CHAPTER IV

First Performance of _Society_--Success of _Ours_, _Caste_, and _School_--How Robertson turned to account the Talent of his Actors, John Hare, Bancroft, and Mrs. Bancroft--Progress in the Matter of Scenery--Dialogue and Character-drawing-- Robertson as a Humorist: a Scene from _School_--As a Realist: a Scene from _Caste_--The Comedian of the Upper Middle Classes--Robertson's Marriage, Illness, and Death--The "Cup and Saucer" Comedy--The Improvement in Actors' Salaries--The Bancrofts at the Haymarket--Farewell Performance--My Pilgrimage to Tottenham Street 114