Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 29 May 1843:
'Reading Mr Halpin of the Shakespeare society upon Oberon's command to Puck in the
"midsummer night's dream," & falling into the degree of passion to which sympathy is more
necessary than it is to grief itself, I turned in my thoughts to you as the person most likely of
all to be in a competent passion [...] Now by the soul of Shakespeare, it ought to be a reason
or blasphemy by act of Parliament for men to write such treaties & call them commentaries.
They are [italics]mentaries[end italics] in the strictest sense [...] Mr Halpin gives us a
"paraphrase" of Oberon's "sug'red words", -- from which, here is an extract.
'"And so the imperial votaress passed on
In maiden meditation, fancy-free."
'Halpin loquitur. "And so the virgin queen departed from Kenilworth castle, unshackled by any
matrimonial engagement & as heart-whole as ever .."
'I hope you dont belong to the Shakespeare society.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1843 and 29 May 1843 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Evangelical |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Nicholas John Halpin |
Title: | Oberon's Vision in the Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Genre: | Drama, Essays / Criticism, History, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1843 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17179 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1989 | |
Vol: | 7 | |
Page: | 155 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 155, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17179, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
Text author '[attempted to demonstrate that the play contained an allegorical representation of the Earl of Leicester's suit for Queen Elizabeth's hand at a time when he was engaged to another' (see p.156 n. 6 in source). |
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