John Mullan on 10 of the best Hamlets
HamletsTom Jones by Henry FieldingTom arrives in London and goes with his witless companion Partridge to see Garrick play Hamlet. Partridge is unimpressed. "'He the best player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, 'why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.'"The Rivals by Richard Brinsley SheridanMrs Malaprop…