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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; 1. The Stage and the Professions; 2. Actors and Ethics; 3. The Actor's Community; 4. The Decline of the Actor's Community; 5. The Position of the Actress; 6. Working Conditions; 7. Establishing a Profession; 8. The Actor Arrives; Notes; Appendix I: Tables Showing the Principal Biographical Details of Three Generations of Actors and Actresses who Appeared on the Stage in the Period 1830-90.
  • Appendix II: Family Trees of Some Typical Victorian Theatrical DynastiesAppendix III: Increase between Censuses in the Recorded Numbers of Actors and Actresses in England and Wales, 1841-91; Bibliography; Index.