CONTENTS

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Preface[173]
Mr. Kean’s Shylock[179]
Mr. Kean’s Richard[180]
Mr. Kean’s Hamlet[185]
Mr. Kean’s Othello[189]
Mr. Kean’s Iago[190]
Antony and Cleopatra[190]
Artaxerxes[192]
The Beggar’s Opera[193]
Richard Coeur de Lion[195]
Didone Abandonnata[196]
Miss O’Neill’s Juliet[198]
Mr. Kean’s Richard[200]
Mr. Kean’s Macbeth[204]
Mr. Kean’s Romeo[208]
Mr. Kean’s Iago[211]
Mr. Kean’s Iago (concluded)[215]
Mr. Kean’s Richard II.[221]
The Unknown Guest[224]
Mr. Kean’s Zanga[227]
Mr. Bannister’s Farewell[229]
Comus[230]
Mr. Kean’s Leon[233]
The Tempest[234]
My Wife! What Wife?[237]
Mr. Harley’s Fidget[239]
Living in London[242]
The King’s Proxy[243]
The Maid and the Magpie[244]
The Hypocrite[245]
Mr. Edwards’s Richard III.[247]
Lovers’ Vows[249]
The School for Scandal[250]
Mrs. Alsop’s Rosalind[252]
John Du Bart[253]
The Beggar’s Opera[254]
Miss O’Neill’s Elwina[256]
Where to find a Friend[258]
Miss O’Neill’s Belvidera[261]
The Merchant of Bruges[264]
Smiles and Tears[266]
George Barnwell[268]
A New Way to Pay Old Debts[272]
The Busy Body[270]
The Midsummer Night’s Dream[274]
Love for Love[278]
The Anglade Family[279]
Measure for Measure[281]
Mr. Kean’s Sir Giles Overreach[284]
The Recruiting Officer[285]
The Fair Penitent[287]
The Duke of Milan[289]
Miss O’Neill’s Lady Teazle[291]
Mr. Kean[292]
Mr. Kean’s Shylock[294]
The Oratorios[296]
Richard III.[298]
Romeo and Juliet[300]
Mr. Kemble’s Sir Giles Overreach[302]
Bertram[304]
Adelaide, or the Emigrants[308]
Every Man in his Humour[310]
Mrs. Siddons[312]
New English Opera House[314]
The Jealous Wife[316]
The Man of the World[318]
Miss Merry’s Mandane[320]
Exit by Mistake[321]
The Italian Opera[324]
Old Customs[327]
My Landlady’s Night-Gown[328]
Castle of Andalusia[329]
Two Words[330]
The Wonder[332]
The Distressed Mother[334]
Miss Boyle’s Rosalind[336]
Mr. Macready’s Othello[338]
Theatrical Debuts[341]
Mr. Kemble’s Cato[342]
The Iron Chest[342]
Mr. Kemble’s King John[345]
Coriolanus[347]
The Man of the World[350]
Jane Shore[352]
The Humorous Lieutenant[353]
Two New Ballets[353]
Mr. Booth’s Duke of Gloster[354]
Mr. Booth’s Iago[354]
Mr. Booth’s Richard[357]
Double Gallant[359]
Don Juan[362]
The Conquest of Taranto[366]
The Touch-Stone[368]
The Libertine[370]
Barbarossa[372]
Mrs. Siddons’s Lady Macbeth[373]
Mr. Maywood’s Shylock[374]
Mr. Kemble’s Retirement[374]