Harper (a lusty fat man, with a countenance expressive of mirth and jollity, the rival of Quin in Falstaff, and the admirable Job-son to Kitty Clive's inimitable Nell). Hippisley (whose first appearance the audience always greeted with loud laughter and applause). Chapman (the Pistol and Touchstone of his day). Joe Miller * (whose name is become synonymous with good and bad jokes; a joke having ironically been christened a Joe Miller, to mark the wide contrast between joking and Joel). * This reputed wit was, after all, a moderately dull fellow. His book of Jests is a joke not by him, but upon him: a joke by Joe being considered la chose impossible. As an actor, he never rose to particular eminence. His principal parts were Sir Joseph Wittol and Teague. There are two portraits of him. One, in the former character, prefixed to some editions of his Jests; and a mezzotinto, in the latter, an admirable likeness, full of force and expression. The first and second editions of “Joe Miller's Jests” appeared in 1739. They are so scarce that four guineas have been given for a copy at book auctions. From a slim pamphlet they have increased to a bulky octavo! He died August 15, 1738, at the age of 54, and was buried on the east side of the churchyard of St. Clement Danes. We learn from the inscription on his tombstone (now illegible) that he was “a tender husband, a sincere friend, & facetious companion, and an excellent comedian.” Stephen Duck, the favourite bard of “good Queen Caroline.” wrote his epitaph. Hallam * (whom Macklin accidentally killed in a quarrel about a stage wig). [Illustration: 0142] Woodward, Yates, Shuter, **-- * A very rare portrait of Hallam represents him standing before the stage-lights, holding in one hand a wig, and pointing with the other to “An infallible recipe to make a wicked manager of a theatre” (a merciless satire on Macklin,) dated 'Chester, 20, 1750.” A stick is thrust into his left eye by one behind the scenes. For this accident, which caused his death, Macklin was tried at the Old Bailey in May, 1735, and found guilty of manslaughter.