CHAPTER XI.

Italian Pantomime--Riccoboni--Broom's "Antipodes"--Gherardi--Extemporal
Comedies--Salvator Rosa--Impromptu Acting


CHAPTER XII.

Pantomimical Characters--Neapolitan Pantomime--The
Harlequin Family--The Original Characters in the
Italian Pantomimes--Celebrated Harlequins--Italian
and French Harlequins--A French view of the English
Clown--Pierrots' origin--Pantaloon, how the name has
been derived--Columbine--Marionette and Puppet Shows


CHAPTER XIII.

Italian Scenarios and English "Platts"--Pantaloon--Tarleton,
the Clown--Extemporal Comedy--The Poet
Milton--Ben Jonson--The Commonwealth--"A Reign
of Dramatic Terror"--Robert Cox and his "Humours"
and "Drolleries"--The Restoration


CHAPTER XIV.

Introduction of Pantomimes to the English Stage--Weaver's
"History of the Mimes and Pantomimes"--Weaver's