Heroines of the Modern Stage

INDEX

Abbey, Henry E., 26, 29 note, 246, 247.
Abington, Frances, iii.
Adams, Annie, 325.
Adams, Maude, 324–46;
parentage and birth, 325;
career as a child actress, 325–29;
goes to New York, 329;
with E. H. Sothern, 330;
A Midnight Bell, 331;
in Charles Frohman’s company, 331–2;
John Drew’s leading woman, 332–34;
becomes a “star,” 334;
The Little Minister, 335;
Romeo and Juliet, 336;
L’Aiglon, 337;
Peter Pan, 338–9;
What Every Woman Knows, 339–40;
Chanticler, 340–41;
The Maid of Orleans, 341–2;
Miss Adams and Barrie, 342;
her personality, 343–6;
her repertoire, 333 (note), 335 (note); 347.
Agar, Marie, 13.
Aguglia, Mimi, 366.
Aiglon, L’, 337.
Aldrich, Mildred, 271 (note).
Alexander, George, 376.
Alexandra, Queen, 49.
Allen, Viola, 362 (note).
Allgood, Sara, 366.
Alma-Tadema, Laurence, 87, 248.
Ambigu, The, 129–30.
Anderson, Mary, 230–264;
parentage, 230;
birth, 231;
girlhood and schooling, 232–35;
decides on a stage career, 236;
first appearance, 237;
early trials, 239–40;
acts in eastern cities, 242;
goes abroad, 244;
her repertoire, 245 (note);
acts in London, 246–7;
her friendships, 248;
a London ovation, 252;
distaste for the theater, 256–7;
last appearance on the stage, 268–9;
marriage, 260;
her acting, 261–2;
her personality, 262–3; 269 (note).
Angelo, Mlle., 133.
Anglin, Margaret, 354–6.
Antoine, André, 153.
Archer, William, 157, 184 (note), 202, 221 and note, 283.
Arliss, George, 286.
Arnold, Matthew, 45 (note).
Arthur, Julia, 362 (note).
Asquith, Herbert, 318.
Augier, Emile, 139, 150.
Baker, George Pierce, 265.
Bancroft, Squire B., 109, 111, 376.
Barrett, Lawrence, 208, 242, 247.
Barrie, James M., 334, 342.
Barron Charles, 308.
Barry, Elizabeth, iii.
Barrymore, Ethel, 350–53.
Barrymore, Maurice, 286, 350.
Bartet, Jeanne, 149, 180 (note).
Bates, Blanche, 362 (note).
Beauplan, Victor, 136.
Beauregard, General, 240.
Becky Sharp, 285.
Belasco, David, 327–8.
Bennett, Arnold, 166, 168.
Bernhardt, Maurice, 13 note, 32 note, 34.
Bernhardt Sarah, iv, 3–51;
birth, 5;
schooling, 6–7;
at the Conservatoire, 8–9;
her motto, 9;
début at the Comédie Française, 10;
at the Odéon, 11–16;
hospital services during War of 1870, 13;
returns to the Comédie, 16;
eccentricities, 19;
her sculpture, 19, 22;
acts in London, 20–23;
leaves the Comédie, 24;
first American appearance, 28;
marriage, 31;
world-wide tours, 32;
becomes a manager, 33;
the “Marie Colombier” and Mme. Noirmont scandals, 34;
the Memoirs, 35;
her art, 36–41, 44–46;
fêtes in her honor, 41, 43;
Sarah the worker, 4, 42;
professor at the Conservatoire, 43;
admitted to Legion of Honor, 43;
loses her leg, 47;
repertoire, 12, 18, 28, 33 (notes); 160, 171, 175, 183, 184 (note), 186–92, 199, 201, 224, 226, 244.
Berton, Pierre, 133 (note), 151.
Bertrand, Eugène, 151.
Besnard, Paul, 169.
Betterton, Mrs., iii.
Bingham, Amelia, 362 (note).
Black, William, 248.
Bloodgood, Clara, 362 (note).
Bonnetain, Paul, 34 (note).
Booth, Edwin, 77 and note, 208, 234, 240, 242, 247, 347.
Boucicault, Dion, 242.
Bracegirdle, Anne, iii, 373, 375 and note.
Brady, William A., 359.
Brand, Thomas, 369.
Brandes, George, 87.
Brougham, John, 208.
Browning, Robert, 248.
Burke, Billie, 351.
Burne-Jones, Edward, 87.
Byron, Arthur, 205 (note).
Byron, Oliver Doud, 205.
Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, 366.
Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, 121–122.
Carew, James, 123 (note).
Carter, Mrs. Leslie, 362 (note).
Carré, Albert, 138.
Caruso, Enrico, 123.
Cayvan, Georgia, 89 (note).
Chanticler, 340.
Charpentier, Gustave, 41.
Chartran, T., 169.
Chartres, Mme. Vivanti, 194 (note).
Chaumont, Céline, 160.
Cheatham, Kitty, 214.
Checchi, Signor, 175.
Chetwood, Wm., 371 (note).
Chilly, M., 11, 12.
Chlapowski, Count Karol Bozenta, 67, 69, 72, 75, 76, 79, 82–3 (note), 90 (note).
Coghlan, Charles, 109, 111.
Coghlan, Rose, 362 (note).
Coleman, Mrs. Edw., 370 (note).
Collins, Wilkie, 248.
Colombier, Marie, 34.
Comédie Française, profit-sharing system, 20 (note);
see Bernhardt and Réjane.
Conquest, Ida, 362 (note).
Cook, Dutton, 96–7, 99.
Coppée, François, 41, 42.
Coquelin, B.-C., 23, 41, 193.
Corbin, John, 45, 314.
Corey, Mrs., 370.
Cowl, Jane, 362, 365.
Crabtree, Lotta, 228.
Craig, Ailsa, 106.
Craig, Gordon, 106, 121.
Crehan, Kate, 205 and note.
Crews, Laura Hope, 359, 360–1.
Crosman, Henrietta, 362.
Crosnier, Mme., 153.
Cushman, Charlotte, iv, 235, 239 (note), 347.
Daly, Arnold, 350.
Daly, Augustin, 207, 208, 214–15 and note, 219–20, 222–27.
Daly’s Theatre, London, 223.
Damala, M., 31.
d’Annunzio, Gabriel, 197, 276.
d’Aurevilly, B., 150.
D’Avenant, William, 370 and note, 371.
Davenport, Mrs., 370.
Davenport, E. L., 270.
Davenport, Fanny, 208.
Davey, Thomas, 267.
David, Félicien, 132.
Davies, Acton, 328, 336 (note).
Dean, Frederic, 344 (note).
de Banville, Theodore, 36.
Defère, M., 150.
de Lesseps, F., 20 (note).
de Navarro, Antonio F., 260.
de Reszke, Eduard, 89.
de Reszke, Jan, 89.
de Saint-Victor, Paul, 17.
Deschanel, Paul, 49.
Desclée, Aimée Olympe, 137 and note, 222 (note).
Devrient, Fritz, 58.
Dillingham, C. B., 313.
Doll’s House, A, 280.
Doran, Dr. John, 368.
Dornis, Jean, 174 (note).
Doro, Marie, 351.
Doucet, C., 9 (note).
Dow, Ada (Mrs. Currier), 301, 302 and note, 306.
Drew, John, 206, 214, 226, 332–4, 350.
Drew, Mrs. John, 204 (note), 206.
Drew-Barrymore, Georgie, 350 (note).
Dumas, Alexandre, fils, 175–7, 185, 188–9.
Dumas, Alexandre, père, 13 (note).
Dunn, Emma, 362, 365.
Duquesnel, M., 11, 16, 142, 143.
Duse, Eleonora, iv, 123, 171–202;
birth, 171;
family, 172;
childhood, 173–4;
first important appearances, 174, 175;
marriage, 175;
Duse and Dumas, 176;
foreign appearances, 177–8;
acts in America, 178, 183;
her art, 179–81, 199–202;
acts in London, 183;
acts in Paris, 184–93;
the Dumas memorial performance, 188–9;
her personality, 194–6;
the d’Annuzio alliance, 197;
her repertoire, 182 (note), 197 (note); 265 (note).
Eaton, Walter Prichard, 280, 352, 355, 361.
Eberle, Robert, 344 (note).
Echegaray, Jose, 276.
Edison, Thomas A., 29.
Elliott, Gertrude, 366.
Elliott, Maxine, 362 (note).
Emmet, J. K., 270, 326.
Easier, Jane, 129.
Eugénie, former Empress, 49.
Faversham, William, 336, 350.
Fenwick, Irene, 363, 365.
Ferguson, Elsie, 302, 364.
Field, Eugene, 87.
Filon, Augustin, 156 and note, 159.
Fiske, Harrison Grey, 269, 289–90, 292.
Fiske, Mrs. Minnie Maddern, 181 (note); 265–298;
speaks at Harvard, 265;
her significance, 266;
parentage, 267;
birth, 268;
career as a child actress, 268–71;
marriage and retirement, 272;
Mrs. Fiske and the modern spirit, 273;
her repertoire, 270 (note), 274 (note);
her art, 275–87;
encouragement of native-made drama, 288–9;
Mr. Fiske’s share, 289–90;
the theatrical syndicate, 290–1;
as a stage director, 291;
as a playwright, 292;
outside interests, 293;
her personality, 294–6; 357.
Forbes, Mary, 366.
Forbes-Robertson, J., 255, 376.
Frohman, Charles, 313, 331–2, 350.
Frohman, Daniel, 330.
Fulda, Ludwig, 276.
Fyvie, John, 373 and (note).
Garden, Mary, 279.
Genée, Adeline, 123.
George, Grace, 359–60.
Gilbert, Mrs. James, 214, 226.
Gilbert, W. S., 248, 255, 262.
Gilder, Richard Watson, 87.
Gillette, William, 350.
Gladstone, Wm. E., 248.
Glendinning, Ernest, 350.
Gosse, Edmund, 248.
Got, François, 20, 27, 187.
Grant, General U. S., 87, 241.
Griffin, Dr. Hamilton, 232, 236, 237.
Griffith, Frank Carlos, 269 (note), 271 (note), 293 (note), 295 (note), 296 (note).
Grille-d’Egout, Mlle., 154.
Gwynn, Nell, 370.
Hackett, James K., 336, 350.
Hale, Philip, 49.
Halévy, L., 155, 187.
Harancourt, Edmond, 42.
Hare, John, 111, 376.
Harned, Virginia, 330, 362 (note).
Hedda Gabler, 279, 280.
Hedman, Martha, 356, 362, 365.
Herne, James A., 327–8.
Hichens, Robert, 260.
High Road, The, 289.
Hill, Barton, 80 and note.
Hollis Street Theatre, Boston, 225 (note), 309.
Hood, General, 240.
Howells, William Dean, 284, 314 (note).
Hughes, Margaret, 370.
Hugo, Victor, 14 and note, 249.
Huneker, James, 357.
Huret, Jules, 7 (note), 128 (note), 143, 153, 168, 169, 192.
Hyde, James Hazen, 165.
Ibsen, Henrik, 273, 276–7, 279–81, 357.
Illington, Margaret, 362, 363.
Ingersoll, Robert G., 306–7, and note.
Irish national theatre, 103.
Irving, Henry, 105, 112–3, 115, 117, 118, 120, 215 (note), 247, 351, 376.
Irving, Isabel, 214, 362 (note).
Irwin, May, 362 (note).
James, Henry, 21.
Janauschek, Francesca, v, 347.
Janis, Elsie, 49 (note).
Jefferson, Joseph, 242, 270.
Johnson, Samuel, 373–4 and note.
Jones, Henry Arthur, 273.
Jordan, Dorothy, iii.
Jordan, Thomas, 370, 371 (note).
Jourdain, Frantz, 132.
Kalich, Bertha, 356, 366.
Kean, Charles, 95, 97, 101.
Keane, Doris, 362, 365.
Keene, Laura, 270.
Kelly, Charles; see Wardell.
Kelm, Joseph, 132.
Kemble, Frances Ann, iv, 256.
Kester, Paul, 292.
Killigrew, Thomas, 370, 371.
Kiskadden, James, 325.
Knipp, Mrs., 370.
L’Aiglon, 337.
Laurent, Marie, 129.
Lavedan, Henri, 41.
Leah Kleschna, 287.
Legault, Mlle., 135.
Legend of Leonora, The, 343.
Legouvé, Ernest, 136.
Lemaître, Frédérick, 129.
Lemaître, Jules, 36, 41, 50, 155, 187.
Levick, Milnes, 237.
Lewis, James, 214, 226.
Little Minister, The, 334–5.
Long, John Luther, 288, 298.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 87–88, 242.
Lowell, James Russell, 87, 248, 249, 255.
Lyceum Theatre, 113–114.
Lynch, Arthur, 210, 218 (note).
Lytton, Lord, 248.
Macauley’s Theatre, Louisville, 207.
McCarthy, Justin H., 87.
McCarthy, Lillah, 356, 366.
McCracken, Elizabeth, 321, 323.
McCullough, John, 79–80, 81 (note), 208, 236, 247, 270.
MacKaye, Percy, 124 (note).
McLellan, C. M. S., 215 (note), 288, 308.
Macready, William C., 98 (note).
McWade, Robert, 301.
Madame Sans-Gêne, 155–6, 158, 160, 162 and note.
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 277.
Magnus, Baron, 27.
Maid of Orleans, The, 341.
Manchester Players, The, 103.
Man of Destiny, The, 122.
Mannering, Mary, 362 (note).
Mansfield, Richard, 225 (note).
Mantell, Robert, 350.
Mapes, Victor, 189 (note).
Marlowe, Julia, 89 (note), 299–323;
birth, 299, 305 (note);
girlhood, 300;
first appearances, 300;
course of training, 302–4;
returns to stage, 305;
early uncertainties, 306–8;
first triumph, 309;
marriage to Robert Taber, 311;
repertoire, 311 (note);
the Julia Marlowe Taber period, 311–3;
the period of the commercial plays, 313–6;
the “Sothern and Marlowe” period, 316–21;
acts in London, 318;
at the New Theatre, 319;
her personality, 321–3; 347.
Marshall, Anne, 370.
Martin, Frederick Roy, 164.
Mary of Magdala, 287.
Matthison, Edith Wynne, 356, 358–9.
Maurice, Paul, 15 (note).
Maxwell, Perriton, 330 (notes).
Mayer, Gaston, 168 (note).
Meilhac, Henri, 137, 153, 170.
Mendès, Catulle, 38 (note), 42, 187.
Mendès, Catulle, Mme. Jane, 47.
Meunier, Dauphin, 126, 140, 154, 155.
Mid-Channel, 352.
Miles, Robt. E. J., 301, 305.
Miller, Henry, 350.
Mitchell, Langdon, 285.
Modjeska, Helena, 52–92;
birth, 52;
childhood, 52–58;
marriage, 59;
first appearance, 60;
life as a strolling player, 61;
joins company at Lemberg, 63;
in stock company at Czerniowce, 63;
in company of Cracow theatre, 64–69;
goes to Imperial Theatre at Warsaw, 70;
goes to America, 76;
the farming experiment in California, 78;
first appearance in America, 81;
repertoire, 82 (note);
her personality, 83;
her art 85–87;
her friendships, 87;
her address at the Chicago Exposition, 89;
testimonial of 1905, 90;
death, 92; 347.
Modrzejewski, Gustave, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64.
Mohun, Lord, 373.
Morris, Clara, 89 (note), 242, 362 (note).
Mountford, William, 373.
Naptal-Arnault, Mme., 128 (note).
Nazimova, Alla, 356–8.
Neilson, Adelaide, v, 208, 219.
Neilson, Julia, 94 (note).
Neilson-Terry, Phyllis, 94 (note), 366.
Newman, Cardinal, 248.
New Theatre, The, 124 (note), 316, 319, 359.
New York Idea, The, 283–284 (note).
Noirmont, Mme., 35.
Offenbach, J., 145.
Oldfield, Anne, iii.
Olivia, 111–2.
O’Neil, Nance, 358, 362.
O’Neill, James, 292.
Orleneff, Paul, 356.
Owen, William, 308.
Paderewski, Ignace J., 88, 90, 91 (note).
Page, Adèle, 129.
Parker, H. T., 279, 280.
Parker, Louis N., 334.
Peabody, Josephine Preston, 124 (note).
Pepys, Samuel, 370, 371.
Perrin, Emile, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27.
Peter Pan, 338–9.
Pillars of Society, 279, 282.
Pinero, A. W., 273, 276, 376.
Poincairé, Raymond, 43.
Porel, D. P., 152, 166.
Power, Tyrone, 286, 287.
Prince of Wales’s Theatre, 109.
Princess’s Theatre, 95.
Provost, Jean, 9 (note).
Prynne, William, 369.
Rachel (Rachel Felix), iv, 45 (note), 150.
Raymond, John T., 208.
Reade, Charles, 104, 108, 116.
Reed, Florence, 363, 365.
Regnier, F. J., 9 (note), 133, 134, 135 and note, 136, 138, 140, 144, 145–9, 150, 151, 161.
Rehan, Ada, iii, 203–229;
birth, 204;
brought to America, 204;
her family, 205;
first appearance, 205;
in various companies, 206–209;
joins Augustin Daly, 209;
her repertoire, 208 (note), 217 (note);
her personality, 210–13;
the Daly Company, 214;
her acting, 217–21, 226;
first plays in London, 221;
becomes a “star,” 224;
her last appearances, 227–8; 347.
Reicher, Hedwig, 356, 366.
Réjane, Gabrielle, 126–170;
birth, 128;
childhood, 128–131;
at school, 131–133;
enters the Conservatoire, 133;
first public appearance, 138;
joins the Vaudeville, 142;
repertoire, 143–4 (note);
correspondence with Regnier, 145–9;
informal appearances, 150;
joins the Variétés, 151;
a typical first night, 152;
Madame Sans-Gêne, 165;
her personality, 126, 156, 168–70;
her art, 158–160;
appearances outside France, 160–1, 167;
the American tours, 161;
the Havana fiasco, 163–4;
the Hyde dinner, 165;
marriage, 166;
the Théâtre Réjane, 166–7; 291.
Richepin, Jean, 34 (note), 35.
Richman, Charles, 228.
Riley, Josephine, 301.
Ristori, Adelaide, iv, 200, 244.
Robinson, Mary, iv.
Robson, Eleanor, 362 (note).
Rochefort, Henri, 187.
Rosemary, 334.
Rosmersholm, 281.
Rossi, Cesare, 175.
Rostand, Edmond, 3, 4 (note), 41, 42, 43, 49, 189.
Ruhl, Arthur, 357.
Russell, Annie, 362.
Russell, Hattie (Harriet Crehan), 205 (note).
Salvation Nell, 279, 288.
Salvini, Tommaso, 183, 200.
Samson, Joseph, 9 (note).
Sand, George, 13.
Sarcey, Francisque, 10 (note), 15, 17, 25, 36, 137, 140, 144, 150, 154, 155, 177, 187, 190, 192.
Sardou, Victorien, 25 (note), 41, 150, 155, 162, 223.
Saunderson, Mrs., 370.
Scott, Clement, 94, 106, 111, 112, 114, 221, 222 (note).
Scott, Sir Walter, 93.
Sembrich, Marcella, 91 (note).
Shannon, Effie, 362 (note).
Shaw, George Bernard, iii, 38, 113–4, 115, 117, 120, 121, 199, 225–7, 273.
Shaw, Mary, 308, 362 (note).
Sheldon, Edward, 288.
Sherman, General Wm. T., 87, 241.
Siddons, Sarah, iv, 374.
Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 75, 81.
Simon, Charles, 133.
Skinner, Otis, 226, 227, 350.
Sothern, E. A., 103, 118.
Sothern, E. H., 265, 316–20, 330, 350.
Stahl, Rose, 362.
Starr, Frances, 362, 365.
Stedman, E. C., 91, 92.
Stevens, Emily, 362, 364.
Stinson, Fred, 308, 312.
Stoddard, Lorimer, 284.
Sudermann, Hermann, 276.
Symons, Arthur, 159, 194, 318.
Synge, John M., iii.
Taber, Robert, 308, 311–2, 313 (note).
Tarasiewicz, Michael, 92.
Taylor, Laurette, 362, 366.
Tellegen, Lou, 350.
Tempest, Marie, 366.
Tennyson, Lord, 87, 223, 248, 256.
Terry, Beatrice, 94 (note).
Terry, Benjamin, 93, 94, 95, 96.
Terry, Charles, 94 and note.
Terry, Ellen, iii, 93–125;
parentage, 93;
family, 94–5;
birth, 94;
early training, 96, 99–100;
first appearance, 96–8;
a strolling player, 101;
Atar-Gull, 102;
at Bristol, 102–3;
with the elder Sothern, 103;
marriage and retirement, 103–4;
returns to stage, 104;
acts first with Irving, 105;
second retirement, 106–8;
returns to stage, 109;
with S. B. Bancroft, 109–11;
first plays Portia, 109;
with John Hare, 111–12;
Olivia, 111;
becomes leading woman at the Lyceum, 112;
the Irving régime, 113;
her personality, 114, 118, 121;
Bernard Shaw’s estimate, 113, 115, 117, 120;
her art, 116;
leaves Irving’s company, 121;
the Terry Jubilee, 122;
a lecturer on Shakespeare, 123–4;
repertoire, 119 (note); 247.
Terry, Florence, 94, 95.
Terry, Fred, 94 and note.
Terry, George, 94 (note).
Terry, Kate, 94, 95, 101, 102.
Terry, Marion, 94, 95.
Terry, Minnie, 94 (note).
Tess of the D’Urbervilles, 284.
Theuriet, André, 41, 42.
Thierry, Edward, 135.
Thomas, Ambroise, 136.
Thompson, Vance, 157.
Tilden, Samuel J., 244 (note).
Tree, H. Beerbohm, 318, 376.
Vandenhoff, George, 236.
Varrey, Charles, 20 (note).
Verbruggen, Mrs., iii.
Victoria, Queen, of Spain, 49.
von Bülow, Hans, 87.
Walkley, A. B., 318, 319 (note).
Wallack, Lester, 355.
Walsh, Blanche, 362 (note).
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey, 248.
Wardell, Charles, 106, 123 (note).
Ware, Helen, 362, 365.
Warfield, David, 350.
Watterson, Henry, 87, 232 (note), 238 (note), 244 (note).
Watts, George Frederick, 87, 103–4, 248.
Western, Lucille, 270.
White, LeGrand, 272 (note).
Wilde, Oscar, 157, 273.
Wills, W. G., 112.
Wilson, Francis, 265.
Winter, William, 3, 26, 35, 37, 38, 44, 46, 85, 90 (note), 123, 165, 211, 212, 220 and note, 228, 238 (note), 242, 247, 251, 261, 313 (note), 315, 335, 338 and note, 340, 347.
Woffington, Margaret, iii.
Worthing, Frank, 360.
Wyndham, Charles, 376.
Young, Mary, 214 (note).
Zimmern, Helen, 196 (note).

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