Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane : Including a Period of Nearly Half a Century (Paperback)

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.