Specimens Of English Dramatic Criticism

SPECIMENS OF ENGLISH DRAMATIC CRITICISM - XVII-XX CENTURIES Selected and, Introduced by A. C. WARD -- CONTENTS - INTRODUCTION . . . SAMUEL PEPYS London Theatra in the I 660s . SIR RICHARD STEELE Bettertons Benefit, COLLEY CIBBER Thorn Betterton . THOMAS DAVIES Garricks First Performance in London . HENRY FIELDING Mr. Partridye Sees Garrick . FRANCIS GENTLEMAN The Beggars Opera 18th Century . . LEIGH HUNT Mrs. Siddons . JULIAN CHARLES YOUNG Others--and Mrs. Siddons . WLLLU HAZLITT The Beggars Opera 19th Centusy . rHOMA. 3 BARNES Kean as Richard thc Third . . NILLIAM HAZLITT On Actors and Acting . HARLES LAMB On the Artibial Comedy ofthe Last Century . IENRY MORLEY Phebs at Sadlers Wells . vi CONTENTS JOHN RUSKIN At the Pantomime . THE TIMES Caste GEORGE HENRY LEWES On Natural Acting . DUTTON COOK Elbn Terry . JOSEPH KNIGHT Ellen Terry . DUTTON COOK Irving in Shakesfieare . CLEMENT SCOTT Ghosts . WILLLAM ARCHER Arms and the Man THE TIMES 7-rilby . ALICE MEYNELL Donkey Rmes . BERNARD SHAW Forbes Robertsons Hamlet J. T. GREIN Trelawny of i Wells C. E. MONTAGUE F. R. Bensons Richard N SIR MAX BEERBOHM Dun h . DESMOND MAGCARTZIY The Wild Duck . CONTENTS A. R. WALKLEY The Vg sey Inheritance . THE IRISH TIMES The Playboy of the Western World . P. D. KENNY That Dreadful Play . THE MORNING POST Granville Barkers Production of Tweljth Night THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The Pretenders . THE TIMES, The Beggars Opera wth Century . W. A. DARLINGTON The Tragic Actress Sybil Thorndike . jT. JOHN ERVINE A Bill oJ Diz orcement . H. W. MASSINGIIAM The Search for the Masterpiecc Shall Wr Join the Ladies . . L. MURRAY Peer Gynt at the Old Vic AMES AGATE Marie Lloyd . The Wqv of the World . IUBERT GRIFFITH Hamlet inModern Dress R HUGH WALPOLE A Creator Charles Laughton . TOR BROWN Biblical Tobias and the Angel . vii 242 248 254 2 6 0 964 273 27 3 2 82 viii CONTENTS VIRGINIA WOOLF TweUth Night7 at the Old Vic . . 321 THE TIMES Murdr in th Cuhedral . . 326 ALAN DENT, As You Like It at th Old Vic. . 329 DESCRIPTIVE INDEX . 333 ACKNO WLEDGEMENTS of permission to include copyright material JAMES AGATE The Author WILLIAM ARCHER The Executors of the late William Archer SIR MAX BEERBOHM The Author and Messrs. William Heinemann Ltd. IVOR BROWN The Author and New Statesman and Nation W. A. DARLINGTON The Author and The Daily Telegrafh ALAN DENT The Author and Messrs. Macmillan Co. Ltd. Articles from THE DAILY TELEGRAPH and MORNING POST The Daily Telepraph ST. JOHN ERVINE The Author and The Observer 1. T GREIN Messrs. John Long Ltd. 4rticles from THE IRISH TIMES Irish Times Ltd. OSEPH KNIGHT Messrs. Sidgwick Jackson Ltd. UBERT GRIFFITH The Author and The Observer 3ESMOND MACCARTHY The Author I. W. MASSINGHAM Mr. H. J. Massingham and New Statesman and Nation LLICE MEYNELL Mr. Wilfrid Meynell . E. MONTAGUF, The Manchester Guardian . L. MURRAY The Author and New Statesman and Nation irticles from the NEW STATESMAN, THE NATION AND THE ATHENAEUM, and THE WEEK-END REVIEW New Statesman and Nation ERNARD SHAW The Author xticles from THE TIMES The Times Publishing Company, Limited X ACKNO WLEDGEMENIS SIR HUGH WALPOLE The Executors to the Walpole Estate VIRGINIA WOOLF The Hogarth Press A few articles from nerm-papers ahpear without the authors names, either to observe a tradition of anonymi9, or because the writer has not been idmtzj5ed...