peare's
Memory 69

VI. Early Oral Tradition at Stratford-on-Avon 73

VII. Shakespeare's Fame among Seventeenth-century
Scholars and Statesmen 78

VIII. 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

IV. Mr Benson as a Trainer of Actors. The Succession
to Phelps 119

VI

THE MUNICIPAL THEATRE

I. The True Aim of the Municipal Theatre 122

II. Private Theatrical Enterprise and Literary Drama.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Actor-Manager
System. The Control of the Capitalist 123

III. Possibilities of the Artistic Improvement of
Theatrical Organisation in England 127

IV. Indications of a Demand for a Municipal Theatre 129

V. The Teaching of Foreign Experience. The
Example of Vienna 134

VI. The Conditions of Success in England 138

VII

ASPECTS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PHILOSOPHY

I. The Conflicting Attitudes of Bacon and Shakespeare
to Formal Philosop