The Tudor Shakespeare . heroine of Miss Terry and Miss Rehan. Miss 31ntroDuction ZIX Marlowe, perhaps, has succeeded in combining in highestdegree the opposing qualities of Violas disposition. Herlightness is manifestly apparent only; it modifies, butdoes not conceal her wistful sadness. Like Viola, Malvolio has changed with the times. In1602 he was probably, as Manninghams comment sug-gests, a purely comic figure, and Diggess * Malvolio,that cross-garterd gull tells the same story for 1784 he had become with Bensley a kind of DonQuixote. However, the phrasing of the sentence withwhich
The Tudor Shakespeare . heroine of Miss Terry and Miss Rehan. Miss 31ntroDuction ZIX Marlowe, perhaps, has succeeded in combining in highestdegree the opposing qualities of Violas disposition. Herlightness is manifestly apparent only; it modifies, butdoes not conceal her wistful sadness. Like Viola, Malvolio has changed with the times. In1602 he was probably, as Manninghams comment sug-gests, a purely comic figure, and Diggess * Malvolio,that cross-garterd gull tells the same story for 1784 he had become with Bensley a kind of DonQuixote. However, the phrasing of the sentence withwhich Lamb concludes his high praise of Bensleys imper-sonation, — I confess that I never saw the catastrophe. . without a kind of tragic interest, — implies that thenotion that Malvolio was not essentially ludicrous wassomething of an innovation. This conception, strengthenedperhaps to some extent, by the tragic actors, like Kemble,who have played the part, has become traditional, reach-ing its height in Henry (&t W^at ^ou Will [DRAMATIS PERSONS Orsino, Duke of Illyria. Sebastian, brother to Viola. Antonio, a sea captain, friend to Sebastian. A Sea Captain, friend to Viola. Valentine, ~ . gentlemen attending on the Duke. Sir Toby Belch, uncle to Andrew , steward to Olivia. T, , [ servants to Olivia. Feste, a clown ,} Olivia, a rich countess. Viola. Maria, Olivias woman. Lords, Priests, Sailors, Officers, Musicians, and other Attendants. Scene : A city in Illyria, and the sea-coast near it,]
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