Excerpt from Annals of the Liverpool Stage: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeAmple acknowledgment must be frankly and freely made to those who lent a willing hand in furtherance of the task. My gratitude is due to that learned stage historian, Mr. W. J. Lawrence, for his great assistance in kindly furnishing a mass of valuable material, as well as for his expert advice on many moot points. I also extend my thanks to Mr. Ronald stewart-brown, Mr. E.

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