LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND
MDCCCLXXXVIII
[CONTENTS.]
| CHAPTER I. | PAGE |
| OF AUTHORS, AND PARTICULARLY OF CONDEMNED AUTHORS | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE AUDIENCES OF THE LAST HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | [30] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| CHARLES MACKLIN | [63] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| A BEVY OF LADIES;—BUT CHIEFLY, MRS. BELLAMY, MISSFARREN, MRS. ABINGTON, AND "PERDITA" | [84] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| A GROUP OF GENTLEMEN | [115] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| JOHN HENDERSON | [144] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| SARAH SIDDONS | [153] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| JOHN KEMBLE | [189] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE | [223] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| MASTER BETTY | [239] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| STAGE COSTUME AND STAGE TRICKS | [248] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| PROLOGUE, EPILOGUE; DEDICATIONS AND BENEFITS | [273] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| OLD STAGERS DEPARTING | [301] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| NEW IDEAS; NEW THEATRES; NEW AUTHORS; AND THENEW ACTORS | [331] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| EDMUND KEAN | [358] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| EDMUND KEAN—CONTINUED | [395] |