Biographers. The Present State of Knowledge
respecting Shakespeare's Life 79


IV

PEPYS AND SHAKESPEARE

I. Pepys the Microcosm of the Average Playgoer 82

II. The London Theatres of Pepys's _Diary_ 85

III. Pepys's Enthusiasm for the Later Elizabethan Drama 90

IV. Pepys's Criticism of Shakespeare. His Admiration
of Betterton in Shakespearean rôles 93

V. The Garbled Versions of Shakespeare on the Stage
of the Restoration 102

VI. The Saving Grace of the Restoration Theatre.
Betterton's Masterly Interpretation of Shakespeare 109


V

MR BENSON AND SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA

I. A Return to the Ancient Ways 111