"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 2 of 3)Doran, Dr. (John)
History
"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 2 of 3)
Doran, Dr. (John)
Actors -- Great Britain; Theater -- Great Britain -- History
Bowman, his death, 67.
Bracegirdle, Mrs., 7.
Brent, Miss, singer, 247.
Bridgwater, actor, 111.
Brooke, Henry, dramatist, 65, 245.
Browne, Dr., 185, 186.
Bullock, 67.
Burgoyne, General, dramatist, 301.
Cashel, actor, 103;
his death, 103, 104.
Catley, Ann, 295.
Charke, Charlotte (daughter of Colley Cibber), 50, 59, 96;
as Captain Plume, 88;
her wretched life, 236-38;
wears male attire, 237;
as a valet to an Irish lord, and as a waiter, 237;
her "Autobiography," 238;
her death, 238.
Chesterfield, Lord, opposes the Licensing Act of 1737, 62, 64.
Chetwynd, licenser of plays, 64.
"Chinese Festival," cause of a riot, 186.
Cibber, Colley, 5, 6, 22, 40, 41, 55, 69, 90, 131;
as Burnaby Brittle, 7;
his "Love's Riddle," 144;
asserts the dignity of his profession, 145;
account of his career, 213-239;
his early life, 214;
a juvenile laureate, 215;
as the Chaplain, 217;
his marriage, 217;
as Lord Touchwood, 217;
improving prospects, 218;
as Fondlewife, in imitation of Dogget, 218;
his triumphant success, 219;
as an author, 220;
his "Love's Last Shift," 220-22;
an attempt at greater purity, 220;
as Sir Novelty Fashion, 221;
his "Careless Husband," 222, 225;
his "Apology," worthy of immortality, 222;
Pope and Cibber, 223, 232;
his great part of Lord Foppington, 224;
his care as an actor, 225;
essentially a comic actor, 226;
a perfect critic, 227;
his candour and modesty, 227-28;
his "Richard III.," 228;
Cibber and his critics, 230;
his person, 231;
his Justice Shallow, 232;
election to White's Club, 233;
his death, 235;
his children, 236;
summary of his character, 239.
Cibber, Colley, quoted--on Mrs. Oldfield, 5, 6;
on Mrs. Oldfield and Wilks, 8;
on plays at Court, 134;
on critics, 143.
Cibber, Jane, as Juliet, 96.
Cibber, Mrs. Susanna Maria, 26, 59, 97, 118, 121, 181, 236, 288, 341;
her first appearance as an actress, 56;
as Hermione, 57;
as Indiana, 58, 121, 271;
as the Lady in "Comus," 67;
and her husband, 68;
as Sigismunda, 91;
and Garrick, 91;
as Juliet, 115, 122;
as Alicia, 125, 272;
as Isabella, 236;
account of her career, 268-76;
her death, 268;
marriage to Theophilus Cibber, 269;
as Zara, taught by Colley Cibber, 270;
success of her Zara, 271;
her perfection as Ophelia, 271;
not successful in sprightly comedy, 272;
her characteristics, 272;
her scoundrelly husband, 273;
plays Coelia in the "School for Lovers," 273;
her last appearance, 274;
her death, 274;
in a fracas at Bath, 275;
as Polly Peachum, 357.
Cibber, Theophilus, 26, 96, 236;
as George Barnwell, 24;
heads the secession from Highmore, 49;
his treatment of his wife, 68, 273;
his dispute with T. Sheridan, 105;
duel with Quin, 167;
his death, 238, 243.
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