Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane Volume 2
Including a Period of Nearly Half a Century
- Author: Kelly, Michael
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Contents
- 1. First performance of the Siege of Belgrade;
- 2. The author's mistake in taking Sir Charles Turner for Hobler, the chorus-singer;
- 3. The author at Paris;
- 4. Paesiello's comic opera, the 'Zingari in Fiera', at the King's Theatre;
- 5. The Beggar's Opera prohibited in Dublin;
- 6. Edinburgh;
- 7. First performance of the Wheel of Fortune;
- 8. The author apprehended as a French spy at Dover;
- 9. Fracas at Plymouth Dock;
- 10. Anecdotes of Monk Lewis;
- 11. Mazzanti, the Italian soprano, at the performance of the Beggar's Opera Travestied;
- 12. Mrs. Billington's dismay at the unexpected appearance of Monsieur de Felican, her husband;
- 13. Difficulty of eating on the stage;
- 14. The King's Theatre opened by Mr. Francis Goold;
- 15. Tobin's Honey Moon;
- 16. Miss De Camp in the 'Forty Thieves';
- 17. Madame Catalani dancing in a kitchen at Bangor, to the music of an old blind harper;
- 18. Covent Garden Theatre burnt to the ground;
- 19. The author's last appearance on the stage;
- 20. Kean's first appearance as a tragedian in 'Shylock';
- 21. Arrival at Paris;
- 22. Death of Sheridan;
- 23. List of sixty-two dramatic pieces, for which Kelly composed the music; Appendix.