Rural Scenes on Both Sides of the Atlantic—First Impressions
of Railway Travel—The Cars—One of the Largest Theatres in
America—The Drama in Boston—Early Struggles to represent
Plays in Public—“Moral Lectures”—Boston Criticisms—Shylock,
Portia, Hamlet, and Ophelia—Different Readings of
Shylock—Dressing-Room Criticism—Shylock considered—A
Reminiscence of Tunis—How Shakespeare should be interpreted on
the Stage—Two Methods illustrated—Shylock before the Court of
Venice—How Actors should be judged 214