The author’s early visits to Crow-street Theatre—Interruptions of
the University _men_—College pranks—Old Mr. Sheridan in “Cato”
and in “Alexander the Great”—Curious _scene_ introduced, by
mistake, in the latter tragedy—Mr. Digges in the Ghost of
Hamlet’s father—Chorus of cocks—The author’s preference of comedy
to tragedy—Remarks on Mr. Kean and the London moralists—Liston in
“Paul Pry”—Old Sparkes—The Spanish _débutante_—Irish
Johnstone—Modern comedy—The French stage 195