Shakespeare: and contemporary representation, 3; effect of absence of theatrical scenery, 8; avoids interruptions in his plays, 12; and double story in plays, 14; interludes, 15; representations of to-day, 18; and acting, 20; and extemporization, 22; opinion of his comedies, 26; dramas to-day and discrepancies, 31; mistakes of editors, 31; plays published in his lifetime, 31; the early quartos, 31; the first folio, 32; divisions in the plays, 32, 41-44; Rowe's edition, 33; Pope's edition, 34; Steevens's edition, 36; Capell's edition, 37; Malone's edition, 37; Shakespeare as dramatic writer, 39; arrangement of characters, 41; plays without intervals, 43; need of re-editing without divisions, 44; his income, 45, 96; dramas ahead of his day, 46; interpretation of his plays, 46; acting versions (the quartos), 47; Bell's edition of 1773, 51; interference with his dramatic intentions, 53; shortening of plays, 54; faulty elocution in modern rendering, 57; causes of present-day want of appreciation, 59; need to edit the early quartos for acting, 60; actors interpret to suit change of opinions, 71; writes of plays and not of masques, 96; satire, 107; his affinities as reflected in his plays, 107; political allusions, 112; innovations of the stage, 119; how modern representations are produced, 120; contrast between Shakespeare and modern drama, 122; and prologues, 134; his tact, 145; the star actor and mutilation of the plays, 154; acting editions and the author's intentions, 175; authoritative acting versions suggested, 175; should be produced as written, 180; Shakespeare and democracy, 183; as revised at Earl's Court, 208-216; as rendered to-day, 214. _See also under the names of the separate plays_ Shakespeare Memorial Scheme: raising of funds, 227, 228; history of the movement, 228-233; the executive's report, 233-240 Shakespeare statue, projected, 231 "Shakespeare Temple," 229 Shaw, Mr. G. Bernard, 194; his "Misalliance," 199; "John Bull's Other Island," 200 Sheridan's "The Rivals," 197 Shore, Emily, on "Henry VIII.," 89 "Shylock": controversy, 48; Heine on, 69; the character of, 70 _et seq._; as usurer, 72, 75; paraphrase of the character, 73; as an old man, 125; the worsting of, 132 Siddons, Mrs.: and Lady Macbeth, 46, 61; and rendering of Shakespeare, 58 Sidney, Sir Philip, and scenery of plays, 6 "Silas Marner," George Eliot's, 125 Simpson, Richard, 108, 114 Spedding, James, on "Henry VIII.," 92