Actor, profession of, in Greece and Rome, 2, 3.

Actors and clergy in collision, 13;
playing under forged licence, 13;
authors, 185;
Dennis' abuse of, 361.

Actors' famous "Points," 155.

Actresses, introduction of, 28;
pre-restoration English, 66.

Addison, Joseph, part author of the "Tender Husband," 294;
his "Rosamond," 301;
his "Cato," 329;
his "Drummer," 339.

Aldridge, Mrs., 148.

Alleyn, Edward, 31, 43, 48.

"Amboyna," 28.

Angel, 65, 70.

Anne, queen of James I., an actress, 24.

Anne, Princess, as Lemandra, 94.

Apothecaries' Hall the site of an early theatre, 16.

Arbuthnot, part author of "Three Hours after Marriage," 342.

Arrest of players, 15.

Arrowsmith, dramatist, 207.

Arsinoe, first opera after the Italian fashion, 295.

Aston, Anthony, his criticisms of Betterton, 131;
of Mrs. Barry, 152, 154, 156;
his appearance at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 369.

Audience on the stage forbidden, 289.

Audiences of the seventeenth century, 246.


Baker, Thomas, dramatist, 275.

Bale, Bishop, 14.

Bancroft, Archbishop, 25.

Bancroft, John, dramatist, 208.

Bankes, John, dramatist, 234.

Bankside, theatres on the, 32.

Barford, Richard, dramatist, 421.

Baron, the French actor, 134.

Barry, Mrs. Elizabeth, 121, 148, 190;
account of her life, 149-161;
tutored by Lord Rochester, 151;
as Isabella in "Mustapha," 151;
as Alcmena, 123;
as Calista, 131, 154;
as Monimia, 152, 156;
her industry, 153;
as Belvidera, 153;
as Cassandra, 153;
as Lady Brute, 154;
as Zara, 154;
as Clarissa, 154;
as Isabella in the "Fatal Marriage," 154;
as Queen Elizabeth, 156;
in free comedy, 156;
and Mrs. Boutell, 157;
and Lord Rochester and Etheridge, 158, 159;
her last appearance, 159;
the first player to have a benefit, 160;
her death, 160;
her portrait by Kneller, 160.

Barton Street, Westminster, 143.

Bateman, actor, 64.

Baxter, actor, 64.

Bear Garden, 32.

Beckingham, dramatist, 350, 363.

Beeston, actor, 64.

"Beggar's Opera," 386;
its famous run, 388.

Behn, Mrs. Aphra, 238;
her indecency, 239.

Bell, actor, 64.

Benefits, performers', first devised for Mrs. Barry, 160.

Benfield, actor, 26.

Betterton, father of the actor, 53, 117.

Betterton, Mrs. (see also Mrs. Saunderson), 94;
instructs the Princesses Mary and Anne, 94;
in her old age, 113;
pensioned by Queen Anne, 95.

Betterton, Thomas, 53, 57, 58, 65, 191, 297, 310, 311, 314;
account of his life, 109-135;
as Hamlet, 109, 111, 131;
tutored in Hamlet by Davenant, 112;
his famous benefit, 114, 312;
as Melantius, 114;
his death, 116, 314;
as Bosola, 119;
in "Mustapha," 120;
as Colonel Jolly, 121;
his modesty, 121;
in the "Provoked Wife," 121;
as Jupiter, 123;
his friendship with Dryden and Tillotson, 124;
and Pope, 126;
as Othello, 128, 129;
as Castalio, 128;
his portrait by Kneller and Pope, 128;
as Bassanio, 129;
as Horatio, 129;
patronised by royalty, 130;
licence granted to him by William III., 130;
adversely criticised by Aston, 131;
Cibber's praise of, 132, 133;
as Brutus, 133;
his salary, 133;
the Tatler on Betterton, 134;
as an author, 185;
helps Booth, 394.

Betterton, William, 25, 70.

Bicknell, Mrs., 404;
death of, 373.

Bird, Theophilus, 64;
accident to, 96.

Bishopsgate Street, theatre at an inn, 31.

Blackfriars' theatre, 16, 22;
its history, 30, 42.

Blagden, actor, 64, 65.

Boar's Head, the, without Aldgate, 15.

Boheme, Anthony, 356, 400;
marries Mrs. Seymour, 374;
as Herod, 375.

Book of Sports, the, 29.

Booth, Barton, 283, 315;
as Maximus, 129, 394;
recognised by Betterton as his successor, 129, 178;
leading actor at Drury Lane, 312;
in "Elfrid," 312;
as Pyrrhus, 321, 396;
as Cato, 329, 396, 397;
made a manager, 330, 401;
as Hastings, 331;
his marriage, 358;
as Cleombrotus, 359;
as Alonzo, 365;
as Young Bevil, 370, 402;
as Hotspur, 379, 415;
his illness, 381;
as Julio, 386, 417;
his last season, 386;
his last appearance, 386;
account of his life, 391-420;
as Pamphilus, 392;
his début as Oroonoko, 392;
and Betterton, 394;
as Captain Worthy, 395;
as the Ghost in "Hamlet," 395;
keeps house with Susan Mountfort, 396;
as Tamerlane, 408;
his sense of appreciation, 409;
Aaron Hill's criticism of him, 410, 411;
his great parts, 411, 412;
his feeling, 412;
as Laertes, 413;
as Henry VIII., 413;
finest when on his mettle, 414, 416;
his powers of application, 415;
his love of fame, 416;
his retirement, 417;
his death, 418;
his will, 418.

Boothby, Mrs., dramatist, 237.

Boutel, Mrs., 64, 82.

Bowen, William, 163;
converted by Collier's "Short View," 174;
killed by Quin, 174, 349;
his original characters, 350.

Bowman, 122, 142.

Bowman, Mrs., as Lady Fancyful, 121;
adopted by the Bettertons, 121.

Boyer, Abel, dramatist, 212.

Boyle, Charles, dramatist, 287.

"Boys" superseded by women, 67.

"Boys" in Rhodes's company, 67.

Bracegirdle, Mrs. Anne, 162, 166, 169;
as the Page in "The Orphan," 152;
as Millamant, 167;
as Statira, 167;
her high private character, 167, 168;
and Lord Burlington, 169;
attempted to be carried off by Hill, 171;
opposed by Mrs. Oldfield, 302.

Bradshaw, Mrs., 315;
her marriage, 332.

Brady, Nicholas, dramatist, 234.

Brett, Colonel, patentee, 306;
sells his share, 311.

Bristol, George, Earl of, 190.

Brown, Tom, on Mrs. Barry, 159.

Buckingham, Duke of, 187.

Bull, the, in Bishopsgate Street, 31.

Bullock, Christopher, his "Woman's a Riddle," 343;
his "Perjuror," 351;
as Bardach, 363;
his death, 369.

Bullock, Mrs., as Mrs. Mincemode, 380.

Bullock, William, 178, 180.

Burbage, James, 16.

Burbage, Richard, 22, 26.

Burnaby, Charles, dramatist, 278.

Burt, 48, 64;
in female characters, 70;
as Cicero, 70.

Busby, Dr., an amateur actor, 45.


Cademan, 143;
accident to, 143.

Cambridge, plays at, 11, 16, 24, 52.

Cantrell, Miss, as Polly Peachum, 421.

Carey, Henry, Viscount Falkland, 193.

Carlell, Sir Ludovick, 200.

Carlisle, James, 163;
killed at Aghrun, 173;
an author, 186.

Carrol, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Centlivre), 123.

Cartwright, Rev. Wm., dramatist, 45.

Cartwright, actor, 64;
his bequest to Dulwich College, 97;
great as Falstaff, 97.

Caryll, Earl of, 190.

Castlemaine, Lady, 249, 250.

"Cato," by Addison, 329, 397.

Centlivre, Mrs., 124, 243, 369, 385;
her "Busy Body," 311;
her "Wonder," 330, 331;
her "Bold Stroke for a Wife," 351.

Champmeslé, La, the French actress, 161.

Charke, Charlotte, daughter of Colley Cibber, 424.

Charles I. and the stage, 29.

Charles II. and Dryden, 228;
at the theatre (see chap. xii.).

Charleton, actor, 64.

Children of the Chapel Royal performing before royalty, 10.

Children of the Revels, 23.

Church employs the stage in early times, 7.

Cibber, Colley, quoted: on Kynaston, 72;
on Nokes, 75;
on Betterton, 132, 133;
on Underhill, 139;
on Anthony Leigh, 144;
on Mrs. Barry, 153, 154;
on Mrs. Mountfort, 163;
on the wearing of vizard-masks, 265;
on theatrical dissensions, 307;
on the success of the United Companies, 317;
on the critics, 319;
on Estcourt, 325.

Cibber, Colley, 302, 319;
as the Chaplain in "The Orphan," praised by Goodman, 103;
and Betterton, 130;
as Sir Gentle's Servant, 163;
as Sigismond, 163;
and his wig, 266;
his comedies, 280;
his "Careless Husband" an attempt at greater decency, 292;
Wilks and Dogget, 318;
his famous play "The Nonjuror," 345, 346-349;
his "Refusal," 366;
as Achoreus, 378;
his share of "The Provoked Husband," 386;
in the law courts, 387;
his "Love in a Riddle," 421;
hissed as Scipio, 423.

Cibber, Mrs., the elder, 178, 180.

Cibber, Theophilus, his first appearance, 366;
as Pistol, 366, 420;
his first wife, 379.

Clerical actors, 10;
auditors, 268.

Clive, Kitty, 420.

Clun, 64;
superior to Mohun as Iago, 70;
as Subtle, 70;
his tragic death, 70.

Cockburn, Mrs., dramatist, 241.

Cockpit, the, in Drury Lane, 57, 59.

Coleman, Mrs. Edward, early actress, 67.

Collier, Jeremy, his "Short View" converts Bowen, 174;
attacks the indecency of the stage, 225.

Collier, W., M.P., patentee of Drury Lane, 312, 315, 316.

Company of Players, Richard III. first English prince to employ them, 9.

Condell, 26.

Congreve, 223, 225, 226, 233, 273;
and Mrs. Bracegirdle, 168;
and Voltaire, 214;
his sarcasm on Cibber, 294;
his death, 421.

Cooke, G. F., 401.

Corey, John, 277.

Corey, Mrs., 64, 82;
mimics Lady Harvey, 259.

Corye, John, dramatist, 207.

Covent Garden Theatre, different buildings, 62.

Cowley, Abraham, dramatist, 216.

Cowley Street, Westminster, 420.

Cox, Richard, 52.

Crauford, David, dramatist, 212.

Cromwell, Lady Mary, 250.

Cromwell's buffooneries, 55.

Cross Keys, Gracechurch Street, 31.

Crowne, John, dramatist, 219, 222;
his death, 233.

Curtain Road, 33.

---- Theatre, the, 33.


Davenant, 57, 221, 232;
his company, 61, 65;
his improvements of Shakspeare's plays, 2, 19.

Davenport, Mrs., 65;
as Roxalana, 68, 91;
entrapped by a mock marriage by the Earl of Oxford, 92.

Davies, Mrs., 65, 92;
Charles II.'s mistress, 93.

Davys, Mrs., authoress, 341.

Decrees regarding players, 14, 21, 46, 47.

Dennis, 216, 234, 277, 291, 361;
his "Appius and Virginius," 311;
the inventor of stage thunder, 311;
his "Invader of his Country," 358.

Dering, Charles, duel with Vaughan on the stage, 261.

Digges, 401.

Dixon, actor, 65.

Dogget, 163, 176;
as Shylock, 176;
his original parts, 176;
a manager of Drury Lane, 176;
his Coat and Badge, 177;
as an author, 186;
the first "star," 272;
as Moneytrap, 300;
his care in dressing his parts, 300;
Cibber and Wilks, 318;
gives up management, 330, 401.

Dorset Garden, Duke's Theatre in, 61.

Drake, Dr., 210.

Dramatists, list of, 183, 184, 213, 214.

Drury Lane Theatre, 60;
the various theatres, 62;
burnt, 140;
united with the Haymarket, 305;
its waning prospects, 381.

Dryden, John, 221, 224, 227-229, 232;
his "Amboyna," 28;
his friendship with Betterton, 124;
his assault upon Shakspeare, 219.

Duelling in the theatre, 261.

Duffett, Thomas, dramatist, 209.

Duke, actor, 64.

Duke's Theatre, 61.

Dunstable, early theatre at, 7.

Durfey, Thomas, 234, 330;
in his decline, 284;
his "Prophets," 311.


Eastland, Mrs., 64.

Eccleston, actor,