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

by Dr. Doran

[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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