Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving

by Bram Stoker

INDEX

• Abbey, Edwin A., R.A., [81], [293]–297
• Aberdeen, Earl of, [216]
• “Acting, an Art,” [394]–395, [403], [404]
• “Acting and Actors,” [341]
• Acting, Old School and New, [8]–15, [369]–370
• “Actor-Managers,” [28]
• “Actors and Acting,” [404]
• Actor’s Note,” “An, [341]
• Addresses by Irving, [393]–404
• Adventures, [405]–422
• Albery, James, [5]
• Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, [276]
• Aldworth, [131], [137]–143, [151]–155
• Alexandra, Queen, [112]–113, [174], [375], [382], [464], [465]
• Allingham, Mrs. H., [152]
• Alma-Tadema, Sir Laurence, R.A., [284]–288, [394]
• Amber Heart, The, [425]
• America, Visits to, [186]–199, [384]–388
• American Reporters, [195]–199
• Applause, Effect of, [47]
• Architect, The, [133]
• Arlton, Frank, [360]–361
• Arnold, Sir Arthur, [390]
• Arnold, Sir Edwin, [147]
• Arnott, A., [40]–44, [91]–92, [167]
• Art du Comédien,” “L’, [341]
• Art of Acting, The, [400], [404]
• Art-sense, [91]–100
• Arthur, Gen. Chester A. (President, U.S.A.), [384]
• Ashwell, Lena, [166]
• Asif Kadr Saiyid Wasif Ali Mirza, [215]
• Athenæum Club, [158]
• Aubertin, Mr., [225]
• Baba Khem Singh, Bedi of Kullar, [215]
• Baby in Henry VIII., [74]–75
• Bach, Walter, [334]
• Bacon and Shakespeare, Tennyson on, [152], [403]
• Baillie-Hamilton, Sir Wm., [212]
• Balance of Comfort, The, [329], [425]
• Ball, John Meredith, [71]
• Bancroft, Sir Squire, [331], [341], [390]
• Baring’s Bank, [124]–125
• Barnay, Ludwig, [338]–340
• Barr, Robert, [330]
• Barrett, Lawrence, [339]
• Barrett, Wilson, [316], [339]
• Barrie, J. M., [329]
• Barry, Sergeant, [280]
• Bass, Col. (U.S.A.), [191]
• Bastien Lepage, Jules, [130]
• Bateman, Col., [91], [429]
• Bateman, Mrs. H. L., [33], [48], [315], [429]
• Bath, Quin Memorial, Civic Lunch, [454]–455
• Beaconsfield, Lady, [267]–268
• Beaconsfield, Earl of, [108]–109, [130], [266]–269
• Becket, [66], [67], [136], [143]–160, [162];
  • Windsor, [376]–380, [425], [426];
  • Irving’s last performance, [460]
• Becket, Reading, Canterbury Cathedral, [157]–159
• Becket, Reading, King Alfred Millenary, [159]–160, [385]–386
• Bedford Street, Irving’s office at, [177]
• Beecher, Henry Ward, [130]
• Behenna, Sarah, [103]
• Belfast, Samaritan Hospital, [36]–37
• Belgians, The King of the, [232]–233
• Bellevue Gardens, [321]–323
• Belle’s Stratagem, The, [4], [57], [186], [425]
• Bells, The, [8], [91]–93;
  • 25th Anniversary, [98]; 99, [162], [164], [187];
  • Sandringham, [375]–376, [425], [426];
  • Irving’s last performance in, [458]
• Belmore, Lionel, [382]–383
• Benedict, Sir Julius, [60]
• Bernhardt, Sarah, [276], [343]–346
• Berrington, Mr. (Mayor of Wolverhampton), [454]
• Bigelow, Mr., [232]
• Bikaner, Maharaja of, [214]
• Bimetallism, [264]–265
• Birkbeck Institute, [200]–201, [236]
• Bishop, J. B., [187]–188
• Blackie, Prof., [130]
• Bloody Marriage, The, [329]
• Boarding School, The, [425]
• Bobbili, Raja of, [214]
• Boito, [331]
• Book III. Chapter V., [425]
• Booth, Edwin, [1]–2, [55]–58
• Booth, O., [329]
• Booth, Wilkes, [309]
• Boston, Faust, [118];
  • Dante, [178]
• Boston, Tremont Theatre, Harvard, Night at, [401]
• Boucicault, Dion (the Elder), [89], [328]
• Boughton, Geo., R.A., [294], [300]
• Bowker, Alfred (Mayor of Winchester), [159]
• Bradbury, Mr., [270]
• Braddon, Miss (Mrs. Maxwell), [1]
• Bradford: Irving’s last performances—his sudden death, [457]–461, [463]
• Bresnin, Fire Chief, [411]
• Brewster, Hon. Benjamin H., [363]–364
• Bride of Lammermoor, The, see Ravenswood
• Bridal Chambers, Variants of, [63]
• Bridge, Sir John F., [156]
• Bright, J. F., D.D. (Master of University), [397]
• Bright, John, [18], [130]
• Brisson, Adolphe, [331]
• Bristol, Prince’s Theatre, [162], [370]
• Brodribb, Samuel, [83]
• Brodribb, Thomas, [83]
• Brodrick, Hon. G. C. (Warden of Merton), [397]
• Brooklyn: Dante, [178]
• Brough, Lionel, [357], [457]
• Brougham, Lord, [18]
• Brown, Ford Madox, [76]
• Brown, Mrs. Hannah, [429]–431
• Browning, Robert, [300]–301
• Bryce, Prof. James, [235]
• Brydges-Willyams, Mr., [352]
• Buck, Col. E. A., [189], [232]
• Buffalo Liberal Club, [404]
• Burdett-Coutts, The Baroness, [53], [335], [429], [430], [464]
• Burdett-Coutts, W. A., M.P., [232], [286], [430], [464]
• Burlesque of The Corsican Brothers, [109]
• Burnand, Sir Francis C., [232]–233, [299], [329]
• Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, Bart., [165], [289]–292
• Burnham, Lord, [185], [352]
• Burns, Rt. Hon. John, [276]
• Burton, Lady, [224]–231
• Burton, Percy, [460]
• Burton, Sir Richard, [130], [224]–231, [317]
• Bygones, [106], [425]
• Byron, Lord, [225]–226, [301]
• Caine, Hall, [16], [315]–321, [331]–332
• Caine, Ralph Hall, [319]
• Caird, Dr., [397]
• Calvert, [58]
• Cambridge University, [157];
  • “Rede” Lecture, D.Litt., [395]–396
• Caney, [70]
• Canterbury Cathedral, [157]–159, [357]–359
• Captain of the Watch, The, [425]
• Captive, The, [225]
• Cardiff: Farewell visit, [453]
• Carleton, H. Guy, [329]
• Carl Rosa Opera Company, [442]
• Carr, J. Comyns, [321], [339], [445]
• Carr, Mrs. Comyns, [339]
• Casella, The Misses, [276], [334]
• Castle, Capt. Egerton, [329]
• Catholic Social Union, [404]
• Charles I., [8], [89], [425], [426]
• Chicago and Faust, [119]
• Chicago, Illinois Theatre, [85]
• Chicago, Twentieth Century Club, [404]
• Chicago, University of, [403]
• Chicago Times Herald, [163]
• Chicago, U.S. Cruiser, [208]–210
• Chinese Ambassador, [50]
• Christie’s, [97], [301]
• Christmas, [203]
• Churchill, Lord Randolph, [265]
• Claire, Louise, [5]
• Claretie, Jules, [98]–100, [331], [343]
• Clarke, J. I. C., [166], [329]
• Clarke, Lady Campbell, [185]
• Clery, Jules, [99]
• Cleveland, Grover (President U. S. A.), [384]
• Clover Club, [302]
• Coatbridge, [10]
• Collinson, Walter, [412], [443], [461]
• Colman, Geo., [53]
• Colonial Conference, [207]
• Colonial Premiers, The, [164], [210]–217
• Colonial Troops, [164]
• Columbia (College) University, [402]–403
• Comédie-Française, The, [98]–100, [343], [344]
• Cooke, Geo. Frederick, [47]
• Cool as a Cucumber, [425]
• Cooper, Sir Alfred, [334]
• Copperfield and the Waiter, [27]
• Coquelin (Cadet), [331]
• Coquelin, Constant (Ainé), [341]–342
• Coquelin (Fils), [341]
• Coriolanus, [53], [285]–288, [337], [452]
• Coronation, The King’s (1902), [212]–217, [392]
• Corpse, The way to carry a, [61]–62
• Correspondence, [39]
• Corry, “Monty” (Lord Rowton), [108]
• Corsican Brothers, The, [102]–111, [134], [410], [425]
• Count, The, [329]
• Courtney, W. L., [329], [330], [397], [398]
• Craig, Edith, [276]
• Craik, Mr., [156]
• Craven, Hawes, [48], [54]–55, [60], [66], [70], [115], [133], [165], [298], [375]
• Crawford, Marion, [330]
• Crosby Hall, [121]
• Cunningham, David, [37]
• Cup, The, [57], [104]–105, [107]–108, [131]–135, [136], [425]
• Cuthbert, W., [55], [133]
• Cymbeline, [170], [172], [288], [425]
• Dabbs, Dr., [156]
• Daily News, The, [187]–188
• Daily Telegraph, The, [121], [185], [187], [439]
• Daisy’s Escape, [106], [425]
• Daly, Augustin, [237]
• Damala, [345]–346
• Damrosch, Walter, [331]
• Dante, [137], [263]
• Dante, [176]–179, [436], [452]
• D’Arcy, Knox, [359]
• Darmont, [276], [345]
• Davis, E. D., [83]
• Dead Heart, The, [122], [425]
• De Bornier, [231], [317], [318]
• Deemster, The, [316]
• Demon Lover, The, [320]
• Devonshire, The Duchess of, [165]
• Dewar, Sir James, [439]
• Diamond Jubilee (1897), [164], [211]
• Dickens, Chas., [175], [183]–184, [353]
• Dickens, Chas. (the younger), [83]
• Dickens, Henry Fielding, [183]–184
• Dickens, Kate (Mrs. Perugini), [183]
• Diderot, D., Paradox of Acting, [30]–31, [255]–257, [341]
• Dillon, Valentine (Lord Mayor of Dublin), [373]–374
• Dixon, J., [329]
• Dolat Singh, Maharaja Kunwar, [214]
• Dolgoruki, Princess, [275]
• Donaldson, Thomas, [302], [306], [308], [309], [311], [312]
• Don Quixote (J. I. C. Clarke), [166], [329]
• Don Quixote (W. G. Wills), [166]–167, [328], [425]
• Doricourt, [182]
• Dowden, Edward, [17], [303]–305
• Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, [161]–163, [330]
• Dramatists, [325]–330
• Dream of Eugene Aram, The, [18]–21, [27], [353]
• Drury Lane Theatre, [47], [91], [178], [338], [430];
  • Irving’s last performances in London, [456]–457
• Dublin: Theatre Royal, 1867, [1]–5;
  • 1871, [5];
  • 1872, [7];
  • 1876, [11], [13]–14, [22]–25;
  • 1877, [30]–34;
  • Early Experiences at the Queen’s Theatre, [9]–11, [70];
  • Public Reception and Address, 1894, [373]–374
• Dublin University, 1876, Honours from, [22]–26, [393];
  • 1877, a Reading at Trinity College, [27]–28;
  • 1892, D.Litt., [393]–395
• Du Chaillu, Paul B., [237]
• Duckworth, Sub-Dean Robinson, [464]
• Dufferin and Ava, The Marquis of, [394], [396]
• Edinburgh, [181]–182, [353], [407]
• Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of, see Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of
• Edinburgh Philosophical Institute, 1881, [403];
  • 1891, [404]
• Edinburgh, Queen’s Theatre, [180]
• Edinburgh, Theatre Royal, [2], [76]
• Edgar and Lucy, see Ravenswood
• Educational value of the Stage, [118]–119, [253], [395]
• Edward VII., [104], [112]–113, [174], [185], [204]–205, [212], [359], [375]–376, [380]–383, [389], [391]–392, [464]
• Elliot, Mr. (President of Harvard), [400]–401
• Elliott, Sir George, Bart., [267]
• Elsler, Fanny, [5]
• Emin Pasha, [237]
• End of the Hunting, The, [329]
• “English Actors,” [398]
• Enoch Arden, [148]
• Erben, Admiral (U.S.A.), [208]–210
• Escott, T. H. S., [232]
• Eugene Aram, [8], [82], [241], [425]
• Eugénie, The Empress, [238]
• Exeter, [454]
• Farrar, Dean, [18], [157]–159
• Farringford, [131], [138], [145]–151
• Fateh Ali Khan, Nawab, [215]
• Faudel-Phillips, Lady, [185]
• Faust, [69], [94]–95, [113]–119, [122], [162], [339], [425], [426]
• Fawsitt, Amy, [5]
• Fechter, C. A., [184]
• Ferment, [113]
• Finance, [39]–40, [264]–265, [427]–437
• Fires, [407]–412
• First Nights, [80]–81, [157], [206], [438]–439
• Fiske, John, [150], [159]
• Floods, [412]–416
• Florence, W. J., [58]
• Flower, C. E., [323]
• Flying Dutchman, The, [320]–321, see also Vanderdecken
• Forbes, Norman, [442]
• Forbes, Wm., [158]
• Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, [166], [173], [390]
• Ford, Charles Richard, [239]–243
• Ford, E. Onslow, R.A., [280]–283
• Ford, Wolfram Onslow, [282]
• Forrest, Edwin, [5];
  • his watch, [302], [431]
• Foresters, The, [137], [161]
• Foxwell, Dr. Arthur, [455]
• French, Samuel, [92]
• Frohman, Chas., [445], [452], [456]
• Froude, J. A., [263]
• Fuji, The, [210]
• Fulda, Ludwig, [329]
• Fussy, [412]
• Gaiety Theatre, [63], [99], [109], [343]
• Galitzin, Prince Nicholas, [278]–279
• Gamester, The, [53]
• Gangadhar Madho Chitnavis, [215]
• Garnier, [345]
• Garrick Club, [130], [232]
• Garrick, David, [14];
  • his malacca cane, [300]
• Gaskell, The Misses, [333]
• Gemini et Virgo, [27], [225]
• George Washington, [329]
• Gerbel, Count de, [349]
• Gerbel, Countess de, see Ward, Miss Geneviève
• Gerische, [332]
• Germany, Crown Prince of (Frederick III.), [115]–116
• Germany, Emperor William II. of, [382]–383
• Germany, Empress Frederick of, [379]
• Gilbert, Alfred, R.A., [95], [98], [331]
• Gillette, Wm., [316], [446]
• Gladstone, Mrs. W. E., [261], [263], [265]
• Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., [79];
  • as an actor, [107]–108, [130], [260]–265
• Glasgow Theatre Royal, [43]–44
• Glasgow, Irving’s Illness, [296]–297, [337], [441]–443
• Glasgow University, LL.D., [396]–397
• Gleichen, Count, [268]–269
• Glimpse of America, A, [236]
• Gounod, [335]–337
• Gouraud, Col., [142]
• Grand Theatre, Islington, [236]
• Grant, Digby, [5]–7, [13]
• Grant, Gen., [191], [193]
• Grove, F. C., [315]
• Grove, Sir George, [112]
• Guthrie, F. Anstey, [299]
• Gwalior, Maharaja of, [214]
• Hackney, Mabel (Mrs. L. Irving), [462]
• Hagenbach’s Menagerie, [323]–324
• Hall, T. W., [70]
• Halswelle, Keeley, A.R.S.A., [69]–70
• Hamlet, [8], [11], [16]–17, [30], [48]–52, [55], [88], [425];
  • A Reading, [200]–201;
  • Hall Caine’s Criticism of, [16], [315]–316
• “Hamlet” (An Address), [404]
• Hampton Court, [57]–58
• Handwriting, Character by, [258]
• Hann, W., [60], [70], [375]
• Hanna, Senator Mark, [385]
• Hare, John, [93], [298], [329], [331]
• Harker, J., [70], [165]
• Harlem Opera House, [188]
• Harmsworth, Alfred, see Lord Northcliff
• Harper’s Magazine, [294], [340]
• Harris, John, [17], [347]
• Hartford, Dante, [178]
• Harvard, Sander’s Theatre, [400]
• Harvard University, [400]–402
• Harvey, Martin, [442]
• Hassard, Sir John, [158]
• Hatton, Joseph, [232], [302]
• Haweis, Rev. H. R., [314]
• Hawkins, F. W., [255]
• Hay, Col. John (U.S. Ambassador), [385]
• Hennell, E. W., [333]
• Henry VIII., [72]–75, [122], [143], [153], [157], [162], [425]
• Henschel, Georg, [332]–333
• Herbert, Miss, [1]–5, [113]
• Herkomer, Prof. Hubert von, R.A., [131]
• Hichens, Robert, [173]
• High Life Below Stairs, [425]
• Hill, Vice-Chancellor, of Cambridge, [395]
• Hisses, [9]–11
• Hogarth, Miss Georgina, [183]
• Hollingshead, John, [63], [109]
• Holloway, W. J., [77]–79
• Holmes, Oliver Wendell, [92]
• Homer, Tennyson on, [152]
• Home Rule Bill, [260], [263]–264
• Home Sweet Home, [320]
• Honey, Geo., [5]
• Hoskins, Wm., [83]
• Houghton, Lord, [225]–227
• Howard, J. B., [43]
• Howe, Earl, [465]
• Howe, Henry, [377]
• Hume, Fergus, [329]
• Hunted Down, [183]
• Hyper-criticism, [66], [134]
• Ibsen, [248]
• Idar, Maharaja of, [214]
• Indian and Colonial Troops, [164]
• Indian Princes, [164], [211]–217
• Indian Revolt, The (“Mr. Irwig”), [454]
• Interviewers, [195]–197
• Iolanthe, [88], [425]
• Irish Famine, [18]
• Irish Times, The, [4]
• Iron Chest, The, [53], [425]
• Irving, Henry:
  • Note.—For appearances in individual Plays and Rôles and at London Theatres see under their respective names; at Provincial and other Theatres, under name of town or city; see also America, visits to
  • Early experiences in Dublin, [3]–5, [7], [9]–11
  • A blaze of genius, [18]–20
  • Carriage dragged by Students, [25]
  • Reading at Trinity College, Dublin, [27]–28
  • “Chaired,” [27]
  • Takes over management of the Lyceum, [38]–40, [46]
  • Joined by Bram Stoker, [38]–39
  • Lyceum Productions, [45]
  • Mastery and decision of character, [50]–52
  • Not ill for seven years, [52]
  • Respect for feelings of others, [67]
  • A lesson in collaboration, [70]–72
  • Influenza during run of King Lear, [77]–79
  • His method, [82]–90
  • First appearance on the stage, [83], [453]–454
  • And criticisms, [84]
  • Skill in “make-up,” [89]–90, [175]–176, [241]
  • Love of children, [90]
  • Generosity, [93], [203], [374], [449]
  • Love of sincerity, [95]
  • Devotion and zeal of his staff, [95]–97
  • Presentation, twenty-fifth anniversary The Bells, [98]
  • Entertainment of French Authors, [98]–100
  • A good friend to supers, [102]
  • His stage doubles, [110]
  • A narrow escape, [118]
  • Fiftieth birthday—a record house, [118]
  • Gift for reading, [121], [159], [177]–178
  • On Tennyson, [128]–130
  • A judge of character, [129], [430]–431
  • Tennyson’s plays, [128]–160
  • Fifty-fifth birthday—Becket produced, [157]
  • Reading, Becket, Canterbury Cathedral, [157]–159
    • King Alfred Millenary, [159]–160
  • Early days, [181]–182
  • Visits to America, [186]–199
  • Last performance in America, [188]
  • Care in speaking, [195]–196
  • Reading, Hamlet, Birkbeck Institute, [200]–201
  • A heavy bill, [201]–202
  • Energy and nervous power, [201]–202
  • Christmas, [203]
  • A social force, [204]–207
  • His house at Brook Green, [205]
  • Last reception at the Lyceum, [212]–217
  • Politics, [218]
  • Two favourite stories, [221]–223
  • A Clerk in the City, [239]–242
  • Education and Fines, [240]
  • Choice of Professional Name, [241]
  • Leaves the desk, [242]
  • His Philosophy of his Art:
    • Key-stone, [244]–245
    • Scientific process, [245]–247
    • Character, [247]–252
    • The play, [252]–253
    • Stage perspective, [253]–255
    • Dual consciousness, [96], [172], [255]–257
    • Individuality, [257]–258
    • Summary, [258]–259
  • As Hamlet, Onslow Ford Statue of, [281]–283
  • His hands, [151], [282]–283, [381]
  • Artistic co-operation with E. A. Abbey, [294]–295
  • Last portraits, [298]–299
  • Danger from a monkey:
    • Manchester, [321]–323
    • Stratford-on-Avon, [323]
  • His love of animals, [323]–324
  • Dramatists—his search for plays, [325]–330
  • Musicians, [331]–337
  • Order of the Komthur Cross, [339]
  • Friendship with Toole, [353]–361
  • Ellen Terry, [362]–372
  • Public reception and address, Dublin, 1894, [373]–374
  • Performances at Sandringham and Windsor, [375]–383
  • Presidents of the United States, [384]–388
  • Knighthood, [389]–392
  • Presentation from his fellow players, [390]
  • Universities:
    • Dublin, 1876, Honours from, [22]–26;
      • 1877, [27];
      • 1892, D.Litt., [393]–395
    • Cambridge, 1898, “Rede” Lecture, D.Litt., [395]–396
    • Glasgow, 1899, LL.D., [396]–397
    • Oxford, 1886, “English Actors,” [397]–399
    • Manchester, “Macbeth,” [399]–400
    • Harvard, 1885 and 1894, two addresses, [400]–402
    • Columbia, 1895, “Macbeth,” [402]–403
    • Chicago, 1896 and 1900, two lectures, [403]
    • Princeton, 1902, “Shakespeare and Bacon,” [403]
    • Other learned bodies and institutions, [403]–404
  • Adventures:
    • Over a mine-bed, [405]–407
    • Fires, [407]–410
    • Floods, [412]–416
    • Train accidents, [416]–418
    • Storms at sea, [418]–421
    • Falling scenery, [421]–422
    • Fearlessness, [257], [271]–272, [404]–406, [421]–422
    • Finance, [39]–40, [427]–437
  • A bequest, [430]–431
  • The turn of the tide:
    • Strenuous life, [432]–433, [438]
    • Accident to knee, [81], [440]
    • Burning of the Lyceum Storage, [421]–426, [441]
    • Illness at Glasgow, [296]–297, [337], [441]–443
    • Lyceum Theatre Company, [45], [174], [434]–437, [444]–446
    • Failing health, [446]
    • Fortitude and patient suffering, [447]–449
    • Illness at Wolverhampton, [448]
    • Last years, [449]–462
    • Determination to retire, [452]
  • Farewell Visits:
    • Cardiff: A touching farewell, [453]
    • Swansea: Lead, Kindly Light, [453]
    • Sunderland: Public banquet and address, [453]–454
    • Exeter: Public address and reception, [454]
    • Bath: Unveils Quin Memorial—Civic lunch, [454], [455]
    • Wolverhampton: Public address—serious illness—tour abandoned, [454]–456
  • Last Performances in London, [456]–457
  • Workmen present a loving cup, [456]–457
  • His last tour:
    • Sheffield: Civic luncheon, [457]
    • Bradford: Public address—last performances, [457]–460
  • Sudden death, [461]–462
  • Public funeral in Westminster Abbey, [5], [463]–466
• Irving, Henry Brodribb, jun., [158], [297], [428], [462]
• Irving, Laurence, [158], [173]–174, [177], [428], [462]
• Isle of St. Tropez, [329]
• Jackson, Dr., [395]
• Jagannath Barua, Rai Bahadur, [215]
• Jeejeebhai, Sir Jamsetjee, [214]
• Jefferson, Joseph, [385]
• Jekyll and Hyde, [329]
• Jester King, The, [329]
• Jeypore, Maharaja of, [214]
• Jingle, [425]
• John, Mr. (Mayor of Bath), [454]
• Johnson, H. T., [329]
• Johnston, Sir Harry, [237]
• Jonas, Sir Joseph (Lord Mayor of Sheffield), [457]
• Jones, Henry Arthur, [330]
• Jowett, Benjamin (Master of Balliol), [397]–399
• Julius Cæsar, [333]
• Kean, Chas., [86], [104], [261], [300], [372], [377]
• Kean, Edmund, [12], [91];
  • relics of, [300]–301
• Kean, Mrs. Chas., [369]
• Kelly, see Wardell, Chas.
• Kelvin, Lord, [394]
• King, T. C., [11]
• King Alfred Millenary, [159]–160, [385]–386
• King and the Miller, The, [425]
• King Arthur, [137], [164]
• King Arthur (J. Comyns Carr), [164]–166, [289], [425], [426]
• King Arthur (W. G. Wills), [164], [328]
• King Lear, [76]–79, [82], [144], [162], [277]–278, [356], [425]
• King René’s Daughter, see Iolanthe
• Kingston, W. Beatty, [229], [334]
• Kinsmen,” “The, [294]
• Knighthood, [389]–392
• Knowles, Sir James, [28]–29, [130], [133], [225]
• Kohlapur, Maharaja of, [214]
• Kohlsaat, H. H., [163]
• Kooch Bahar, Maharaja of, [214]
• Lady Audley’s Secret, [1]–4
• Lady of Lyons, The, [100]–102, [121], [241], [425]
• Lady Torfrida, The yacht, [270]–275
• Lancashire Lass, The, [184]
• Leaves of Grass, [302]–304, [310]
• Leaf, Walter, [151]–155
• Le Clerc, [331]
• Lehmann, Rudolph, [73]
• Leighton, Lord, [394]–395
• Lever, Chas., [8], [227]
• Levy, J. M., [185], [187]
• Levy, Miss Matilda, [185], [352]
• Lewanika, King, [215]
• Lewis, Arthur, [300]
• Lewis, Sir George, Bart., [359]
• Lewis, Leopold, [92]–93
• Libbotton, [344]
• Librarians, Conference of, [207]
• Life of Charles Dickens, Foster’s, [355]
• Lincoln, Abraham, [308]–309, [311], [312]
• Liszt, Abbé Franz, [334]–335
• Littleton, Alfred, [334]
• Littleton, Augustus, [334]
• Livadia, The, [272]–275
• Liverpool Town Crier, [315]
• Livingstone, David, [234]–235
• Lloyd-Davies, William Allan, [448], [455]
• London and County Bank, [429]
• London County Council, [436]
• Long, Edwin, R.A., [89]
• Lord Chamberlain’s Department, The, [318]–319, [326]
• Louis XI., [84]–85, [425], [426];
  • Irving’s last performance in London, [456]–457, [458]
• Loveday, H. J., [27], [44], [51], [53]–54, [61], [73], [96], [120], [144], [161], [173], [218], [407], [428], [444], [456], [458], [459], [461]
• Low, Seth, [386], [402]
• Lucas, Seymour, R.A., [72]–74
• Lupton, Mr. (Ex-Mayor of Bradford), [463]
• Lyceum Storage, Burning of the, [423]–426, [441]
• Lyceum Theatre, Productions, [45];
  • Irving’s first season, [39]–40, [46]–52;
  • its audience, [46]–47, [186];
  • Hospitalities, [204]–217, [343], [432]–433;
  • Irving’s last reception, [212]–217;
  • Enlarged and improved, [431]–432;
  • Cash takings, [431]–432
• Lyceum Theatre Company, [45], [174], [434]–437, [444]–446
• Lyons Mail, The, [86]–87, [257], [425], [426], [455]
• Macartney, Sir Halliday, [50]
• Macbeth, [8], [15], [68]–72, [87]–88, [122], [425]
• Macbeth,” “The character of, [399]–400, [402], [403], [404]
• McCullough, John, [57], [339]
• McDowell, James, [383]
• McHenry, James, [5], [229], [268]
• Mackail, Mrs. (Miss Burne-Jones), [290]
• Mackenzie, Sir Alexander C., [319], [331], [334], [337]
• Mackenzie, Sir James, [390]
• Mackenzie, Sir Morell, [334]
• McKinley, Wm. (President U.S.A.), [385]–386
• Maclaren, Ian, [248]
• McMichael, Clayton, [384]
• Macready, [88], [184];
  • Relics of, [285], [355]
• Madame Sans-Gêne, [105], [168]–173, [371]
• Mahan, Capt. (U.S. Navy), [208]–210
• Mahomed Aslam Khan, Lieut.-Colonel Nawab, [215]
• Mahomet, [231], [317]–319
• Mail, The (Dublin), [8], [23]–25
• “Make-up,” [89]–90, [175]–176, [241]
• Management:
  • Responsibility and difficulties, [39]–40, [96]–97, [120]
  • Public pulse, [120]–125
  • Hazard of, [179]
  • Rain of plays, [325]–330
  • Finance, [39]–40, [329], [427]–437
• Manchester, Art Club, [452]
• Manchester, Theatre Royal, [55]
• Manchester, Victoria University of, [27], [69], [399]–400
• Manchester Guardian, [428]
• Manfred, [337]
• Mansfield, Richard, [229]
• Marbury, Miss Elizabeth, [174], [177]
• Marion, W., [409]
• Marius, [345]
• Marlow, Young, [4]
• Marquand, John P., [229]
• Marquette, ss., [419]
• Marryat, Capt., [194]
• Marshall, Frank A., [27], [53], [319], [323], [326]–328, [329]
• Marston, Edward, [236]
• Mathews, Sir Charles W., [182]
• Mathews, Chas., [181]–182
• Mathews, Mrs. Chas., [182]
• Matthews, Frank, [4]
• Matthews, Mrs. Frank, [4]
• Matthison, Arthur, [110]
• Maung On Gaing, [215]
• Maunsell, Dr., [8]
• Mayer, M. L., [341]
• Mead, Tom, [86]–87
• Medicine Man, The, [45], [173]
• Meherban Ganpatrao Madhavrao Vinchwikar, [215]
• Meiningen Company, The, [338]
• Meissonier, J. L. E., [288]
• Mephisto, [328]
• Merchant of Venice, The, [53]–55, [180];
  • as in Shakespeare’s time, [191]–192, [370], [425]
• Merivale, Herman, [120]–122, [350]
• Meysey-Thompson, Sir Henry, [264]
• Michie, Col. Peter (U.S.A.), [191]
• Midian Gold Mines, [228]
• Milburn, Dr. (Chaplain, American Senate), [249]
• Mimra, Capt., [210]
• Minnehaha, ss., [420]–421
• Miranda, Count, [352]
• Montague, H. J., [5]
• Moreau, Emile, [176]–177, [444]
• Much Ado about Nothing, [65]–67, [125], [367], [425]
• Muhamad Faiyaz Ali Khan, Nawab, [215]
• Mullen, Mr., [226]
• Müller, Rt. Hon. Frederick Max, [334], [397]
• Muncacksy, Madame, [334]
• “Municipal Theatres,” [404]
• Murray, Dr. A. S., [133]–134
• Murray, Gaston, [4]
• Musicians, [331]–337
• Myers, Frederick, [396]
• Nance Oldfield, [125]–127
• Napier, Lord, [193]
• Nast, Thomas, [209]
• New Haven, Dante, [178]
• New Way to Pay Old Debts, [55], [301]
• New York: Faust, [119];
  • Dante, [178]
  • Goethe Society, [403]
• New York Tribune, [189], [400]–401
• Nihilists, [273]–275, [276]–278
• Nilsson, Christine, [352]
• Nineteenth Century, The, [28]–29, [263], [341]
• Normand, Jacques, [99]
• Northbrook, Earl of, [260]
• Northcliff, Lord, [216]
• Ober-Ammergau Play, [397]
• Olivia, [93], [425]
• Othello, [8], [27], [55]–57, [425]
• Owens College, see Manchester, Victoria University of
• Oxford University, An Address at, [397]–399
• Paderewski, [331]–332
• Palmer, Edmund Henry, [228]
• Panglima Kinta, The Datoh, [215]
• Paradox of Acting, [30]–31, [255]–257
• Parke, Dr., [236]
• Parnell, Chas. Stewart, [260], [263]
• Partridge, J. Bernard, [298]–299
• Pauncefort, Mrs., [87]
• Pearce, Sir William, Bart., [270]–275
• Pearce, Sir Wm. George, Bart., [270]
• Penberthy, Capt. Isaac, [65]
• Penberthy, John, [65]–66, [81]
• Perak, The Sultan of, [215]
• Perkins, [70]
• Perry Bar Institute, [403]
• Peter the Great, [173]–174
• Phelps, S., [240]–241
• Philadelphia:
  • Faust, [118];
  • Dante, [178]
  • Contemporary Club, [404]
• Philip, [8]
• Pinero, A. W., [106], [330]
• Pittsburgh, [203]
• Plays:
  • difficulties of obtaining, [325]–326;
  • sources of, [325]–326;
  • bought but not produced, [326]–328
• Plowden, A. C., [299]
• Plymouth, [454]
• Politics in the theatre, [89]
• Pollock, Walter Herries, [30]–31, [256], [329]
• Polo, Marco, [238]
• Ponsonby, Sir Henry, [376], [378], [379], [380]
• Popoff, Admiral (Russian Navy), [273]
• Porter, H.E. General Horace (U.S.A.), [152]
• Priestley, Mr. (Mayor of Bradford), [457]
• Princess’s Theatre, [56], [104]
• Princeton University, [403]
• Pritchard, Hesketh, [330]
• Pritchard, K., [330]
• Probyn, Genl. Sir Dighton, V.C., [465]
• Professor’s Love Story, The, [329]
• Pullman, Geo., [404]
• Queen Mary, [8], [97], [128]
• Queen Victoria’s Jubilee (1887), [211]
• Queen’s Theatre, [183], [362]
• Quin Memorial, [454]
• Raising the Wind, [425]
• Ramaswami Mudaliyar, Sir Savalai, Raja, [214]
• Ravenswood, [120]–122, [143], [261], [337], [425], [426]
• Reade, Chas., [86]
• “Rede” Lecture, Cambridge, [395]
• Reform Club, [218]
• Rejane, [176]
• Renan, Ernest, [314]
• Renaud, [331]
• Revue Illustrée, [341]
• Ricarde-Seaver, Major, [124]
• Richard II., [291]–297, [337]
• Richard III., [27], [31], [58], [80]–81, [301], [438]–440
• Richelieu, [8], [83]–84, [425]
• Richter, Hans, [333]
• Rienzi, [328]
• Riley, J. Whitcomb, [313]
• Ristori, Madame, [348]–349
• Rivals, The, [1]–5, [13]
• Rival towns, [220]
• Road to Ruin, The, [4]
• Robert Emmett, [53], [319], [326]–328
• Robert Macaire, [112], [425]
• Robespierre, [174]–176, [444], [445]
• Robin Hood, [137]
• Robinson, Dean Armitage, [464]
• Rogers, Frederick, [276]
• Romeo and Juliet, [55], [59]–63
• Roosevelt, Theodore (President U.S.A.), [386]–388
• Root, Elihu (Sec. of State, U.S.A.), [385]
• Rosebery, Earl of, [389]
• Rossetti, Wm. Michael, [302]
• Royal Academy Banquet, [206]
• Royal College of Music, [112]–113, [394]
• Royal Institution, [159], [390], [391], [394]–395, [404], [440]
• Royce, E. W., [109]
• Russell, Edward, [228]
• Russell, Sir Edward R., [16], [466]
• Russell, Henry, [182]
• Russia, Alexander II., Czar of, [273]–275
• Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas of, [273]–274
• Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Old, [240]
• St. Albans, Duchess of, [236]
• St. Gaudens, Augustus, [311]
• St. James’s Company, [1]–5
• St. James’s Hall, [208]
• St. James’s Theatre, [113], [182], [183]
• Sala, George Augustus, [232]
• Sandringham, 1889, [375]–376;
  • 1902, [380]–383
• Sarcey, Francisque, [99]
• Sardou, Victorien, [174]–175, [176]–177, [444]
• Sargent, John, R.A., [294]
• Saviolo, [329]
• Saunders, John, [162]
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Grand Duke of, [339]
• Saxe-Meiningen, H.S.H. Grand Duke of, [339]–340
• Scenery, accidents from falling, [421]–422;
  • cost of, [425]–426
• Schneider, Mdlle., [352]
• School for Scandal, The, [4]
• School of Reform, [113]
• Schuldig, [329]
• Scott, Clement, [232], [256], [439]
• Scott, Sir Walter, [120]
• Seattle, [219]
• Seddon, Rt. Hon. Richard, [216]
• Sedelia Rab, The Datoh, [215]
• Seymour, Admiral Sir Edward, [454]
• Shakespeare and Bacon, Tennyson on, [152]
• “Shakespeare and Bacon,” [403]
• “Shakespeare and Goethe,” [403]
• “Shakespeare as a Playwright,” [404]
• Shakespeare’s Plays, [53]–81
• Shaw, George F., [22]
• Sheffield, [457]
• Sheppard, J. W., [461], [462]
• Sherlock Holmes, [435]
• She Stoops to Conquer, [4]
• Siam, H.R.H. the Crown Prince of, [215]
• Silent Voices, The, [156]–157
• Simpson, Palgrave, [350]
• Sketchley, Arthur, [226]
• Skying the Copper, [241]
• Smith, Chas. Emory (U.S.A.), [385]
• Smith, Sir Charles Euan, [331]
• Smithsonian Institute, [311]
• Snake’s Pass, The, [261]
• Springfield: Dante, [178]
• Stage,” “The, [403]
• Stage Art, Philosophy of:
  • Key-stone, [244]–245
  • Scientific process, [245]–247
  • Character, [247]–252
  • The play, [252]–253
  • Stage perspective, [253]–255
  • Dual consciousness, [96], [172], [255]–257
  • Individuality, [257]–258
  • Summary, [258]–259
  • Ellen Terry, [365]–372
• Stage as it is,” “The, [403]
• Stagecraft:
  • Macbeth, [14]–15
  • Hamlet, [48]–49
  • Realistic fighting, [62]–63
  • Lessons in illusion, [73]–74
  • Stage jewellery, [73]–74
  • Richard III., [81]
  • A marching army, [101]–102
  • Some great sets, [102]–103
  • Stage snow, [104]
  • A stage supper, [110]–111
  • Application of science, [113]–114
  • Stage fire, [114]
  • Steam and mist, [114]
  • Division of stage labour, [115]
  • A “ladder” of angels, [116]–118
  • Stage lighting, [116]–117
  • Stage perspective, [133], [169]–172
  • Camma’s dress, [134]
  • Limelight and electric light, [198]
• Stage Manager, Irving a, [2]
• Stanford, Sir Chas. Villiers, [144], [151], [331]
• Stanlaws, Penrhyn, [329]
• Stanley, Sir Henry M., [130], [232]–237
• State Subsidy for theatres, [339], [344], [432]
• Statue of Irving as Hamlet, [280]–283
• Stavenhagen, [334]–335
• Steel, Mrs., [330]
• Stepniak, S., [276]–279
• Sterling, Antoinette, [335]
• Stock Companies, [83]
• Stoker, Abraham, [12]
• Stoker, Bram:
  • Earliest recollections of Irving, [1]–7
  • Friendship with Irving, [ix]., [9], [16]–21
  • Coming events, [33]–34
  • Joins Irving, [38]–39
  • A Triton amongst minnows, [107]
  • and Tennyson, [130]–131, [139]–143, [146]–151, [151]–155
  • An angry reporter, [197]–198
  • A visit to the Chicago, [209]–210
  • “England and Japan!”, [210]
  • Walt Whitman, [302]–312
  • First meets Ellen Terry, [362]
  • Their friendship, [361], [372]
  • Irving’s last words to, [460]
• Stoker, Dr. Geo., C.M.G., [61]–62, [228]
• Stoker, Sir Thornley, [36], [38]
• Storms at Sea, [418]–421
• Story, Principal, of Glasgow University, [396]–397
• Story of Waterloo, A, see Waterloo
• Stoyle, [4]
• Straggler of ’15, A, see Waterloo
• Stranger, The, [53]
• Stratford-on-Avon, [323]
• Students:
  • Irving’s carriage dragged by, [25]
  • “Chair” Irving, [27]
  • Seized and carried by, [394]
  • Wild enthusiasm, [400]
  • As supers—a challenge, [401]–402
• Sunderland, Lyceum Theatre;
  • Irving’s first appearance on the stage, [83];
  • Farewell visit, [453]
• Sullivan, Barry, [12]–15
• Sullivan, Sir Arthur, [70]–71
• Supers, [62]–63, [101]–102, [110]–111, [175]
• Surface, Joseph, [4]
• Swansea, farewell visit, [453]
• Taber, Robert, [173]
• Tacoma, [220]
• Tagore, Maharaja Kunwar, [214]
• Tailer, W. H., [237]
• Talbot de Malahide, Lord, [224]
• Talma, [255]–257
• Teck, H.R.H. Duchess of, [204]
• Teck, H.S.H. Duke of, [204]
• Teck, Princess May of, see Wales, Princess May of
• Telbin, W., [60], [116]–117, [133]
• Teller, Leopold, [339]
• Temple, Archbishop, [130]
• Tennyson, Lady (Alfred), [131], [139], [151], [156]
• Tennyson, Lady (Hallam), [142], [151], [379]
• Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, [31];
  • His plays, [128]–160;
  • on Irving’s Hamlet, [130];
  • “Irving will do me justice,” [156];
  • Death—burial in the Abbey, [156]–157, [164], [179], [221], [379], [399];
  • Walt Whitman, [305]–306
• Tennyson, Hallam, Lord, [131], [138], [139], [145]–151, [151]–155, [379]
• Tennyson, Lionel, [151]
• Terriss, William, [10], [63], [77], [379]
• Terry, Ellen:
  • Note.—See also under various plays
  • Under John Hare’s Management, [93]
  • As a Dramatist, [125]–127
  • On the Lady Torfrida—motherhood, [271]–272
  • Stepniak on, [277]–278
  • A prime consideration in Irving’s arrangements, [287], [363], [364]
  • Frightened by a monkey, [322]
  • Early playing with Irving, [362]
  • Knighting an Attorney-General, [364]
  • A generous player, [364]
  • Her Ophelia, [365]
  • Real flowers, [365]
  • Her Art, [365]–372
  • Last performance with Irving, [370]
  • Separation, [370]–371
  • Comradeship, [370]–371
  • Dublin, 1894, [373]–374
  • At Sandringham and Windsor, [375]–383
• Thacker, Messrs., [239]–242
• Theatre, The, [255]
• Théâtre Français, see Comédie-Française
• Theatre in its relation to the State,” “The, [395]–396
• Thompson, Alfred, [59]–60
• Toole, J. L., [10], [112], [130], [209], [229], [232], [276], [329], [331], [338], [341];
  • life-long friendship with Irving, [353]–361
• Traill, H. D., [173], [232]
• Trelawny, [226]
• Tsêng, The Marquis, [50]
• Twelfth Night, [425]
• Two Roses, [5]–7, [8], [425]
• Tyars, Frank, [55]
• Tyrrell, Prof. R. Y., [22]
• Ulster Hall, [36]–37
• Universities:
  • Cambridge, [157], [395]–396
  • Chicago, [403]
  • Columbia, [402]–403
  • Dublin, [22]–26, [27], [393]–395
  • Glasgow, [396]–397
  • Harvard, [400]–402
  • Manchester, [69], [399]–400
  • Oxford, [397]–399
  • Princeton, [403]
• United States:
  • Military Academy, see West Point
  • Presidents of, [384]–388
• Value of Individuality,” “The, [401]–402
• Vambéry, Arminius, [238]
• Vandenhoff, [180]
• Vanderbilt, W. H., [288]
• Vanderdecken, [35]–36, [320]
• Van Tellen, Mrs., [227]
• Vaudeville Company, [5]–7
• Vaughan, Benjamin, M.P., [175]
• Vaughan, Cardinal, [404]
• Vestal, The, [329]
• Vezin, Hermann, [75], [93]
• Victoria, Queen, [115]–116, [221];
  • 1889, Irving’s first appearance before, [375]–380;
  • 1893, [376]–380, [389]–390
• Voss, Richard, [329]
• Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, see Edward VII.
• Wales, Prince George of, [465]
• Wales, Princess Alexandra of, see Alexandra, Queen
• Wales, Princess May of, [204]–205, [465]
• Walrus, The yacht, [53]
• Walsall Literary Institute, [404]
• Ward, Col., [349]
• Ward, Geo., [187]
• Ward, Miss Geneviève, [166], [347]–352, [379]
• Wardell, Chas., [105], [362]
• Warren, T. H. (President of Magdalen), [397]
• Warships, visits of foreign, [208]–210
• Washington: Dante, [178]
• Waterloo, [161]–164;
  • Sandringham, [380]–383;
  • Irving, last appearance in London, [457]
• Webb, Harry, [9]
• Webster, Ben., [381]
• Werner, [425]
• Westminster Abbey:
  • Tennyson’s burial, [156]–157
  • Irving’s burial, [5], [463]–466
• West Point, U.S., Military Academy, [191]–194
• Wharncliffe, Earl of, [334]
• Whistler, James McNeill, [97]
• White, Sir Arnold, [132]
• White House, Washington, [385]
• Whiteside, James, [18]
• Whitman, Walt, [130], [139], [302]–312
• Wikoff, Chevalier, [5]–7
• Wilberforce, Archdeacon, [464]
• Wilkins, Miss Mary, [330]
• Willard, E. S., [329]
• Williams, Talcott, [309]
• Wills, Rev. Freeman, [328]
• Wills, W. G., [35], [88], [166]–167, [328]
• Wilson, Dr. Andrew, [319]
• Winchester, [159]–160, [385]–386
• Windsor Castle, [376]–380, [390]
• Winter, William, [189]–190, [229], [400]–401
• Wise, John Sargent, [385]
• Wolverhampton, Irving’s illness at, [422], [448], [454]–456
• Wolverhampton Literary and Scientific Institute, [404]
• Wrestling Match, A, [32]–33
• Wyllie, Sir Wm. Curzon, [212]
• Wyncotes, Mr. (Mayor of Plymouth), [454]
• Yates, Edmund, [130], [232]–233
• Young, John Russell, [193]

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1. P. [408], changed “Are we all to burned” to “Are we all to be burned”.
2. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
3. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
4. Re-indexed footnotes using numbers.