Page 186, line 24. Gatty.  Henry Gattie (1774-1844), famous for old-man parts, notably Monsieur Morbleu in Moncrieffs “Monsieur Tonson.”  He was also the best Dr. Caius, in “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” of his time.  He left the stage in 1833, and settled down as a tobacconist and raconteur at Oxford.

Page 186, line 30. Mr. Emery. John Emery (1777-1822), the best impersonator of countrymen in his day.  Zekiel Homespun in Colman’s “Heir at Law” was one of his great parts.  Tyke was in Morton’s “School of Reform,” produced in 1805, and no one has ever played it so well.  He also played Caliban with success.

Page 187, line 4 from foot. A very judicious actor. This actor I have not identified.  Benjamin Wrench (1778-1843) was a dashing comedian, a Wyndham of his day.  In “Free and Easy” he played Sir John Freeman.

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Page 188.  To THE SHADE OF ELLISTON.

Englishman’s Magazine, August, 1831, where it formed, with the following essay, one article, under the title “Reminiscences of Elliston.”

Robert William Elliston (1774-1831), actor and manager, famous for his stage lovers, both in comedy and tragedy.  His Charles Surface was said to be unequalled, and both in Hotspur and Hamlet he was great.  His last performance was in June, 1831, a very short time before his death.

Page 189, line 7. Thin ghosts. In the London Magazine the passage ran:—­

“Thin ghosts of Figurantes (never plump on earth) admire, while
with uplifted toe retributive you inflict vengeance incorporeal
upon the shadowy rear of obnoxious author, just arrived:—­

                   “’what seem’d his tail
      The likeness of a kingly kick had on.
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      “’Yet soon he heals:  for spirits, that live throughout
      Vital in every part, not as frail man
      In entrails, head, or heart, liver or veins,
      Can in the liquid texture mortal wound
      Receive no more, than can the liquid air,
      All heart they live, all head, all eye.’”

Page 189, line 11 from foot. A la Foppington.  In Vanbrugh’s “Relapse.”

In the Englishman’s Magazine the article ended, after “Plaudito, et Valeto,” with:  “Thy friend upon Earth, though thou did’st connive at his d——­n.”

The article was signed Mr. H., the point being that Elliston had played Mr. H. at Drury Lane in Lamb’s unlucky farce of that name in 1806.

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Page 190.  ELLISTONIANA.

See note at the head of “To the Shade of Elliston,” above.

Page 190, line 3 of essay. My first introduction. This paragraph was a footnote in the Englishman’s Magazine.  Elliston, according to the Memoirs of him by George Raymond, which have Lamb’s phrase, “Joyousest of once embodied spirits,” for motto, opened a circulating library at Leamington in the name of his sons William and Henry, and served there himself at times.