"Richardson's Ghost" became a byword for a bankrupt phantom--a preposterous apparition, that was, in fact, only too thoroughly seen through: not to apply the words too literally.

Whether there is still a show calling itself "Richardson's" (the original Richardson died a quarter of a century ago, and his immediate followers settled in a permanent London theatre long years back), and whether there is yet a phantom perambulating the country and calling itself "Richardson's Ghost," may be left to the very curious to inquire into and determine.

The travelling theatre nowadays has lost its occupation.

When the audiences began to travel, the stage could afford to be stationary..