Pantomime in the English Mystery or Miracle Plays and Pageants--A retrospect of the Early Drama--Mysteries on Biblical events--Chester, Coventry, York, and Towneley Mystery Plays--Plays in Churches--Traces of the Mystery Play in England in the Nineteenth Century--Mystery Plays on the Continent--The Chester series of Plays--The Devil or Clown and the _Exodiarii_ and _Emboliariae_ of the Ancient Mimes CHAPTER IX. The Clown or Fool of the early English Drama--Moralities--The Interlude--The rise of English Tragedy and Comedy--"Dumb Shews" in the Old Plays--Plays suppressed by Elizabeth--A retrospect CHAPTER X. The Italian Masque--The Masque in England--First appearance in this country of Harlequin--Joe Haines as Harlequin--Marlowe's "Faustus"--A Curious Play--The Italian Harlequin--Colley Cibber, Penkethman--Shakespeare's Burlesques of the Masque--Decline of the Masque CHAPTER XI. Italian Pantomime--Riccoboni--Broom's "Antipodes"--Gherardi--Extemporal Comedies--Salvator Rosa--Impromptu Acting CHAPTER XII. Pantomimical Characters--Neapolitan Pantomime--The Harlequin Family--The Original Characters in the Italian Pantomimes--Celebrated Harlequins--Italian and French Harlequins--A French view of the English Clown--Pierrots' origin--Pantaloon, how the name has been derived--Columbine--Marionette and Puppet Shows CHAPTER XIII. Italian Scenarios and English "Platts"--Pantaloon--Tarleton, the Clown--Extemporal Comedy--The Poet Milton--Ben Jonson--The Commonwealth--"A Reign of Dramatic Terror"--Robert Cox and his "Humours" and "Drolleries"--The Restoration CHAPTER XIV. Introduction of Pantomimes to the English Stage--Weaver's "History of the Mimes and Pantomimes"--Weaver's Pantomimes--The prejudice against Pantomimes--Booth's counsel CHAPTER XV. John Rich and his Pantomimes--Rich's Miming--Garrick, Walpole, Foote--Anecdotes of Rich--Pope--The dance of internals in "Harlequin Sorcerer"--Drury Lane--Colley Cibber--Henry Fielding, the Novelist--Contemporary Writers' opinion of Pantomime--Woodward, the Harlequin--The meaning of the word Actor--Harlequins--"Dr. Faustus," a description--William Rufus Chetwood--Accidents--Vandermere, the Harlequin--"Orpheus and Eurydice" at Covent Garden--A description--Sam. Hoole, the machinist--Prejudice against Pantomime--Mrs. Oldfield--Robert Wilks--Macklin--Riot at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre--Death of Rich CHAPTER XVI. Joseph Grimaldi CHAPTER XVII. Plots of the old form of Pantomimes--A description of "Harlequin and the Ogress; or the Sleeping Beauty of the Wood," produced at Covent Garden--Grimaldi, _Père et Fils_--Tom Ellar, the Harlequin, and Barnes, the Pantaloon--An account of the first production of the "House that Jack built," at Covent Garden--Spectacular display--Antiquity and Origin of some Pantomimic devices--Devoto, Angelo, and French, the Scenic Artists--Transparencies--Beverley--Transformation Scenes CHAPTER XVIII.