The Woman in White on Hamlet: “Give me—Fosco—chemistry; and when Shakespeare has conceived Hamlet, and sits down to execute”
The Woman in White on The Divine Comedy: “I teach the sublime Dante to the young Misses, and ah!—my-soul-bless-my-soul!—it is not in human language to say how the sublime Dante puzzles the pretty heads of all three!”
Armadale on Faust: “The carpet-bag contained nothing but a change of clothing, and two books--the Plays of Sophocles, in the original Greek, and the "Faust" of Goethe, in the original German.”
Armadale on Macbeth: “I may say, like Macbeth: 'Why, so, being gone, I am a man again!”
No Name on The Rivals: “The Rivals' is the play, papa--'The Rivals,' by the famous what's-his-name--and they want ME to act!”
No Name on As You Like It: “A Scotch terrier scampered into view; and a cheerful voice sang the first lines of the glee in "As You Like It."”
The Law and the Lady on Prometheus Unbound: “He broke out with the magnificent lines in "Prometheus Unbound," in which the Earth feels the Spirit of Love, and bursts into speech.”
The Law and the Lady on Puss in Boots: “I am going to read--Puss in Boots, and Jack and the Bean-stalk, and anything else I can find that doesn't march with the age we live in."”