245.

Tracy, dramatist, 24.

Trefusis, Joseph, admirable as a clown, 102.


Vanbrugh, 4.

Vaughan, Miss. See Pritchard, Mrs.

Verbruggen, Mrs., 5, 6.

Violante, Madame, 198.

Violetti, Eva Maria (Mrs. Garrick), account of, 328, 329;
her death, 333.

Voltaire, 315.


Waldron, F. G., 298.

Walker, Thomas, as Faulconbridge, 61;
as Hotspur, 61.

Walpole, Horace, quoted—on "genteel" writing and acting, 11, 12;
on Garrick, 77, 305, 306, 308, 330, 331;
on stage intrigues, 120;
on George II. at the play, 139;
on Glover's "Boadicea," 182;
on Whitehead's "Creusa," 183;
on Browne's "Barbarossa," 185;
on Garrick's "Fairies," 185;
on Mrs. Woffington, 200;
on William Powell, 244;
on O'Brien's marriage, 263;
on Mrs. Pritchard, 283, 284;
on Home's "Alonzo," 293;
on Mason's "Elfrida," 295;
on Mrs. Clive, 360, 362.

Warburton, Bishop, and Quin, 170.

Ward, Mrs., 195;
as Lady Randolph, 189.

Weston, Thomas, as Jerry Sneak, 246.

Whitehead, William, 183.

Wilkinson, Tate, 242;
Peg Woffington's treatment of, 209;
could not mimic Mrs. Cibber, 272;
as Bajazet, tutored by Garrick, 323;
imitates Foote, 394.

Wilks, Robert, 10, 22, 32, 41, 102;
as the Copper Captain, 8;
as Lord Townley, 11;
as Othello, 33;
engaged at Drury Lane, 34;
Betterton and Rich, 34, 35;
a favourite in Dublin, 35;
his first original character, 36;
as Sir Harry Wildair, 36;
his ancestry, 38;
his zeal and industry, 42;
and Powell, 43;
his greatest successes, 44;
as Dumont, 44;
his second marriage, 45;
his nephew, 44, 45;
his generosity, 46;
his death, 46;
and royalty, 48.

Williams as Decius, 166;
duel with Quin, 167.

Winston, Dick, 174.

Woffington, Margaret, 102, 115, 121, 174;
her first appearance, 69;
her first appearance in Dublin, 104;
as Roxana, 187;
her dispute with Mrs. Bellamy, 187;
as Lady Randolph, 189, 208;
account of her life, 198-212;
her youth, 198;
as Sir Harry Wildair, 200, 205;
and Garrick, 200;
her charity, 202, 211;
as Sylvia, 204;
as Jocasta, 204;
her best characters, 205;
in "breeches" parts, 205;
her independence, 205;
her quarrels with Mrs. Clive, 206;
in Dublin, 206;
her religious eccentricities, 207;
as Lothario, 208;
and Tate Wilkinson, 209;
her last appearance, 209;
her death, 210.

Woffington, Mary, 199, 203.

Woodward, Henry, as Mercutio, 122, 366;
as Harlequin, 121, 259;
as Captain Bobadil, 126, 367;
becomes Barry's partner in Dublin, 249;
ruined by the speculation, 251, 367;
his death, 303;
account of his career, 363-68;
his original characters, 363;
his first appearance, 365;
as Fitzfrolick, 366;
a judicious actor, 366.

Worsdale, actor, 124, 376.


Yates, Mrs., 183, 311;
as Cleopatra, 242;
as Mandane, 242.

Young, Dr. Edward, his "Brothers," 161, 163;
offended by Garrick's epilogue to the "Brothers," 163.

Younge, Miss, and Garrick, 334.