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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. Parentage and Early Life.

II. Marriage-Début in London

III. Garrick's Retirement-English Stage in

1775-6

IV. Mrs. Siddons at Birmingham-School

for Scandal'

V. Season of 1777-8-Death of Foote

VI. Death of Garrick, The Drama in 1778-80

VII. Mrs. Siddons at Bath-Macklin's ‘Man

of the World'

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VIII. Season of 1781-2-Sheridan's ‘Rivals'

IX. Mrs. Siddons's Return to London.

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X. `Isabella'-'Jane Shore'-'The Fair

Penitent'

XI. “Venice Preserved '-Royal Patronage

XII. The Season Reviewed— Visit to Ireland .

XIII. Increasing Celebrity_Home's 'Douglas'.

XIV. Detraction—The Tragic Muse-Steevens

and Miss Kemble

XV. Lady Macbeth Garrick's Version of

"Hamlet'

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