Mr. Goodman

the long version

"In the following pages Cardell Goodman serves a double function. As a member of the King's Company of Comedians from 1673 to its death in 1682 he is a useful peg on which to hang an account of the decline and fall of a famous repertory company. He was also the antithesis of respectibility, an attractive rogue whose escapades would furnish for a picaresque romance."--Preface, p. viii.