| | PAGE |
| [Historia Histrionica: an Historical Account of the English Stage] | xix |
| [Letters Patent for Erecting a New Theatre] | liii |
| [Title and Dedication to the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber] | lxiii |
| CHAPTER I. |
| [The Introduction. The Author's Birth, etc.] | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| [He that trites of himself not easily tir'd, etc.] | 28 |
| CHAPTER III.> |
| [The Author's several Chances for the Church, The Court, and the Army, etc.] | 55 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| [A short View of the Stage, from the Year 1660 to the Revolution, etc.] | 86 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| [The Theatrical Characters of the Principal Actors in the Year 1690, continu'd, etc.] | 119 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| [The Author's first Step upon the Stage. His Discouragements, etc.] | 180 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| [The State of the Stage continued, etc.] | 227 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| [The Patentee of Drury-Lane wiser than his Actors, etc.] | 262 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| [A small Apology for writing on, etc.] | 299 |
| [Index] | |