"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 1 of 3)

by Dr. Doran

FOOTNOTES:

[125] Malone says "August 11."

[126] "Giving his answer to the ambassador."—Victor.

[127] Dr. Doran exactly reverses the state of the case. Dr. Johnson says: "The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt."

[128] Wrong. Victor in his Memoirs of Booth says five-and-twenty nights: but this also is incorrect. On May 9, 1713, "Cato" is announced to be played for the twentieth time, and on May 10, for Mrs. Rogers' benefit, "The Funeral" is in the bill. Cibber says "Cato" was acted every day for a month, Mondays excepted.

[129] Bellchambers, in his Notes to "Cibber," is very severe on this marriage. "In the year 1719, Mr. Booth, who seems to have been a libertine and a sensualist, gave his hand to Miss Santlow, a strumpet of condition"—and then follow some very strong remarks on Booth and his wife.

[130] These four characters were certainly not among Booth's best. Wildair and Sir Charles Easy were Wilks' parts, and indeed I cannot find that Booth ever played any of the four.

[131] Chetwood states that her first character was Ismenes, a page, in "Mithridates," in which she sang with extraordinary success. Genest supposes this to have been in November 1728.

[132] Acted nine times.

[133] It was acted fourteen times—a great success in those days.

[134] Charlotte Charke says in her Autobiography that this was her first appearance, but it was really her second.

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[INDEX.]

Actor, profession of, in Greece and Rome, [2], [3].
Actors and clergy in collision, [13];
playing under forged licence, [13];
authors, [185];
Dennis' abuse of, [361].
Actors' famous "Points," [155].
Actresses, introduction of, [28];
pre-restoration English, [66].
Addison, Joseph, part author of the "Tender Husband," [294];
his "Rosamond," [301];
his "Cato," [329];
his "Drummer," [339].
Aldridge, Mrs., [148].
Alleyn, Edward, [31], [43], [48].
"Amboyna," [28].
Angel, [65], [70].
Anne, queen of James I., an actress, [24].
Anne, Princess, as Lemandra, [94].
Apothecaries' Hall the site of an early theatre, [16].
Arbuthnot, part author of "Three Hours after Marriage," [342].
Arrest of players, [15].
Arrowsmith, dramatist, [207].
Arsinoe, first opera after the Italian fashion, [295].
Aston, Anthony, his criticisms of Betterton, [131];
of Mrs. Barry, [152], [154], [156];
his appearance at Lincoln's Inn Fields, [369].
Audience on the stage forbidden, [289].
Audiences of the seventeenth century, [246].
Baker, Thomas, dramatist, [275].
Bale, Bishop, [14].
Bancroft, Archbishop, [25].
Bancroft, John, dramatist, [208].
Bankes, John, dramatist, [234].
Bankside, theatres on the, [32].
Barford, Richard, dramatist, [421].
Baron, the French actor, [134].
Barry, Mrs. Elizabeth, [121], [148], [190];
account of her life, [149-161];
tutored by Lord Rochester, [151];
as Isabella in "Mustapha," [151];
as Alcmena, [123];
as Calista, [131], [154];
as Monimia, [152], [156];
her industry, [153];
as Belvidera, [153];
as Cassandra, [153];
as Lady Brute, [154];
as Zara, [154];
as Clarissa, [154];
as Isabella in the "Fatal Marriage," [154];
as Queen Elizabeth, [156];
in free comedy, [156];
and Mrs. Boutell, [157];
and Lord Rochester and Etheridge, [158], [159];
her last appearance, [159];
the first player to have a benefit, [160];
her death, [160];
her portrait by Kneller, [160].
Barton Street, Westminster, [143].
Bateman, actor, [64].
Baxter, actor, [64].
Bear Garden, [32].
Beckingham, dramatist, [350], [363].
Beeston, actor, [64].
"Beggar's Opera," [386];
its famous run, [388].
Behn, Mrs. Aphra, [238];
her indecency, [239].
Bell, actor, [64].
Benefits, performers', first devised for Mrs. Barry, [160].
Benfield, actor, [26].
Betterton, father of the actor, [53], [117].
Betterton, Mrs. (see also [Mrs. Saunderson]), [94];
instructs the Princesses Mary and Anne, [94];
in her old age, [113];
pensioned by Queen Anne, [95].
Betterton, Thomas, [53], [57], [58], [65], [191], [297], [310], [311], [314];
account of his life, [109-135];
as Hamlet, [109], [111], [131];
tutored in Hamlet by Davenant, [112];
his famous benefit, [114], [312];
as Melantius, [114];
his death, [116], [314];
as Bosola, [119];
in "Mustapha," [120];
as Colonel Jolly, [121];
his modesty, [121];
in the "Provoked Wife," [121];
as Jupiter, [123];
his friendship with Dryden and Tillotson, [124];
and Pope, [126];
as Othello, [128], [129];
as Castalio, [128];
his portrait by Kneller and Pope, [128];
as Bassanio, [129];
as Horatio, [129];
patronised by royalty, [130];
licence granted to him by William III., [130];
adversely criticised by Aston, [131];
Cibber's praise of, [132], [133];
as Brutus, [133];
his salary, [133];
the Tatler on Betterton, [134];
as an author, [185];
helps Booth, [394].
Betterton, William, [25], [70].
Bicknell, Mrs., [404];
death of, [373].
Bird, Theophilus, [64];
accident to, [96].
Bishopsgate Street, theatre at an inn, [31].
Blackfriars' theatre, [16], [22];
its history, [30], [42].
Blagden, actor, [64], [65].
Boar's Head, the, without Aldgate, [15].
Boheme, Anthony, [356], [400];
marries Mrs. Seymour, [374];
as Herod, [375].
Book of Sports, the, [29].
Booth, Barton, [283], [315];
as Maximus, [129], [394];
recognised by Betterton as his successor, [129], [178];
leading actor at Drury Lane, [312];
in "Elfrid," [312];
as Pyrrhus, [321], [396];
as Cato, [329], [396], [397];
made a manager, [330], [401];
as Hastings, [331];
his marriage, [358];
as Cleombrotus, [359];
as Alonzo, [365];
as Young Bevil, [370], [402];
as Hotspur, [379], [415];
his illness, [381];
as Julio, [386], [417];
his last season, [386];
his last appearance, [386];
account of his life, [391-420];
as Pamphilus, [392];
his début as Oroonoko, [392];
and Betterton, [394];
as Captain Worthy, [395];
as the Ghost in "Hamlet," [395];
keeps house with Susan Mountfort, [396];
as Tamerlane, [408];
his sense of appreciation, [409];
Aaron Hill's criticism of him, [410], [411];
his great parts, [411], [412];
his feeling, [412];
as Laertes, [413];
as Henry VIII., [413];
finest when on his mettle, [414], [416];
his powers of application, [415];
his love of fame, [416];
his retirement, [417];
his death, [418];
his will, [418].
Boothby, Mrs., dramatist, [237].
Boutel, Mrs., [64], [82].
Bowen, William, [163];
converted by Collier's "Short View," [174];
killed by Quin, [174], [349];
his original characters, [350].
Bowman, [122], [142].
Bowman, Mrs., as Lady Fancyful, [121];
adopted by the Bettertons, [121].
Boyer, Abel, dramatist, [212].
Boyle, Charles, dramatist, [287].
"Boys" superseded by women, [67].
"Boys" in Rhodes's company, [67].
Bracegirdle, Mrs. Anne, [162], [166], [169];
as the Page in "The Orphan," [152];
as Millamant, [167];
as Statira, [167];
her high private character, [167], [168];
and Lord Burlington, [169];
attempted to be carried off by Hill, [171];
opposed by Mrs. Oldfield, [302].
Bradshaw, Mrs., [315];
her marriage, [332].
Brady, Nicholas, dramatist, [234].
Brett, Colonel, patentee, [306];
sells his share, [311].
Bristol, George, Earl of, [190].
Brown, Tom, on Mrs. Barry, [159].
Buckingham, Duke of, [187].
Bull, the, in Bishopsgate Street, [31].
Bullock, Christopher, his "Woman's a Riddle," [343];
his "Perjuror," [351];
as Bardach, [363];
his death, [369].
Bullock, Mrs., as Mrs. Mincemode, [380].
Bullock, William, [178], [180].
Burbage, James, [16].
Burbage, Richard, [22], [26].
Burnaby, Charles, dramatist, [278].
Burt, [48], [64];
in female characters, [70];
as Cicero, [70].
Busby, Dr., an amateur actor, [45].
Cademan, [143];
accident to, [143].
Cambridge, plays at, [11], [16], [24], [52].
Cantrell, Miss, as Polly Peachum, [421].
Carey, Henry, Viscount Falkland, [193].
Carlell, Sir Ludovick, [200].
Carlisle, James, [163];
killed at Aghrun, [173];
an author, [186].
Carrol, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Centlivre), [123].
Cartwright, Rev. Wm., dramatist, [45].
Cartwright, actor, [64];
his bequest to Dulwich College, [97];
great as Falstaff, [97].
Caryll, Earl of, [190].
Castlemaine, Lady, [249], [250].
"Cato," by Addison, [329], [397].
Centlivre, Mrs., [124], [243], [369], [385];
her "Busy Body," [311];
her "Wonder," [330], [331];
her "Bold Stroke for a Wife," [351].
Champmeslé, La, the French actress, [161].
Charke, Charlotte, daughter of Colley Cibber, [424].
Charles I. and the stage, [29].
Charles II. and Dryden, [228];
at the theatre (see [chap. xii].).
Charleton, actor, [64].
Children of the Chapel Royal performing before royalty, [10].
Children of the Revels, [23].
Church employs the stage in early times, [7].
Cibber, Colley, quoted: on Kynaston, [72];
on Nokes, [75];
on Betterton, [132], [133];
on Underhill, [139];
on Anthony Leigh, [144];
on Mrs. Barry, [153], [154];
on Mrs. Mountfort, [163];
on the wearing of vizard-masks, [265];
on theatrical dissensions, [307];
on the success of the United Companies, [317];
on the critics, [319];
on Estcourt, [325].
Cibber, Colley, [302], [319];
as the Chaplain in "The Orphan," praised by Goodman, [103];
and Betterton, [130];
as Sir Gentle's Servant, [163];
as Sigismond, [163];
and his wig, [266];
his comedies, [280];
his "Careless Husband" an attempt at greater decency, [292];
Wilks and Dogget, [318];
his famous play "The Nonjuror," [345], [346-349];
his "Refusal," [366];
as Achoreus, [378];
his share of "The Provoked Husband," [386];
in the law courts, [387];
his "Love in a Riddle," [421];
hissed as Scipio, [423].
Cibber, Mrs., the elder, [178], [180].
Cibber, Theophilus, his first appearance, [366];
as Pistol, [366], [420];
his first wife, [379].
Clerical actors, [10];
auditors, [268].
Clive, Kitty, [420].
Clun, [64];
superior to Mohun as Iago, [70];
as Subtle, [70];
his tragic death, [70].
Cockburn, Mrs., dramatist, [241].
Cockpit, the, in Drury Lane, [57], [59].
Coleman, Mrs. Edward, early actress, [67].
Collier, Jeremy, his "Short View" converts Bowen, [174];
attacks the indecency of the stage, [225].
Collier, W., M.P., patentee of Drury Lane, [312], [315], [316].
Company of Players, Richard III. first English prince to employ them, [9].
Condell, [26].
Congreve, [223], [225], [226], [233], [273];
and Mrs. Bracegirdle, [168];
and Voltaire, [214];
his sarcasm on Cibber, [294];
his death, [421].
Cooke, G. F., [401].
Corey, John, [277].
Corey, Mrs., [64], [82];
mimics Lady Harvey, [259].
Corye, John, dramatist, [207].
Covent Garden Theatre, different buildings, [62].
Cowley, Abraham, dramatist, [216].
Cowley Street, Westminster, [420].
Cox, Richard, [52].
Crauford, David, dramatist, [212].
Cromwell, Lady Mary, [250].
Cromwell's buffooneries, [55].
Cross Keys, Gracechurch Street, [31].
Crowne, John, dramatist, [219], [222];
his death, [233].
Curtain Road, [33].
---- Theatre, the, [33].
Davenant, [57], [221], [232];
his company, [61], [65];
his improvements of Shakspeare's plays, [2], [19].
Davenport, Mrs., [65];
as Roxalana, [68], [91];
entrapped by a mock marriage by the Earl of Oxford, [92].
Davies, Mrs., [65], [92];
Charles II.'s mistress, [93].
Davys, Mrs., authoress, [341].
Decrees regarding players, [14], [21], [46], [47].
Dennis, [216], [234], [277], [291], [361];
his "Appius and Virginius," [311];
the inventor of stage thunder, [311];
his "Invader of his Country," [358].
Dering, Charles, duel with Vaughan on the stage, [261].
Digges, [401].
Dixon, actor, [65].
Dogget, [163], [176];
as Shylock, [176];
his original parts, [176];
a manager of Drury Lane, [176];
his Coat and Badge, [177];
as an author, [186];
the first "star," [272];
as Moneytrap, [300];
his care in dressing his parts, [300];
Cibber and Wilks, [318];
gives up management, [330], [401].
Dorset Garden, Duke's Theatre in, [61].
Drake, Dr., [210].
Dramatists, list of, [183], [184], [213], [214].
Drury Lane Theatre, [60];
the various theatres, [62];
burnt, [140];
united with the Haymarket, [305];
its waning prospects, [381].
Dryden, John, [221], [224], [227-229], [232];
his "Amboyna," [28];
his friendship with Betterton, [124];
his assault upon Shakspeare, [219].
Duelling in the theatre, [261].
Duffett, Thomas, dramatist, [209].
Duke, actor, [64].
Duke's Theatre, [61].
Dunstable, early theatre at, [7].
Durfey, Thomas, [234], [330];
in his decline, [284];
his "Prophets," [311].
Eastland, Mrs., [64].
Eccleston, actor,

[26].
Egleton, "Baron," [373].
Elizabeth, a sharp censor, [16];
stage used to attack, [17], [18].
Elrington, Tom, in "Oroonoko," [341], [407], [408];
a substitute for Booth, [407];
as Bajazet, [407];
plays against Booth, [408];
principal tragedian at Drury Lane, [409].
Encore introduced at the Haymarket, [315].
Estcourt, Richard, his youthful adventures, [284];
as Dominic, [295];
"the true Serjeant Kite," [302], [325];
his career, [324-326];
becomes a wine merchant, [326];
his death, [326].
Etherege, Sir John, [202-207].
Eugene, Prince, and Mrs. Centlivre, [320].
Evans, Miss, a dancer, [272].
Evelyn at the theatre, [251], [257];
on licentious plays, [255].
Falkland, Viscount, [193].
Fane, Sir Francis, [201].
Farquhar, Captain George, [234], [281];
his "Recruiting Officer," [297];
his death, [304].
Farren, William, mentioned, [97].
Fenton, Elijah, his treatment by Cibber, [374];
success of his "Mariamne," [374].
Fenton, Lavinia, her first appearance, [384];
as Polly Peachum, [388];
and the Duke of Bolton, [389].
Field, Nathaniel, the actor, [26].
Fielding, Henry, [425];
his "Tom Thumb," [353], [426].
Filmer, Dr., [210].
Flecnoe, [229].
Floid, actor, [65], [70].
Folkes, Martin, marries Mrs. Bradshaw, [332].
Footmen admitted free to gallery, [267].
Fortune Theatre, Playhouse Yard, [31].
Foster, actor, [40].
French actors and actresses in Blackfriars, [65];
pelted off the stage, [66].
French Company, a, at Lincoln's Inn, [357].
Frowde, Philip, dramatist, [383].
Fryer, Peg, an actress eighty-five years old, [364].
"Gammer Gurton's Needle," [16].
Garrick, David, [125], [133], [169].
Gay, John, [342];
his first piece, [329];
his "What D'ye Call It?" 334;
his "Captives," [376];
the "Beggar's Opera," [386], [388];
his "Polly" forbidden, [422].
Geoffrey, an early manager, [7].
Gibbs, Mrs., [65].
Giffard as Prince of Wales in "Henry IV.", [415].
Gildon, Charles, [220], [285].
Gillow, actor, [163].
Globe Alley, [32].
Globe Theatre, [32], [33].
Gloucester, Richard, Duke of, [9].
Goffe, an actor, [54].
Goodman, Cardell ("Scum"), [64];
as Julius Cæsar, [101];
as Alexander, [101];
his rascalities, [102], [103];
his prophecy regarding Cibber, [103].
Goodman's Fields Theatre, [425].
Gosson, Stephen, [19], [37].
Gough, actor, [26].
Gould, Robert, dramatist, [209].
Gracechurch Street Theatre in an inn, [31].
Griffin, Benjamin, his young days, [338];
an author, [364].
Griffin, Captain, [64], [142], [275].
Grindal, Archbishop, [20].
Guilman, actor, [40].
Gwyn, Madam, [87].
Gwyn, Nell, [64], [79], [82], [251];
her birth, [83];
her first appearance as Crydaria, [84];
her lovers, [85];
as Almahide, [87];
her sons, [87];
her extravagance, [88];
her death, [89].
Haines, Joseph, [64], [104];
at Drury Lane, [105];
as Sparkish, [105];
his practical jokes, [105], [107];
as Captain Bluff, [107];
as Roger in "Æsop," [107];
as Tom Errand, [107];
his misconduct on the stage, [107];
his death, [108].
Hancock, actor, [64].
Harris (the great actor of that name), [64], [65], [137];
as Romeo, [113];
a rival to Betterton, [120];
as Henry V., [136];
as Wolsey, [136];
his portrait by Hailes, [136].
Harris, Joseph (actor and author), [186].
Hart, Charles, [47], [64], [86], [87];
as the Duchess in Shirley's "Cardinal," [68];
as Othello, [68];
as Alexander, [69];
as Brutus, [69];
as Cataline, [69];
as Amintor, [69];
as Manly, [69];
his retirement, [69];
his bearing on the stage, [69];
his death, [69];
Haines's practical joke on Hart, [106].
Harvey, Lady, and Mrs. Corey, [259].
Hatton, Lord, [54].
Hawker, dramatist, [421].
Hawkins, licensed to train children of the revels, [23].
Haymarket, Vanbrugh's theatre in the, [297].
Haymarket Theatre opened, [378].
Haywood, Mrs., dramatist, [367], [421];
as an actress, [373].
Hemings, [26].
Henslowe, money-lender and manager, [31].
Herbert, Sir Henry, Master of the Revels, [119].
Higden, Henry, a jovial dramatist, [209].
Higgins, a posture-master, [314].
Higgons, Bevil, dramatist, [277].
Hill, Aaron, [340], [368], [376];
account of, [312-14].
Hill, Captain Richard, murders Mountfort, [170].
Hippisley, [388].
"Histrio-Mastix," [42].
Hodgson, actor, [163].
Holden, Mrs., [65];
her unfortunate blunder, [95].
Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, "The Theatre" in, [33].
Hope, the, a playhouse, [32].
Hopkins, Charles, dramatist, [211].
Horden, Hildebrand, [178];
killed in a brawl, [179].
Horton, Mrs., [336];
as Isabella, [365].
Howard, Edward, dramatist, [196], [197].
Howard, James, dramatist, [197], [199].
Howard, Sir Robert, dramatist, [198].
Hughes, actor, [64].
Hughes, John, dramatist, [361];
his "Siege of Damascus," [361], [362].
Hughes, Mrs. Margaret, [64];
suggested to have been the first actress, [67];
wooed by Prince Rupert, [78].
Inns, theatres at, [15], [31].
Jacob, Sir Hildebrand, dramatist, [372].
James I. a patron of the stage, [23], [25].
James, Mrs., [64].
Jennings, Mrs., [65].
Jevon, Thomas, as Jobson, [143];
as Lycurgus, [143];
his silly buffoonery, [143];
his one play, [185].
Johnson, Benjamin, [178];
a great actor, [180].
Johnson, Charles, dramatist, [328], [352].
Keen, Theophilus, his death, [352].
Kemble, Charles, allusion to, [277].
Kemble, J. P., [401].
Kendall, licensed to train children of the revels, [23].
Killigrew, Thomas, [61];
his patent, [62];
his death, [62];
his company, [64];
the first to employ actresses for all female characters, [67].
Killigrew, Sir William, author, [195].
Kirkham, licensed to train children of the revels, [23].
Knight, Joseph, his edition of the Roscius Anglicanus, [63] n, [66] n.
Knipp, Mrs., [64], [80].
Kynaston, [57], [64], [65];
as Olympia, [71];
in "The Silent Woman," [71];
a ladies' favourite, [71];
thrashed by order of Sedley, [71];
as Leon, [72];
as Henry IV., [73];
his death, [74];
as Boabdelin, [87].
Lacy, John, [64];
instructor of Nell Gwyn, [84];
a great Falstaff, [97];
the original Teague, [97];
as Bayes, [97];
as Captain Otter, [98];
his quarrel with Hon. Edward Howard, [98];
his posthumous comedy, [99].
Lansdowne, Lord, [194];
his "Jew of Venice," [276].
Leanard, John, dramatist, [208].
Lee, Mrs., actress, [148].
Lee, Nat, [221], [232];
tries his fortune as an actor, [142];
his death, [233].
Leicester, Earl of, [23];
his players, [16].
Leigh, Anthony, [144];
as Dominique, [144].
Leveridge, Dick, [272];
as Pyramus, [343].
Lewis, David, dramatist, [384].
Licensed players, [9], [26], [41].
Lilliston, [65].
Lincoln's Inn Fields, theatres in, [61], [62], [337].
Little Rose Theatre, [32].
Long, Mrs., actress, [65].
Lovel, actor, [65].
Lowen, actor, [26], [49].
Lyddoll, [64].
MacSwiney, [273] note, [315], [316];
takes the Haymarket Theatre, [302], [306], [309].
Madden, Dr. Samuel, dramatist, [421].
Maidwell, L., dramatist, [209].
Mallory, Christopher, punished, [41].
Manley, Mrs., dramatist, [240].
Manning, Francis, dramatist, [285].
Marshall, Anne, [64], [81], [82];
said to have been the first actress, [67].
Marshall, Rebecca, [65], [81];
as Dorothea, [82];
as Queen of Sicily, [82];
and Sir Hugh Middleton, [262].
Marshall, Stephen, the Presbyterian, father of the actresses, [81].
Martyn, Benjamin, dramatist, [422].
Medbourne, Matthew, [65], [144];
his death, [145];
an author, [185].
Middleton, the dramatist, imprisoned, [26], [27].
Middleton, Sir Hugh, and Rebecca Marshall, [262].
Miller, Rev. James, dramatist, [422].
Mills, John, [178];
his character as an actor, [180];
his original characters, [180];
as Zanga, [365].
Milward, William, his first appearance, [378].
Miracle-plays, [7].
Mitchell, Joseph, dramatist, [368].
Mohun, Major, [48], [64], [69], [99];
as Iago, [70];
his portrait, [100];
as Maximin, [100];
as Clytus, [100];
his versatility, [100];
his modesty, [100].
Mohun, Lord, concerned in Mountfort's murder, [170].
Moore, Master, [40].
Moore, Sir Thomas, his "Mangora," [351].
Moralities, [7], [9].
Moseley, [65], [70].
Mossop, [400].
Motteux, Peter Anthony, [210];
his disgraceful death, [210].
Mottley, John, dramatist, [364-67], [425].
Mountfort, Mrs. (see also [Mrs. Verbruggen]), [162], [275];
described by Colley Cibber, [163];
in "The Western Lass," [164];
as Bayes, [165];
as Melantha, [165];
her original characters, [166];
her death, [166], [286].
Mountfort, Susan, [356], [357];
lives with Booth, [396];
as Ophelia, [396];
her insanity, [396];
success in the lottery, [402].
Mountfort, William, [163], [169];
his powers of mimicry, [170];
his murder, [170-72];
an author, [185].
Mysteries and Miracle Plays, [7], [8].
Newcastle, Duke of, [187], [188].
Nokes, James, [65], [74], [144];
as Nurse in "Caius Marius" and "Fatal Jealousy," [75];
as Sir Arthur Addel, [77];
before Charles II., [77].
Nokes, Robert, [65].
"Nonjuror," Cibber's, [345], [346-349].
Norris, [65], [163];
as Dicky in "Constant Couple," [175];
his original characters, [176];
his death, [176].
Odell, Thomas, dramatist, [367].
Odingsell, Gabriel, an unfortunate dramatist, [379], [380].
Oldfield, Mrs. Anne, [166], [178], [286], [320], [366], [379];
as Lady Betty Modish, [293];
as Biddy Tipkin, [295];
and Mrs. Bracegirdle, [302];
as Marcia, [329];
as Jane Shore, [331];
as Violante, [332];
as Lady Jane Grey, [334];
as Maria in the "Nonjuror," [347];
as Celonis, [359];
as Indiana, [370];
as Cydene, [376];
as Sophonisba, [423];
her last part, [424].
Oldmixon, John, dramatist, [212], [287];
operas, [63].
Opera, introduction of, after the Italian manner, [295].
Orrery, Lord, [191], [192], [283].
Otway, [232];
tries his fortune on the stage, [142];
his assault on Shakspeare, [219];
his death, [233].
Owenson, a comic Tamerlane, [282].
Oxford, Earl of, [92].
Oxford, plays at, [45].
Pack, [178], [343];
his original characters, [181];
as Thisbe, [343];
his retirement, [369].
Pantomimes, [319], [377].
Paris Garden, [32].
Patents—(1574), [21];
Killigrew's, [61];
Davenant's, [61];
value of, [306].
Payne licensed to train children of the revels, [23].
Payne, Nevil, [208].
Peer, William, [163];
as the Apothecary and as the speaker of the prologue in "Hamlet," [175];
his death, [175], [330].
Pepys, Samuel, [71], [78], [79], [80], [82], [86], [111], [112], [119], [120], [137], [246], [247], [248], [249], [252], [254], [264];
his low opinion of Shakspeare, [221].
Percival, Mrs., see [Mrs. Verbruggen].
Philips, Ambrose, [368];
success of his "Distressed Mother," [321];
his "Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester," [371].
Philips, Mrs., dramatist, [238].
"Phœnix," the, [60].
Pinkethman,

[163];
an incorrigible "gagger," [177];
as Harlequin, [178];
his good fortune, [178];
his death, [377].
Piran Round, [34].
Pix, Mrs., dramatist, [186], [242].
Playhouse Yard, [31].
Playhouses and Bear Garden presented as a nuisance, [181].
Pollard, [49].
Pope, Alexander, actor, [401].
Pope Alexander, on Betterton, [119];
and Ambrose Philips, [323];
part author of "Three Hours after Marriage," [342].
Pordage, Samuel, dramatist, [208].
Porter, Tom, [201].
Porter, Mrs., [316];
as Hermione, [321];
as Lucia in "Cato," [329];
as Alicia, [331];
as Isabella, [342];
as Lady Woodvil, [347];
as Volumnia, [359];
as Leonora, [365].
Powell, George, [305], [315];
imprisoned for deserting Betterton's company, [131];
his dresser's contretemps, [131];
as Falstaff, [141];
his original parts, [141];
as Worthy, [142];
Oroonoko taken from him, [172];
as Orestes, [172];
an author, [186];
striking a gentleman, [307];
his death, [336];
injured by Sandford on the stage, [349].
Price, actor, [65].
Price, Mrs., her curious marriage, [104].
Prices of admission, [140], [306].
"Provoked Husband," by Vanbrugh and Cibber, [386].
Prynne's "Histrio-Mastix," [42].
Queen's Theatre, the, [297].
Quin, James, [341], [357], [400];
kills Bowen, [174], [175] note, [349];
his first appearance, [334];
as Hotspur, Tamerlane, Morat, Mark Antony, and Scipio, [350];
as Sir Walter Raleigh, [357];
as Henry IV. of France, [363];
his progress, [366];
as Macheath, [424].
Raftor, Miss (afterwards Mrs. Clive), her first appearance as Dorinda, [420].
"Ralph Roister Doister," [10].
Ralph, James, [425].
Ravenscroft, Edward, dramatist, [219], [222].
Rawlins, Tom, dramatist, [208].
Reakstraw, actor, killed on the stage, [374].
Red Bull, Clerkenwell, [31].
Reeves, actor, [64].
Reeves, Mrs., actress, [64].
"Rehearsal, The," [188].
Revet, Ned, dramatist, [207].
Rhodes, the prompter, [53], [117];
receives a licence from Monk, [57].
Rhodes, Richard, the author, [207].
Rich, Christopher, [62], [273] note;
driven from Drury Lane by Collier, [312];
his patent restored, [337].
Rich, John, [338];
opens Lincoln's Inn Fields, [337];
as Harlequin, [345];
founds the Christmas pantomime, [377].
Richard III. first royal patron of stage in England, [9].
Richards, actor, [65].
Riots, [260].
Robinson, Will, actor, [26];
killed in action, [48];
an accomplished "actress," [68].
Rochester, Wilmot, Earl of, [190].
Rogers, Mrs., as Amanda, [142];
her death, [356];
her characters, [357].
"Rogues and Vagabonds," [21].
Rose Alley, [32].
Rose Theatre, [32], [33].
Rowe, Nicholas, [305];
his "Tamerlane," [281];
his "Fair Penitent," [286], [288];
his "Jane Shore," [330], [331];
his "Lady Jane Grey," [335];
his Prologue to the "Nonjuror," [347].
Rupert, Prince, and Mrs. Hughes, [78].
Russell Court Chapel, proceeds of "Hamlet" given to, [299].
Rutter, Mrs., [64].
Ryan as Marcus in "Cato," [329];
chosen by Addison for the part, [397].
Rymer, Thomas, [215];
on Shakspeare, [215].
St. John Street, Clerkenwell, [31].
St. Katherine, early drama, [7].
Salisbury Court Theatre, [61].
Sandford, [65], [145];
as Banquo's Ghost to Smith's Banquo, [145];
famous for his villains, [145], [146];
nearly kills Powell on the stage, [349].
Sandford, dramatist, [378].
Santlow, Hester (Mrs. Booth), [298];
as the Eunuch in "Valentinian," [314];
as Dorcas Zeal, [314], [404];
her marriage, [358], [403];
Booth's ode to her, [403].
Saunders, dramatist, [209].
Saunders, Mrs., her retirement, [366].
Saunderson, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Betterton), [65];
as Ianthe, [68];
as Ophelia, [109], [112].
Savage, Richard, his first play, [345];
his attempt at acting, [372].
Scott, Thomas, dramatist, [210].
Scudamore, [138], [178];
a Jacobite agent, [138];
marries a fortune, [138].
Sedley, Sir Charles, [202-7], [251], [252];
mimicked by Kynaston, [71].
Settle, Elkanah, [233], [316].
Sewell, Dr., dramatist, [357].
Seymour, Mrs., marries Boheme, [374];
as Mariamne, [375].
Shadwell, Thomas, [219], [222], [229], [233].
Shakspeare, Charles, [63].
Shakspeare, W., acting in his own comedy of "As you Like it," [64];
"improvements" on him, [219], [289];
the Chandos portrait, [155].
Shakspeare's plays more frequently acted in 1703-4, [289].
Shaucks, actor, [26].
Shatterel, [48].
Shatterel, Robert, [64].
Shatterel, William, [64].
Sheridan, R. B., borrowing from Wycherley, [223];
on the old comedies, [226].
Sheridan, Thomas, [400].
Shipman, [208].
Shirley, actor, [64].
Shirley, James, dramatist, [222].
Skipwith, Sir Thomas, patentee, [306].
Slingsby, Lady Mary, [148];
her death, [148].
Smith, William, actor, [65];
as Banquo, [145];
as Sir Fopling Flutter and Pierre, Chamont and Scandal, [147];
as Cyaxares, [147];
his death, [147];
the reason of his retirement, [147].
Smith, Edmund ("Captain Rag"), [303].
Smythe, James Moore, dramatist, [381], [382], [383].
South, on the wickedness of theatres, [271].
Southerne, Thomas, dramatist, [234];
his "Spartan Dame," [359];
his last play, [380].
Spiller, James, his wonderful acting of an old man, [344];
as Mat o' the Mint, [388];
his sudden death, [425].
Stage, condition of, at end of seventeenth century, [181], [273];
at beginning of eighteenth century, [274].
Stage denounced by the clergy, [13], [19], [20], [26], [37], [38].
"Stage Plays: A Short Treatise against," [38].
Stapylton, Sir Robert, dramatist, [196].
Starring, first instance of, [272].
Steele, Sir Richard, [278];
his comedy of "The Funeral," [278];
his Christian Hero, [279];
his "Lying Lover," [289];
his "Tender Husband," [294];
made a partner in the Drury Lane patent, [333], [334];
on Addison's "Drummer," [340];
his name struck out of the patent, [360], [361];
his "Conscious Lovers," [370];
his creditors' actions against his partners, [387];
his death, [421].
Still, Bishop, [17].
Stone, Miss, actress, [369].
Strolling players, [6], [9], [14], [21], [24], [123].
Sturmy, John, dramatist, [369].
Suppression of the theatres, [49-52].
Sutton, preacher at St. Mary Overy's, [26].
Swan Theatre, [33].
Swanston, a Presbyterian player, [48].
Symcott, Margaret, said to be Nell Gwyn's real name, [91].
Tate, Nahum, [220], [234];
his assault on "Coriolanus," [358].
Taverner, [311], [344], [351].
Taylor, Joseph, actor, [48], [57].
Tennis Court Theatre, [61].
"Theatre, The," [33].
Theatres, one of the earliest, [7].
Theatres, two only licensed in London, [61].
Theobald, Lewis, [311], [341];
his "Richard II.," [363].
Thomson, James, his first dramatic attempt, "Sophonisba," [423].
Thurmond, actor, [178], [181].
Tillotson, Archbishop, his friendship with Betterton, [124].
Tofts, Mrs., singer, [296].
Tooley, actor, [26].
Tothill Street, Westminster, [116].
Townsend, actor, [40].
Trotter, Miss (see [Mrs. Cockburn]).
Tuke, Sir Samuel, [195].
Turbulent audiences, [259].
Udal, Nicholas, [10].
Underhill, Cave, [138];
as the Gravedigger, [139], [140];
as Don Quixote and Lolpoop, [139];
as Sir Sampson Legend, [139].
Underwood, actor, [26].
Union of the two companies in 1682, [62], [162].
Union ordered by Lord Chamberlain, 1708, [305].
Unlicensed plays and houses, [24].
Uphill, Mrs., [64].
Vanbrugh, Sir John, [230], [386];
his theatre in the Haymarket, [297];
as manager, [297];
his indecency, [299];
his "Confederacy," [300];
lets his theatre to MacSwiney, [302], [309].
Vandenhoff, [401].
Verbruggen, [163], [172], [178];
as Oroonoko, [172], [173];
as Bajazet, [173];
as Altamont, [173];
as Sullen, [173].
Verbruggen, Mrs., [162], [275];
described by Colley Cibber, [163];
in "The Western Lass," [164];
as Bayes, [165];
as Melantha, [165];
her original characters, [166];
her death, [166], [286].
Verjuice, Mrs., [64].
Vizard masks, [265].
Voltaire, "The Relapse" attributed to, [231].
Walker, Thomas, actor, [369], [401], [425];
as Macheath, [388].
Walker, William, dramatist, [212].
Walpole, Sir Robert, and the "Beggar's Opera," [389].
Warren (a dresser), his amusing accident on the stage, [131].
Warwick Inn, Holborn, [15].
Weaver, [64].
Webster, Benjamin, mentioned, [145].
Welsted, Leonard, dramatist, [381].
West, Richard, his "Hecuba" condemned unheard, [380].
Whitaker, William, dramatist, [209].
Whitefriars' Theatre, [30].
Wilks, Robert, [178], [275];
as Sir Charles Easy, [294];
as Plume, [298];
as Archer, [304];
Wilks, Cibber, and Dogget, [318];
as Juba, [329];
as Dumont, [331];
as Don Felix, [332];
as Carlos, [365];
as Sir Harry Wildair, [378];
as Antony, [379].
Williams, Bishop, [25], [29].
Williams, as Scipio, [423].
Wilson, John, dramatist, [209].
Wintersel, [64], [101];
as Slender, [101].
Wiseman, Mrs. Jane, authoress, [282].
Wither, George, his "Hallelujah," [254].
Wright, [401].
Wycherley, William, [222];
borrowed from, by Sheridan, [223];
his death, [234].
York, Duke of, his company, [61].
Yorke, Sir John, [24], [41].
Young, an early actor, [65].
Young, C. M., [401].
Young, Dr. Edward, [354], [385];
his "Busiris," [353];
his "Revenge," [365].
Younger, Mrs., [298], [404];
in the "Dissembled Wanton," [382].

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, misspelling by the author, and inconsistent or archaic usage, has been retained. For example, a while, awhile; playhouse, play-house; coffee house, coffee-house; inuendo; intrusted.

See the [Note] at the front of the book: This etext is derived from #216 of the 300 copies printed. The duplicates of the portraits have been removed.

[p. 19] 'twenty three' replaced by 'twenty-three'.
[p. 44] 'dénoûment' replaced by 'dénouement'.
[p. 155] 'dis tu' replaced by 'dis-tu'.
[p. 200] 'mâitre' replaced by 'maître'.
[p. 304] 'Farqhuar' replaced by 'Farquhar'.
[p. 327] 'had attend' replaced by 'had attended'.
[p. 345] 'incontestible' replaced by 'incontestable'.
[p. 369] 'couple' replaced by 'couples'.
[p. 392] 'debut' replaced by 'début'.
INDEX:
[Kirkham]: 'Revels' replaced by 'the revels'.
[Payne]: 'revels' replaced by 'the revels'.