CHAPTER III

Am engaged at Astley’s. The curious history of the theatre. Sanger’s odd expedient against fire. I am a soldier for one night in “Fair Rosamond.” Recreation at the “Bower Saloon.” I play the part of a monk. The monks’ revenge on an obnoxious actor. A fight with “Richard III.” Am pitched into the orchestra. I join Adams’ Circus in Yorkshire. I make Marwood, the hangman, laugh. Am an unsatisfactory witness in a police court case.