Hazlitt: The Spirit of Humanity in Shakespeare
Channel: English Readings
Date: 2021-06-07

This extract from an essay by William Hazlitt, "The Spirit of Humanity in Shakespeare", appears in The Oxford Book of English Prose, ed. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Oxford/Clarendon Press, 1958.

It discusses Shakespeare's compassion in portraying low-life characters such as Shallow, Bardolph, Nym, etc.

Recording is a little rough; some ambient sound, eg, page turning, thunder and rain.

Illustration shows Shallow and Silence, by Coghlan, c/o Wikipedia.