Word: malvolio
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Both Miss Josephine Victor as Olivia, and Mr. Ernest Lawford as Malvolio, entered into their parts more vigorously, and carried out their characterizations with greater care and emphasis than on the preceding night...
...Ernest Lawford, as Malvolio, accented the comic side of the role far more than the pathetic or grotesque, but carried out his interpretation with taste and distinction...
...Lewers Antonio, a sea captain, friend to Sebastian, Frank Burbeck A sea captain, friend to Olivia, W. H. Gilmore Valentine, gentleman attending on Duke, T. L. Coleman Curio, gentleman attending on Duke, W. H. Claire Sir Toby Belch, uncle to Olivia, Fred Tyler Sir Andrew Aguecheek, R. P. Carter Malvolio, steward to Olivia, Ernest Lawford Fabian, servant to Olivia, E. W. Morrison Feste, a clown, servant to Olivia, G. H. Trader Olivia, Josephine Victor Viola, Maude Adams Maria, Lizzio Collier
...characters in this play naturally resolve themselves into two divisions, of which Viola and Malvolio are the centres, around which the other characters are grouped. Throughout the play the character of Viola predominates. Although she is the type of modesty and gentleness, her character has an underlying force which makes itself felt at all times, and it is she who is able to study and control the fickle nature of the Duke, her lover...
...less serious side of the play is represented by the three typical characters, Malvolio, Toby Belch, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Malvolio may be described as a human donkey, one in whom the true relation of the parts of the character is hopelessly impaired by an inordinate self-conceit. Toby Belch, on the other hand, possesses a certain amount of wit and good humor which make him not unlike the famous Falstaff...