[IV]

Pepys and Shakespeare

[I.]Pepys the Microcosm of the Average Playgoer[82]
[II.]The London Theatres of Pepys's Diary[85]
[III.]Pepys's Enthusiasm for the Later Elizabethan Drama[90]
[IV.]Pepys's Criticism of Shakespeare. His Admiration of Betterton in Shakespearean rôles[93]
[V.]The Garbled Versions of Shakespeare on the Stage of the Restoration[102]
[VI.]The Saving Grace of the Restoration Theatre. Betterton's Masterly Interpretation of Shakespeare[109]

[V]

Mr Benson and Shakespearean Drama

[I.]A Return to the Ancient Ways[111]
[II.]
The Advantages of a Constant Change of Programme. The Opportunities offered Actors by
Shakespeare's Minor Characters. John of Gaunt
[113]
[III.]The Benefit of Performing the Play of Hamlet without Abbreviation[116]
[IV.]Mr Benson as a Trainer of Actors. The Succession to Phelps[119]

[VI]

The Municipal Theatre

[I.]The True Aim of the Municipal Theatre[122]
[II.]
Private Theatrical Enterprise and Literary Drama. The Advantages and Disadvantages of the
Actor-Manager System. The Control of the Capitalist
[123]
[III.]Possibilities of the Artistic Improvement of Theatrical Organisation in England[127]
[IV.]Indications of a Demand for a Municipal Theatre[129]
[V.]The Teaching of Foreign Experience. The Example of Vienna[134]
[VI.]The Conditions of Success in England[138]

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