Whose words head each chapter of what is really his book and mine
Eva
21 Whiteheads Grove, Chelsea.
“Apple Porch”, Maidenhead.
July, 1923.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Home | [1] |
| II. | The Start | [16] |
| III. | Wedding Bells | [29] |
| IV. | Plays and Players | [43] |
| V. | More Plays and Players | [60] |
| VI. | For the Duration of the War | [74] |
| VII. | The Suffrage | [89] |
| VIII. | People I have Met | [101] |
| IX. | Personalities | [116] |
| X. | Stories I Remember | [131] |
| XI. | Round and About | [143] |
| XII. | A Bundle of Old Letters | [172] |
| XIII. | Harry, the Man | [187] |
| XIV. | Harry, the Playwright | [200] |
| XV. | Harry, the Actor | [215] |
| XVI. | And Last | [228] |
| Appendices | [241] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Eva Moore | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Dora in “The Don” | [21] |
| Harry, November 19th, 1891 | [24] |
| Wedding Bells, November 19th, 1891 | [28] |
| Harry as Howard Bompas in “The Times”, 1891 | [30] |
| Pepita in “Little Christopher Columbus” | [37] |
| Madame de Cocheforet in “Under the Red Robe” | [48] |
| Kathie in “Old Heidelberg” | [61] |
| Lady Mary Carlyle in “Monsieur Beaucaire” | [66] |
| “Mumsie” | [71] |
| Miss Van Gorder in “The Bat” | [72] |
| Eliza in “Eliza Comes to Stay” | [102] |
| Harry as Lord Leadenhall in “The Rocket” | [124] |
| Harry as Major-General Sir R. Chichele in “The Princess and the Butterfly” | [142] |
| Harry as Little Billee in “Trilby” | [187] |
| Jill and her Mother | [194] |
| Harry as Widgery Blake in “Palace of Puck” | [199] |
| Harry as Major Blencoe in “The Tree of Knowledge” | [218] |
| Harry as Touchstone in “As You Like It” | [222] |
| Apple Porch | [237] |