"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 1 of 3)Doran, Dr. (John)
History
"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 1 of 3)
Doran, Dr. (John)
Actors -- Great Britain; Theater -- Great Britain -- History
Booth, Barton, 283, 315;
as Maximus, 129, 394;
recognised by Betterton as his successor, 129, 178;
leading actor at Drury Lane, 312;
in "Elfrid," 312;
as Pyrrhus, 321, 396;
as Cato, 329, 396, 397;
made a manager, 330, 401;
as Hastings, 331;
his marriage, 358;
as Cleombrotus, 359;
as Alonzo, 365;
as Young Bevil, 370, 402;
as Hotspur, 379, 415;
his illness, 381;
as Julio, 386, 417;
his last season, 386;
his last appearance, 386;
account of his life, 391-420;
as Pamphilus, 392;
his _début_ as Oroonoko, 392;
and Betterton, 394;
as Captain Worthy, 395;
as the Ghost in "Hamlet," 395;
keeps house with Susan Mountfort, 396;
as Tamerlane, 408;
his sense of appreciation, 409;
Aaron Hill's criticism of him, 410, 411;
his great parts, 411, 412;
his feeling, 412;
as Laertes, 413;
as Henry VIII., 413;
finest when on his mettle, 414, 416;
his powers of application, 415;
his love of fame, 416;
his retirement, 417;
his death, 418;
his will, 418.
Boothby, Mrs., dramatist, 237.
Boutel, Mrs., 64, 82.
Bowen, William, 163;
converted by Collier's "Short View," 174;
killed by Quin, 174, 349;
his original characters, 350.
Bowman, 122, 142.
Bowman, Mrs., as Lady Fancyful, 121;
adopted by the Bettertons, 121.
Boyer, Abel, dramatist, 212.
Boyle, Charles, dramatist, 287.
"Boys" superseded by women, 67.
"Boys" in Rhodes's company, 67.
Bracegirdle, Mrs. Anne, 162, 166, 169;
as the Page in "The Orphan," 152;
as Millamant, 167;
as Statira, 167;
her high private character, 167, 168;
and Lord Burlington, 169;
attempted to be carried off by Hill, 171;
opposed by Mrs. Oldfield, 302.
Bradshaw, Mrs., 315;
her marriage, 332.
Brady, Nicholas, dramatist, 234.
Brett, Colonel, patentee, 306;
sells his share, 311.
Bristol, George, Earl of, 190.
Brown, Tom, on Mrs. Barry, 159.
Buckingham, Duke of, 187.
Bull, the, in Bishopsgate Street, 31.
Bullock, Christopher, his "Woman's a Riddle," 343;
his "Perjuror," 351;
as Bardach, 363;
his death, 369.
Bullock, Mrs., as Mrs. Mincemode, 380.
Bullock, William, 178, 180.
Burbage, James, 16.
Burbage, Richard, 22, 26.
Burnaby, Charles, dramatist, 278.
Burt, 48, 64;
in female characters, 70;
as Cicero, 70.
Busby, Dr., an amateur actor, 45.
Cademan, 143;
accident to, 143.
Cambridge, plays at, 11, 16, 24, 52.
Cantrell, Miss, as Polly Peachum, 421.
Carey, Henry, Viscount Falkland, 193.
Carlell, Sir Ludovick, 200.
Carlisle, James, 163;
killed at Aghrun, 173;
an author, 186.
Carrol, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Centlivre), 123.
Cartwright, Rev. Wm., dramatist, 45.
Cartwright, actor, 64;
his bequest to Dulwich College, 97;
great as Falstaff, 97.
Caryll, Earl of, 190.
Castlemaine, Lady, 249, 250.
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