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"legitimate" ones, and lago was token "by Hermann Vezin, a
Philadelphian long since absorbed into the British theatre
and proud possessor of a degree from the University of
Pennsylvania, Vezin was indeed considered to be inordinately
proud of his unusual qualification, but he was dedicated to
the advanceiaant of literary drama and his name occurs often
in the casts of unusual or adventurous productions. In 1887
he played Count Cenci in the Shelley Society's c aring production
of the poet's play, and in the Pastoral Players* open-air
As You Like It, in 1884 and 1885, he played Jaquc>c. Prom
Godwin's not-3bool:s in the Department of Prints and Prav/ings
of the Victoria and Albert Museum can "be judged the kind of
attention pr.id by the Octd^icr to the staging and, more
significantly, acting of the plry. In addition to costume
sketches are corae notes on Vezin 's acting in Act III: Othello's
"Leave me" at II. 3. 244 is "too high and scolding tone", and
lago's "God buy you" at 379, when he is sarcastically offering
"ais rcsic~i-tion f since honesty is become vice, is "too flippant
after such pren
window? /,nd v/liy did a female character in the cone .'lay wear
a velvet dross in such supposedly hot weather? In the 'Gr; nd
tic Ballet D» Act ion" n.".jaia or tiic Burnin/ oulf at the