Steele, Sir Richard, 278; his comedy of "The Funeral," 278; his _Christian Hero_, 279; his "Lying Lover," 289; his "Tender Husband," 294; made a partner in the Drury Lane patent, 333, 334; on Addison's "Drummer," 340; his name struck out of the patent, 360, 361; his "Conscious Lovers," 370; his creditors' actions against his partners, 387; his death, 421. Still, Bishop, 17. Stone, Miss, actress, 369. Strolling players, 6, 9, 14, 21, 24, 123. Sturmy, John, dramatist, 369. Suppression of the theatres, 49-52. Sutton, preacher at St. Mary Overy's, 26. Swan Theatre, 33. Swanston, a Presbyterian player, 48. Symcott, Margaret, said to be Nell Gwyn's real name, 91. Tate, Nahum, 220, 234; his assault on "Coriolanus," 358. Taverner, 311, 344, 351. Taylor, Joseph, actor, 48, 57. Tennis Court Theatre, 61. "Theatre, The," 33. Theatres, one of the earliest, 7. Theatres, two only licensed in London, 61. Theobald, Lewis, 311, 341; his "Richard II.," 363. Thomson, James, his first dramatic attempt, "Sophonisba," 423. Thurmond, actor, 178, 181. Tillotson, Archbishop, his friendship with Betterton, 124. Tofts, Mrs., singer, 296. Tooley, actor, 26. Tothill Street, Westminster, 116. Townsend, actor, 40. Trotter, Miss (see Mrs. Cockburn). Tuke, Sir Samuel, 195. Turbulent audiences, 259. Udal, Nicholas, 10. Underhill, Cave, 138; as the Gravedigger, 139, 140; as Don Quixote and Lolpoop, 139; as Sir Sampson Legend, 139. Underwood, actor, 26. Union of the two companies in 1682, 62, 162. Union ordered by Lord Chamberlain, 1708, 305. Unlicensed plays and houses, 24. Uphill, Mrs., 64. Vanbrugh, Sir John, 230, 386; his theatre in the Haymarket, 297; as manager, 297; his indecency, 299; his "Confederacy," 300; lets his theatre to MacSwiney, 302, 309. Vandenhoff, 401. Verbruggen, 163, 172, 178; as Oroonoko, 172, 173; as Bajazet, 173; as Altamont, 173; as Sullen, 173. Verbruggen, Mrs., 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. Verjuice, Mrs., 64. Vizard masks, 265. Voltaire, "The Relapse" attributed to, 231. Walker, Thomas, actor, 369, 401, 425; as Macheath, 388. Walker, William, dramatist, 212. Walpole, Sir Robert, and the "Beggar's Opera," 389. Warren (a dresser), his amusing accident on the stage, 131. Warwick Inn, Holborn, 15. Weaver, 64. Webster, Benjamin, mentioned, 145. Welsted, Leonard, dramatist, 381. West, Richard, his "Hecuba" condemned unheard, 380. Whitaker, William, dramatist, 209. Whitefriars' Theatre, 30.