S4t Intatrti.
The important event of the now concluding week is the revival of Hamlet at the Princess's Theatre. The principal character in this tragedy has always been one of the most celebrated in Mr. Charles Kean's repertory, and though he has played it more frequently than any other, the crowded state of the house, amply showed that "increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on." Mrs. Charles Kean, who at the commence- ment of last year undertook the part of Gertrude, on account of the indis- position of the actress who generally played it, now retains it as her own, and thus we have one play more in which the chief actor and actress of the present day combine their talents. There is no doubt that Hamlet will prove highly attractive, though its performance is limited to one evening in each successive week.
Next Monday, the English version of Tartuire is to be revived at the Adelphi, with Mr. Webster in his accustomed part of the hypocritical de- votee, and Miss Henrietta Simms, a provincial actress new to the Metro- polis, as Elmira.
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