MISS BRUNTON’S ROSALIND
Cf. the notices of two other Rosalinds in A View, etc., vol. VIII. pp. 252 and 336.
[397]. Miss Brunton. Elizabeth Brunton (1799–1860), who in 1823 married Frederick Henry Yates, the actor. ‘Good emphasis and discretion.’ Cf. ‘With good accent and good discretion,’ Hamlet, Act II. Sc. 2. ‘The gods,’ etc. As You Like It, Act III. Sc. 3.
MAYWOOD’S ZANGA
Hazlitt had noticed Maywood’s Shylock. See A View, etc. vol. VIII. p. 374. In 1821 Maywood wrote to Hazlitt from New York introducing a Mr. Greenhow, who was entrusted to present to Hazlitt a morsel of George Cooke’s liver. See Mr. W. C. Hazlitt’s Memoirs, etc., II. 1–2.
[398]. ‘From the sound,’ etc. Cf. Collins, Ode, The Passions, 19–20. ‘Distilling them,’ etc. Cf. Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 5. ‘Too tame.’ Ibid., Act III. Sc. 2. ‘’Twas I that did it.’ The Revenge, Act V. Sc. 2. ‘Forced gait.’ 1 Henry IV., Act III. Sc. 1.
KEAN’S RICHARD III.
Cf. the essay on Richard III. in Characters of Shakespear’s Plays (vol. I. pp. 298–303), where Hazlitt speaks of the ‘miserable medley acted for Richard III.’ and gives some of the omitted passages as being ‘peculiarly adapted for stage effect.’ Shakespeare’s Richard III. was revived at Covent Garden on March 12, 1821, Macready playing Richard and Mrs. Bunn Queen Margaret.
[399]. ‘Now is the winter,’ etc. Richard III., Act I. Sc. 1. ‘Even so!’ etc. Ibid. [400]. ‘They do me wrong,’ etc. Ibid. Act I. Sc. 3. ‘His grace looks cheerfully,’ etc. Ibid. Act III. Sc. 4.