AN EPILOGUE TO HAMLET, PERFORMED BY AMATEURS.
SCENE: Elsinore—a platform before the castle (on an improvised stage). Inky darkness. Shade of Hamlet (solus).
Shade of Hamlet: Oh, did you see him, did you see the knave,
The spindle-shanked, low-browed, and cock-eyed
Clerk to an attorney, play at Hamlet,
Dream-souled Hamlet, wearing an eyeglass?
Oh, it was horrible.
(Enter Shade of Laertes.)
Shade of Laertes: What's the matter with Hamlet?
S. of H.: He's not all right.