[3.] See Hist. Mem. of the Irish Bards.
The printed book contained the six Numbers of Volume I with their appended plays. The Index (unpaginated) originally appeared at the beginning of the volume. Index references are linked internally (e.g. [155]) to the appropriate page in this Number, and externally (e.g. [62]) to pages in earlier Numbers. The six Numbers of Volume I contain the following pages:
[Volume I, Number 1]: pp. 1-108
Volume I, Number 2: pp. 109-188
Volume I, Number 3: pp. 189-268
Volume I, Number 4: pp. 269-348
Volume I, Number 5: pp. 349-430
Volume I, Number 6: pp. 431-510
The six plays were printed as a group and are not included in this pagination.
[INDEX.]
| A Actors, animadversion on Wood, in Rapid, [62] Rolla, [65] Reuben Glenroy, [67] Harry Dornton, [73] Bob Handy, [76] Alonzo, 229, 337 Jaffier, 337 Copper Captain, 339 Prince of Wales, 339. Cone, Alonzo, [65] Henry, [76]. Warren, Las Casas, [65] Abel Handy, [76] Falstaff, 344 Cacafogo, 344. Jefferson, Frank Oatland, [62] Orozimbo, [65] Cosey, [67] Goldfinch, [73] Farmer Ashfield, [75]. M‘Kenzie, Sir Hubert Stanley, [62] Pizarro, [65] Old Norval, [155]. Francis, Vortex, [62] Trot, [68]. Mrs. Wood, Jessy Oatland, [62] Cora, [66]. Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Vortex, [62] Dame Ashfield, [76]. Mrs. Seymour, [62]. Payne, in Douglas, [145] Octavian, 220 Frederick, 221 Zaphna and Selim, 222 Tancred, 222 Romeo, 223. Cooper, Othello, 225 Zanga, 227 Richard, 230 Pierre, 230 Hamlet, 231 Macbeth, 231 Hotspur, 234 Michael Ducas, 234 Alexander, 422 Antony, Jul. Cæs. 420. West, [68], bis. Dwyer, Belcour, 425 Tangent, 427 Ranger, 427 Vapid, 427 Liar, 427 Rapid, 427 Sir Charles Racket, 427. Advice to conductors of magazines, 402 Æschylus, [114], 189 Alleyn, the player, account of, [45] Anecdotes and good things Dick the Hunter, [92] Dr. Young, [181] Othello burlesqued, [181] Voltaire, [184] Louis XIV. [184] Mara and Florio, [185] Macklin, 247, 248, 397, 408, 409 Mozart, the composer, 257 Old Wignell, 343 Macklin and Foote, 397 Impertinent Petit Maitre, 406 Curious Slip Slop, 406 Specific for blindness, 407 Kemble and a stage tyro, 407 Kemble’s bon mot on Sydney playhouse, 407 Irish forgery, 407 Woman and country magistrate, 408 French dramatic, 481 Bacon and cabbage, 485. Apparition, sable or mysterious bell-rope, 325 Aristophanes, 269 Authors’ benefits see Southern, 502 B Barry, the great player, account of, 298 Bedford, duke of, monument, 317 Betterton, the great actor, [133], 213 Biography, [24], [118], 202, 357 Bull, a dramatic one, 505 C Carlisle, countess of, opinion of drama, 398 Catalani, madam, [96] Cibber, Colley, his merit, 506 Coffee and Chocolate, account of, 311 Cone, see actors Cooper, life of, [28] Cooper, see actors Cooper, account of his acting, 223 Correspondence on abuses of the Theatre, [103], [104] ——, from Baltimore on Theatricals, [157] ——, from New-York, ditto, 414 D Dramatic Censor, [49], [141], 220, 337, 414 Drama, Grecian, [109], 189, 269, 350 ——, lady Carlisle’s opinion on, 398 Dwyer, actor, 235 ——, see actors. Dramaticus, 251, 328, 502 Dungannon, famous horse, 500 E Edenhall, luck of, old ballad, 487 Edward and Eleonora, remarks on, 502 English, parallel between English men and English mastiffs, by cardinal Ximenes, [88] Epilogues, humorous ones after tragedies censured, 400 Euripides, 195 F Francis, see actors ——, Mrs., ibid. Fullerton, actor, driven to suicide, 504 G German Theatre, vindication of, by Dramaticus, 251 Gifford, Wm. life of, 357, 447 Greek drama, [109], 189, 269, 350 | H History of the stage, [9], [109], 189, 269, 350, 431 High Life below Stairs, account of, 506 Hodgkinson, biography of, 202, 283, 368, 457 I Irish bulls, specimen of, 455 Jefferson, see actors L Lear, essay on the alterations of it, 391 Le Kain, the French actor, account of, 438 Lewis, his retirement from the stage, [185] Literary World, what is it? 406 Longevity, instance of, 496 Lover general, a rhapsody, 399 M Macklin checked practice of hissing, 504 Man and Wife, a comedy, [188] Menander, 350 Metayer Henry, anecdote of with Theobald, 503 M‘Kenzie, see actors Milton and Shakspeare, comparison between, 248 Miscellany, [96], [173], 241, 307, 384, 467 Music, [81], 257 ——, Oh think not my spirits are always as light, a song by Anacreon Moore, [83] ——, Irish, [161] Musical performance, expectation of a grand one, 428 N New-York reviewers impeached, 505 Nokes, comedian, 381 O O’Kelly’s horse Dungannon, 500 Originality in writing, Voltaire’s idea of, [184] Otway, observations on, 502 P Payne, American young Roscius, criticised on, [141], 220, 241 ——, see actors Pedestrianism, humorous essay on, 262 Players celebrated compared with celebrated painters, 387 Plays, names of, attached to each No. [Foundling of the Forest], No. I [Man and Wife], No. II Venoni, No. III New Way to pay Old Debts, No. IV Alfonso, king of Castile, No. V The Free Knights, No. VI. Plays criticised in the Censor Cure for the Heart-ach, [59] Pizarro, [62] Town and Country, [66] Ella Rosenberg, [69] Wood Demon, [71] Abaellino, [73] Road to Ruin, [73] Speed the Plough, [74] Man and Wife, [188] Foundling of the Forest, [80], 345 Africans, 418. Poetry Tom Gobble, [97] English bards and Scotch reviewers, extract from, [98] Occasional prologue on the first appearance of Miss Brunton, afterwards Merry and Warren, at Bath, [121] Latin verses on do. and translation, [124] Prologue on first appearance, of the same lady in London, by A. Murphy, [126] Duck shooting, [172] A true story, [183] Lewis’s address on taking leave of Ireland, [187] On the death of Mrs. Warren, 246 Descent into Elisium, 253 Gracy Nugent, by Carolan, 261 O never let us marry, 324 Epilogue by Sheridan, censuring humourous ones after tragedies, 401 Logical poem on chesnut horse and horse chesnut, 404 Quin, an anecdote in verse, 409 Luck of Edenhall, 487 The parson and the nose, 495 Solitude, advantages of for study, 495 Soldier to his horse, 499. Prospectus, [1] R Reviews of New-York impeached, 505 S Seymour, Mrs. see actors She would and she would not, merit of, 506 Southern, 502 Socrates, death of, 280 Sophocles, 189 Sporting, [85], [164], 262, 410, 499 Spain, divertissements in, 495 Strolling Player, a week’s journal of, 396 Stage, history of, [8], [9], [109], 189, 269, 350 T Taylor, Billy, critique on ballad, 467 Thespis, account of, [113] Theobaldus Secundus, [173], 241, 307, 384 Theatre, misbehaviour there, 267 Theobald, his theft from Metayer, 503 Theatrical contest, Barry and Garrick, in Romeo, 507 Thornton, Col. his removal from York to Wilts, [164] V Voltaire, his idea of originality in writing, [184] W Warren, Mrs. life of, [118] Warren, actor, see actors West, see actors Wit, pedigree of, by Addison, 406 Wife, essay on the choice of, 477 Wood, actor, see actors ——, Mrs., ibid. Y Young, celebrated actor, 236 Z Zengis, so unintelligible audience not understand it, 507 |