..." the faint, general, and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit...who were eating, and one of them sung a song." This was unquestionably the Adam of As You Like It; and to us there is no tradition of Shakspere so pleasing...

...with the stage ; but all he could recollect was having once seen Shakespeare "act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein, being to personate a decrepit...some company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song1." "Think" (says Coleridge) "of the scene between Adam and Orlando; and think again, that the...

...direction. His brother, who lived to be a great age, describes seeing him "act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein, being to personate a decrepit...a table, at which he was seated among some company and one of them sung a song." This must have been Adam in " As You Like It." But we find no other mention...

...remembered to have seen Will act a part in one of his own comedies, " wherein being to personate a decrepid old man, he wore a long beard, and appeared so weak...among some company, who were eating, and one of them sang a song." This seems clearly to point to Act 2, Scene VII., of " As you Like it," in which Orlando...