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- 33 Byron signs the dedication of The Giaour to Samuel Rogers, May, 1813. In 1815 it had reached a fourteenth edition.
- 34 Jean Sbogar and Thérèse Aubert are two well-known works by Nodier.
- 35 Paris, 1824.
- 36 Philippe, who was a universal favourite, died 16th October, 1824. “Sa mort fit presque autant de bruit que sa vie,” says Dumas, who gives a vivid picture of the unhappy scandals and delays which, owing to the ill-advised conduct of certain Jansenistic fanatics, profaned the funeral on the 18th October, following. The famous actor was interred at Père-Lachaise, the obsequies being attended by more than three thousand people. Amélie Delaunay when quite young married an actor of medium attainments Allan-Dorval. She was soon left a widow, and after a hard struggle obtained recognition of her genius. Dumas who admired her immensely speaks of her as “l’Ève qui devait donner le jour à tout un monde dramatique.”
- 37 “Quant à Philippe, qui l’écraisait, à cette époque, de la dignité de son pas et de la majesté de son geste, c’était la représentation du mélodrame pur sang Pixérécourt et Caignez… Nul ne portait comme Philippe la botte jaune, la tunique chamois bordée de noir, la toque à plume et l’épèe à poignée en croix.” Dumas, Mes Memoires, Troisième Série, lxxvii.
- 38 I quote from the article as reprinted in the Mélanges, I, 417.
- 39 Histoire des Vampires et des spectres Malfaisans, Paris, 1820.
- 40 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Chapter xxxv. I quote from the English translation issued by Collins’ Clear Type Press, vol. I, pp. 466–68.
- 41 La Tradition et l’Exotisme dans l’œuvre de Charles Nodier, (1780–1844). 1923, p. 124.
- 42 Oeuvres complètes de Eugène Scribe, Paris, Dentu, 1876. 2me Serie, VI, pp. 41–84.
- 43 Folie vaudeville en un acte. Paris, Barba, 1820.
- 44 Paris, Martinet, 1820.
- 45 Börne, Schilderungen aus Paris (1822 and 1823).
- 46 “Polichinel ist die beste Seele von der Welt.”
- 47 1794–1844.
- 48 Thomas Potter Cooke was born April, 1786, and died April, 1864. His historic début seems to have been made at the Royalty in January, 1804, but his first marked success was in the rôle of Lord Ruthven, which won him great applause. The best known character of this famous actor was William in Douglas Jerrold’s Black-ey’d Susan, or, All in the Downs, produced at the Surrey Theatre, 8th June, 1829, when it ran for nearly a year. It was frequently revived and never failed of an enthusiastic reception.
- 49 2 vols., London, 1871.
- 50 This was first produced on 13th April, 1819, as an after-piece to Jane Shore in which Mrs. W. West had appeared for the first time in the title-rôle. In Abudah, H. Kemble acted Abudah; Bengough, the genius Barhaddan; Harley, Fadlahdallah; Miss Cooke, Selima; and Mrs. Bland, Zemroude. Genest says that the little fairy tale was given thirteen times.
- 51 The Tales of the Genii: or, The Delightful Lessons of Horam the Son of Asmar. Translated from the Persian by Sir Charles Morell. This book was written by a young clergyman, the Rev. James Ridley, son of Dr. Gloster Ridley, Chaplain to the East India Company. “Horam” and “Sir Charles Morell” are mere fictions. James Ridley died in 1765 immediately after the completion of the first edition of his Tales, which proving very popular have been often reprinted.
- 52 The play is preserved in MS. Lansdowne 807, British Museum, a volume said to contain the few remains of John Warburton’s collection which escaped the kitchen fire at the hands of his cook. Sir George Buc in his note written at the end of the piece refers to “this second Maidens tragedy” apparently in allusion to the famous drama by Beaumont and Fletcher, and although not very apposite the name has continued. A scholarly and well-edited reprint of The Second Maiden’s Tragedy has long been a desideratum. The issue which was prepared for the Malone Society in 1910 by Mr. W. W. Greg is eminently unreadable, nor has the petty recension of the text any real value
