"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
his dress as Macbeth, 286;
his farewell, 301;
account of his career, 304-335;
his commencement as an actor, 304;
his unparalleled success, 305;
Walpole's opinion of, 305, 308;
said to write the criticisms on himself, 306;
charges of meanness, &c., 306, 307;
attacks on him, 307;
Johnson attacks his self-esteem, 309;
"Asper" and "Prospero" (Johnson and Garrick), 309;
description of the first appearance of Garrick and Quin in the same
play, 311-313;
Garrick and Quin, 314;
his careful study, 316;
an excellent dancer, 316, 317;
his power of representing different emotions, 317;
his practical jokes, 317, 318;
honoured in Parliament, 318;
Grimm's opinion of, 318, 319;
picture of him by Carmontelle, 319;
invited to Russia, 320;
his noble-mindedness, 320, 321, 323;
and Mrs. Siddons, 321;
his keen sense of criticism, 326;
his repertory, 327;
his original characters, 328;
his death, 332;
his farewell to tragedy, 334;
compared with Barry, 342, 343;
and Grimm, 258;
and Miss Younge, 334.
Garrick, Mrs. Eva Maria, 328, 333.
Gay, John, 31.
George I., his fondness for Shakspeare's "Henry VIII.," 131.
George II., his love of immoral plays, 136.
"George Barnwell," 24, 156.
Giffard, 26, 57, 62, 81.
Giffard, Mrs., as Lady Macbeth, 87.
Gildon's "Comparison Between the Two Stages," 6.
Glover, Richard, his "Boadicea," 182.
Goldsmith, his "Good-natured Man," 278, 292;
his "She Stoops to Conquer," 297.
Goodman's Fields, 26.
Griffin, Benjamin, 67.
Grimaldi, a Pantaloon, 67.
Grimm's opinion of Garrick, 318.
"Gustavus Vasa," 65.
Hale, actor, 75.
Hallam, killed by Macklin, 56.
Hallam, Mrs., 67.
Harper, 67;
prosecuted as a "rogue and vagabond," 50.
Hartley, Mrs., as "Elfrida," 295;
as Rosamond, 295;
her intrigue with "Gentleman" Smith, 295.
Havard, 61, 89;
his "Charles I," 61;
his death, 290.
Haymarket Theatre, Foote's tenancy of, 378, 392.
Henderson, John, 397.
"High Life Below Stairs," 246.
Highmore, Patentee of Drury Lane, 22, 49.
Hill, Aaron, 58, 117.
Hill, Dr. John, 242, 326.
Hippisley, 173.
Hoadley, Dr., his "Suspicious Husband," 110.
Holland, 188;
his death, 291.
Home, John, 395;
his "Douglas," 189;
his "Agis," 240;
his "Siege of Aquileia," 245;
his "Fatal Discovery," 292;
his "Alonzo," 293.
Hoole, dramatist, 292.
Horton, Miss Priscilla, allusion to, 294.
Horton, Mrs., 50, 55;
her retirement, 119;
her one original character, 120;
as Aquilia, 137.
Hughes, John, dramatist, 152.
Hulett, actor, his death, 57.
Indian kings at the play, 139.
"Irene," 116.
Irish stage, condition of, 92.
Jeffreys, dramatist, 23.
Jephson, dramatist, 301.
Johnson, Benjamin, a famous actor, 67.
Johnson, Charles, dramatist, 23, 25.
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