"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 2 of 3)

by Dr. Doran

[INDEX.]

Abington, Mrs., [186], [242].
Actors as volunteers in the '45, [97].
Actors at court, [132].
Aristophanes, Foote often compared to, [384].
Arne, Miss (Mrs. Cibber), [51];
as Psyche, [269];
as Venus, [269].
Arne, Dr., [269].
Arnould, Sophie, [317].
Ashbury, Dublin Patentee, [101].
Aston, Anthony, in Edinburgh, [193].
Aungier Street Theatre, Dublin, [103].
Authors, list of, with their plays from 1776 to 1800, [398-406].
Bannister, John, first to discard Garrick's mutilation of "Hamlet," [280].
Barry, Mrs. Ann, [277], [293], [339], [344], [346], [348];
as Widow Brady, [279], [344];
as Lady Randolph, [279];
her versatility, [279], [344], [349];
as Lady Townly, [279];
Garrick's high opinion of, [344];
as Desdemona, [344];
account of her career, [347-352];
at the head of her profession, [348];
her marriage with Crawford, [349];
eclipsed by Mrs. Siddons, [351];
her death, [351];
her original characters, [351].
Barry, Mrs. Elizabeth, [4].
Barry, Spranger, [92], [98], [107], [118], [121];
as Altamout, [93];
as Othello, [106], [109], [342], [344];
and Garrick, [108], [112], [113], [336], [337];
his first appearance in London, [109];
as Sir Charles Raymond, [114];
as Romeo, [115], [122];
in "The Earl of Essex," [164];
as Jaffier, [164];
as Pyrocles, [184];
in love with Miss Nossiter, [184];
as Constantine, [184];
leaves for Dublin, [184];
as King Lear, [187];
his return to London, [187];
as Norval, [189];
in Dublin, [249];
opens Crow Street in opposition to Sheridan, [249], [338];
retires from Dublin ruined, [250];
his reappearance in London, [277];
joins the Covent Garden Company, [278];
as Lord Townly, [279];
as Evander, [280];
as Aubrey in "Fashionable Lover," [280];
as Melville in "Duel," [280];
as Tancred, [294];
in Cumberland's "Timon," [294];
his physical decay, [303], [340];
his last appearance, [303];
his death, [303], [341];
account of his private life, [336];
portraits of Barry, [339];
his characteristics, [341];
his excellence in Orestes and Alexander, [342];
his pathos, [342];
and Henry Pelham, [345].
Barton, Fanny (Mrs. Abington), [186], [242].
Beard, John, proprietor of Covent Garden, [261].
"Beggar's Opera," [89].
Bellamy, Mrs., [161];
as Constance, [93], [94];
her dispute with Garrick, [94];
début as Monimia, [95];
carried off by Mr. Metham, [115];
as Juliet, [122];
as Statira, [187];
and Mrs. Woffington, [187];
as Cleone, [243].
Bickerstaffe, Isaac, [296].
Boheme, [22].
Bond, died on the stage, [57].
Booth, Barton, [40], [41], [47].
Bowen, Quin's duel with, [53], [166].
Bowman, his death, [67].
Bracegirdle, Mrs., [7].
Brent, Miss, singer, [247].
Bridgwater, actor, [111].
Brooke, Henry, dramatist, [65], [245].
Browne, Dr., [185], [186].
Bullock, [67].
Burgoyne, General, dramatist, [301].
Cashel, actor, [103];
his death, [103], [104].
Catley, Ann, [295].
Charke, Charlotte (daughter of Colley Cibber), [50], [59], [96];
as Captain Plume, [88];
her wretched life, [236-38];
wears male attire, [237];
as a valet to an Irish lord, and as a waiter, [237];
her "Autobiography," [238];
her death, [238].
Chesterfield, Lord, opposes the Licensing Act of 1737, [62], [64].
Chetwynd, licenser of plays, [64].
"Chinese Festival," cause of a riot, [186].
Cibber, Colley, [5], [6], [22], [40], [41], [55], [69], [90], [131];
as Burnaby Brittle, [7];
his "Love's Riddle," [144];
asserts the dignity of his profession, [145];
account of his career, [213-239];
his early life, [214];
a juvenile laureate, [215];
as the Chaplain, [217];
his marriage, [217];
as Lord Touchwood, [217];
improving prospects, [218];
as Fondlewife, in imitation of Dogget, [218];
his triumphant success, [219];
as an author, [220];
his "Love's Last Shift," [220-22];
an attempt at greater purity, [220];
as Sir Novelty Fashion, [221];
his "Careless Husband," [222], [225];
his "Apology," worthy of immortality, [222];
Pope and Cibber, [223], [232];
his great part of Lord Foppington, [224];
his care as an actor, [225];
essentially a comic actor, [226];
a perfect critic, [227];
his candour and modesty, [227-28];
his "Richard III.," [228];
Cibber and his critics, [230];
his person, [231];
his Justice Shallow, [232];
election to White's Club, [233];
his death, [235];
his children, [236];
summary of his character, [239].
Cibber, Colley, quoted—on Mrs. Oldfield, [5], [6];
on Mrs. Oldfield and Wilks, [8];
on plays at Court, [134];
on critics, [143].
Cibber, Jane, as Juliet, [96].
Cibber, Mrs. Susanna Maria, [26], [59], [97], [118], [121], [181], [236], [288], [341];
her first appearance as an actress, [56];
as Hermione, [57];
as Indiana, [58], [121], [271];
as the Lady in "Comus," [67];
and her husband, [68];
as Sigismunda, [91];
and Garrick, [91];
as Juliet, [115], [122];
as Alicia, [125], [272];
as Isabella, [236];
account of her career, [268-76];
her death, [268];
marriage to Theophilus Cibber, [269];
as Zara, taught by Colley Cibber, [270];
success of her Zara, [271];
her perfection as Ophelia, [271];
not successful in sprightly comedy, [272];
her characteristics, [272];
her scoundrelly husband, [273];
plays Cœlia in the "School for Lovers," [273];
her last appearance, [274];
her death, [274];
in a fracas at Bath, [275];
as Polly Peachum, [357].
Cibber, Theophilus, [26], [96], [236];
as George Barnwell, [24];
heads the secession from Highmore, [49];
his treatment of his wife, [68], [273];
his dispute with T. Sheridan, [105];
duel with Quin, [167];
his death, [238], [243].
Clairon, the French actress, [15], [317].
Clarke, actor, [295].
Clive, Kitty, [50], [55], [59], [291], [354];
as Euphrosyne, [67];
as Lettice, [139];
her marriage, [355];
as Bizarre, [357];
as a mimic, [357];
her power over her audiences, [357];
as Lucy, [357];
her original characters, [357], [362];
her farewell to the stage, [358];
in her retirement, [359];
and Horace Walpole, [360];
her death, [362].
Colman, the elder, [245];
his "Jealous Wife," [246];
part author of the "Clandestine Marriage," [246];
and Garrick, [324].
Cooke, Thomas, dramatist, [60], [89].
Cooper, Mrs., dramatist, [58].
Covent Garden, opening of, [30], [31];
sold for £60,000, [261].
Cradock, dramatist, [294].
Crawford, an Irish barrister, marries Mrs. Barry, [349];
becomes an actor, [349];
his bad conduct, [349], [350];
his shabbiness, [350].
Crawford, Mrs. (see [Mrs. Barry]), overshadowed by Mrs. Siddons, [351];
her last appearance, [351].
Crisp, Henry, his "Virginia," [183].
Critics, [143].
Cumberland, Richard, his "Timon," [294];
his numerous plays, [296], [297];
his "Wheel of Fortune," [297];
his "Choleric Man," [301];
his account of Garrick and Quin's first appearance in the same play, [313].
Dance (stage name, Love), [291].
Dancer, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Barry and Mrs. Crawford), [277], [339], [344], [348].
Davies, Thomas, quoted—on Garrick, [71], [73];
on Mrs. Porter, [84];
on Garrick and Mrs. Cibber, [91];
on Quin, [168];
on Cibber's election to White's Club, [233];
on Garrick and Quin in the "Fair Penitent," [311].
Delane, actor, [27], [103];
his death, [119];
as King John, [61].
Delaney, Mrs., on Garrick, [77], [330];
on Barry, [338].
Dexter, actor, [321].
Digges, West, [196], [397];
as Norval, [189].
Dodsley, dramatist, [60];
his "Cleone," [243].
"Douglas," [189], [195], [196].
Dow, dramatist, [292].
Dramatists "in state," [157].
Dublin stage, the, [99], [248-52].
Dyer, actor, [118].
Edinburgh, the theatre in, [190].
Edwin, [397].
Elliston, [111].
Elmey, Mrs., [182].
Elrington, Thomas, a Dublin favourite, [101], [102];
his death, [103].
Farquhar and Mrs. Oldfield, [2].
Farren, Elizabeth, [397].
Farren, William, allusion to, [246].
"Fatal Curiosity," [59].
Fielding, [26], [59], [65], [156].
Fitzgerald, Percy, his opinion of Garrick, [333] n.
Fleetwood, [86], [87].
Foote, Samuel, [88], [116], [174], [371];
as Othello, [88];
as Shylock, [242];
as Matthew Mug, [246];
account of his career, [371-97];
his early life, [372];
his first appearance on the stage, [373];
his abilities, [373];
his "Entertainment," [374];
as author and actor, [374], [375];
his personal satires, [189], [374], [382-84];
his "Minor," [376];
a disgrace to the stage, [377];
his seasons at the Haymarket, [378];
his serious accident, [379], [392];
his ingenuity, [381];
Dr. Johnson on Foote, [385], [386], [387];
his lack of courage, [386];
his quarrel with the Duchess of Kingston, [387];
his wit, [388], [389], [393];
a plagiarist, [390];
his lack of feeling, [391];
his vanity, [392];
obtains a license to open the Haymarket, [392];
imitated by Wilkinson, [394];
admirable in impromptu, [396];
killed by the enemies he had provoked, [396];
his farewell to the stage, [397];
his death, [397].
Foote's description of Quin, [179].
Footmen at theatres, [30], [157];
riot by, [138].
Francis, Dr., dramatist, [124], [184].
French and English audiences compared, [147].
French Theatre, Haymarket, [269].
Furnival, Mrs., [94].
Galleries, brutality of, [152].
Garrick, David, [49], [93];
as Richard III., [70], [71];
description of his first appearance, [72], [73];
as Sharp, [74];
as Jack Smatter, [74];
as Chamont, [74];
as Bayes, [74];
as Pierre, [74];
as the Ghost in "Hamlet," [74];
as Lear, [74];
as Witwoud, [74];
as Captain Brazen, [74];
as Duretete, [74];
as Lord Foppington, [74];
as Master Johnny, [74];
as Costar Pearmain, [74];
as Clodio, [74];
as Aboan, [74], [81];
as Fondlewife, [74];
as Lothario, [74], [93];
his imitation of contemporary actors, [75];
empties the patent theatres, [76];
at Drury Lane, [76];
causes a fever in Dublin, [76];
Walpole's and Gray's opinions of him, [77];
his family and origin, [78];
at Ipswich, [81];
Macklin's riot, [87];
as Macbeth, [87];
as King John, [90];
as Tancred, [91];
and Mrs. Cibber, [91];
in Dublin, [92], [104];
as Orestes, [93];
as Faulconbridge, [93];
and Mrs. Bellamy, [94];
his re-appearance in London, [98];
as Archer, [204];
the "Garrick" fever in Dublin, [104];
and Barry, [108];
and Quin, [110];
as Fribble, [110];
as Ranger, [110];
manager of Drury Lane, [112];
as Young Belmont, [114];
as Hamlet, [114];
as Benedick, [115];
his marriage, [115];
as Horatius, [186];
as Romeo, [122];
as Gil Blas, [124];
as Alfred, [124];
as Kitely, [125];
quarrel with Macklin, [151];
as Virginius, [183];
his emendations of Shakspeare, [186];
the "Chinese Festival," [186];
in "King Lear," [187];
as Don Felix, [188], [301];
and Mrs. Woffington, [200];
as Pamphlet, [241];
as Antony, [242];
as Zamti, [242];
as Heartly, [242];
part author of the "Clandestine Marriage," [246];
as Mr. Oakley, [246];

as Sir Anthony Branville, [247];
his mutilation of "Hamlet," [280];
his dress as Macbeth, [286];
his farewell, [301];
account of his career, [304-335];
his commencement as an actor, [304];
his unparalleled success, [305];
Walpole's opinion of, [305], [308];
said to write the criticisms on himself, [306];
charges of meanness, &c., [306], [307];
attacks on him, [307];
Johnson attacks his self-esteem, [309];
"Asper" and "Prospero" (Johnson and Garrick), [309];
description of the first appearance of Garrick and Quin in the same play, [311-313];
Garrick and Quin, [314];
his careful study, [316];
an excellent dancer, [316], [317];
his power of representing different emotions, [317];
his practical jokes, [317], [318];
honoured in Parliament, [318];
Grimm's opinion of, [318], [319];
picture of him by Carmontelle, [319];
invited to Russia, [320];
his noble-mindedness, [320], [321], [323];
and Mrs. Siddons, [321];
his keen sense of criticism, [326];
his repertory, [327];
his original characters, [328];
his death, [332];
his farewell to tragedy, [334];
compared with Barry, [342], [343];
and Grimm, [258];
and Miss Younge, [334].
Garrick, Mrs. Eva Maria, [328], [333].
Gay, John, [31].
George I., his fondness for Shakspeare's "Henry VIII.," [131].
George II., his love of immoral plays, [136].
"George Barnwell," [24], [156].
Giffard, [26], [57], [62], [81].
Giffard, Mrs., as Lady Macbeth, [87].
Gildon's "Comparison Between the Two Stages," [6].
Glover, Richard, his "Boadicea," [182].
Goldsmith, his "Good-natured Man," [278], [292];
his "She Stoops to Conquer," [297].
Goodman's Fields, [26].
Griffin, Benjamin, [67].
Grimaldi, a Pantaloon, [67].
Grimm's opinion of Garrick, [318].
"Gustavus Vasa," [65].
Hale, actor, [75].
Hallam, killed by Macklin, [56].
Hallam, Mrs., [67].
Harper, [67];
prosecuted as a "rogue and vagabond," [50].
Hartley, Mrs., as "Elfrida," [295];
as Rosamond, [295];
her intrigue with "Gentleman" Smith, [295].
Havard, [61], [89];
his "Charles I," [61];
his death, [290].
Haymarket Theatre, Foote's tenancy of, [378], [392].
Henderson, John, [397].
"High Life Below Stairs," [246].
Highmore, Patentee of Drury Lane, [22], [49].
Hill, Aaron, [58], [117].
Hill, Dr. John, [242], [326].
Hippisley, [173].
Hoadley, Dr., his "Suspicious Husband," [110].
Holland, [188];
his death, [291].
Home, John, [395];
his "Douglas," [189];
his "Agis," [240];
his "Siege of Aquileia," [245];
his "Fatal Discovery," [292];
his "Alonzo," [293].
Hoole, dramatist, [292].
Horton, Miss Priscilla, allusion to, [294].
Horton, Mrs., [50], [55];
her retirement, [119];
her one original character, [120];
as Aquilia, [137].
Hughes, John, dramatist, [152].
Hulett, actor, his death, [57].
Indian kings at the play, [139].
"Irene," [116].
Irish stage, condition of, [92].
Jeffreys, dramatist, [23].
Jephson, dramatist, [301].
Johnson, Benjamin, a famous actor, [67].
Johnson, Charles, dramatist, [23], [25].
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, [159];
and Garrick, [79], [80];
his "Irene," [115], [116];
supports "She Stoops to Conquer," [297];
his unfeeling attack of Garrick in the Rambler, [309].
Johnson, Miss (Theophilus Cibber's first wife), [355].
Kean, Moses, [302].
Kelly, Hugh, founder of the school of "Sentimental Comedy," [278], [294];
and Goldsmith, [291].
King, Thomas, as Allworth, [115];
the first Lord Ogleby, [246].
Lacy, James, patentee of Drury Lane, [96];
partner with Garrick at Drury Lane, [112].
Lecouvreur, [16].
Lekain, [314-16].
Lewes, Lee, [298].
Lewis, William, [291].
License of the stage, restriction of, [62].
Licensed plays and players hissed, [65], [66], [149].
Licensing Act of 1737, [62], [63], [149].
Lillo, George, [24], [66];
his "George Barnwell," [24], [156].
Lincoln's Inn Fields, its last season, [28], [83].
Love, [291].
Macklin, Charles, [27], [28], [50], [55], [97];
as Brazencourt, [27];
kills Hallam, [56];
as Roxana, [68];
as Shylock, [68];
his quarrel with Garrick, and the consequent riot, [87];
as Faddle, [114];
as Mercutio, [122];
as Macbeth, [299];
the first to dress Macbeth in Highland costume, [299];
driven from the stage, [300];
his action against the rioters, [300];
his generous conduct to them, [300];
at Barry's funeral, [346].
Macklin, Mrs., [243].
Macklin, Miss, [125], [188].
Mallet, David, dramatist, [23], [66].
Mason, William, his "Elfrida," [295];
his "Caractacus," [302].
Middleton, James, supposed to be a successor to Spranger Barry, [346];
his wretched end, [347].
Miller, Rev. James, dramatist, [60], [65], [89], [151].
Miller, Josias, actor, [67].
Miller, Miss, [295].
Mills, [51];
attempts Hamlet when sixty years old, [27];
his death, [60].
Milward, actor, [57], [271].
Molière, [16], [63].
Moore, Edward, his "Foundling," [113], [114].
Morgan, M., dramatist, [184].
Mossop, Henry, [125];
as Zanga, [125];
as Richard, [125];
as Horatio, [125];
as Theseus, [125];
as Macbeth, [125];
as Othello, [125];
as Wolsey, [125];
as Orestes, [125];
goes into management at Dublin, [250];
and Barry compared, [344];
account of his career, [352];
his death, [353].
Mottley, dramatist, honoured by Queen Caroline, [140].
Murphy, Arthur, [241], [294];
his increasing reputation, [245].
Norris, [22];
as Barnaby Brittle, [7].
Norsa, Miss, [120];
her début, [31].
Nossiter, Miss, and Barry, [181];
her brief career, [181], [182];
as Philoclea, [184].
O'Brien, William, [241];
as Captain Brazen, [241];
plays Harlequin, [259];
his marriage with Lady Susan Strangways, [261];
his retirement, [262];
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, [263];
provided for at the public expense, [264];
his ancestry, [265];
a dramatic author, [266].
Odell, deputy licenser of plays, [64].
Oldfield, Mrs. Anne, [1], [42];
her first appearance, [4];
as Alinda, [4];
as Lenora, [5], [9];
as Lady Betty Modish, [6], [9], [11];
as Mrs. Brittle, [7];
as Lady Townley, [8], [10], [11];
as Estifania, [8];
as Mrs. Sullen, [9];
the original representative of sixty-five characters, [9];
her dislike of tragedy, [10];
as Marcia in "Cato," [10];
as Cleopatra, [11];
as Calista, [11];
as Semandra, [11];
in high society, [13];
her death, [14], [20];
her body lying in state, [15];
her funeral, [16];
her descendants, [17];
her last words on the stage, [19];
and Wilks, [40];
and Mrs. Rogers, [40].
Opera, making way, [247].
Oxford and London, [141].
Palmer, John (the first), [288].
Palmer, Mrs. (Miss Pritchard), as Juliet, [188];
her last season, [288].
"Pasquin," [59].
Paterson, William, dramatist, [65].
Pelham, Henry, and Barry, [345].
Pinkethman as Antonio, [137].
Pit, the, [145].
Pope, Alexander, [158].
Pope, Miss, [356], [360].
Porter, Mrs., [21], [57];
her retirement, [83];
a great actress, [83];
as Hermione, [84];
as Belvidera, [84];
her lameness, [84].
Powell, George, challenges Wilks, [43].
Powell, William, his successful début, [244];
trained by Garrick, [245].
Pritchard, Mrs., [21], [55], [288];
as Nell, [50];
as Beatrice, [115], [283];
as Mrs. Beverley, [161];
account of her career, [280-287];
her retirement, [280];
her early struggles, [281];
her versatility, [281];
her Queen Katherine, [282];
as the Queen in Hamlet, [282];
as Lady Macbeth, [282];
her characteristics, [282], [283];
her perfect articulation, [283];
Horace Walpole's high opinion of, [284];
Johnson and Churchill's criticism of, [284], [285];
her final appearance, [286];
compared with Mrs. Siddons, [287];
her retirement to Bath, [287].
Pritchard, Miss, as Juliet, [188], [286];
vide [Palmer, Mrs.]
"Quality," the, behind the scenes, [146], [153].
Quick, [298].
Quin, James, [27], [31], [51], [121];
his family, [51];
his first appearance, [52];
as Bajazet, [52];
his progress, [52];
duel with Bowen, [53], [166];
at Drury Lane, [55];
eminent in Shakspearian characters, [59];
shaken by Garrick, [74];
plays against Garrick, [82], [110];
and Mrs. Bellamy, [95];
and Garrick, [110], [111];
and John Rich, [113];
as Sir John Brute, [115];
his retirement, [164];
account of his career, [165-80];
his first character and his last, [165];
his progress, [165], [166];
Williams, duel with, [166];
his great character, Falstaff, [166];
Theophilus Cibber, duel with, [167];
his successes and failures, [168];
his characteristics, [168], [179];
as a humourist, [169];
his character, [169], [170];
an epicure, [172];
his powers of retort, [173];
his benevolence, [174-76];
his friendship with Garrick, [177];
his death, [178];
his epitaph written by Garrick, [178];
his will, [180];
his reported ignorance of "Macbeth," [285];
his first appearance in the same play as Garrick (the "Fair Penitent"), [311-13];
and Garrick, [314];
pummels Aaron Hill for adversely criticising him, [326].
Raftor, Catherine (Mrs. Clive), [144], [354];
as Ismenes, [355].
Ramsay, Allan, [193].
Rich, John, [28];
and Quin, [113];
his death, [256];
the extraordinary excellence of his Harlequin, [256];
his oddities, [257], [258];
his humour, [260];
the excellence of his pantomimes, [261];
and the Earl, [154].
Riots, theatrical, [150], [154].
Robinson, Miss, [23].
Rogers, Mrs., [39];
and Mrs. Oldfield, [39].
"Romeo and Juliet" season, [120].
Rope dancers at the theatre, [145].
Ross, David, [125];
as Castalio, [125].
Ryan, Lacy, [31];
shot by a ruffian, [56];
Quin's kindness to, [175], [256];
his death, [253];
account of his career, [253-56];
his début, [254];
kills a ruffian in self-defence, [254];
wounded by a footpad, [255].
Saunders, Mrs., [14].
Scotland, the stage in, [189].
Shadwell, Charles, dramatist, [102].
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, his "Rivals," [302];
his "Duenna," [302].
Sheridan, Thomas, [87], [93], [106], [184], [380];
his début, [105];
as Hamlet, [88];
as Horatio, [93];
his dispute with Theophilus Cibber, [105];
ill-treated by ruffians in Dublin, [248];
his managerial troubles, [248];
his unfortunate meddling with politics, [249].
Sheridan, Barry, and Garrick, [93].
"She Stoops to Conquer," [297].
Shirley, William, dramatist, [66], [118], [149].
Shuter, Edward, [303], [368];
his first appearance, [96];
account of his career, [368-70];
lowness of his origin, [368];
his original characters, [368];
his facial powers, [368];
his religious mania, [369].
Siddons, Mrs., [4], [288], [289];
compared with Mrs. Pritchard, [287];
and Garrick, [321];
and Mrs. Crawford, [351].
Sloper, Mr., [273], [275].
Smith, "Gentleman," as Plume, [204];
as Ethelwold, [295];
as Henry II., [295];
his intrigue with Mrs. Hartley, [295].
Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, [99], [103];
accident at, [100].
Smollett as a dramatist, [189].
Soldiers at theatres, origin of their attendance, [155].
Sparks, Luke, as Dr. Wolf, [97].
Steele, Sir Richard, [127], [157].
Stephens an imitator of Booth, [55].
Stirling, Rev. John, dramatist, [58], [102].
Talma, [192].
Theobald, Lewis, [31].
Thomson, James, [65], [158];
his "Coriolanus," [117].
Thurmond, Mrs., actress, [60].
Townley, Rev. Mr., dramatist,

[245].
Tracy, dramatist, [24].
Trefusis, Joseph, admirable as a clown, [102].
Vanbrugh, [4].
Vaughan, Miss. See [Pritchard, Mrs.]
Verbruggen, Mrs., [5], [6].
Violante, Madame, [198].
Violetti, Eva Maria (Mrs. Garrick), account of, [328], [329];
her death, [333].
Voltaire, [315].
Waldron, F. G., [298].
Walker, Thomas, as Faulconbridge, [61];
as Hotspur, [61].
Walpole, Horace, quoted—on "genteel" writing and acting, [11], [12];
on Garrick, [77], [305], [306], [308], [330], [331];
on stage intrigues, [120];
on George II. at the play, [139];
on Glover's "Boadicea," [182];
on Whitehead's "Creusa," [183];
on Browne's "Barbarossa," [185];
on Garrick's "Fairies," [185];
on Mrs. Woffington, [200];
on William Powell, [244];
on O'Brien's marriage, [263];
on Mrs. Pritchard, [283], [284];
on Home's "Alonzo," [293];
on Mason's "Elfrida," [295];
on Mrs. Clive, [360], [362].
Warburton, Bishop, and Quin, [170].
Ward, Mrs., [195];
as Lady Randolph, [189].
Weston, Thomas, as Jerry Sneak, [246].
Whitehead, William, [183].
Wilkinson, Tate, [242];
Peg Woffington's treatment of, [209];
could not mimic Mrs. Cibber, [272];
as Bajazet, tutored by Garrick, [323];
imitates Foote, [394].
Wilks, Robert, [10], [22], [32], [41], [102];
as the Copper Captain, [8];
as Lord Townley, [11];
as Othello, [33];
engaged at Drury Lane, [34];
Betterton and Rich, [34], [35];
a favourite in Dublin, [35];
his first original character, [36];
as Sir Harry Wildair, [36];
his ancestry, [38];
his zeal and industry, [42];
and Powell, [43];
his greatest successes, [44];
as Dumont, [44];
his second marriage, [45];
his nephew, [44], [45];
his generosity, [46];
his death, [46];
and royalty, [48].
Williams as Decius, [166];
duel with Quin, [167].
Winston, Dick, [174].
Woffington, Margaret, [102], [115], [121], [174];
her first appearance, [69];
her first appearance in Dublin, [104];
as Roxana, [187];
her dispute with Mrs. Bellamy, [187];
as Lady Randolph, [189], [208];
account of her life, [198-212];
her youth, [198];
as Sir Harry Wildair, [200], [205];
and Garrick, [200];
her charity, [202], [211];
as Sylvia, [204];
as Jocasta, [204];
her best characters, [205];
in "breeches" parts, [205];
her independence, [205];
her quarrels with Mrs. Clive, [206];
in Dublin, [206];
her religious eccentricities, [207];
as Lothario, [208];
and Tate Wilkinson, [209];
her last appearance, [209];
her death, [210].
Woffington, Mary, [199], [203].
Woodward, Henry, as Mercutio, [122], [366];
as Harlequin, [121], [259];
as Captain Bobadil, [126], [367];
becomes Barry's partner in Dublin, [249];
ruined by the speculation, [251], [367];
his death, [303];
account of his career, [363-68];
his original characters, [363];
his first appearance, [365];
as Fitzfrolick, [366];
a judicious actor, [366].
Worsdale, actor, [124], [376].
Yates, Mrs., [183], [311];
as Cleopatra, [242];
as Mandane, [242].
Young, Dr. Edward, his "Brothers," [161], [163];
offended by Garrick's epilogue to the "Brothers," [163].
Younge, Miss, and Garrick, [334].

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