.] Hamlet?-Betterton. See also 28 May 1663.*c1668 08 31 lif <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the <i>Duke of York's playhouse</i>, and there met my wife and $Deb.= and $Mary Mercer= and $Batelier=, where also $W. Hewer= was, and saw <i>Hamlet</i>, which we have not seen this year before, or more; and mightily pleased with it; but, above all, with $Betterton=, the best part, I believe, that ever man acted.

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    Event: 749 | 16680831 | lif | <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the <i>Duke of York's playhouse</i>, and there met my wife and $Deb.= and $Mary Mercer= and $Batelier=, where also $W. Hewer= was, and saw <i>Hamlet</i>, which we have not seen this year before, or more; and mightily pleased with it; but, above all, with $Betterton=, the best part, I believe, that ever man acted
    Performance: 749 | 749 | p | Hamlet | [Adapted, probably by $Sir William Davenant=.] Hamlet?-Betterton. See also 28 May 1663.
    Cast:
    626 | 749 | Hamlet? | Betterton. See also 28 May 1663.

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Title: Hamlet
Comments:
[Adapted, probably by Sir William Davenant.] Hamlet?-Betterton. See also 28 May 1663.
Cast:

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