The Story of My Life: Recollections and ReflectionsTerry, Ellen
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The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
Terry, Ellen
Actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography; Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928
Taber, Robert, 285
Tamagno, Sig., 381
"Taming of the Shrew," 80, 107
Taylor, Tom, 53, 67 _et sqq._, 76, 95, 106, 121 _et sqq._, 152
--Mrs. Tom, 68, 121-2, 125
Teck, Princess Mary of, 265, 381
Telbin, 76
Tennyson, Lord, 16, 59, 60 _et sqq._, 141, 151, 212-3, 367, 396
--Lady, 60
--Hallam, 62, 212-3, 216
--Lionel, 62
Terriss, William, 32, 151, 153, 156 _et sqq._, 196, 211, 212, 231 _et
sqq._, 247, 258, 300, 312, 397
Terry, B., Ellen Terry's father, 3, 4, 5, 9 _et sqq._, 18, 122-3, 179, 192
--Ben, Ellen Terry's brother, 8
--Mrs. B., Ellen Terry's mother, 3, 4, 8, 10, 48, 67, 396
--Charles, 8
--Daniel, 4
--Ellen, early recollections
her birth, 3-5;
acts at Stratford-on-Avon, 7;
impersonates a mustard-pot, 8-9;
her first appearance as Mamilius in "A Winter's Tale," 10, 15 _et
sqq._;
and Mrs. Charles Kean, _13 et sqq._;
training in Shakespeare, _19 et sqq._;
hurts her foot, 20;
plays Puck, 20 _et sqq._, 33;
learns about vowels, 21;
plays in the Christmas pantomime for 1857, 22;
learns to walk, plays in "Faust and Marguerite," "Merchant of Venice,"
"Richard II.," and "Henry VIII.," 24;
plays in "If the Cap Fits," 26;
and Macready, 28;
plays in "Pizarro" and "King John," 29;
in "A Drawing-room Entertainment," 32, 35 _et sqq._;
her salary, 33;
in "To Parents and Guardians," 34;
at the Royal Soho Theatre, 39 _et sqq._;
in "Attar Gull," 41-2;
in "The Governor's Wife," 43;
in "A Nice Quiet Day," 44;
life in a stock company, 46 _et sqq._;
at Bristol in Mr. Chute's company, 46 _et sqq._;
as Cupid in "Endymion," 49;
as Dictys in "Perseus and Andromeda," 49;
at the Haymarket Theatre, 49;
plays Titania at Bath, 51;
in "The Little Treasure" and "The Rivals," 51-2, 55;
meets Mr. G.F. Watts, and painted by him with Kate Terry as "The
Sisters," 53;
as Hero in "Much Ado About Nothing," 56, 72;
in "The Belle's Stratagem," 56;
in "Buckstone at Home," playing to royalty, 56;
in "The American Cousin," 57;
married to Mr. Watts, 58-9 _et sqq._;
returns to the stage, 67;
and the Tom Taylors, 68 _et sqq._,
plays Desdemona, 72-3;
visits Paris, 73 _et sqq.;
plays Helen in "The Hunchback," 75;
plays in "The Antipodes," 76;
first appearance with Henry Irving, 76;
plays in "The House of Darnley," 77;
and Mrs. Wigan, 76 _et sqq._;
plays in "The Double Marriage," 78;
plays in "Still Waters Run Deep," 79;
first impressions of Henry Irving, 79 _et sqq._;
plays in "The Taming of the Shrew," 80;
plays in "The Household Fairy," 82;
withdraws from the stage, 83 _et sqq._;
adventures in cooking, 86;
her children, 86 _et sqq., 146 _et sqq._;
and Charles Reade, 90 _et sqq._;
returns to the stage, 91 _et sqq._;
plays in "The Wandering Heir," 91 _et sqq._;
engagement with the Bancrofts, 92;
lives at Hampton Court, 93, 146;
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