Note 365 — NOTE ON SYMBOLS (continued 3)
Reading edition
Ham. III. iv; cf. p. 116. Most of the scenes are in some indefinite place in the castle, called in II. ii. 161 ‘here in the lobby’ (Q2, F1) or ‘here in the gallery’ (Q1). Possibly the audience for the play scene (III. ii) were in the alcove, as there is nothing to suggest that they were above; or they may have been to right and left, and the players in the alcove; it is guesswork.