Chute, Mr. J. H., theatrical company under, 59 "Cinderella," the origin of the tale of, 12 Circuit players in the olden days, 20 Clayton, John, in "A Household Fairy," 136 Coghlan, Charles, as Claude Melnotte, 150; as Shylock, 143 Cole, John William, tribute by, 36 Coleman, John, a memory by, 20 Command performance of "The Bells," &c., 269 Compton, Edward, experiences of, 59; plays in his father's benefit, 159 Compton, Henry, encourages Ellen Terry, 87; benefit for, 153 Conway, H. B., at the Court Theatre, 156 Cook, Mr. Dutton, criticisms by, 32, 148, 161, 166, 220 Coquelin, criticisms of the Lyceum "Madame Sans-Gêne" by, 291; on Ellen Terry, 288, 290 Craig, Gordon, 256, 270, 303 Craig, Miss Ailsa, 256, 272 De Rhona, Madame Albina, at the Royalty Theatre, 53 Dickens, Charles, admiration of, for Fechter, 106; letter of, to Macready, 120, 127 Dramatists, hints to, 7; what they have to aim at, 28 Duse, Signora, and Ellen Terry, 302 Farren, William, at the Haymarket, 87 Fechter, Charles, as Hamlet, 105; facts about, 102; leading lady of, 103 Filon, Augustin, criticism of Ellen Terry by, 286 First nights at the Lyceum, 219 Fitzgerald, Percy, criticisms by, 217, 225. Garrick, David, idiosyncrasies of, 83 Gordon, Walter, facts about, 87 Hare, John, production of "Old Men and New Acres" by, 157; production of "Olivia" by, 163; production of "The House of Darnley" by, 163 Howe, Henry, a memory of, 85; in "King Lear," 276 Irving, Laurence, plays by, 292 Irving, Sir Henry, adverse criticisms of, 212; as Charles I., 226; as Napoleon, 291; as Shylock, 147, 229; attracts the notice of Charles Dickens, 213; criticism of his first night at the Lyceum, 220; criticism of his Hamlet, 223; engages Ellen Terry as leading lady, 217; his first appearance, 209; his first night as King Lear, 273-276; his first success, 3; in his great rôles, 212; in "Werner," 257; modesty of, 217; never forgets old friends, 210; on his rôle of Doricourt, 241; popularity of, 214; Sarah Bernhardt on, 288; the good taste of, 216; twenty-five years ago, 208 Kean, Charles, at the Princess's Theatre, 30, 40; Ben Terry, assistant-manager to, 23; early days of, 22; latter days of, 48; the mounting of his plays, 44; three memories of, 46 Kean, Edmund, facts about, 22; last act of, 47; his appearance as Shylock, 46; the end of his career, 47 Kean, Mrs., as stage-mistress to Ellen Terry, 40, 41 Kelly (Wardell), Charles, as an actor, 137; as Benedick, 188; death of, 256 Kemble, John Philip, facts about, 23 Kemble, Roger, facts about, 19 Kemble, Sarah, marriage of, 22