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Nicholas Rowe's Place among Shakespeare's
Biographers. The Present State of Knowledge
respecting Shakespeare's Life 79

IV
PEPYS AND SHAKESPEARE
I. Pepys the Microcosm of the Average Playgoer 82
II. The London Theatres of Pepys's _Diary_ 85
III. Pepys's Enthusiasm for the Later Elizabethan Drama 90
IV. Pepys's Criticism of Shakespeare. His Admiration
of Betterton in Shakespearean roles 93
V. The Garbled Versions of Shakespeare on the Stage
of the Restoration 102
VI. The Saving Grace of the Restoration Theatre.
Betterton's Masterly Interpretation of Shakespeare 109

V
MR BENSON AND SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
I. A Return to the Ancient Ways 111
II. The Advantages of a Constant Change of
Programme. The Opportunities offered Actors by
Shakespeare's Minor Characters. John of Gaunt 113
III. The Benefit of Performing the Play of _Hamlet_
without Abbreviation 116
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