"Raising the Wind,"
191
"Ravenswood," 337, 354,
392, 396
Reade, Charles, 54, 65,
68, 90 et sqq.,
99 et sqq., 109,
112 et sqq., 121,
149, 273
—Mrs. Charles, 54
Reeves, Sims, 381
Rehan, Ada, 318 et sqq.
Rhona, Madame de, 39 et sqq.
"Richard II.," 24
"Richard III.," 9, 190,
329, 351,
360
"Rivals, The," 52, 55
Robertson, Graham, 376, 397
—Madge (Mrs. Kendal), 47,
91, 114 et sqq.,
152, 320,
348 et sqq.
—T., 109
"Robespierre," 344
Robson, 23
"Romeo and Juliet," 37-8, 179,
189, 191, 206
Rorke, Kate, 159
Rossetti, D.G., 69 et sqq.
Rossi, 136
Rothenstein, William, 376, 397
Rousseau, 127
Royal Colosseum, The, 35
Royalty Theatre (Royal Soho), 39 et sqq.
Ruskin, John, 264
Rutland, Duchess of, 375
Ryde, 19, 23, 34 et sqq.,
39
Ryder, Mr., 30, 31
Saint-Gaudens,
283 et sqq.
St. James's Theatre, 69, 71
Salvini, 122, 163,
222-3
Sargent, J.S., 135, 331-2,
371-2
"School for Scandal, The," 165
Schumann, Madame, 68
Scott, Sir Walter, 4, 150
Seward, Miss Olive, 291
Seymour, Mrs., 112 et sqq.
Shakespeare:
"Coriolanus," 189, 206,
398;
"Cymbeline," 343, 377;
"Hamlet," 107, 136-7,
166 et sqq., 191;
"Henry VIII.," 24-5, 338 et sqq.,
377;
"John, King," 10, 29,
31;
"Lear, King," 24, 343,
396;
"Macbeth," 31, 191,
328 et sqq.;
"Merchant of Venice," 24, 26,
110, 179-80, 191,
204, 206,
208, 298,
350;
"Merry Wives of Windsor," 114-5,
348;
"Midsummer Night's Dream," 19,
21 et sqq., 51;
"Much Ado About Nothing," 56, 72,
150, 177-8,
179, 191,
248 et sqq.;
"Othello," 72, 175,
191, 221 et sqq.;
"Richard II.," 24-5;
"Richard III.," 9, 190,
329, 351,
360;
"Romeo and Juliet," 37-8, 179,
189, 191, 206;
"Taming of the Shrew," 80, 107;
"Twelfth Night," 191, 253;
"Winter's Tale, A," 10, 15, et sqq.,
355
Shaw, Byam, 372
—G. Bernard, 345 et sqq., 353,
397
—Mary, 324
Sheridan, R.B., 54
Siddons, Mrs., 6, 46
Skey, Mr., 20
Smith, Milly (Mrs. Thorn), 22
Somers, Mrs., 58
Sothern, E.A., 51-2
Spedding, James, 117, 122
Sterling, Madame Antoinette, 265-6
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 270, 284
"Still Waters Run Deep," 79
Stirling, Mrs., 229 et sqq.,
261, 396
Stoker, Bram, 180-1-2
Stoker, Dr., 254-5
Stratford-on-Avon, 7, 339
Sue, Eugene, 41
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 127, 330
Swinburne, A.C., 118
Taber, Robert,
285
Tamagno, Sig., 381
"Taming of the Shrew," 80, 107
Taylor, Tom, 53, 67 et sqq.,
76, 95, 106,
121 et sqq., 152
—Mrs. Tom, 68, 121-2,
125
Teck, Princess Mary of, 265, 381
Telbin, 76
Tennyson, Lord, 16, 59,
60 et sqq., 141,
151, 212-3,
367, 396
—Lady, 60
—Hallam, 62, 212-3,
216
—Lionel, 62
Terriss, William, 32, 151,
153, 156 et sqq.,
196, 211, 212,
231 et sqq., 247,
258, 300, 312,
397
Terry, B., Ellen Terry's father, 3, 4,
5, 9 et sqq.,
18, 122-3, 179,
192
—Ben, Ellen Terry's brother, 8
—Mrs. B., Ellen Terry's mother, 3,
4, 8, 10,
48, 67, 396
—Charles, 8
—Daniel, 4
—Ellen, early recollections
her birth, 3-5;
acts at Stratford-on-Avon, 7;
impersonates a mustard-pot, 8-9;
her first appearance as Mamilius in "A Winter's Tale,"
10, 15, et sqq.;
and Mrs. Charles Kean, 13 et sqq.;
training in Shakespeare, 19 et sqq.;
hurts her foot, 20;
plays Puck, 20 et sqq.,
33;
learns about vowels, 21;
plays in the Christmas pantomime for 1857,
22;
learns to walk, plays in "Faust and Marguerite," "Merchant of Venice," "Richard II.," and "Henry VIII.,"
24;
plays in "If the Cap Fits," 26;
and Macready, 28;
plays in "Pizarro" and "King John," 29;
in "A Drawing-room Entertainment," 32,
35 et sqq.;
her salary, 33;
in "To Parents and Guardians," 34;
at the Royal Soho Theatre, 39 et sqq.;
in "Attar Gull," 41-2;
in "The Governor's Wife," 43;
in "A Nice Quiet Day," 44;
life in a stock company, 46 et sqq.;
at Bristol in Mr. Chute's company, 46 et sqq.;
as Cupid in "Endymion," 49;
as Dictys in "Perseus and Andromeda," 49;
at the Haymarket Theatre, 49;
plays Titania at Bath, 51;
in "The Little Treasure" and "The Rivals,"
51-2, 55;
meets Mr. G.F. Watts, and painted by him with Kate Terry as "The Sisters,"
53;
as Hero in "Much Ado About Nothing," 56, 72;
in "The Belle's Stratagem," 56;
in "Buckstone at Home," playing to royalty, 56;
in "The American Cousin," 57;
married to Mr. Watts, 58-9 et sqq.;
returns to the stage, 67;
and the Tom Taylors, 68 et sqq.,
plays Desdemona, 72-3;
visits Paris, 73 et sqq.;
plays Helen in "The Hunchback," 75;
plays in "The Antipodes,"
76;
first appearance with Henry Irving, 76;
plays in "The House of Darnley," 77;
and Mrs. Wigan, 76 et sqq.;
plays in "The Double Marriage," 78;
plays in "Still Waters Run Deep," 79;
first impressions of Henry Irving, 79 et sqq.;
plays in "The Taming of the Shrew," 80;
plays in "The Household Fairy," 82;
withdraws from the stage, 83 et sqq.;
adventures in cooking, 86;
her children, 86 et sqq.,
146 et sqq.;
and Charles Reade, 90 et sqq.;
returns to the stage, 91 et sqq.;
plays in "The Wandering Heir," 91 et sqq.;
engagement with the Bancrofts, 92;
lives at Hampton Court, 93,
146;
plays in Charles Reade's "Our Seamen," 94;
and Charles Reade,
99 et sqq.;
plays in "The Lady of Lyons," 107, 119;
engagement with the Bancrofts, plays Portia,
110 et sqq.;
performs in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," 1902, 114,
348 et sqq.;
playing to aesthetic audiences, 117;
plays in "Money," 119, 120-1;
and Tom Taylor,
121 et sqq.;
in "New Men and Old Acres," 124, 146, 152;
and the Bancrofts, 131;
as Mabel Vane, 131;
as Blanche Hayes in "Ours," 132;
goes to see Irving act, 133, 134,
137;
and Irving's Hamlet, 136 et sqq.;
as Ophelia, 137-41;
engagement with John Hare, 148 et sqq.;
her marriage with Mr. Wardell (Charles Kelly), 150;
acts with him, 150 et sqq.;
in "Olivia," 150, 153 et sqq.,
159 et sqq.;
in "Dora," 151;
in "Brothers," 152;
in "The House of Darnley," 153;
a visit from Henry Irving, 161;
Ellen Terry's description of him, 161 et sqq.;
on tour with Charles Kelly in "Dora" and "Iris," 164;
in "The School for Scandal," 165;
plays in "Money,"
165;
in Irving's "Hamlet," 166 et sqq.;
touring in the provinces, 174 et sqq.;
in "Butterfly," 175;
in "Much Ado About Nothing," 177-8;
her dress for "The Cup," 187;
in plays at the Lyceum, 191;
in "Charles I.," 197;
and "Lewis Carroll," 201;
as Portia, 201 et sqq.,
209;
in "Othello," 222-3 et sqq.;
her "Letters in Shakespeare's Plays," 226;
as Juliet, 227 et sqq.;
and Terriss,
231;
her opinion of Sarah Bernhardt,
236-7 et sqq.;
her Jubilee, 245;
in "Much Ado About Nothing," 250 et sqq.;
in "The Lyons Mail," 250-1;
in "Twelfth Night," 253;
as Olivia,
256;
in "Faust,"
260 et sqq., 344;
in "The Amber Heart," 271;
First Tour in America, 273 et sqq.;
first appearance in America, 280-1;
an "American" interview, 288-9;
on colored servants, 291;
some opinions on America, 294 et sqq.;
her first speech, 304-5;
at Niagara, 311-12;
other tours in America, 325 et sqq.;
in "Godefroi and Yolande," 326;
her third marriage, 327;
in "Macbeth,"
328 et sqq.;
painted as Lady Macbeth by Sargent, 331-2,
371-2;
plays in the "Dead Heart," 334;
plays in "Ravenswood," 337;
plays in "Nance Oldfield," 337 et sqq.;
in "Henry VIII.," 338;
at Stratford-on-Avon, 339 et sqq.;
in "King Lear," "Becket," "King Arthur," "Cymbeline," "Madame Sans-Gêne," "The Medicine Man," "Peter the Great,"
343;
in Robespierre, 344;
in "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," 345;
in "Captain Brassbound's Conversion,"
345;
in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," 114,
348 et sqq.;
in Ibsen's "Vikings," at the Imperial Theatre,
351;
produces "The Good Hope," 354;
in "Ravenswood," 354;
her last Shakespearean part, Hermione,
355;
her Stage Jubilee, 355 et sqq.;
her theatre dresses,
377 et sqq.,
383;
in "Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting," 391;
"Bits from her Diary," 394 et sqq.;
and the Marionettes, 395
—Eliza, 4
—Florence, 8, 83,
122, 125,
209, 257-8, 387
—Fred, 8, 83
—George, 8, 174-5
—Kate (Mrs. Arthur James Lewis), 3,
8, 9, 10,
11, 18, 20, 24 et sqq., 29
et sqq., 35, 47,
48 et sqq., 67
—Marion, 8, 83,
125, 257
—Tom, 8, 126
Tetrazzini, 383
Thackeray, W.M., 314
Times, The, 18
Toole, J.L., 266, 270
"To Parents and Guardians," 34
Trebelli, Madame, 382
Tree, H. Beerbohm, 114, 271,
320, 348 et sqq.
—Mrs., 349
"Twelfth Night," 191, 253
"Two Roses, The," 227
Tyars, Mr., 210, 252
Vanbrugh, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Bourchier), 267 et sqq., 391
"Vanderdecken," 395
Verdi, 382
Victoria, Queen, 18, 57, 110, 397, 398
Victoria (Princess Royal), 18
"Vikings," Ibsen's, 351
Vining, George, 334
Wales, Princess of, 381
Walkley, A.B., 224
"Wandering Heir, The," 91 et sqq., 100, 109, 244, 273
Wardell, Charles. See Charles Kelly
Warner, Charles, 113
Watts, George Frederick, R.A., 53, 58 et sqq., 164
Watts-Dunton, T., 118
Webster, Benjamin, 165, 230, 334
Wenman, 300
"Werner," 270-1
Whistler, J.M., 129, 134-5, 199, 306
White, Stanford, 283
Wilde, Oscar, 118, 134-5, 198-9, 275
Wilton, Miss Marie. See Lady Bancroft
Winter, William, 158, 286 et sqq.
"Winter's Tale, A," 10, 15, et sqq., 355
Wood, Arthur, 48
—Mrs. John, 91
Woodhouse, Mr., 37
World, The, 26
Wyndham, Charles, Sir, 76 et sqq.
Yates, Edmund, 26
FOOTNOTES
1 Since I wrote this, I have again visited my native town--this time to receive its civic congratulations on the occasion of my jubilee, and as recently as March of the present year I acted at the new Empire Theater.
2 Of course, all salaries are bigger now than they were then. The "stars" in old days earned large sums—Edmund Kean received two hundred and fifty pounds for four performances—but the ordinary members of a company were paid at a very moderate rate. I received fifteen shillings a week at the Princess's until I played Puck, when my salary was doubled.—E.T.
4 A "join" in theatrical wig-makers' parlance is the point where the front-piece of the wig ends and the actor's forehead begins.]
5 This was a favorite story of Henry Irving's, and for that reason alone I think it worth telling, although Sir Squire Bancroft assures me that stubborn dates make it impossible that the tale should be true.
6 Mr. A.B. Walkley, the gifted dramatic critic of The Times.
7 From my Diary, June 1, 1887.—"Westland-Marston Benefit at the Lyceum. A triumphant success entirely due to the genius and admirable industry and devotion of H.I., for it is just the dullest play to read as ever was! He made it intensely interesting."
8 Alexander had just succeeded Terriss as our leading young man.
9 Wenman had a rolling bass voice of which he was very proud. He was a valuable actor, yet somehow never interesting. Young Norman Forbes-Robertson played Sir Andrew Ague Cheak with us on our second American tour.
10 Once when Allen was rehearsing the supers in the Church Scene in "Much Ado about Nothing," we overheard him show the sense in Shakespeare like this:
"This 'Ero let me tell you is a perfect lady, a nice, innercent young thing, and when the feller she's engaged to calls 'er an 'approved wanton,' you naturally claps yer 'ands to yer swords. A wanton is a kind of—well, you know she ain't what she ought to be!"
Allen would then proceed to read the part of Claudio:
"... not to knit my soul to an approved wanton."
Seven or eight times the supers clapped their "'ands to their swords" without giving Allen satisfaction.
"No, no, no, that's not a bit like it, not a bit! If any of your sisters was 'ere and you 'eard me call 'er a ——, would yer stand gapin' at me as if this was a bloomin' tea party!"
12 A quotation from "The Bells."
13 I am sorry to say that since I wrote this The Tribune, after a gallant fight for life, has gone to join the company of the courageous enterprises which have failed.
14 Mr. Norman Forbes-Robertson.
15 Every lover of beauty and every lover of Henry Irving must have breathed a silent thanksgiving that day to the friends who had that inspiration and made the pall with their own hands.
16 "Wordsworth says he could write like Shakespeare if he had the mind. Obviously it is only the mind that is lacking."—Charles Lamb's Letters.