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CHAPTER X.
THE RECRUITED ACTORS IN THE HAY MARKET ENCOURAGED BY A SUBSCRIPTION, ETC. . .1
CHAPTER XI.
SOME CHIMÆRICAL THOUGHTS OF MAKING THE STAGE USEFUL, ETC. . . 24
CHAPTER XII.
A SHORT VIEW OF THE OPERA WHEN FIRST DIVIDED FROM THE COMEDY, ETC. . . 50
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PATENTEE, HAVING NOW NO ACTORS, REBUILDS THE NEW THEATRE IN LINCOLNS-INN-FIELDS, ETC. . . . 97
CHAPTER XIV.
THE STAGE IN ITS HIGHEST PROSPERITY, ETC. . . 117
CHAPTER XV.
SIR RICHARD STEELE SUCCEEDS COLLIER IN THE THEATRE-ROYAL, ETC. . . 161

CHAPTER XVI.
THE AUTHOR STEPS OUT OF HIS WAY. PLEADS HIS THEATRICAL CAUSE IN CHANCERY, ETC. . . . 192
SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER . . . 257
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COLLEY CIBBER . . . 289
A BRIEF SUPPLEMENT TO COLLEY GIBBER, ESQ; HIS LIVES OF THE LATE FAMOUS ACTORS AND ACTRESSES . . . 299
MEMOIRS OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES . . . 319

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I. COLLEY CIBBER, in the character of "Sir Novelty Fashion, newley created Lord Foppington," in Vanbrugh's play of "The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger." From the painting by J. Grisoni. The property of the Garrick Club . . .Frontispiece
II. OWEN SWINEY. After the painting by John Baptist Vanloo . . . 54
III. ANNE OLDFIELD. From the picture by Jonathan Richardson . . . 70
IV. THEOPHILUS CIBBER, in the character of "Antient Pistol" . . . 86
V. HESTER SANTLOW (Mrs. Barton Booth). After an original picture from the life . . . 104
VI. ROBERT WILKS. After the painting by John Ellys, 1732 . . . 122
VII. RICHARD STEELE. From the painting by Jonathan Richardson, 1712 . . . 172
VIII. BARTON BOOTH. From the picture by George White . . . 206
IX. SUSANNA MARIA CIBBER. After a painting by Thomas Hudson . . . 222
X. CHARLES FLEETWOOD. "Sir Fopling Flutter Arrested." "Drawn from a real Scene." John Dixon ad vivum del et fect . . . 254
XI. ALEXANDER POPE, at the age of 28. After the picture by Sir Godfrey Kneller, painted in 1716 . . . 272
XII. SUSANNA MARIA CIBBER, in the character of Cordelia, "King Lear," act iii. After the picture by Peter Van Bleeck . . . 288
XIII. CAVE UNDERHILL, in the character of Obadiah, "The Fanatic Elder." After the picture by Robert Bing, 1712 . . . 306

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X. SCENE ILLUSTRATING CIBBER'S "CARELESS HUSBAND." After the picture by Philip Mercier.
XI. COFFEE-HOUSE SCENE OF CIBBER'S DAY, "drawn from the life" by G. Vander Gucht.
XII. SCENE ILLUSTRATING "THE ITALIAN OPERA," WITH SENESINO, CUZZONI, &c. From a contemporary design.
XIII. SCENE ILLUSTRATING FARQUHAR'S "RECRUITING OFFICER." After the picture by Philip Mercier.
XIV. SCENE ILLUSTRATING ADDISON'S "CATO." After the contemporary design by Lud. du Guernier.
XV. SCENE ILLUSTRATING VANBRUGH AND CIBBER'S "PROVOKED HUSBAND." After the contemporary design by J. Vandcrbank.
XVI. SCENE ILLUSTRATING VANBRUGH'S "PROVOKED WIFE." After the contemporary design by Arnold Vanhaecken.
XVII. "THE STAGE MUTINY, with portraits of Theophilus Cibber as "Antient Pistol," Mrs. Wilks, and others, in character; Colley Cibber as Poet Laureate, with his lap filled with bags of money. From a pictorial satire of the time.
XVIII. ANTHONY ASTON'S "THE FOOL'S OPERA."

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