Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 2 (of 2)

by William Rounseville Alger; Jr. Horatio Alger

INDEX.

• Acrostic on Forrest, [845].
• Actions, the ninth dramatic language, [467].
• Actor, fame of, not perishable, [338].
• Actors, generosity of, [526].
  • lives of, [20].
• Adams, Samuel, [24].
• Æsthetic gymnastic, [659].
• Albany, speech of Forrest there in 1864, [559].
• Alger, William R., [846].
• Allen, Caridora, [324].
• Alleyn, Edward, [847].
• America, characteristic faults of, [49].
  • composite of races in, [47]-52.
  • future of drama in, [547].
  • idea and genius and destiny of, [40]-44.
  • lessons for, from the East, [48].
• American Drama, [421].
• American School of Acting, [17].
• Americanism, intense, of Forrest, [39], [40].
• Angelo, Michael, [480].
• Animal magnetism, [468], [469].
• Animals, societies for preventing cruelty to, [86].
• Aristocratic code of manners, [669].
• Artistic School of Acting, [646], [658]-662.
• Asp, hisses the Cleopatra of Marmontel, [479].
• Asses, Feast of, in the Church, [685].
• Astor Place Opera-House Riot, [430]-432.
• Atheists, [576].
• Athletic development, its glory, [251].
• Attitudes, the second dramatic language, [464].
• Auld Lang Syne, [422].
• Ball, Thomas, sculptor, his Coriolanus statue, [631]-633.
• Bannister, John, Forrest’s admiration of, [30].
  • his retort on the jealous actors, [480].
  • his vast popularity, [585].
• Barnwell, George, moral power of the play, [703].
• Baron, the French actor, [643].
• Barrett, Mrs. George, [533].
• Barry, Thomas, [527].
• Bath, Russian, Forrest’s first one, [283].
• Battle of the Theatre and the Church, [682]-695.
• Beecher, Henry Ward, on theatre, [693].
• Bertinazzi, the pantomimist, [544].
• Betty, Master, the Infant Roscius, [595].
• Biddle, Nicholas, [325].
• Bird, Robert M., [169].
• Black, Colonel Samuel, [574].
• Blake, William R., his Jesse Rural, [545].
• Bob, Forrest’s mocking-bird, [824].
• Bogota, Broker of, [350].
• Bohemians, dramatic critics, [438], [549].
• Bonaparte, Jerome, Forrest’s interview with, [413].
• Booth, Edwin, abusive criticism of, [457].
  • the elder, [540].
  • Wilkes, affecting anecdote of, [546].
• Borgia, Rosalia de, Forrest appears as, [60].
• Bowie, Colonel James, [118]-120.
• Bozzaris, Marco, [192], [289].
• Brady, James T., [618].
• Breeding, animals and human species, laws of, [46].
• Broker of Bogota, [350].
• Brooke, Gustavus Vasa, plays Iago to Forrest’s Othello, [401].
• Brownie, Forrest’s horse, [823].
• Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, [563].
• Brutus, [220].
• Bryant, William Cullen, [338].
  • speech at Forrest Banquet, [417].
• Bryson, Mrs., Forrest boards with, [105].
• Burns, Robert, birthday festival in memory of, [403].
• Burton, W. G., his toast, [339].
• Cade, Jack, by R. T. Conrad, [360].
• Caldwell, James H., [71], [111], [116], [137].
• California, official honors to Forrest, [555].
  • visit of Forrest there, [570].
• Cass, Lewis, gives a banquet in honor of Forrest, [593].
• Catullus, his threnody, [624].
• Chamouni, Forrest reads Coleridge’s hymn there, [281].
• Chandler, Joseph R., [333].
  • verses on Forrest, [67].
• Channing, William Ellery, [563].
• Character, three types of, in every man, [460].
• Charm, fourteen-fold, of the theatre, [688].
• Children, Forrest’s love for, [581], [824]-826.
• Childs, George W., [836].
• Chinese Drama, [683].
• Choate, Rufus, death of, [573].
• Church and Theatre reconciled, [718].
• Circus, Forrest engages as a rider in, [112].
• Claqueurs, hired, [594].
• Classic School of Acting, [640].
• Clay, Henry, anecdote of, [593].
• Clown, secret of the vulgar delight in, [698].
• Club, the Edwin Forrest, [845].
• Coleridge, [24].
• Columbine and Harlequin, [697].
• Columbus, [698].
• Comer, Thomas, subjected to priestly bigotry, [694].
• Comparisons, personal, uses of, [673].
• Conrad, Robert T., [169], [332], [615], [616].
• Consuelo letter, the, [486].
• Contradictory accounts of Forrest’s Claude Melnotte, [458].
• Conway, the ill-fated actor, [136].
• Cooke, George Frederick, [456].
• Cooper, J. Fenimore, tribute to, [601].
• Cooper, Thomas A., interview of Forrest with, [68], [533].
• Coriolanus, as played by Forrest, [762]-769.
  • Leggett on, [324].
• Criticism, dramatic, in newspapers, [458].
  • need of, for the critics, [439].
• Critics, Forrest grateful to three classes of, [434]-436.
• Cushman, Charlotte, her Nancy Sykes, [457].
• Damon, [211].
• Davenport, E. L., [540].
  • his tribute to Forrest, [541].
• Dawson, Moses, [104].
• Death always essentially the same, [831].
  • and immortality, Forrest on, [814].
  • of actors, [831].
  • of Forrest, [832].
• Definition of the Drama, [22], [459].
• Delsarte, François, [657]-662.
• Democracy, ideal of, in Forrest, [53].
• Democratic code of manners, [669].
• Democratic Review on Forrest’s second reception in England, [399].
• Dewey, Rev. Orville, his eloquence, [339].
• Dougherty, Daniel, [16], [577], [834], [836].
• Drake, the theatrical manager, [536].
• Drama, definition of, [22], [459].
• Dramatic Art, definition of, [87].
  • illustrated in fables, [84].
  • in animals, [78]-80.
  • in children, [83], [84].
  • in savages, [80]-82.
• Dramatic Art, in society and in the theatre, [90].
  • varieties and levels of the, [95].
• Dramatic literature, American, patronized by Forrest, [167]-170.
• Duane, William, first criticism on Forrest, [66].
• Dunlap, William, letter of, [336].
• Durang, Charles, [149].
• Durivage, F. A., letter by, [620].
  • poem by, [833].
• Elssler, Fanny, [563].
• Emperor, the American, [634].
• England, Forrest’s first appearance in, [298].
  • American actors in, [296].
• Envy, [173].
  • vanity, and jealousy among actors, [387].
• Eshcol, grapes of, [62], [278].
• Evans, Platt, and the Distressed Tailor, [109].
• Expression, laws of, [463].
• Facial expression, the fifth dramatic language, [465].
• Fame defined, [583].
  • not to be despised, [582].
• Farragut, Admiral, funeral of, [823].
• Feast of Asses, [685].
  • of Fools, [685].
• Febro, Richelieu, and Lear, as represented by Forrest, [354].
• Fennell, James, [532].
• Five classes of censorious critics, [436]-439.
• Focal points in society where human nature is revealed, [674]-680.
• Fonthill Castle, [484], [485].
• Fools of Shakspeare, [540].
• Forgiveness of enemies, beauty and wisdom of, [605].
• Forms, the first dramatic language, [464].
• Formula of central law of dramatic expression, [793].
• Forney, John W., [577], [593], [836].
• Forrest, Mrs. Catherine N., [483].
  • letters by her, [382], [493], [506].
• Forrest, Edwin, the author’s first interview with, [15].
  • misrepresentations of him, [26], [27].
  • his father, [33].
  • his mother, [35].
  • his brothers and sisters, [36]-39.
  • intended for Christian ministry, [56].
  • first appearance on the stage, [60], [61].
  • takes nitrous oxide in the Tivoli Garden, [63].
  • his spirit of revenge, [64], [65].
  • his early practice of gymnastics, [96].
  • sickness of, in New Orleans, [130].
  • chased by a shark, [139].
  • his gymnastics, [141].
  • forswears gambling, [147].
  • his débût in New York, [150].
  • pays his father’s debts, [167].
  • makes his mother and sisters independent, [167].
  • attacks on, and enmity to, [173]-179.
  • public dinner to, in New York, [181].
  • disliked to impersonate ignoble characters, [259].
  • visits the grave of Talma, [266].
  • public dinner to, in Philadelphia, [325].
  • nominated for Congress, [348].
  • his letter on the giving of benefits by actors, [378].
  • hisses Macready, [410].
  • anecdotes of, at Edinburgh, [412].
  • his limitations as an actor, [472].
  • flings off his wig on the stage, [478].
  • tribute to, by James E. Murdoch, [480].
  • his jealousy of his wife, [488]-490.
  • first appearance on the stage after divorce, [502].
  • his tremendous strength, [539].
  • portraits of, at different ages, [586], [587].
  • originality of, [664].
  • thrice thought of leaving the stage, [795].
  • his letter on Lear, [797].
  • his last appearance in New York, [801]-810.
  • last appearance on the stage, [811].
  • defects in character of, [816].
  • his love of his mother, [822].
  • estimates of, after his death, [836]-840.
  • his lasting memory, [847], [848].
• Fourth-of-July celebration, oration by Forrest, [339].
  • in London, [413].
• French notice of Forrest in Parisian journal, [398].
• Friendship, its rarity, its nature, its meaning, [606]-609.
• Future of the Drama in America, [547].
• Gallagher, William D., [101], [105], [614].
• Gambling, its fearful power, [147].
• Garrick, [455].
  • and Lekain in Paris, [546].
  • his couplet on Nature and Art, [667].
  • tomb of, [189].
• Garrick Club, banquet to Forrest by, [316].
• Gaylord, Tom, [841].
• Gazonac, the gambler and duellist, [122]-124.
• Genealogy, its interest and importance, [32].
• Genius of the Drama in Shakspeare, [524].
• Genoa, Forrest boards an American man-of-war at, [277].
• Georges, Mademoiselle, [264].
• Gestures, the fourth dramatic language, [465].
• Gilfert, Charles, the manager, [147], [150], [154], [155].
• Gospel and Drama have the same end, [682].
• Government, the ideal of, [51].
• Graham, Captain, [126], [131].
• Graham, John, [618].
• Grant, General, [610].
• Great men, [23], [24].
• Greek Drama, [683].
• Greene, Charles Gordon, [614].
• Gymnastic, æsthetic system, [563]-566.
  • ecclesiastic contempt for, [561].
  • the Greek, [560].
  • training of Forrest, [564].
• Hackett, James H., [191].
  • the American Falstaff, [540].
• Halleck, Fitz-Greene, [192], [403].
• Hamlet, as played by Forrest, [751]-762.
• Harlequin and Columbine, [697].
• Harrison, Gabriel, [542].
  • acknowledgments to, [31].
  • speech by, [845], [846].
• Harrison, William Henry, his kindness to Forrest, [105].
• Heenan, John C., [563].
• Henry Clay, burning of the steamer, [554].
• Hereditary qualities in Forrest, [45].
• Heredity, law of, [44], [45].
• Hernizer, George, teaches Forrest to spar, [160], [161].
• Heywood, Thomas, lines to, [524].
• Hissing justified by Forrest, [411].
• Holland, George, [531].
  • subject of priestly bigotry, [694].
• Holley, President Horace, [101], [102], [842].
• Home, the Edwin Forrest, for Decayed Actors, [847].
• Hooper, Lucy H., poem by, [825].
• Hospital, secrets of human nature discovered in, [676].
• Humboldt, Forrest’s tribute to, [820].
• Humor, a happy attribute, [818].
• Humorous anecdotes of Forrest, [819].
• Hunter, James, a valuable critic of Forrest, [434].
• Iago, the canal-boatman on Forrest’s, [477].
• Idea, the American, Asiatic, and European, [54].
• Ideal of life, the ecclesiastic and the dramatic, [689].
• Ideals expressed in acting, [195], [196].
• Immigration to America, [40], [41].
• Indian summer, [575].
• Ingersoll, Charles, his speech at the Forrest banquet in Philadelphia, [336].
• Ingersoll, Joseph R., [327].
• Ingham, C. C., the artist, [182].
• Ingraham, D. P., [166].
• Irving, Washington, [338].
• Jackson, Andrew, Forrest’s visit to, [384].
• Jamieson, George W., [486], [610].
• Japanese Drama, [683].
• Jealousy, its different levels, [513]-522.
  • the, of Forrest, [488]-490.
• Jefferson, Joseph, his letter to Forrest, [544].
• Jefferson, Joseph, the elder, [456], [534]-536.
  • Forrest’s tribute to, [827].
• Jefferson, Thomas, tribute to, by Forrest, [343].
• Johnson, Dr. Samuel, on Garrick, [585].
• Jones, the theatrical manager, [537].
• Juliet, actress in, first awakened love in Forrest, [532].
• Kean, Edmund, [141]-146.
  • belittling and insulting critiques on, [456].
• Kellogg, Miss Gertrude, [537].
• Kemble, Charles, presents two swords to Forrest, [317].
• Kemble, John Philip, [456].
• Kennedy, John P., [338].
• King, Starr, tree in Mammoth Grove, [571].
• Kingship and priesthood of man, [53].
• Kneller, Sir Godfrey, on Addison, [678].
• Knowles, James Sheridan, [275].
  • his anecdote of Siddons, [545].
• Lablache, his facial picture of a thunder-storm, [657].
• Labor and Cost, [682].
• La Fayette, Forrest sees him, [133].
• Lafitte, the pirate, [125].
• Landor, Walter Savage, [577].
• Languages, the nine dramatic, [464].
• Laughter, abuse of, [702].
• Laws of dramatic expression, [793].
• Lawson, James, [152], [491], [506], [836].
  • a great friend of Forrest, [613], [645].
• Lawyer, a New York, taught love of nature by Forrest, [576].
• Lear, as played by Forrest, [781]-792.
  • Forrest’s letter on, [797].
• Leggett, William, [152], [192].
  • anecdotes of, [373].
  • desires to write a play on Jack Cade, [325].
  • his death in 1838, [372].
  • letter of Forrest to, [316].
  • letter of, to mother of Forrest, [297].
  • speech in Philadelphia, [337].
  • toast in memory of, [422].
• Leggett, William, tributes to, by Bryant and Whittier, [374].
• Lekain, the French actor, [643].
  • and Garrick in the Champs Elysées, [546].
• Lesson of Coriolanus, [791].
  • of Rip Van Winkle, [792].
• Lessons in the acting of Forrest, [792], [793].
• Library, the, of Forrest, [578].
• Lillie, Miss, [537].
• Limitations of Forrest as an actor, [472].
• Love, in human life and in dramatic art, [508]-510.
  • the six tragedies of, [510]-513.
• Macbeth, as played by Forrest, [737]-746.
• Mackaye, James Steele, [567].
• Mackenzie, Dr. R. Shelton, [448].
• Macklin, Charles, [455].
  • on Garrick, [844].
• Macready, William Charles, [389]-391.
• Magnetism, human, [26], [118].
  • personal, its power, its grades and law, [721]-726.
• Magoon, Rev. E. L., [556].
• Man, his inherent kingship and priesthood, [53].
  • his nine dramatic languages, [464].
• Manliness of Forrest as an actor, [664].
• Manners, index of souls, [667].
  • the art of, seen on the stage, [706].
  • the four codes of, [668].
• Marionette-play, or a puppet-show, [699].
• Marriage of Forrest and Miss Sinclair, [321].
• Mars, Mademoiselle, Forrest’s introduction to, [270].
• Marshall, Chief-Justice, Forrest sees him, [132].
• Mazurier, the famous Punchinello, [699].
• McArdle, Joseph, [819], [840].
• McCoun, Chancellor, his speech at the Forrest Banquet, 1855, [185]-187.
• McCullough, John, [527], [542], [840].
• McMichael, Morton, [331].
• Melnotte, Claude, by Lord Lytton, [356].
• Melodrama, defined, [696].
• Melodramatic acting, [543], [643].
  • justified, [250].
• Memory, the, of Forrest, [847], [848].
• Metamora, [237].
  • London Times on, [476].
• Miles, George H., [169].
• Millennial state, how to be secured, [682].
• Mills, John F., his report of Forrest’s talk at Cohasset, [579], [580].
• Milman, Henry Hart, [321].
• Mob, the Forrest-Macready, dispersed by military, [433].
• Mohammed, [697].
• Money, evils of the intense struggle for, [682].
  • Forrest’s alleged love of, [552], [553].
  • ingratitude of borrowers of, [530].
• Moralities and Mysteries, [686].
• Moray, John S., [802].
• Morrell, T. H., a friend of Forrest, [31].
• Mossop, [455].
• Mother, Forrest’s love for his, [423]-428, [822].
• Motions, tend to produce the emotions they express, [568].
• Movements, automatic, the third dramatic language, [464].
• Murdoch, James E., his tribute to Forrest, [480].
• Music, revelation of characters by, [695].
• Mysteries and Moralities, [686].
• Napoleon, Louis, [698].
• Natural School of Acting, [643].
• Nature and art in acting, [648], [663].
• Negro, Forrest the earliest impersonator of, on the stage, [108], [109].
• New Orleans, characteristics of, [113], [114].
• Newspapers, their good and evil, [432].
• Nine dramatic languages of man, the, [464].
• Noises, inarticulate, the sixth dramatic language, [466].
• Oakes, James, at the bier of Forrest, [833].
  • causes this biography to be written, [14]-16.
  • his description of Forrest in Virginius, [650].
  • his first meeting with Forrest, [164].
  • his friendship with Forrest, [624]-638.
  • his impression of Mrs. Wheatley, [533].
  • letters of Forrest to, [571], [573], [813], [814].
  • nurses Forrest, [812], [826], [830].
  • sketch of him, [619]-624.
• Oblivion speedily overtakes most men, [34].
• O’Conor, Charles, his attack on Forrest, [486].
• Originality has to buffet detraction, [475].
• Othello, as played by Forrest, [769]-781.
• Padishah, Forrest’s adventure with, [288].
• Page, William, his portrait of Forrest as Spartacus, [586].
• Paine, Thomas, letter of, to Washington, [574].
• Palace of king, secrets of human nature discovered in, [675].
• Paralysis, Forrest attacked by, [569].
• Parasites, [595].
• Passions, the great dramatic, [463].
• Paulding, James K., his advice to Forrest, [238].
• Penalties of fame, [594].
• Personal criticism, two evils of, [672].
• Physical training, [158], [159].
• Pike, Albert, [623], [624].
• Pilmore, Dr. Joseph, [56].
• Placide, Henry, [282].
• Placide, Miss Jane, [137], [291].
• Player, the perfect, his requirements, [472].
• Plebeian code of manners, [669].
• Politeness, principle of, [667].
• Popularity, formerly and now, [172].
• Porter, Charles S., the manager, [59], [147].
• Prentiss, Sargent S., [24].
• Press, its abuses in America, [433].
• Pride and vanity, [388].
• Priest and player, their hostility, [689]-695.
• Priesthood and kingship of man, [53].
• Prison, secrets of human nature discovered in, [676].
• Prizes and penalties of fame, [594].
• Profanity a safety-valve sometimes, [580].
• Professional habits, [523].
• Professions, the, [674]-682.
  • the academic, [681].
  • the artistic, [678].
  • the dramatic, [679].
  • the imperial, [675].
  • the legal, [676].
  • the medical, [676].
  • the military, [675].
  • the priestly, [667].
• Puppet-show, [699].
• Push-ma-ta-ha, the young Choctaw chief, [125], [128], [138].
• Quaker, cruelty of, to young Forrest, [65].
• Quarrel, the Macready and Forrest, [422], [428]-431.
• Quin, [455].
• Rachel, Forrest’s early prophecy of her greatness, [266].
  • her astonishing power, [707].
• Readings, dramatic, by Forrest, [829].
• Rees, James, [577], [813].
  • anecdote by, [478].
• Richard, as played by Forrest, [746]-751.
• Richelieu, as played by Forrest, [728]-737.
• Riddle, Mrs., [99], [106], [110], [537].
• Riot, Astor Place Opera-House, [430]-432.
• Robson, William, his “Old Play-Goer,” 456.
• Rolla, [199].
• Roman Drama, [684].
• Romantic School of Acting, [641].
• Royal code of manners, [668].
• Russian Bath, Forrest’s, at Hamburg, [283].
• Salvini, his La Civile Morte, [354].
  • his Othello compared with Forrest’s, [769].
  • inconsistent judgments on, [458].
• San Francisco, Forrest’s first appearance there, [570].
• Sarcasm, contradiction of tone and word, [470].
• Satire of priests by players, [692], [693].
• Saul, representation of, by Salvini, [712]-718.
• Sayers, Thomas, the pugilist, his funeral, [583].
• Schools of Acting, [630]-670.
• Scoggan, the fool, [698].
• Sedley, Henry, [439], [802].
• Servility to the newspaper press an American vice, [600], [601].
• Shakspeare, [524].
  • Forrest’s tribute to, [820].
  • remarkable tribute to, [578].
• Shakspearean characters, interest of Forrest in, [737]-739.
• Shark, a, chases Forrest, [139].
• Siddons, Mrs. Sarah, [456], [523], [525].
  • verses by, [596].
• Sinclair, Catherine Norton, Forrest first meets, [320].
• Sinclair, Mrs. C. N., [650].
• Sinister and benign aspects of the four codes of manners, [668]-670.
• Smith, Sol, [104], [112], [618].
• Sonnet to Forrest, [406].
• Spartacus, [249].
• Spinoza, Benedict, his Ethics, [578].
• Standard, true, of criticism, [459], [469].
• Standards for judging men, primary and secondary, [672].
• Steevens, George, satirizes Mrs. Siddons, [456].
• Stone, John A., [169].
• Stratford-upon-Avon, Forrest’s visit there, [291].
• Stuart, Gilbert, his last portrait one of Forrest, [586].
• Studio, secrets of human nature discovered in, [676].
• Sunshine, Forrest’s love of, [564].
• Swift, Colonel John, [63], [333].
• Talfourd, Thomas Noon, [316].
• Talma, [189], [266], [317], [455].
• Tartuffe, [692].
• Tasistro, Louis F., acrostic on Forrest by, [845].
• Taylor, James, [101], [616]-618.
  • letter by, [841]-844.
• Tell, [204].
• Temperaments, the chief varieties enumerated, [461].
• Temple, secrets of human nature discovered in, [667].
• Tent of general, secrets of human nature discovered in, [675].
• Terrible fall from a balustrade, [796].
• Theatre, alleged decline of, [828].
  • a nation in itself, [19].
  • fourteen-fold charm of, [688].
  • its future, [19].
  • its relation to church and state, [52].
  • secrets of human nature discovered in, [679].
  • the whole universe a divine one, [77].
• Theatres of Greece and Rome, [639].
• Theatricality, Forrest’s freedom from, off the stage, [821], [822].
• Timon and parasitic friendship, [611].
• Tivoli Garden, [329].
• Tones, inflected, the seventh dramatic language, [466].
• Tragedy, melodrama, and comedy compared, [91]-93.
• Training, physical, [158], [159], [161].
• Tree, Ellen, [324].
• Trowbridge, J. T., his “Darius Green,” 629.
• Union, the American, Forrest on, [573].
• Uses, social, of the dramatic art, [695].
• Verses written by Forrest, [134]-136.
• Vincent, Mount Saint, Catholic sisterhood, [554].
• Virginius, [230].
• Voice of Braham, [655].
  • of Henry Russell, [653].
• Voice, the perfection of, [653]-656.
• Voyage to Europe, [263].
• Wagner, James V., [614].
• Wallace, William Ross, poem on Forrest, [558].
• Walpole, Horace, [455].
• Walsh, Mike, his attack on Forrest, [375].
• Webster, Daniel, [25], [388].
• Wetmore, Prosper M., verses by, [156].
• Wheatley, Mrs. Sarah, [538].
• Wheatley, William, [538], [545].
• Willis, N. P., [498].
• Wilson, Alexander, the ornithologist, [57], [58].
• Winter, William, [712], [651], [802].
• Woffington, Peg, [459].
• Woodhull, the actor, Forrest plays for his benefit, [149].
• Words, articulated, the eighth dramatic language, [467].
• Wright, C. C., the artist, [182].
• Wright, Silas, and Daniel Webster, [610].
• Wyman, Col. Powell T., [574], [622].
• Zoroaster, [564].

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
2. Anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.