"Their Majesties' Servants"

Dr. DORAN, F.S.A.

VOLUME THE SECOND

Ballantyne Press
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

"THEIR MAJESTIES' SERVANTS"

ANNALS

OF

THE ENGLISH STAGE

FROM

THOMAS BETTERTON TO EDMUND KEAN

BY

Dr. DORAN, F.S.A.

EDITED AND REVISED BY ROBERT W. LOWE

With Fifty Copperplate Portraits and Eighty Wood Engravings

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOLUME THE SECOND

LONDON

JOHN C. NIMMO

14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND

MDCCCLXXXVIII

[CONTENTS.]

CHAPTER I.PAGE
MRS. OLDFIELD[1]
CHAPTER II.
FROM THE DEATH OF ANNE OLDFIELD TO THAT OF WILKS[21]
CHAPTER III.
ROBERT WILKS[32]
CHAPTER IV.
ENTER GARRICK[49]
CHAPTER V.
GARRICK, QUIN, MRS. PORTER[71]
CHAPTER VI.
RIVALRY; AND ENTER, SPRANGER BARRY[86]
CHAPTER VII.
THE OLD DUBLIN THEATRE[99]
CHAPTER VIII.
GARRICK AND QUIN; GARRICK AND BARRY[108]
CHAPTER IX.
THE AUDIENCES OF 1700-1750[127]
CHAPTER X.
EXIT, JAMES QUIN[160]
CHAPTER XI.
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND[181]
CHAPTER XII.
MARGARET WOFFINGTON[198]
CHAPTER XIII.
COLLEY CIBBER[213]
CHAPTER XIV.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND[240]
CHAPTER XV.
RYAN, RICH, O'BRIEN[253]
CHAPTER XVI.
SUSANNA MARIA CIBBER[268]
CHAPTER XVII.
REAPPEARANCE OF SPRANGER BARRY—RETIREMENT OF MRS. PRITCHARD[277]
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE LAST YEARS OF GARRICK AND BARRY[290]
CHAPTER XIX.
DAVID GARRICK[304]
CHAPTER XX.
SPRANGER AND ANNE BARRY[336]
CHAPTER XXI.
KITTY CLIVE, WOODWARD, AND SHUTER[354]
CHAPTER XXII.
SAMUEL FOOTE[371]