"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
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 159;
and Garrick, 79, 80;
his "Irene," 115, 116;
supports "She Stoops to Conquer," 297;
his unfeeling attack of Garrick in the _Rambler_, 309.
Johnson, Miss (Theophilus Cibber's first wife), 355.
Kean, Moses, 302.
Kelly, Hugh, founder of the school of "Sentimental Comedy," 278, 294;
and Goldsmith, 291.
King, Thomas, as Allworth, 115;
the first Lord Ogleby, 246.
Lacy, James, patentee of Drury Lane, 96;
partner with Garrick at Drury Lane, 112.
Lecouvreur, 16.
Lekain, 314-16.
Lewes, Lee, 298.
Lewis, William, 291.
License of the stage, restriction of, 62.
Licensed plays and players hissed, 65, 66, 149.
Licensing Act of 1737, 62, 63, 149.
Lillo, George, 24, 66;
his "George Barnwell," 24, 156.
Lincoln's Inn Fields, its last season, 28, 83.
Love, 291.
Macklin, Charles, 27, 28, 50, 55, 97;
as Brazencourt, 27;
kills Hallam, 56;
as Roxana, 68;
as Shylock, 68;
his quarrel with Garrick, and the consequent riot, 87;
as Faddle, 114;
as Mercutio, 122;
as Macbeth, 299;
the first to dress Macbeth in Highland costume, 299;
driven from the stage, 300;
his action against the rioters, 300;
his generous conduct to them, 300;
at Barry's funeral, 346.
Macklin, Mrs., 243.
Macklin, Miss, 125, 188.
Mallet, David, dramatist, 23, 66.
Mason, William, his "Elfrida," 295;
his "Caractacus," 302.
Middleton, James, supposed to be a successor to Spranger Barry, 346;
his wretched end, 347.
Miller, Rev. James, dramatist, 60, 65, 89, 151.
Miller, Josias, actor, 67.
Miller, Miss, 295.
Mills, 51;
attempts Hamlet when sixty years old, 27;
his death, 60.
Milward, actor, 57, 271.
Molière, 16, 63.
Moore, Edward, his "Foundling," 113, 114.
Morgan, M., dramatist, 184.
Mossop, Henry, 125;
as Zanga, 125;
as Richard, 125;
as Horatio, 125;
as Theseus, 125;
as Macbeth, 125;
as Othello, 125;
as Wolsey, 125;
as Orestes, 125;
goes into management at Dublin, 250;
and Barry compared, 344;
account of his career, 352;
his death, 353.
Mottley, dramatist, honoured by Queen Caroline, 140.
Murphy, Arthur, 241, 294;
his increasing reputation, 245.
Norris, 22;
as Barnaby Brittle, 7.
Norsa, Miss, 120;
her _début_, 31.
Nossiter, Miss, and Barry, 181;
her brief career, 181, 182;
as Philoclea, 184.
O'Brien, William, 241;
as Captain Brazen, 241;
plays Harlequin, 259;
his marriage with Lady Susan Strangways, 261;
his retirement, 262;
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, 263;
provided for at the public expense, 264;
his ancestry, 265;
a dramatic author, 266.
Odell, deputy licenser of plays, 64.
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