title: The Juliet Spell
author:  Douglas Rees 
description: Douglas Rees has written a wide range of titles for young readers, including humor, historical fiction, and picture books. He holds several awards, including the Nutmeg State Award for young adult fiction. When he isn't writing for kids, he works with them as a young adult librarian. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife, Jo, who is the model for the outgoing, lycanthropic librarian in the Vampire High novels.
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  # Shadows of the Stage
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### William Winter
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
  http://www.blackmask.com
  
  * [PREFACE.](shadst_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [I. THE GOOD OLD TIMES.](shadst_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [II. HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY IN FAUST.](shadst_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [III. ADELAIDE NEILSON AS IMOGEN AND JULIET.](shadst_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [IV. EDWIN BOOTH.](shadst_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [V. MARY ANDERSON: HERMIONE: PERDITA.](shadst_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [VI. HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY IN OLIVIA.](shadst_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [VII. ON JEFFERSON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.](shadst_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [VIII. ON JEFFERSON'S ACTING.](shadst_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [IX. JEFFERSON AND FLORENCE IN OLD COMEDY.](shadst_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [X. ON THE DEATH OF FLORENCE.](shadst_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [XI. HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY IN THE MERCHANT
  
  
  OF VENICE.
  
  
  * [XII. JOHN McCULLOUGH IN SEVERA