Rowe, Nicholas, 305; his "Tamerlane," 281; his "Fair Penitent," 286, 288; his "Jane Shore," 330, 331; his "Lady Jane Grey," 335; his Prologue to the "Nonjuror," 347. Rupert, Prince, and Mrs. Hughes, 78. Russell Court Chapel, proceeds of "Hamlet" given to, 299. Rutter, Mrs., 64. Ryan as Marcus in "Cato," 329; chosen by Addison for the part, 397. Rymer, Thomas, 215; on Shakspeare, 215. St. John Street, Clerkenwell, 31. St. Katherine, early drama, 7. Salisbury Court Theatre, 61. Sandford, 65, 145; as Banquo's Ghost to Smith's Banquo, 145; famous for his villains, 145, 146; nearly kills Powell on the stage, 349. Sandford, dramatist, 378. Santlow, Hester (Mrs. Booth), 298; as the Eunuch in "Valentinian," 314; as Dorcas Zeal, 314, 404; her marriage, 358, 403; Booth's ode to her, 403. Saunders, dramatist, 209. Saunders, Mrs., her retirement, 366. Saunderson, Mrs. (afterwards Mrs. Betterton), 65; as Ianthe, 68; as Ophelia, 109, 112. Savage, Richard, his first play, 345; his attempt at acting, 372. Scott, Thomas, dramatist, 210. Scudamore, 138, 178; a Jacobite agent, 138; marries a fortune, 138. Sedley, Sir Charles, 202-7, 251, 252; mimicked by Kynaston, 71. Settle, Elkanah, 233, 316. Sewell, Dr., dramatist, 357. Seymour, Mrs., marries Boheme, 374; as Mariamne, 375. Shadwell, Thomas, 219, 222, 229, 233. Shakspeare, Charles, 63. Shakspeare, W., acting in his own comedy of "As you Like it," 64; "improvements" on him, 219, 289; the Chandos portrait, 155. Shakspeare's plays more frequently acted in 1703-4, 289. Shaucks, actor, 26. Shatterel, 48. Shatterel, Robert, 64. Shatterel, William, 64. Sheridan, R. B., borrowing from Wycherley, 223; on the old comedies, 226. Sheridan, Thomas, 400. Shipman, 208. Shirley, actor, 64. Shirley, James, dramatist, 222. Skipwith, Sir Thomas, patentee, 306. Slingsby, Lady Mary, 148; her death, 148. Smith, William, actor, 65; as Banquo, 145; as Sir Fopling Flutter and Pierre, Chamont and Scandal, 147; as Cyaxares, 147; his death, 147; the reason of his retirement, 147. Smith, Edmund ("Captain Rag"), 303. Smythe, James Moore, dramatist, 381, 382, 383. South, on the wickedness of theatres, 271. Southerne, Thomas, dramatist, 234; his "Spartan Dame," 359; his last play, 380. Spiller, James, his wonderful acting of an old man, 344; as Mat o' the Mint, 388; his sudden death, 425. Stage, condition of, at end of seventeenth century, 181, 273; at beginning of eighteenth century, 274. Stage denounced by the clergy, 13, 19, 20, 26, 37, 38. "Stage Plays: A Short Treatise against," 38. Stapylton, Sir Robert, dramatist, 196. Starring, first instance of, 272.