And loose the name of Action. Soft you now,

The faire Ophelia? Nimph, in thy Orizons

Be all my sinnes remembred.

The Tragedie of Hamlet.

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Amongst the announcements for April, 1846, in George Cruikshank’s Comic Almanack appeared the following:—

April.

The Shakespeare Jubilee Festival will be celebrated at the “Only National Theatre” on the 23rd, with the following performances:—

The Grand Opera of ‘Hamlet;’ the Music by Mr. Balfe; the libretto by Messrs. Shakespeare and Bunn.

From the Opera, the following song may be predicted to be sung by the first tenor, Hamlet:—