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Frontmatter i
PREFACE ix
CONTENTS xi
ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER ONE. Betterton as Hamlet 9
CHAPTER TWO. Garrick as King Lear 21
CHAPTER THREE. Kemble as Hamlet 41
CHAPTER FOUR. Mrs. Siddons as Lady Macbeth 57
CHAPTER FIVE. Edmund Kean as Othello 71
CHAPTER SIX. Macready as Macbeth 87
CHAPTER SEVEN. Irving as Shylock 104
CHAPTER EIGHT. Edwin Booth as Iago 121
CHAPTER NINE. Enter William Poel 136
CHAPTER TEN. Shakespearian Playgoing 150
NOTES 177
INDEX OF SHAKESPEARIAN PLAYS 217

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
PREFACE ix
CONTENTS xi
ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER ONE. Betterton as Hamlet 9
CHAPTER TWO. Garrick as King Lear 21
CHAPTER THREE. Kemble as Hamlet 41
CHAPTER FOUR. Mrs. Siddons as Lady Macbeth 57
CHAPTER FIVE. Edmund Kean as Othello 71
CHAPTER SIX. Macready as Macbeth 87
CHAPTER SEVEN. Irving as Shylock 104
CHAPTER EIGHT. Edwin Booth as Iago 121
CHAPTER NINE. Enter William Poel 136
CHAPTER TEN. Shakespearian Playgoing 150
NOTES 177
INDEX OF SHAKESPEARIAN PLAYS 217

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