"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
Mills, John, 178;
his character as an actor, 180;
his original characters, 180;
as Zanga, 365.
Milward, William, his first appearance, 378.
Miracle-plays, 7.
Mitchell, Joseph, dramatist, 368.
Mohun, Major, 48, 64, 69, 99;
as Iago, 70;
his portrait, 100;
as Maximin, 100;
as Clytus, 100;
his versatility, 100;
his modesty, 100.
Mohun, Lord, concerned in Mountfort's murder, 170.
Moore, Master, 40.
Moore, Sir Thomas, his "Mangora," 351.
Moralities, 7, 9.
Moseley, 65, 70.
Mossop, 400.
Motteux, Peter Anthony, 210;
his disgraceful death, 210.
Mottley, John, dramatist, 364-67, 425.
Mountfort, Mrs. (see also Mrs. Verbruggen), 162, 275;
described by Colley Cibber, 163;
in "The Western Lass," 164;
as Bayes, 165;
as Melantha, 165;
her original characters, 166;
her death, 166, 286.
Mountfort, Susan, 356, 357;
lives with Booth, 396;
as Ophelia, 396;
her insanity, 396;
success in the lottery, 402.
Mountfort, William, 163, 169;
his powers of mimicry, 170;
his murder, 170-72;
an author, 185.
Mysteries and Miracle Plays, 7, 8.
Newcastle, Duke of, 187, 188.
Nokes, James, 65, 74, 144;
as Nurse in "Caius Marius" and "Fatal Jealousy," 75;
as Sir Arthur Addel, 77;
before Charles II., 77.
Nokes, Robert, 65.
"Nonjuror," Cibber's, 345, 346-349.
Norris, 65, 163;
as Dicky in "Constant Couple," 175;
his original characters, 176;
his death, 176.
Odell, Thomas, dramatist, 367.
Odingsell, Gabriel, an unfortunate dramatist, 379, 380.
Oldfield, Mrs. Anne, 166, 178, 286, 320, 366, 379;
as Lady Betty Modish, 293;
as Biddy Tipkin, 295;
and Mrs. Bracegirdle, 302;
as Marcia, 329;
as Jane Shore, 331;
as Violante, 332;
as Lady Jane Grey, 334;
as Maria in the "Nonjuror," 347;
as Celonis, 359;
as Indiana, 370;
as Cydene, 376;
as Sophonisba, 423;
her last part, 424.
Oldmixon, John, dramatist, 212, 287;
operas, 63.
Opera, introduction of, after the Italian manner, 295.
Orrery, Lord, 191, 192, 283.
Otway, 232;
tries his fortune on the stage, 142;
his assault on Shakspeare, 219;
his death, 233.
Owenson, a comic Tamerlane, 282.
Oxford, Earl of, 92.
Oxford, plays at, 45.
Pack, 178, 343;
his original characters, 181;
as Thisbe, 343;
his retirement, 369.
Pantomimes, 319, 377.
Paris Garden, 32.
Patents--(1574), 21;
Killigrew's, 61;
Davenant's, 61;
value of, 306.
Payne licensed to train children of the revels, 23.
Payne, Nevil, 208.
Peer, William, 163;
as the Apothecary and as the speaker of the prologue in "Hamlet,"
175;
his death, 175, 330.
Pepys, Samuel, 71, 78, 79, 80, 82, 86, 111, 112, 119, 120, 137, 246,
247, 248, 249, 252, 254, 264;
his low opinion of Shakspeare, 221.
Percival, Mrs., see Mrs. Verbruggen.
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