Word: betterton
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...part of the Ghost. The character of Hamlet itself was first interpreted to our knowledge by Burbage, who could scarcely have been very pleasing, for we are told that he was fat and scant of breath. The next great Hamlets of the past that we know anything of are Betterton, Garrick and Kemble; but even though we have much to tell us how these actors looked and how they played their parts, we cannot get a very distinct impression of their impersonations. Actors are like the visions in Macbeth who "come like shadows, so depart." The best criticism n acting...