Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part IV, Volume 1 Helen Faucit, Lucia Elizabeth Vestris and Fanny Kemble by Their Contemporaries

LIVES OF SHAKESPEARIAN ACTORS III VOLUME 1: HELEN FAUCIT Introduction I. First Performances: from Richmond to Covent Garden Helen Faucit, ‘Juliet’, On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters (1899) ‘Miss Helen Faucit’, Hiscoke and Son’s Richmond Notes (1865) Theodore Martin, Helena Faucit, Lady Martin (1900), excerptII. Relationship with William Charles Macready The Diaries of William Charles Macready, ed. W. Toynbee (1912), excerpt III. Letters from Helen Faucit to William Charles Macready Helen Faucit, Letter to William Charles Macready, 14 July 1837 Helen Faucit, Letter to William Charles Macready, 2 March 1870 IV. Theodore Martin and Helen Faucit on her Collaborations with Macready Theodore Martin, Helena Faucit, Lady Martin (1900), excerpt Helen Faucit, ‘Desdemona’, On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters (1899) V. Performing in the Provinces and Parisian Engagement VI. Professional Life aft er Marriage: ‘Final’ Performances Letter of Helen Faucit to Clement Scott (1893) VII. Professional Life aft er Marriage: Charitable Activities VIII. Shakespearian Roles: Beatrice Helen Faucit, ‘Beatrice’, On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters (1899) Review of Much Ado About Nothing, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (1879) IX. Shakespearian Roles: Hermione Helen Faucit, ‘Hermione’, On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters (1899) Review of The Winter’s Tale, Morning Post (1837) Review of The Winter’s Tale, Caledonian Mercury (1847) X. Imogen Helen Faucit, ‘Imogen’, On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters (1899) Charles Rice, ‘Cymbeline, Covent-Garden Theatre, Thursday, May 18 1837’ (1837) George Fletcher, ‘Characters in Cymbeline’, Studies of Shakespeare (1847) Henry Morley, Th e Journal of a London Playgoer (1866), excerpt ‘Drury-Lane Theatre’, Morning Post (1864) XI. Shakespearian Roles: Portia Helen Faucit, ‘Portia’, On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters (1899) XII. Shakespearian Roles: Rosalind Helen Faucit, ‘Rosalind’, On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters (1899) [ John Forster], Review of As You Like It, Examiner (1839) George Fletcher, Studies of Shakespeare in the Plays of King John, Macbeth, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet (1843) excerpt Henry Morley, Th e Journal of a London Playgoer (1866), excerpt [G. H. Lewes], ‘As You Like It’, Pall Mall Gazette (1865) Letter of Helen Faucit to Lewis Wingfi eld, 23 August 1879 XIII. Helen Faucit as Idea and Ideal ‘Woman’, poem (n. d.) Anonymous letter, Theodore Martin, Helena Faucit, Lady Martin (1900), excerpt Charles Rice, ‘Kemble Retiring, Faucit Advancing’, Dramatic Register (1836) Letter of ‘Mephistopheles’, Caledonian Mercury (1843) Mephistopheles, ‘Our Standard Plays and their Representation at the Edinburgh Theatre: Cymbeline’, Caledonian Mercury (1844) Archibald Alison, Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous (1850), excerpt Letter of Helen Faucit to George Hadden (1864) Letter of Helen Faucit to Mr [ John Henry] Alexander (n. d.) XIV. Memoirs and Biographies Mrs Cornwell Baron Wilson, ‘Miss Helen Faucit’, Our Actresses (1844) [Margaret Stokes], ‘Helen Faucit’, Blackwood’s Magazine (1885) J. W. Flynn, Th e Random Recollections of an Old Play-Goer (1890), excerpt XV. Verses: Theodore Martin’s Tributes to Helen Faucit [Theodore Martin], ‘Bon Gaultier and His Friends’, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine (1844) Theodore Martin, ‘To My Wife’ (n. d.) XVI. Verses: Other Tributes to Helen Faucit Thomas Noon Talfourd, ‘To Miss Helen Faucit’ (1900) Robert Browning, ‘Lines to Helen Faucit’ (1899) Anon. manuscript poem (n. d.) Reverend John Moultrie, ‘Stanzas to Helen Faucit’ (1900) ‘Verses by Charles Swain’ (1900) XVII. On Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters and its Reception Dina Mulock Craik, ‘Merely Players’, Nineteenth Century (1886) Letter of Helen Faucit to C. E. Flower (1891) XVIII. Final Years and Retrospective Margaret Oliphant, Th e Autobiography of Mrs. Oliphant (1899), excerpt Editorial Notes

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Series Editor: Gail Marshall, Consulting Editor: Tetsuo Kishi, Volume Editors: Christy Desmet (Helen Faucit), Janice Norwood (Lucia Elizabeth Verstris), Katherine Newey (Fanny Kemble)