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    ELLEN TERRY
    AND HER SISTERS

[Illustration:

    _Photographed by_       _Window & Grove._

ELLEN TERRY AS PORTIA.

_She first appeared in this part, one of the greatest of her
Shakespearean creations, at the old Prince of Wales's Theatre in 1875,
and resumed it at the Lyceum in 1879._

_Frontispiece._]




    ELLEN TERRY
    AND HER SISTERS

    BY

    T. EDGAR PEMBERTON

    AUTHOR OF

    "THE KENDALS;" "A MEMOIR OF E. A. SOTHERN;" "THE LIFE AND WRITINGS
    OF T. W. ROBERTSON;" "CHARLES DICKENS AND THE STAGE;"
    "JOHN HARE, COMEDIAN;" "BRET HARTE: A
    TREATISE AND A TRIBUTE;"
    ETC. ETC.

    _WITH TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS_

    LONDON
    C. ARTHUR PEARSON, LIMITED
    HENRIETTA STREET
    1902




_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

"THE KENDALS"

Demy 8vo, with Portraits and numerous Illustrations.

Price 16s.


"One of the most interesting theatrical records that has been penned for
some time."--_Outlook._

"A charming work.... Pithy and well arranged. Turned out with infinite
credit to the publishers."--_Morning Advertiser._

"It leaves an impression like that of a piece in which the Kendals have
played, an impression of pleasure, refinement, refreshment, and of the
value of cherishing sweet and kindly feelings in art as in life. Few
books can do that, and so this work has every prospect of being widely
read."--_Scotsman._


LONDON: C. ARTHUR PEARSON, LIMITED




_April 11, 1901._


MY DEAR FRIEND,--

You tell me that if I give you leave you can weave a story about me that
will interest your readers. If that be so, you have my full permission
to tell it, and it will please me to do anything in my power to assist
you in your work. Whilst writing about me you will, I am sure, speak of
those with whom I have been closely associated in my acting life, and
make mention of the affectionate regard in which I hold them.

Your intimate knowledge of all that concerns the stage will at least
keep you right as to the facts of your pages.

I suppose I must leave the fancy of them in your hands.

    Yours cordially,

    ELLEN TERRY.

    _To_
    T. EDGAR PEMBERTON.

[Illustration: _Label designed for his sister by Gordon Craig_]




[Illustration: _Ellen Terry's book-label designed by Gordon Craig_]




CONTENTS


                                                    PAGE

    I. BEGINNINGS                                      1

    II. FIRST APPEARANCES                             29

    III. THE BRISTOL STOCK COMPANY                    57

    IV. AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE                      74

    V. KATE TERRY                                     91

    VI. CHIEFLY AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE               132

    VII. IN TOTTENHAM STREET                         142

    VIII. IN SLOANE SQUARE                           156

    IX. SOME SPLENDID STROLLING                      171

    X. MARION AND FLORENCE TERRY                     192

    XI. HENRY IRVING                                 208

    XII. AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE, 1878-1883            219

    XIII. AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE, 1884-1901           252

    XIV. ENDINGS                                     296

    INDEX                                            311




    VINE COTTAGE,
    KINGSTON VALE.

[Illustration: _Ellen Terry's "Kingston Vale" letter-card heading
designed by Gordon Craig_]




[Illustration: _Ellen Terry's Monogram. Ellen Terry fecit_]




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


    ELLEN TERRY AS "PORTIA"                        _Frontispiece_

    ELLEN TERRY WHEN EIGHT YEARS OF AGE            _To face page_   24

    TOWER COTTAGE, WINCHELSEA                                       48

    SMALLHYTHE FARM                                                 80

    BUST OF ELLEN TERRY BY W. BRODIE, R.S.A.                        88

    KATE TERRY                                                     102

    ELLEN TERRY'S COUNTRY HOME IN KINGST