Across
- 3. leaves the company and plans to move to France to pursue acting
- 5. stranger who accompanies Widge to London
- 6. play that Widge transcribes
- 8. setting of the novel
- 9. location of the play performances
- 14. royal official who sees Widge perform at Whitehall
- 15. Julian is discovered to be one
- 18. drinks excessively and wounded in a duel
- 20. price paid for Widge
- 23. playwright whose plays are performed
- 25. the stranger's employer who hires Widge
- 26. acts as a father figure toward Widge
Down
- 1. location where Widge sees the play for the second time
- 2. role that Widge plays
- 4. cruel minister who adopts Widge and creates a system of writing
- 7. Widge does not know this when questioned about his name
- 9. item Widge loses after the accident
- 10. theatre company
- 11. unique system of shorthand writing
- 12. orphan who learns a unique writing system and plans to steal the play
- 13. how the players treat Widge
- 16. when Widge forgets his lines
- 17. adult who chases after Nick
- 19. people who cannot perform in plays because it is illegal
- 21. Widge wants to rename himself this
- 22. people who sit in the upstairs galleries at the theatre
- 24. accident that occurs at the theatre
