The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 09 (of 12)

by William Hazlitt

November 17. Numbered X.

147. Mademoiselle Mars. See vol. VII., The Plain Speaker, pp. 324 et seq.

Mrs. Jordan. Dorothea or Dorothy Jordan (1762–1816). See vol. VIII., containing Hazlitt’s dramatic writings, for criticism upon her and the following actresses.

Mrs. Siddons. Sarah Siddons (1755–1831).

Miss Farren. Elizabeth Farren (1759?-1829), Countess of Derby. See vol. VIII., Lectures on the Comic Writers, 165, etc.

Mrs. Abington. Frances Abington (1737–1815).

Miss O’Neil. Eliza O’Neil (1791–1872), afterwards Lady Becher. See vol. I., The Round Table, note to p. [156], and vol. VIII. A View of the English Stage, p. 291.

Flavia the least and slightest toy. Bishop Atterbury’s Flavia’s Fan.

[149]. Monsieur Damas. For more than twenty-five years one of the most brilliant actors at the Comédie Française. He retired from the stage in 1825 and died in 1834.

[151]. Midsummer madness. Twelfth Night, Act III. Sc. 4.