UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE 196 Under the Greenwood Shed, by Shirley Brooks, 1866 197 ―――――――― A WINTER’S TALE―― Perdita, or the Royal Milkmaid, by William Brough. Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, 1856, with the cast 200 Zapolya, a Christmas Tale by S. T. Coleridge, 1817 200 ―――――――― KING JOHN―― King John Burlesque, by G. A. A’Beckett. Produced at the St. James’s Theatre in 1837 199 Cast of Characters in the burlesque, and extracts from it 199 ―――――――― KING HENRY V.―― PROLOGUE ACT IV. 201 Lord Mayor’s Day, 1827 201 ―――――――― RICHARD THE THIRD―― “NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT” 189 “The World” Parody, Competition. The return of Lord Chelmsford from Zululand 190 Cetewayo’s Soliloquy 190 King Richard ye Third, by Charles Selby, at the Strand Theatre in 1844 190 The Rise and Fall of Richard III., or a new Front to an old Dicky, by F. C. Burnand, at the Royalty Theatre in 1868, with the Cast 191 Richard III, Travestie, by William By, 1816 191 Richard III. Burlesque, by J. Sterling Coyne, 1844 191 ―――――――― KING HENRY VIII.―― CARDINAL WOLSEY’S FAREWELL 191 Henry Irving’s Farewell, 1875 191 Mr. Gladstone’s Farewell to his Old China, 1875 191 A Parody in _College Rhymes_ 192 ―――――――― ROMEO AND JULIET―― I do remember an old Bachelor, 1832 176 I do remember a Cook’s shop 176 I do remember a young pleader, by G. Wentworth, 1824 176 I do remember a strange man, a herald, by R. Surtees 177 Ha! I remember a low sort of shop, by J. R. Planché 204