  A general approach to the well-behaved unbounded *-representations of a
*-algebra X is proposed. Let B be a normed *-algebra equipped with a left
action |> of X on B such that (x |> a)^+ b=a^+(x^+ |> b) for a,b\in B and x\in
X. Then the pair (X,B) is called a compatible pair. For any continuous
non-degenerate *-representation \rho of B there exists a closed
*-representation \rho' of X such that \rho'(x)\rho(b)=\rho(x |> b), where x\in
X and b\in B. The *-representations \rho' are called the well-behaved
*-representations associated with the compatible pair (X,B). A number of
examples are developed in detail.
