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Title: "Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 2 of 3)

Author: Dr. Doran

Editor: Robert William Lowe

Release date: October 14, 2014 [eBook #47117]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

More detail can be found at the end of the book.

Note.—Three Hundred copies of this Edition printed on fine deckle-edge Royal 8vo paper. The fifty Portraits are given in duplicate, one on Japanese and the other on plate paper, as India proofs.

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  No. ........


"Their Majesties' Servants"

Dr. DORAN, F.S.A.

VOLUME THE SECOND

Ballantyne Press
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

Frontispiece: Garrick and his Wife

"THEIR MAJESTIES' SERVANTS"

ANNALS

OF

THE ENGLISH STAGE

FROM

THOMAS BETTERTON TO EDMUND KEAN


BY

Dr. DORAN, F.S.A.


EDITED AND REVISED BY ROBERT W. LOWE


With Fifty Copperplate Portraits and Eighty Wood Engravings


IN THREE VOLUMES

VOLUME THE SECOND


LONDON

JOHN C. NIMMO

14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND

MDCCCLXXXVIII

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.PAGE
MRS. OLDFIELD1
 
CHAPTER II.
FROM THE DEATH OF ANNE OLDFIELD TO THAT OF WILKS21
 
CHAPTER III.
ROBERT WILKS32
 
CHAPTER IV.
ENTER GARRICK49
 
CHAPTER V.
GARRICK, QUIN, MRS. PORTER71
 
CHAPTER VI.
RIVALRY; AND ENTER, SPRANGER BARRY86
 
CHAPTER VII.
THE OLD DUBLIN THEATRE99
 
CHAPTER VIII.
GARRICK AND QUIN; GARRICK AND BARRY108
 
CHAPTER IX.
THE AUDIENCES OF 1700-1750127
 
CHAPTER X.
EXIT, JAMES QUIN160
 
CHAPTER XI.
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND181
 
CHAPTER XII.
MARGARET WOFFINGTON198
 
CHAPTER XIII.
COLLEY CIBBER213
 
CHAPTER XIV.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND240
 
CHAPTER XV.
RYAN, RICH, O'BRIEN253
 
CHAPTER XVI.
SUSANNA MARIA CIBBER268
 
CHAPTER XVII.
REAPPEARANCE OF SPRANGER BARRY—RETIREMENT OF MRS. PRITCHARD277
 
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE LAST YEARS OF GARRICK AND BARRY290
 
CHAPTER XIX.
DAVID GARRICK304
 
CHAPTER XX.
SPRANGER AND ANNE BARRY336
 
CHAPTER XXI.
KITTY CLIVE, WOODWARD, AND SHUTER354
 
CHAPTER XXII.
SAMUEL FOOTE371

LIST OF COPPERPLATE PORTRAITS.

VOLUME II.

Engraved by Messrs. Annan & Swan, London.

PAGE
I.Garrick and his wife playing Piquet {Painted by Zoffany, the property of Henry Graves, Esq., Pall Mall} Frontispiece
II. Mrs. Oldfield From a rare mezzotint by Simon 8
III. Robert Wilks {From the original painting by J. Ellys} 38
IV. Theophilus Cibber From the Worlidge Collection 49
V. David Garrick 74
VI. George Anne Bellamy 95
VII. Mr. Mossop From the original by Mortimer 125
VIII. Peg Woffington Painted by J. Haytley 200
IX. Mrs. Yates From a rare engraving 242
X. Mrs. Cibber 272
XI. Mrs. Pritchard 282
XII. Mr. Macklin 299
XIII. Spranger Barry 344
XIV. Kitty Clive {From the original at Strawberry Hill} 359
XV. Samuel Foote Painted by F. Colson, 1769 380
XVI. Tate Wilkinson From the original by F. Atkinson 394

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD.

VOLUME II.

Engraved by Del. Orme & Butler, London, and printed on Japanese paper by Ed. Badoureau, London.

PAGE
1. Mrs. Oldfield1
2. Goodman's Fields Theatre21
3. Peg Woffington—From a painting by Pond32
4. Garrick's Birthplace, Hereford49
5. Ipswich Theatre—In which Garrick made his first appearance71
6. A Pit Admission Check—Goodman's Fields Theatre86
7. James Lacy99
8. Garrick and Mrs. Abington in the "Suspicious Husband"108
9. Woodward in "Every Man in his Humour"127
10. Quin as Coriolanus160
11. Old Theatre Royal, Edinburgh—1769-1859181
12. Mrs. Garrick—Painted by Hogarth198
13. Theophilus Cibber—Drawing by Hogarth213
14. Theatre Royal, Dublin240
15. Rich as Harlequin—1753253
16. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane268
17. David Garrick—From a miniature by Louisa Lane277
18. Garrick's House, Hampton290
19. Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy304
20. Mr. and Mrs. Barry in "Tamerlane"336
21. Kitty Clive's House, Twickenham354
22. Mr. Foote as Mrs. Cole in "The Minor"371

LIST OF TAILPIECES ON WOOD.

VOLUME II.

PAGE
1.Mrs. Clive as Mrs. Heidelberg20
2.Mr. Clarke as Antonio48
3.Mrs. Yates as Lady Macbeth126
4.Mr. Macklin as Shylock159
5.Mr. King as Lord Ogleby180
6.Mr. Powell as Lovewell212
7.Mr. Powell as Cyrus252
8.Mr. Garrick as Macbeth289
9.Mr. Garrick as Sir John Brute335
10.Mr. Shuter as Justice Woodcock370
11.Mrs. Yates as Mandane406