Melodrama : plots that thrilled (1954)

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ILLUSTRATIONS IX LII Olivia (Court, 1878) : Ellen Terry and Hermann Vezin as the Vicar of Wakefield and his daughter facing page 113 LIII The Golden Ladder (Globe, 1887) : Wilson Barrett as the Rev. Frank Thornhill 113 LIV Judah (Shaftesbury, 1890): E. S. Willard as the Minister Judah Llewellyn and Olga Brandon as Vashti Dethic 113 LV & LVI The Dancing Girl (Haymarket, 1891) : Beerbohm Tree as the Duke of Guisebury and Julia Neilson as Drusilla Ives 120 LVII The Dancing Girl : Fred Terry as John Christison 120 LVIII The Neiv Magdalen (Olympic, 1873): Ada Cavendish as Mercy Merrick 120 LIX The Sign of the Cross (Lyric, Jan. 1896) : Franklin McLeay as Nero 121 LX The Christian King (Adelphi, 1902): Wilson Barrett as King Alfred 121 LXI The Manxman (Lyric, Nov. 1896) : Wilson Barrett as Pete 121 LXII The Daughters of Babylon (Lyric, 1897) : Wilson Barrett as Lemuel and Maud Jeffries as Elna 121 LXIII&LXIV The Sign of the Cross (Lyric, 1896): Wilson Barrett as Marcus and Maud Jeffries as Mercia 124 LXV & LXVI Dan I Druce, Blacksmith (Haymarket, 1876) : Marion Terry as Dorothy. Forbes Robertson as Geoffrey Wynyard 125 LXVII The Squire (St. James's, 1881): Mr. and Mrs. Kendal as Lieut. Thorndyke and Kate Verity 125 LXVIII Little Lord Fauntleroy (Prince of Wales's, 1888): Annie Hughes as Cedric Errol 125 LXIX The Ironmaster (St. James's, 1884) : Mr. and Mrs. Kendal as Philippe and Claire 138 LXX La Dame Aux Camelias (Lyric, 1893) : Eleonora Duse as Marguerite Gautier 138 LXXI & LXXII The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (St. James's, 1893) : Cyril Maude as Drummle, George Alexander as Tanqueray and Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Paula 138 LXXIII The Fate of Eugene Aram (Lyceum, 1873) : Henry Irving as Aram and Isabel Bateman as Ruth Meadows LXXIV Dante (Drury Lane, 1903 ) : Henry Irving as Dante and William Mollison as Cardinal Colonna verso of above LXXV & LXXVI Henry Irving as Mathias in The Bells, Act II and Act III (Lyceum, 1871) LXXVII Henry Irving as Louis XI (Lyceum, 1878) LXXVIII Henry Irving as Vanderdecken (Lyceum, 1878) LXXIX Trilby (Haymarket, 1895) : Tree, at piano, as Svengali 139 facing above