"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
Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 99, 103;
accident at, 100.
Smollett as a dramatist, 189.
Soldiers at theatres, origin of their attendance, 155.
Sparks, Luke, as Dr. Wolf, 97.
Steele, Sir Richard, 127, 157.
Stephens an imitator of Booth, 55.
Stirling, Rev. John, dramatist, 58, 102.
Talma, 192.
Theobald, Lewis, 31.
Thomson, James, 65, 158;
his "Coriolanus," 117.
Thurmond, Mrs., actress, 60.
Townley, Rev. Mr., dramatist, 245.
Tracy, dramatist, 24.
Trefusis, Joseph, admirable as a clown, 102.
Vanbrugh, 4.
Vaughan, Miss. _See_ Pritchard, Mrs.
Verbruggen, Mrs., 5, 6.
Violante, Madame, 198.
Violetti, Eva Maria (Mrs. Garrick), account of, 328, 329;
her death, 333.
Voltaire, 315.
Waldron, F. G., 298.
Walker, Thomas, as Faulconbridge, 61;
as Hotspur, 61.
Walpole, Horace, quoted--on "genteel" writing and acting, 11, 12;
on Garrick, 77, 305, 306, 308, 330, 331;
on stage intrigues, 120;
on George II. at the play, 139;
on Glover's "Boadicea," 182;
on Whitehead's "Creusa," 183;
on Browne's "Barbarossa," 185;
on Garrick's "Fairies," 185;
on Mrs. Woffington, 200;
on William Powell, 244;
on O'Brien's marriage, 263;
on Mrs. Pritchard, 283, 284;
on Home's "Alonzo," 293;
on Mason's "Elfrida," 295;
on Mrs. Clive, 360, 362.
Warburton, Bishop, and Quin, 170.
Ward, Mrs., 195;
as Lady Randolph, 189.
Weston, Thomas, as Jerry Sneak, 246.
Whitehead, William, 183.
Wilkinson, Tate, 242;
Peg Woffington's treatment of, 209;
could not mimic Mrs. Cibber, 272;
as Bajazet, tutored by Garrick, 323;
imitates Foote, 394.
Wilks, Robert, 10, 22, 32, 41, 102;
as the Copper Captain, 8;
as Lord Townley, 11;
as Othello, 33;
engaged at Drury Lane, 34;
Betterton and Rich, 34, 35;
a favourite in Dublin, 35;
his first original character, 36;
as Sir Harry Wildair, 36;
his ancestry, 38;
his zeal and industry, 42;
and Powell, 43;
his greatest successes, 44;
as Dumont, 44;
his second marriage, 45;
his nephew, 44, 45;
his generosity, 46;
his death, 46;
and royalty, 48.
Williams as Decius, 166;
duel with Quin, 167.
Winston, Dick, 174.
Woffington, Margaret, 102, 115, 121, 174;
her first appearance, 69;
her first appearance in Dublin, 104;
as Roxana, 187;
her dispute with Mrs. Bellamy, 187;
as Lady Randolph, 189, 208;
account of her life, 198-212;
her youth, 198;
as Sir Harry Wildair, 200, 205;
and Garrick, 200;
her charity, 202, 211;
as Sylvia, 204;
as Jocasta, 204;
her best characters, 205;
in "breeches" parts, 205;
her independence, 205;
her quarrels with Mrs. Clive, 206;
in Dublin, 206;
her religious eccentricities, 207;
as Lothario, 208;
and Tate Wilkinson, 209;
her last appearance, 209;
her death, 210.
Woffington, Mary, 199, 203.
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