INDEX
- Actors, and first nights, [172];
- fleeting fame of, [5];
- generosity of, [159];
- love to die in harness, [6];
- nervousness of great, [39]
- Adams, Mr. Davenport, criticism by, [177]
- Alexander, George, at the Lyceum, [245]
- Anderson, Mary (Madame de Navarro), letter of, about Ellen Terry, [307]
- Archer, William, [290]
- Bancrofts, the, as managers, [146]
- Belford Benefit at the Lyceum, the, [232]
- Bernhardt, Sarah, on Irving and Ellen Terry, [288]
- Betterton, facts about, [23]
- Blanchard, Edward Leman, criticism of Ellen Terry by, [76]
- Booth, Edwin, at the Lyceum, [243]
- Bristol Stock Company, famous members of the, [59], [61]
- "Broken Hearts," the three Terry sisters in, [206]
- Buckstone, J. B., and E. A. Sothern, [75]
- Burbage, facts about, [23]
- Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, designer of the scenery of "King Arthur," [281];
- on the "Amber Heart," [259]
- Byron, H. J., plays by, [154], [202], [212], [213]
- Calmour, Alfred C., history of his play, "The Amber Heart," [259];
- letter from Ellen Terry to, [265]
- "Charles I.," the writing of the play, [227]
- Chute, Mr. J. H., theatrical company under, [59]
- "Cinderella," the origin of the tale of, [12]
- Circuit players in the olden days, [20]
- Clayton, John, in "A Household Fairy," [136]
- Coghlan, Charles, as Claude Melnotte, [150];
- as Shylock, [143]
- Cole, John William, tribute by, [36]
- Coleman, John, a memory by, [20]
- Command performance of "The Bells," &c., [269]
- Compton, Edward, experiences of, [59];
- plays in his father's benefit, [159]
- Compton, Henry, encourages Ellen Terry, [87];
- benefit for, [153]
- Conway, H. B., at the Court Theatre, [156]
- Cook, Mr. Dutton, criticisms by, [32], [148], [161], [166], [220]
- Coquelin, criticisms of the Lyceum "Madame Sans-Gêne" by, [291];
- on Ellen Terry, [288], [290]
- Craig, Gordon, [256], [270], [303]
- Craig, Miss Ailsa, [256], [272]
- De Rhona, Madame Albina, at the Royalty Theatre, [53]
- Dickens, Charles, admiration of, for Fechter, [106];
- letter of, to Macready, [120], [127]
- Dramatists, hints to, [7];
- what they have to aim at, [28]
- Duse, Signora, and Ellen Terry, [302]
- Farren, William, at the Haymarket, [87]
- Fechter, Charles, as Hamlet, [105];
- facts about, [102];
- leading lady of, [103]
- Filon, Augustin, criticism of Ellen Terry by, [286]
- First nights at the Lyceum, [219]
- Fitzgerald, Percy, criticisms by, [217], [225].
- Garrick, David, idiosyncrasies of, [83]
- Gordon, Walter, facts about, [87]
- Hare, John, production of "Old Men and New Acres" by, [157];
- production of "Olivia" by, [163];
- production of "The House of Darnley" by, [163]
- Howe, Henry, a memory of, [85];
- in "King Lear," [276]
- Irving, Laurence, plays by, [292]
- Irving, Sir Henry, adverse criticisms of, [212];
- as Charles I., [226];
- as Napoleon, [291];
- as Shylock, [147], [229];
- attracts the notice of Charles Dickens, [213];
- criticism of his first night at the Lyceum, [220];
- criticism of his Hamlet, [223];
- engages Ellen Terry as leading lady, [217];
- his first appearance, [209];
- his first night as King Lear, [273-276];
- his first success, [3];
- in his great rôles, [212];
- in "Werner," [257];
- modesty of, [217];
- never forgets old friends, [210];
- on his rôle of Doricourt, [241];
- popularity of, [214];
- Sarah Bernhardt on, [288];
- the good taste of, [216];
- twenty-five years ago, [208]
- Kean, Charles, at the Princess's Theatre, [30], [40];
- Ben Terry, assistant-manager to, [23];
- early days of, [22];
- latter days of, [48];
- the mounting of his plays, [44];
- three memories of, [46]
- Kean, Edmund, facts about, [22];
- last act of, [47];
- his appearance as Shylock, [46];
- the end of his career, 47
- Kean, Mrs., as stage-mistress to Ellen Terry, [40], [41]
- Kelly (Wardell), Charles, as an actor, [137];
- as Benedick, [188];
- death of, [256]
- Kemble, John Philip, facts about, [23]
- Kemble, Roger, facts about, [19]
- Kemble, Sarah, marriage of, [22]
- Kendal, Mrs., on her profession, [27]
- Kenney, Charles Lamb, benefit for, [161]
- Knight, Joseph, criticisms by, [147], [168], [201], [223]
- Lacy, Walter, in "If the Cap Fits," [43]
- Leathes, Edmund, facts about, [140]
- Litchfield, Mrs., as "The Captive," [239]
- Lyceum Company sail for New York, [251]
- Mackaye, Steele, as Hamlet, [194]
- Macklin, Charles, on Shylock, [144]
- M'Cullough, John, a meeting with, [84]
- Marston, Dr. Westland, views of, on spectacular revivals, [44], [48]
- Mathews, Frank, in "If the Cap Fits," [43]
- Molière, the death of, [193]
- Neville, Henry, as Farmer Allan, [114];
- his company at the Olympic, [195];
- supported by Kate Terry, [108]
- Olympic Theatre, famous cast at the, [109]
- Queen Victoria's acknowledgments to Irving and Ellen Terry, [270]
- Queen's Theatre, Longacre, the past of, [133]
- Reade, Charles, as a playwright, [134]
- Rignold, William, as Lord Dundreary, [73]
- Robertson, Forbes, as Lancelot, [283]
- Robertson, T. W., story of, [28]
- Rorke, Kate, Ellen Terry's opinion of, [265];
- first appearance of, [170]
- Royal entertainments, bills of, [122-126]
- Ryder, John, as Hubert, [37]
- Scott, Clement, address written by, [233];
- criticisms by, [21], [78], [100], [105], [168], [235], [242], [248], [284]
- Siddons, Henry, facts about, [22]
- Siddons, Sarah, facts about, [22], [23]
- Sothern, E. A., as Dundreary, [74];
- in "The Crushed Tragedian," [203];
- practical jokes of, [79-82];
- story of, [39];
- tribute to, [84]
- St. James' Theatre, cast under the management of Mr. Alfred Wigan at, [98]
- Stage, the, according to Mrs. Kendal, [27];
- fascination of, [1-8];
- our first enthusiasm for, [10]
- Stoker, Bram, at the Lyceum, [224]
- Success, definition of, [49]
- Tawse, Mr. George, on Ellen Terry's first appearance, [32]
- Taylor, Tom, letter from, to Mr. Ben Terry, [129]
- Terriss, William, Ellen Terry and, [169]
- Terry, Ben, at the Princess's Theatre, [23];
- career of, [18];
- family of, the, [21];
- pen-portrait of, [20]
- Terry, Daniel, a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott, [14], [15];
- extracts from Scott's diary about, [16-18]
- Terry, Ellen, a queen of actresses, [11];
- and Harley, [41];
- and her son in "The Dead Heart," [270];
- and Kate Terry at the Royal Colosseum, Regent's Park, [50];
- and Macready, [41];
- and Miss Geneviève Ward in "Becket," [278];
- and Mrs. Kendal, [61];
- and Oscar Byrn, [41];
- appears at the Haymarket, [76];
- as a pantomime fairy, [40];
- as Cordelia, [272];
- as Gertrude in "The Little Treasure," [76];
- as Irving's Ophelia, [222];
- as Juliet, [246];
- as Lady Macbeth, [267];
- as Lady Teazle, [162];
- as Letitia Hardy, [241];
- as Madame Sans-Gêne, [290];
- as Mamillius, [37];
- as Margaret in "Faust," [256];
- as Nance Oldfield, [279];
- as Olivia, [166];
- as Philippa Chester, [139];
- as Portia at the old Prince of Wales', [142],
- at the Lyceum, [229-231];
- as Prince Arthur, [40];
- as Puck, [39];
- as Viola, [255];
- as Volumnia, [293];
- at six years old, [31];
- at the Court Theatre, [156];
- at the Queen's Theatre, [132];
- at the Royalty, [54];
- Augustin Filon's tribute to, [286];
- billed for the opening night of the New Theatre Royal, Bath, [70];
- birth of, [21];
- Christmas Day, experiences of, [25];
- Clement Scott on her Beatrice, [248-250];
- compares the work and pay of past and present actors, [45];
- comparison between her and Sarah Bernhardt, [289];
- Coquelin's opinion of, [288];
- criticism of her Imogen, by Clement Scott, [284-286];
- criticism of her Olivia, [167];
- criticism of her Portia, [147-148];
- dates of her earliest performances, [32];
- Davenport Adams on Ellen Terry as Beatrice, [177-190];
- earliest impression of Irving, [136];
- early criticism of, [37];
- experiences of, in the Bristol Stock Company, [60];
- extract from her "Stray Memories," [42];
- first appearance of, [30],
- at the Lyceum, [220];
- first performance with Sir Henry Irving, [135];
- her criticism of Mrs. Kendal, [301];
- her criticism of Signora Duse, [302];
- her first success with Charles Kean, [22];
- her rôles at the Court Theatre, [156];
- her rôles at the Haymarket, [88];
- her touring rôles in 1878, [175];
- impression created by, in America, [303-307];
- impressions of her earliest childhood, [24];
- in "Charles I.," [226];
- in "Cymbeline," [283];
- in "Eugene Aram," [226];
- in "A Household Fairy," [136];
- in "Godefroi and Yolande," [292];
- in "Henry VIII.," [271];
- in "If the Cap Fits," [43];
- in "Iolanthe," [234];
- in "King Arthur," [281];
- in "Masks and Faces," [153];
- in "Money," [153];
- in "Our American Cousin," [77-79];
- in "Ours," [153];
- in "Peter the Great," [292];
- in "Ravenswood," [271];
- in "Robespierre," [292];
- in "Still Waters Run Deep," [145];
- in "The Amber Heart," [261-263];
- in the Bristol Stock Company, [57];
- in "The Cup," [235];
- in "The Lady of Lyons," [151];
- Joseph Knight's tribute to, [147];
- letter to Mr. Wills, [164];
- life-long devotion to her art, [299];
- lovableness of, [42];
- marriage of, to Mr. Charles Wardell (Charles Kelly), [137];
- marvellous powers as a child, [34-36];
- Miss Geneviève Ward's tribute, [42];
- on nervousness of, on first nights, [38];
- audiences, [173];
- on her rôle as Portia, [155];
- on her Shakespearean triumphs, [190];
- personal impressions made by, [296-303];
- plays to Claude Melnotte, [150];
- preparing for Lady Macbeth, [264];
- programme of, in 1860, [51];
- reappears in "The Wandering Heir," [138];
- reminiscences by, [24]. [299-303];
- reminiscences of, by an actor in the Bristol Company, [61-69];
- rendering of "The Captive" by, [239];
- returns to star at Bristol, [73];
- Sarah Bernhardt on, [288];
- Shakespearean record of, [153];
- still with us, [310];
- time-honoured theatrical name, a, [13];
- touring with her husband, [171];
- tribute of, to Charles Reade, [140]
- Terry, Florence, as Little Nell, [193];
- brief stage career of, [205-206];
- death of, [206];
- in "The Robust Invalid," [193]
- Terry, Fred, as Sebastian, [255]
- Terry, Kate, as Dora, [112];
- as Fechter's leading lady, [103];
- as Ophelia, [106];
- at the Adelphi, [111];
- at the St. James's, [98];
- bids farewell to the stage as Juliet, [115];
- demonstration provoked by, [116-118];
- early criticism of, [37];
- farewell speech on her retirement, [117];
- first appearance of, [31];
- in "Friends or Foes," [99];
- in "Home for the Holidays," [52];
- in "Hunted Down," [110];
- in the Bristol Stock Company, [60];
- marvellous powers as a child, [34-36];
- play-bill with her name, under Charles Kean's management, [92-98];
- plays with Henry Neville, [109];
- reminiscences of, [66];
- rôles played by her at the Olympic, [109];
- the idol of playgoers, [101]
- Terry, Marion, as Gretchen, [201];
- Clement Scott on, [195];
- criticism of her Gretchen, [202];
- first appearance of, in 1873, [194];
- her rôles at the Olympic, [195];
- in "Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith," [196];
- in "Engaged," [197-200];
- with Forbes Robertson, [205];
- with George Alexander, [205];
- with the Bancrofts, [204]
- Terry-Lewis, Miss Mabel, in "Ours," [119-120]
- "The Amber Heart," cast of, [261]
- Theatrical stock companies, [57]
- Toole, John L., in "Robert Macaire," [250]
- Tree, Beerbohm, in "The Amber Heart," [261]
- "Twelfth Night" at the Lyceum, [252]
- Vernon, W. H., on the Terry sisters, [73]
- Vezin, Hermann, as the Vicar of Wakefield, [164]
- Ward, Miss Geneviève, at the Lyceum, [278], [282];
- tribute of, to Ellen Terry, [42]
- Willard, E. S., in "The Amber Heart," [261]
- Wills, W. G., as a playwright, [162];
- Ellen Terry's affection for his plays, [164]
- Winter, William, letter of, about Ellen Terry, [303]
- Wyndham, Charles, acts with Ellen Terry at the Queen's Theatre, [134];
- acts with Kate Terry at Manchester, [121]
- Wyndham, Robert, criticism of Henry Irving by, [211]
- Yates, Edmund, farce by, [43]
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