ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on dramatic literature and theatrical performance of Shakespearian play. During the second Act, Partridge made very few Remarks. He greatly admired the Fineness of the Dresses; nor could he help observing upon the King's Countenance. The Critic was now pretty silent till the Play, which Hamlet introduces before the King. This he did not at first understand, 'till Jones explained it to him; but he no sooner entered into the Spirit of it, then he began to bless himself that he had never committed Murder. The Grave-digging Scene next engaged the Attention of Par-tridge, who expressed much Surprize at the Number of Skulls thrown upon the Stage. To which Jones answered, that it was one of the most famous Burial-places about Town. But I never saw in my Life a worse Grave-digger. The Fellow handles a Spade as if it was the first Time he had ever had one in his Hand.
