ABSTRACT
The aspect and behaviour of the pit and gallery at Sadler's Wells during the performance of one of Shakespeare's plays cannot fail to impress most strongly every visitor who is unaccustomed to the place. Shakespeare spoke home to the heart of the natural man, even in the same words that supply matter for nice judgment by the intellect. Malvolio lives at Sadler's Wells in bearing and attire modelled upon the fashion of the Spaniard, as impassive in his manner as a Spanish king should be. This Malvolio stalks blind about the world; his eyes are very nearly covered with their heavy lids, for there is nothing in the world without that is worth noticing, it is enough for him to contemplate the excellence within; walled up in his own temple of the flesh, he is his own adorer. Other Malvolios seen by the playgoers of this generation have been more fantastical.
