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A NEW HISTORY OF THE

ENGLISH STAGE

FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE LIBERTY OF
THE THEATRES,

IN CONNECTION WITH THE PATENT HOUSES,

From Original Papers in the Lord Chamberlain's Office, the State Paper Office, and other sources.

BY PERCY FITZGERALD, M.A., F.S.A.,

AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF GEORGE THE FOURTH," "THE LIFE OF GARRICK,"

ETC. ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.

LONDON:

TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND, W.C.

1882.

Tze, 2

Harvard College Library,

Robert W. Lowe Collection.
Gift of John Drew,
Feb. 5, 1903.

Found

SEP 2 2 1909

CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,

CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.

CONTENTS.

Period the Third (Continued).

FROM THE CIBBER-WILKS MANAGEMENT TO THAT OF GARRICK,

CLOSE OF THE CIBBER, BOOTH, AND WILKS MANAGEMENT