Excerpt from The History of the English Stage: From the Restauration to the Present Time; Including the Lives, Character and Armors, of the Most Eminent Actors and Actresses Mr. Betterron long had the Stage under his Direction; and he, undoubtedly, wanted no Abilities to dzfiingzzifb Merit, nor have I ever heard that he wanted Inclination to reward it. And as eminent as he was allowed to be, yet he thought it advifeable, and no way un worthy of him, to join with thofe who were profelfed Players. And of late Years Mr. Boot/j, and Mr. As they Were all eminent in their Profefiions, as Ac tors; their own Interei't, as well as the Hon our of the Stage, made them indufirious to fupport it in full Credit. The two former of thefe Patentees are dead, and lb is that Envy which purfued them in their Lives. We have now no Memory for their Failingr, and only retain the pleafing Remembrance of their various Excellencier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.