(All four reach the top, see something they don't like, waver, run for their lives downstage:) (HAMLET, in the lead, leaps into the left barrel. PLAYER leaps into the right barrel. ROS and GUIL leap into the middle barrel. All closing the lids after them.) (The lights dim to nothing while the sound of fighting continues. The sound fades to nothing. The lights come up.) (The middle barrel (ROS's and GUIL's) is missing.) (The lid of the right-hand barrel is raised cautiously, the heads of ROS and GUIL appear.) (The lid of the other barrel (HAMLET's) is raised. The head of the PLAYER appears.) (All catch sight of each other and slam down lids.)