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Title: The Story of My Life
Recollections and Reflections

Author: Ellen Terry

Release Date: May 11, 2004 [EBook #12326]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Ellen Terry

drawn from photographs by Albert Sterner]

THE STORY OF MY LIFE

RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS

BY

ELLEN TERRY

[Illustration]

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

MCMIX

_1908, The McClure Company_

1907, 1908, The S.S. McClure Company

1907, 1908, Ellen Terry

TO

EDY

CONTENTS

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 Impressions 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

"The Sisters" (Kate and Ellen Terry)

Ellen Terry at Seventeen

George Frederick Watts, R.A.

Ellen Terry as Helen in "The Hunchback"

Henry Irving

Head of a Young Girl (Ellen Terry)

Henry Irving

Ellen Terry as Portia

Henry Irving as Matthias in "The Bells"

Henry Irving as Philip of Spain

Henry Ir