THE STORY OF MY LIFE

RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS

BY

ELLEN TERRY

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

MCMIX

1908, The McClure Company

Ellen Terry

drawn from photographs

by

Albert Sterner

TO

EDY

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I. A CHILD OF THE STAGE, 1848-56

The Charles Keans, 1856

Training in Shakespeare, 1856-59

II. ON THE ROAD, 1859-61

Life in a Stock Company, 1862-63

1864

III. ROSSETTI, BERNHARDT, IRVING, 1865-67

My First Impression of Henry Irving

IV. A SIX-YEAR VACATION, 1868-74

V. THE ACTRESS AND THE PLAYWRIGHT, 1874

Portia, 1875

Tom Taylor and Lavender Sweep

VI. A YEAR WITH THE BANCROFTS

VII. EARLY DAYS AT THE LYCEUM

VIII. WORK AT THE LYCEUM

IX. LYCEUM PRODUCTIONS

X. LYCEUM PRODUCTIONS (continued)

XI. AMERICA: THE FIRST OF EIGHT TOURS

What Constitutes Charm

XII. SOME LIKES AND DISLIKES

XIII. THE MACBETH PERIOD

XIV. LAST DAYS AT THE LYCEUM

My Stage Jubilee

Apologia

The Death of Henry Irving

Alfred Gilbert and Others

"Beefsteak" Guests at the Lyceum

Bits from My Diary

INDEX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Ellen Terry

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Terry

Charles Kean and Ellen Terry in 1856

Ellen Terry in 1856

Ellen Terry at Sixteen

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