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By way of introduction.--Spectacle, farce, melodrama, and minstrelsy fifty years ago.--The worth and impotence of free criticism.--Some early experiences and mistakes.--Selwyn's theatre and the Robertson period.--The ephemeral drama and the enduring drama.--The great dramatic quinquennium and the Boston Museum.--William Warren, comedian.--Actual and ideal training for the stage.--J.L. Toole and Charles James Mathews.--Charlotte Cushman.--E.A. Sothersn, Sr.--The isolation of actors.--Charles Fechter.--Edwin Booth.--Tommaso Salvini.--Adelaide Neilson.--Memorable experiences of single plays and artists.--An American theatre privately endowed.--Henry Irving.

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