Abington, Mrs., 102; account of her career, 102-108; her _début_, 103; her marriage, 104; her qualities as an actress, 104; Reynolds's comic muse, 105; and Walpole, 105; as Lady Teazle, 105; as Widow Belmour, 107; her original characters, 107; her death, 108; her manner and mannerisms, 258; the "Abington" cap, 258. Accidents at the theatre, 32, 40. Actors' loyalty, 38. Aikin, F., 128. Aikin, James, 128; his duel with J. P. Kemble, 197. Amateurs, noble, 45, 52; at Drury Lane, 30, 31. Arnold, S. J., 372. Audience on the stage, 44. Audiences of the last half of the 18th century, 30. Authorship at a low ebb, 348. Baddeley, Robert, 85; fights a duel with George Garrick, 85; his original characters, 136; bequeaths a cottage to the Drury Lane Fund, 136; his twelfth cake, 137; and Foote, 137; the last actor who wore the uniform of "Their Majesties' Servants," 419. Baddeley, Mrs., 85; her death, 86. Baillie, Joanna, 10. Bannister, Charles, 309. Bannister, John, 37, 310; an admirable actor in every line, 310; his career, 310-312; his great part of Walter in "The Children in the Wood," 311; his original characters, 312; portraits of him, 312; as first grave-digger, 382. Barry, Mrs., accidentally stabs Palmer, 140. Barry, Mrs. Elizabeth, 294. Barry, Spranger, 260. Barsanti, Miss (Mrs. Daly), 82. Barton, Fanny (See Mrs. Abington), 102. Beard, John, 11. Behn, Aphra, 280. Belfille, Mrs., 94. Bellamy, George Anne, and the King of Denmark, 36; account of her career, 88-94; her birth, 88; her early career, 90; her appearance as Monimia, 90; carried off by Lord Byron, 90; and Mr. Metham, 91; her lovers, 91, 92; her powers as an actress, 92; her varying fortunes, 93; her farewell to the stage, 93. Benefits, 294. Bensley, William, 256; as Eustace de St. Pierre, 129; his excellences, 130; his retirement, 130. Bentley, Richard, dramatist, 3; his "Wishes," 42. Beresford, Mrs., 95. Betterton, his dress as Hamlet, 248. Betty, Master William Henry West, 239; account of his career, 239-247; his birth, 239; appears at Belfast when only eleven years of age, 240; his popularity in Ireland, 240; his popularity in Scotland, 240; praised by Home for his Norval, 241; in the provinces, 241; his first appearance in London, 242; the frantic excitement caused, 242; as Selim, 243; presented with Garrick's seal, 244; flattery from the House of Commons, 244; the mania declines, 245; retirement from the stage, 245; return to the stage, 245; his comparative failure, 245; his final retirement, 246; critical account of him, 246. Bickerstaffe, 296. Blanchard, William, 323. Bland, Dorothy (see Jordan, Mrs.) Boaden, James, 4; and Mrs. Powell, 4.