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Hichara "r. t er hysteric*. 1", but approved of the "frenzied
spirit" of the speech beginning 'Give me another horse", and
ti e manner in vhich the kin^ suspected Catesby of being aruther
ghost. Archer, in his sec ;no notice, remarked upon Mansfield's
alteration of the stress in the line "C tesby, I fe?r, 1 fetr -",
This wi»s spoken v.lth strong ennho^sis on the final "fesr" -
"as .ho shoulc s y, 'aven I no kuo.-j the taste of terror'" -
instead of the usual reeding, b which Catesby interrupted
Richard in mid-speech,
After a brief scene in "A Glade" for Hichm^no's adcress to
his troops, c= me the battlefield:
On a risin^ mound up the stage (left) arc
realistic,: lly jf?inteo deao. boaies, and the
same rany be ..-,aen do. n right under the spree din^,
^ranches oi e tree, while up stage, right, is a
bridge •
(The
The fight v;aa ,o il-errangec, and the bridge gave the combatants
some reason for Shoosing t:.i- particular confinec sptco to Join
battle* The Theatre sav, in .ichcro's heroism a quality "beyond
mere anime.1 courc-^.c" :
There v;^s the desperction oi L-. man v,ho hac
set "life upon a cast", -m, the actual fi ht
between Richaro ana Rict .iuonu v.a^ no rn-ro cnild's
play or delicate ience, but a hackiu^ at e; , ch
otaer that, should the s ield of either by iny
ch nee f c il to receive t;.e bio , w uld probably
be very p&i.ii'ul to the unlucky recipient.
The Captious Critic w^s not ->o in.)rcso3c,and likenec the combat
to "a concerts bfttle 1th rolling pins znc stuc^pan lids"
(ISDrN 6 A yril IfitS").
Ksasfielo's perlorn; ace vas obviously an intelligent one,
but its insistent evoiaance of the more obvious "points" w. s
not entirely consistent ith his aul'i^rence to Jib or. oone
of the most famous lines rr.im the old cdapt^tijn (jncKKiu^
"Off ith hi;., head! - oo much for Buckingham 11 ) had been uiocarded,
and some of tVc more suspect innov tions, notably the
i'rolo.. ue, retainer,. Mansfield's otr.--to L.y ley in presenting
nich; rd as n personable, courtly ru-n, wLos^ ^rr.cucl cue lino