'Can specialists, limiting themselves to a single issue, avoid disaster? Mr Bartholomew, looking into the insights of the players, suggests that it is possible. This is an admirable work …' Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books

• List of plates; Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; Introduction; List of abbreviations; 1. Macbeth at the Globe; 2. The age of Betterton; 3. Powell and Mills: Quin and Mrs Porter; 4. Garrick and Mrs Pritchard; 5. Interpretations from Mossop to Henderson; 6. Sarah Siddons and Kemble; 7. From Kemble to Macready; 8. Macready; 9. The years between Macready and Irving; 10. Interpretations from 1875 to 1911; 11. Tradition and innovation (1912–55); 12. Stratford (1955) - The Mermaid (1964); Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

'Can specialists, limiting themselves to a single issue, avoid disaster? Mr Bartholomew, looking into the insights of the players, suggests that it is possible. This is an admirable work …' Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books

• List of plates; Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; Introduction; List of abbreviations; 1. Macbeth at the Globe; 2. The age of Betterton; 3. Powell and Mills: Quin and Mrs Porter; 4. Garrick and Mrs Pritchard; 5. Interpretations from Mossop to Henderson; 6. Sarah Siddons and Kemble; 7. From Kemble to Macready; 8. Macready; 9. The years between Macready and Irving; 10. Interpretations from 1875 to 1911; 11. Tradition and innovation (1912–55); 12. Stratford (1955) - The Mermaid (1964); Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

'Can specialists, limiting themselves to a single issue, avoid disaster? Mr Bartholomew, looking into the insights of the players, suggests that it is possible. This is an admirable work …' Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books

• List of plates; Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; Introduction; List of abbreviations; 1. Macbeth at the Globe; 2. The age of Betterton; 3. Powell and Mills: Quin and Mrs Porter; 4. Garrick and Mrs Pritchard; 5. Interpretations from Mossop to Henderson; 6. Sarah Siddons and Kemble; 7. From Kemble to Macready; 8. Macready; 9. The years between Macready and Irving; 10. Interpretations from 1875 to 1911; 11. Tradition and innovation (1912–55); 12. Stratford (1955) - The Mermaid (1964); Appendices; Bibliography; Index.