Theatrical Anecdotes: Or Fun and Curiosities of the Play, the Playhouse and the Players (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Theatrical Anecdotes: Or Fun and Curiosities of the Play, the Playhouse and the Players

Yorick's skull, the king's jester; but t'other's Doctor Banks's, as I told you.' This was too much. The incensed Hamlet jumped prematurely into the grave, seized the (very) low comedian by the throat, and a most fearful contest ensued, in which Dick succeeded at length in overpowering the tragedian, whom he held down in the grave with one hand, while he flourished Doctor Banks's skull in triumph over his head with the other.

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