Ludwig Tieck

“ I especially liked the hussars; people are usually too apprehensive to bring horses onto the stage — but why not? They often have more sense than the humans. I would rather see one good horse than several human beings in a modern play. ”

“ No, I wasn't paying close enough attention to them. — Too bad they took themselves off so soon; actually, I'd like to see a whole play with nothing but hussars in it — I really like the cavalry.
Leutner
to Bötticher
What do you think of all this?
Bötticher
I simply can't get the excellent acting of the man who's playing the cat out of my head. What a study! What subtlety! What observation! What a costume!
Schlosser
That's true; he really does look like a large tom-cat. ”

“ God bless me, but God bless the ancients too while He's at it. You probably do not know that in the Classical world, all rôles without exception were performed in masks, as you will find in Athenaeus, Pollux and other authors. ”