Note to Hamlet, 3.2.291-292: "Come, some music! come, the recorders!"

Come, some music! come, the recorders!: Hamlet is calling out to the company of actors whose performance has just been interrupted. The company of actors would include musicians. At line 344, some of them come in and give Hamlet a recorder. recorders: "The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument which emits clear and warm tones."





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