CHAPTER XIX

“_CHORUS GIRL NUMBER II. ON THE LEFT_”

A Fantasy Founded on Fact

Plain but Fascinating—The Swell in the Stalls—Overtures—Persistence—Introduction at Last—Her Story—His Kindness—Happiness crept in—Love—An Ecstasy of Joy—His Story—A Rude Awakening—The Result of Deception—The Injustice of Silence—Back to Town—Illness—Sleep 345

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MISS CONSTANCE COLLIER AS PALLAS ATHENE IN “ULYSSES” _Frontispiece_ _From a sketch by Percy Anderson._

MRS. KENDAL AS MISTRESS FORD IN “MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR” _To face p._ 20

MR. W. H. KENDAL „ 32

MR. J. FORBES-ROBERTSON „ 36 _From a painting by Hugh de T. Glazebrook._

MISS WINIFRED EMERY AND MR. CYRIL MAUDE IN “THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL” „ 48

MR. AND MRS. SEYMOUR HICKS „ 64

DR. HENRIK IBSEN „ 76

MR. ARTHUR W. PINERO „ 84

DRAWING OF COSTUME FOR JULIET „ 112 _By Percy Anderson._

MR. GEORGE ALEXANDER „ 128

MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT AS HAMLET „ 152

MR. BEERBOHM TREE AS FALSTAFF „ 176

MISS ELLEN TERRY AS QUEEN KATHERINE „ 184

MR. W. S. GILBERT „ 192

SIR HENRY IRVING „ 224

MR. ANTHONY HOPE „ 248 _From a painting by Hugh de T. Glazebrook._

MR. WEEDON GROSSMITH „ 264

MRS. BEERBOHM TREE „ 288

MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL „ 312 _From a painting by Hugh de T. Glazebrook._

MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH „ 336

BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS