MY DEAR SELBORNE,—To you, the honoured Chancellor of our own day, I dedicate this dramatic memorial of your great predecessor;—which, altho’ not intended in its present form to meet the exigencies of our modern theatre, has nevertheless—for so you have assured me—won your approbation.—Ever yours,

• Dramatis personæ
• Prologue
• Act I
  • Scene I
  • Scene II
  • Scene III
  • Scene IV
• Act II
  • Scene I
  • Scene II
• Act III
  • Scene I
  • Scene II
  • Scene III
• Act IV
  • Scene I
  • Scene II
• Act V
  • Scene I
  • Scene II
  • Scene III