INDEX. ACTING, amateur, of the blacksmith, in "Andromache," i. 193. Actor, the fat, and the rustic, i. 97. and the daisies, ii. 11. , amateur, at Liverpool, ii. 93. the woman, Johu Hunnieman, account of, ii. 227. Actors, list of, not usually printed in the carly play bills 2 of female characters prior to the Restoration, iii. 21. iii. 268. Actress, the first female, Mrs. Saunderson, iii. 44. Albergati Capelli, Marquis, the Italian actor and dramatist, Alfieri, gallantry of, i. 285. Alleyn, Edward, his biography, ii. 228. American theatricals, account of the first tragedy at Boston, i. 15. Andrecini, Isabella, account of, i. 30. "Andromache," a singular tragedy, by Thomas Paine, Ariosto, his interview with his father, iii. 111. Baddeley, the comedian, his will, i. 271. Baillie's, (Miss,) "De Montfort," the incident on which it Bannister, Charles, his repartee to M. P. Andrews, ii. 111. Baron, the French Actor, his vanity, i. 84. Roquelaire, ii. 85. i. 21. Biography, i. 123. Interview with the Duc de Barry, Spranger, and the carpenter of the Dublin Theatre, his entertainment to Mr. Pelham, i. 47. influence with his creditors, ii. 146. Barry, Mrs., her differences with Mrs. Boutelle, iii. 185. Bath Theatre, its patent as a Theatre Royal, i. 200. Beggar's Opera, origin of, i. 25. Mr. Colman's reply to the Bow Street Ma- travestied, i. 75. account of money received at its first per- formance, i. 254.. , Duke and Dutchess of Queensbury forbid the Court for attending the, i. 282. a satire on the Italian Opera, ii. 262. Bejart, a French comedian, bis successful equivoque, ii. 19. Betterton, his death, account of, ii. 50. character, of, by Booth, ii. 51. Betty, Master, his debut, ii. 107. Bill, Theatrical, on the feast of St. Margaret, in 1511,i. 122. of the Kilkenny Theatre, i. 159. their early use, i. 262. manager's mistake in, ii. 21. at Offenburgh, in Baden, ii. 212. Boissy, the French dramatist, his distressing condition, Bond, the tragedian, bis death, i. 144. Booth, Junius Brutus, Manley's letter to, i. 65. Cadoret, the French mimic, account of, ii. 110. Capiola, Galeira, the Roman actress, her great age, i. 205. Catley, Ann, biography of, i. 91. Centlivre, Mrs., success of her comedy, ii. 40. her biography, ii. 215. "The Busy Body," Cervetti, the fiddler, his unexpected interview with a cri- Characters, list of, not usually printed in the early bills, Cherry, Andrew, the actor and dramatist, his wit, i. 35. biography, i. 273. Chinese play bill, description of, i. 36. Chorus, a portion of the earlier English plays, i. 213. , lines on the sixth night of his "Julius Cæsar," Colley, I i. 83. iii. 60. -, plot of" The Careless Husband," i. 164. his opinion of Garrick, ii. 110. -, performance of Bayes, in "The Rehearsal," Cibber, Colley, his personation of Lord Foppington, iii. 188. Clairon, Madame, history of her early days, ii. 9. her biography, iii. 92. Clough, the actor, his fondness for executions, iii. 129. Colman, Senior, his witty reply to one of his comedians, Comedy, the perpetual, i. 1. Congreve, William, his defence of the Stage, iii. 234. ii. 106. ii. 142. a retort of, i. 64. impromptu on an apple being thrown at, his witty reply to the Liverpool manager, explanation of the family plate, ii. 143. his advice to Mathews, the comedian, iii. 55. T. P. his early life, ii. 97. Corneille, his tragedy of " Andromeda,” ii. 89. Covent Garden Theatre, reversion of its patent, i. 219. Cox, Robert, composer of " Drolls," account of, ii. 240. last illness, i. 149. -, right of property, i. 206. a lover of solitude, i. 224. "Cries of London," a comedy, extract from, ii. 238. Dancourt, the French author, his unsuccessful comedies, ii. 88. Davenant, Sir William, account of, 58. Death, the actor, witticisms on his name, i. 131. De la Motte, success of his tragedy of "Ines De Castro, Delpini, his remonstrance with the Prince of Wales, i, 259. Dennis, his tragedy of" Liberty Asserted," interview with Destouches, the dramatist, and the Emperor Napoleon, iii. 27. Didier, Mrs., her farewell address, ii. 169. iii. 240. excellence in dressing his characters, Dominique, the French harlequin, bis interview with the Drama, its infancy in Spain, i. 1. its origin, i. 69. the ancient, i. 192. Louis XIV. ii. 146, characters in, founded on Sacred Writ, ii. 25. ---, origin of the censorship on, ii. 220. errors of, in "The Humorous Lieutenant," ii. 240. Dramatist, advice to a, ii. 110. Dresses, stage, the difference between the modern and the in the masques and regular dramas from the 16th Dryden, his epilogue to " Tyrannic Love," ii. 23. Dufresne, his performance in Voltaire's "Zara," i. 44. short account of, ii. 164. Dambshew introduced in the early English plays, i. 213. |