Upstart Crow - Season 4eps1 Instant

Will attempts to perform the "Hat Play" for the King. In a classic Upstart Crow blunder, Bottom accidentally wears the King’s actual ceremonial cloak as a costume, leading to a high-speed chase through the Globe Theatre that Will eventually rebrands as a "new dramatic device called 'Slap-stick.'"

Kate, ever the voice of reason and 21st-century logic trapped in the 17th century, suggests that Will simply take all the "boring, long bits" out of his existing plays and mash them together. Upstart Crow - Season 4Eps1

The King is delighted—not by the play, but by the fact that it was so short he didn't even have time to finish his drumstick. Will earns a single gold coin and a stern warning never to mention "Denmark" again. Will attempts to perform the "Hat Play" for the King