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CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTER X.
[The recruited Actors in the Hay-Market encourag'd by a Subscription, etc.]1
CHAPTER XI.
[Some Chimærical Thoughts of making the Stage]24
CHAPTER XII.
[A short View of the Opera when first divided from the Comedy, etc.]50
CHAPTER XIII.
[The Patentee, having now no Actors, rebuilds the new Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, etc.]97
CHAPTER XIV.
[The Stage in its Highest Prosperity, etc.]117
CHAPTER XV.
[Sir Richard Steele succeeds Collier in the Theatre-Royal, etc.]161
CHAPTER XIV.
[The Author steps out of his Way. Pleads his Theatrical Cause in Chancery, etc.]192

[Supplementary Chapter]257
[Bibliography of Colley Cibber]289
[A brief Supplement to Colley Cibber, Esq; his Lives of the late famous Actors and Actresses]299
[Memoirs of Actors and Actresses]319
[Index]373

LIST OF MEZZOTINT PORTRAITS.

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