as Sir Anthony Branville, 247;
his mutilation of "Hamlet," 280;
his dress as Macbeth, 286;
his farewell, 301;
account of his career, 304-335;
his commencement as an actor, 304;
his unparalleled success, 305;
Walpole's opinion of, 305, 308;
said to write the criticisms on himself, 306;
charges of meanness, &c., 306, 307;
attacks on him, 307;
Johnson attacks his self-esteem, 309;
"Asper" and "Prospero" (Johnson and Garrick), 309;
description of the first appearance of Garrick and Quin in the same play, 311-313;
Garrick and Quin, 314;
his careful study, 316;
an excellent dancer, 316, 317;
his power of representing different emotions, 317;
his practical jokes, 317, 318;
honoured in Parliament, 318;
Grimm's opinion of, 318, 319;
picture of him by Carmontelle, 319;
invited to Russia, 320;
his noble-mindedness, 320, 321, 323;
and Mrs. Siddons, 321;
his keen sense of criticism, 326;
his repertory, 327;
his original characters, 328;
his death, 332;
his farewell to tragedy, 334;
compared with Barry, 342, 343;
and Grimm, 258;
and Miss Younge, 334.

Garrick, Mrs. Eva Maria, 328, 333.

Gay, John, 31.

George I., his fondness for Shakspeare's "Henry VIII.," 131.

George II., his love of immoral plays, 136.

"George Barnwell," 24, 156.

Giffard, 26, 57, 62, 81.

Giffard, Mrs., as Lady Macbeth, 87.

Gildon's "Comparison Between the Two Stages," 6.

Glover, Richard, his "Boadicea," 182.

Goldsmith, his "Good-natured Man," 278, 292;
his "She Stoops to Conquer," 297.

Goodman's Fields, 26.

Griffin, Benjamin, 67.

Grimaldi, a Pantaloon, 67.

Grimm's opinion of Garrick, 318.

"Gustavus Vasa," 65.


Hale, actor, 75.

Hallam, killed by Macklin, 56.

Hallam, Mrs., 67.

Harper, 67;
prosecuted as a "rogue and vagabond," 50.

Hartley, Mrs., as "Elfrida," 295;
as Rosamond, 295;
her intrigue with "Gentleman" Smith, 295.

Havard, 61, 89;
his "Charles I," 61;
his death, 290.

Haymarket Theatre, Foote's tenancy of, 378, 392.

Henderson, John, 397.

"High Life Below Stairs," 246.

Highmore, Patentee of Drury Lane, 22, 49.

Hill, Aaron, 58, 117.

Hill, Dr. John, 242, 326.

Hippisley, 173.

Hoadley, Dr., his "Suspicious Husband," 110.

Holland, 188;
his death, 291.

Home, John, 395;
his "Douglas," 189;
his "Agis," 240;
his "Siege of Aquileia," 245;
his "Fatal Discovery," 292;
his "Alonzo," 293.

Hoole, dramatist, 292.

Horton, Miss Priscilla, allusion to, 294.

Horton, Mrs., 50, 55;
her retirement, 119;
her one original character, 120;
as Aquilia, 137.

Hughes, John, dramatist, 152.

Hulett, actor, his death, 57.


Indian kings at the play, 139.

"Irene," 116.

Irish stage, condition of, 92.


Jeffreys, dramatist, 23.

Jephson, dramatist, 301.

Johnson, Benjamin, a famous actor, 67.

Johnson, Charles, dramatist, 23, 25.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 159;
and Garrick, 79, 80;
his "Irene," 115, 116;
supports "She Stoops to Conquer," 297;
his unfeeling attack of Garrick in the Rambler, 309.

Johnson, Miss (Theophilus Cibber's first wife), 355.


Kean, Moses, 302.

Kelly, Hugh, founder of the school of "Sentimental Comedy," 278, 294;
and Goldsmith, 291.

King, Thomas, as Allworth, 115;
the first Lord Ogleby, 246.


Lacy, James, patentee of Drury Lane, 96;
partner with Garrick at Drury Lane, 112.

Lecouvreur, 16.

Lekain, 314-16.

Lewes, Lee, 298.

Lewis, William, 291.

License of the stage, restriction of, 62.

Licensed plays and players hissed, 65, 66, 149.

Licensing Act of 1737, 62, 63, 149.

Lillo, George, 24, 66;
his "George Barnwell," 24, 156.

Lincoln's Inn Fields, its last season, 28, 83.

Love, 291.


Macklin, Charles, 27, 28, 50, 55, 97;
as Brazencourt, 27;
kills Hallam, 56;
as Roxana, 68;
as Shylock, 68;
his quarrel with Garrick, and the consequent riot, 87;
as Faddle, 114;
as Mercutio, 122;
as Macbeth, 299;
the first to dress Macbeth in Highland costume, 299;
driven from the stage, 300;
his action against the rioters, 300;
his generous conduct to them, 300;
at Barry's funeral, 346.

Macklin, Mrs., 243.

Macklin, Miss, 125, 188.

Mallet, David, dramatist, 23, 66.

Mason, William, his "Elfrida," 295;
his "Caractacus," 302.

Middleton, James, supposed to be a successor to Spranger Barry, 346;
his wretched end, 347.

Miller, Rev. James, dramatist, 60, 65, 89, 151.

Miller, Josias, actor, 67.

Miller, Miss, 295.

Mills, 51;
attempts Hamlet when sixty years old, 27;
his death, 60.

Milward, actor, 57, 271.

Molière, 16, 63.

Moore, Edward, his "Foundling," 113, 114.

Morgan, M., dramatist, 184.

Mossop, Henry, 125;
as Zanga, 125;
as Richard, 125;
as Horatio, 125;
as Theseus, 125;
as Macbeth, 125;
as Othello, 125;
as Wolsey, 125;
as Orestes, 125;
goes into management at Dublin, 250;
and Barry compared, 344;
account of his career, 352;
his death, 353.

Mottley, dramatist, honoured by Queen Caroline, 140.

Murphy, Arthur, 241, 294;
his increasing reputation, 245.


Norris, 22;
as Barnaby Brittle, 7.

Norsa, Miss, 120;
her début, 31.

Nossiter, Miss, and Barry, 181;
her brief career, 181, 182;
as Philoclea, 184.


O'Brien, William, 241;
as Captain Brazen, 241;
plays Harlequin, 259;
his marriage with Lady Susan Strangways, 261;
his retirement, 262;
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, 263;
provided for at the public expense, 264;
his ancestry, 265;
a dramatic author, 266.

Odell, deputy licenser of plays, 64.

Oldfield, Mrs. Anne, 1, 42;
her first appearance, 4;
as Alinda, 4;
as Lenora, 5, 9;
as Lady Betty Modish, 6, 9, 11;
as Mrs. Brittle, 7;
as Lady Townley, 8, 10, 11;
as Estifania, 8;
as Mrs. Sullen, 9;
the original representative of sixty-five characters, 9;
her dislike of tragedy, 10;
as Marcia in "Cato," 10;
as Cleopatra, 11;
as Calista, 11;
as Semandra, 11;
in high society, 13;
her death, 14, 20;
her body lying in state, 15;
her funeral, 16;
her descendants, 17;
her last words on the stage, 19;
and Wilks, 40;
and Mrs. Rogers, 40.

Opera, making way, 247.

Oxford and London, 141.


Palmer, John (the first), 288.

Palmer, Mrs. (Miss Pritchard), as Juliet, 188;
her last season, 288.

"Pasquin," 59.

Paterson, William, dramatist, 65.

Pelham, Henry, and Barry, 345.

Pinkethman as Antonio, 137.

Pit, the, 145.

Pope, Alexander, 158.

Pope, Miss, 356, 360.

Porter, Mrs., 21, 57;
her retirement, 83;
a great actress, 83;
as Hermione, 84;
as Belvidera, 84;
her lameness, 84.

Powell, George, challenges Wilks, 43.

Powell, William, his successful début, 244;
trained by Garrick, 245.

Pritchard, Mrs., 21, 55, 288;
as Nell, 50;
as Beatrice, 115, 283;
as Mrs. Beverley, 161;
account of her career, 280-287;
her retirement, 280;
her early struggles, 281;
her versatility, 281;
her Queen Katherine, 282;
as the Queen in Hamlet, 282;
as Lady Macbeth, 282;
her characteristics, 282, 283;
her perfect articulation, 283;
Horace Walpole's high opinion of, 284;
Johnson and Churchill's criticism of, 284, 285;
her final appearance, 286;
compared with Mrs. Siddons, 287;
her retirement to Bath, 287.

Pritchard, Miss, as Juliet, 188, 286;
vide Palmer, Mrs.


"Quality," the, behind the scenes, 146, 153.

Quick, 298.

Quin, James, 27, 31, 51, 121;
his family, 51;
his first appearance, 52;
as Bajazet, 52;
his progress, 52;
duel with Bowen, 53, 166;
at Drury Lane, 55;
eminent in Shakspearian characters, 59;
shaken by Garrick, 74;
plays against Garrick, 82, 110;
and Mrs. Bellamy, 95;
and Garrick, 110, 111;
and John Rich, 113;
as Sir John Brute, 115;
his retirement, 164;
account of his career, 165-80;
his first character and his last, 165;
his progress, 165, 166;
Williams, duel with, 166;
his great character, Falstaff, 166;
Theophilus Cibber, duel with, 167;
his successes and failures, 168;
his characteristics, 168, 179;
as a humourist, 169;
his character, 169, 170;
an epicure, 172;
his powers of retort, 173;
his benevolence, 174-76;
his friendship with Garrick, 177;
his death, 178;
his epitaph written by Garrick, 178;
his will, 180;
his reported ignorance of "Macbeth," 285;
his first appearance in the same play as Garrick (the "Fair Penitent"), 311-13;
and Garrick, 314;
pummels Aaron Hill for adversely criticising him, 326.


Raftor, Catherine (Mrs. Clive), 144, 354;
as Ismenes, 355.

Ramsay, Allan, 193.

Rich, John, 28;
and Quin, 113;
his death, 256;
the extraordinary excellence of his Harlequin, 256;
his oddities, 257, 258;
his humour, 260;
the excellence of his pantomimes, 261;
and the Earl, 154.

Riots, theatrical, 150, 154.

Robinson, Miss, 23.

Rogers, Mrs., 39;
and Mrs. Oldfield, 39.

"Romeo and Juliet" season, 120.

Rope dancers at the theatre, 145.

Ross, David, 125;
as Castalio, 125.

Ryan, Lacy, 31;
shot by a ruffian, 56;
Quin's kindness to, 175, 256;
his death, 253;
account of his career, 253-56;
his début, 254;
kills a ruffian in self-defence, 254;
wounded by a footpad, 255.


Saunders, Mrs., 14.

Scotland, the stage in, 189.

Shadwell, Charles, dramatist, 102.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, his "Rivals," 302;
his "Duenna," 302.

Sheridan, Thomas, 87, 93, 106, 184, 380;
his début, 105;
as Hamlet, 88;
as Horatio, 93;
his dispute with Theophilus Cibber, 105;
ill-treated by ruffians in Dublin, 248;
his managerial troubles, 248;
his unfortunate meddling with politics, 249.

Sheridan, Barry, and Garrick, 93.

"She Stoops to Conquer," 297.

Shirley, William, dramatist, 66, 118, 149.

Shuter, Edward, 303, 368;
his first appearance, 96;
account of his career, 368-70;
lowness of his origin, 368;
his original characters, 368;
his facial powers, 368;
his religious mania, 369.

Siddons, Mrs., 4, 288, 289;
compared with Mrs. Pritchard, 287;
and Garrick, 321;
and Mrs. Crawford, 351.

Sloper, Mr., 273, 275.

Smith, "Gentleman," as Plume, 204;
as Ethelwold, 295;
as Henry II., 295;
his intrigue with Mrs. Hartley, 295.

Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 99, 103;
accident at, 100.

Smollett as a dramatist, 189.

Soldiers at theatres, origin of their attendance, 155.

Sparks, Luke, as Dr. Wolf, 97.

Steele, Sir Richard, 127, 157.

Stephens an imitator of Booth, 55.

Stirling, Rev. John, dramatist, 58, 102.


Talma, 192.

Theobald, Lewis, 31.

Thomson, James, 65, 158;
his "Coriolanus," 117.

Thurmond, Mrs., actress, 60.

Townley, Rev. Mr., dramatist,