The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections

Name: The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
Author: Terry, Ellen

Terry, Ellen

Actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography; Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

plays in Charles Reade's "Our Seamen," 94;
    and Charles Reade, 99 _et sqq._;
    plays in "The Lady of Lyons," 107, 119;
    engagement with the Bancrofts, plays Portia, 110 _et sqq._;
    performs in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," 1902, 114, 348 _et sqq._;
    playing to aesthetic audiences, 117;
    plays in "Money," 119, 120-1;
    and Tom Taylor, 121 _et sqq._;
    in "New Men and Old Acres," 124, 146, 152;
    and the Bancrofts, 131;
    as Mabel Vane, 131;
    as Blanche Hayes in "Ours," 132;
    goes to see Irving act, 133, 134, 137;
    and Irving's Hamlet, 136 _et sqq._;
    as Ophelia, 137-41;
    engagement with John Hare, 148 _et sqq._;
    her marriage with Mr. Wardell (Charles Kelly), 150;
    acts with him, 150 _et sqq._;
    in "Olivia," 150, 153_ et sqq._, 159 _et sqq._;
    in "Dora," 151;
    in "Brothers," 152;
    in "The House of Darnley," 153;
    a visit from Henry Irving, 161;
    Ellen Terry's description of him, 161 _et sqq._;
    on tour with Charles Kelly in "Dora" and "Iris," 164;
    in "The School for Scandal," 165;
    plays in "Money," 165;
    in Irving's "Hamlet," 166 _et sqq._;
    touring in the provinces, 174 _et sqq._;
    in "Butterfly," 175;
    in "Much Ado About Nothing," 177-8;
    her dress for "The Cup," 187;
    in plays at the Lyceum, 191;
    in "Charles I.," 197;
    and "Lewis Carroll," 201;
    as Portia, 201 _et sqq._, 209;
    in "Othello," 222-3 _et sqq._;
    her "Letters in Shakespeare's Plays," 226;
    as Juliet, 227 _et sqq._;
    and Terriss, 231;
    her opinion of Sarah Bernhardt, 236-7 _et sqq._;
    her Jubilee, 245;
    in "Much Ado About Nothing," 250 _et sqq._;
    in "The Lyons Mail," 250-1;
    in "Twelfth Night," 253;
    as Olivia, 256;
    in "Faust," 260 _et sqq._, 344;
    in "The Amber Heart," 271;
    First Tour in America, 273 _et sqq._;
    first appearance in America, 280-1;
    an "American" interview, 288-9;
    on colored servants, 291;
    some opinions on America, 294 _et sqq._;
    her first speech, 304-5;
    at Niagara, 311-12;
    other tours in America, 325 _et sqq._;
    in "Godefroi and Yolande," 326;
    her third marriage, 327;
    in "Macbeth," 328 _et sqq._;
    painted as Lady Macbeth by Sargent, 331-2, 371-2;
    plays in the "Dead Heart," 334;
    plays in "Ravenswood," 337;
    plays in "Nance Oldfield," 337 _et sqq._;
    in "Henry VIII.," 338;
    at Stratford-on-Avon, 339 et sqq._;
    in "King Lear," "Becket," "King Arthur," "Cymbeline," "Madame
      Sans-Gne," "The Medicine Man," "Peter the Great," 343;
    in Robespierre, 344;
    in "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," 345;
    in "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," 345;
    in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," 114, 348 _et sqq._;
    in Ibsen's "Vikings," at the Imperial Theatre, 351;
    produces "The Good Hope," 354;
    in "Ravenswood," 354;
    her last Shakespearean part, Hermione, 355;
    her Stage Jubilee, 355 _et sqq._;
    her theatre dresses, 377 _et sqq._, 383;

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The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections

Terry, Ellen

Actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography; Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

plays in Charles Reade's "Our Seamen," 94;
    and Charles Reade, 99 _et sqq._;
    plays in "The Lady of Lyons," 107, 119;
    engagement with the Bancrofts, plays Portia, 110 _et sqq._;
    performs in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," 1902, 114, 348 _et sqq._;
    playing to aesthetic audiences, 117;
    plays in "Money," 119, 120-1;
    and Tom Taylor, 121 _et sqq._;
    in "New Men and Old Acres," 124, 146, 152;
    and the Bancrofts, 131;
    as Mabel Vane, 131;
    as Blanche Hayes in "Ours," 132;
    goes to see Irving act, 133, 134, 137;
    and Irving's Hamlet, 136 _et sqq._;
    as Ophelia, 137-41;
    engagement with John Hare, 148 _et sqq._;
    her marriage with Mr. Wardell (Charles Kelly), 150;
    acts with him, 150 _et sqq._;
    in "Olivia," 150, 153_ et sqq._, 159 _et sqq._;
    in "Dora," 151;
    in "Brothers," 152;
    in "The House of Darnley," 153;
    a visit from Henry Irving, 161;
    Ellen Terry's description of him, 161 _et sqq._;
    on tour with Charles Kelly in "Dora" and "Iris," 164;
    in "The School for Scandal," 165;
    plays in "Money," 165;
    in Irving's "Hamlet," 166 _et sqq._;
    touring in the provinces, 174 _et sqq._;
    in "Butterfly," 175;
    in "Much Ado About Nothing," 177-8;
    her dress for "The Cup," 187;
    in plays at the Lyceum, 191;
    in "Charles I.," 197;
    and "Lewis Carroll," 201;
    as Portia, 201 _et sqq._, 209;
    in "Othello," 222-3 _et sqq._;
    her "Letters in Shakespeare's Plays," 226;
    as Juliet, 227 _et sqq._;
    and Terriss, 231;
    her opinion of Sarah Bernhardt, 236-7 _et sqq._;
    her Jubilee, 245;
    in "Much Ado About Nothing," 250 _et sqq._;
    in "The Lyons Mail," 250-1;
    in "Twelfth Night," 253;
    as Olivia, 256;
    in "Faust," 260 _et sqq._, 344;
    in "The Amber Heart," 271;
    First Tour in America, 273 _et sqq._;
    first appearance in America, 280-1;
    an "American" interview, 288-9;
    on colored servants, 291;
    some opinions on America, 294 _et sqq._;
    her first speech, 304-5;
    at Niagara, 311-12;
    other tours in America, 325 _et sqq._;
    in "Godefroi and Yolande," 326;
    her third marriage, 327;
    in "Macbeth," 328 _et sqq._;
    painted as Lady Macbeth by Sargent, 331-2, 371-2;
    plays in the "Dead Heart," 334;
    plays in "Ravenswood," 337;
    plays in "Nance Oldfield," 337 _et sqq._;
    in "Henry VIII.," 338;
    at Stratford-on-Avon, 339 et sqq._;
    in "King Lear," "Becket," "King Arthur," "Cymbeline," "Madame
      Sans-Gne," "The Medicine Man," "Peter the Great," 343;
    in Robespierre, 344;
    in "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," 345;
    in "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," 345;
    in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," 114, 348 _et sqq._;
    in Ibsen's "Vikings," at the Imperial Theatre, 351;
    produces "The Good Hope," 354;
    in "Ravenswood," 354;
    her last Shakespearean part, Hermione, 355;
    her Stage Jubilee, 355 _et sqq._;
    her theatre dresses, 377 _et sqq._, 383;

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