Chapter VI

Great Queen Street -- Former fashionable Houses there -- Lewis
and Miss Pope, the Comedians -- Martin Folkes -- Sir Godfrey
Kneller and his Vanity -- Dr. Radcliffe -- Lord Herbert of
Cherbury -- Nuisance of Whetstone Park -- The Three Dukes and
the Beadle -- Rogues and Vagabonds in the Time of Charles II --
Former Theatres in Vere Street and Portugal Street -- First
appearance of Actresses -- Infamous deception of one of them by
the Earl of Oxford -- Appearance of an avowed Impostor on the
Stage -- Anecdotes of the Wits and fine Ladies of the Time of
Charles, connected with the Theatre in this Quarter --
Kynaston, Betterton, Nokes, Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Mountford, and
other Performers -- Rich -- Joe Miller -- Carey Street and Mrs.
Chapone -- Clare Market -- History, and Specimens, of Orator
Henley -- Duke Street and Little Wild Street -- Anecdotes of
Dr. Franklin's Residence in those Streets while a Journeyman
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