ANNALS

Or

THE ENGLISH STAGE,

FROM

THOMAS BETTERTON TO EDMUND KEAN.

Actors-Authors-Audiences.

John

BY DR. DORAN, F. S. A.,

AUTHOR OF "TABLE TRAITS," "LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND OF THE HOUSE OF
HANOVER, ETC., ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW YORK:

W. J. WIDDLETON, PUBLISHER.

1865.

ON PLAYS, PLAYERS, AND PLAY-GOING TIMES,

THIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A

COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH STAGE

IS INSCRIBED,

Mark of Homage to the Artist and Esteem for the Friend,