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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 24: (search)
something from Shakespeare, as it is known Tieck prefers to read from him, and I mentioned Midsummer Night's Dream, because it contains such a variety. Luckily the piece is a favorite with him. . . . . He read it admirably. Puck's frolicsome mischief and the lightness of the dainty fairies were done with the greatest tact and delicacy. . . . . When he came to the play represented before Theseus I received quite a new idea, that some of the repetitions and groans, especially in the part of Pyramus, are merely the expression of the actor's personal embarrassment and anguish, and not what was set down for him. The whole was a great pleasure. As soon as it was over, and I had made my acknowledgments with the rest to Tieck for the great treat we had enjoyed, I hurried off to the British Minister's, where we finished the evening in a very small party. February 7.—There was a Court ball to-night. . . . . I had a great deal of talk there with Prince John, and one or two other persons,