THE

HISTORY

OF THE

SCOTTISH STAGE.

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THE

HISTORY

OF THE

SCOTTISH STAGE,

FROM ITS FIRST ESTABLISHMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME;

WITH

A DISTINCT NARRATIVE OF SOME RECENT
THEATRICAL TRANSACTIONS.

THE WHOLE

NECESSARILY INTERSPERSED

WITH

MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN LIFE,

BY JOHN JACKSON,

TEN YEARS MANAGER OF THE THEATRE ROYAL OF EDINBURGH.

"Quid Sophocles, et Thefpis, et Æfchylus utile ferrent."

HOR. EP. L. 2.

'Twas late or ere our Bards adorn'd the Stage,
When Thomfon, Home, and Ramfay fill'd the page.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR PETER HILL,

AND G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON.