The great actor, in his retirement, used to smile when his friends told him he had surpassed Betterton.
So we soon agreed upon the terms, and a village was at hand, where Stuart and Betterton might dine and sleep.
They acknowledged no greater actress,—with the single exception of Mrs. Betterton in the character of Lady Macbeth.
"You will be glad to have got him," said Betterton to Ashbury.
Mrs. Trotter gave her plays to the Betterton group until 1700 when a new management regulated affairs at Drury Lane.
