"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 3 of 3)Doran, Dr. (John)
History
"Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 3 of 3)
Doran, Dr. (John)
Actors -- Great Britain; Theater -- Great Britain -- History
Booth, Barton, his dress as Cato, 249.
Booth, Junius Brutus, 392;
his rivalry with Kean, 392.
Brand, Hannah, 9, 95.
Brent, Miss, singer, 11.
Brereton, William, 129;
and Mrs. Siddons, 174;
his madness, 175;
his death, 175.
Brereton, Mrs. (afterwards wife of John Kemble), 175, 194.
Brooke, Frances, dramatist, 8.
Brown, Anthony, dramatist, 19.
Browne, Dr., 276.
Brunton, Miss, 95.
Brunton, Louisa (Countess of Craven), 221, 325.
Bulkley, Mrs., 135;
her self-assertion, 135;
her career, 136.
Bullock, 297.
Bunn, Mrs., 392.
Burgoyne, General, dramatist, 5.
Byron, Lord, his present to Kean, 394.
Canning, George, 118.
Canning, Mrs., wife of S. Reddish, 118.
Carey, George Saville, 359.
Carey, Henry, 359.
Carey, Nance, 360.
Cargill, Mrs., as Macheath, 11.
Carlisle, Lord, his tragedy, 28.
Catalani, Madame, and the "O. P." riots, 340.
Catley, Anne, 86.
Cautherley, 118.
Centlivre, Mrs., 14.
Chambers, Mary (wife of Edmund Kean), 366.
Chapman, 299.
Charlotte, Queen, at the theatre, 39.
Cherry, 263.
Cibber, Colley, 15, 260.
Cibber, Mrs., 47.
Cibber, Theophilus, and his benefit, 296.
Clarence, Duke of, 39.
Cobham, Mr., 393, 402.
Colman, George, the younger, 5;
his furious attack on Kemble in the preface to the "Iron Chest," 209;
his "John Bull," 229;
his ruffianly conduct at Carlton House, 346.
Congreve, 286.
Conway, W. A., 385.
Cooke, George Frederick, 223;
account of his career, 223-238;
theatricals at school, 224;
early struggles, 225;
quarrel with John Kemble, 225;
his first appearance in London, 226;
rivalry with Kemble, 226, 229;
as Richard III., 226;
his irregularities, 227, 228, 230;
his failure in Hamlet, 228;
his success in Sir Pertinax, 228;
his apologies to audiences, 231;
his visit to America, 231;
his eccentricities there, 231, 233;
his success, 231;
his second marriage, 232;
his mental intoxication, 234;
his last appearance, 235;
his death, 235;
his excellence as an actor, 235;
compared with Kemble, 236;
removal of his body, 236;
his skull, 237;
his monument, 238.
Cooke, Thomas, a dishonest dramatist, 290-294.
Cooper, the last of the Kemble school, 210.
Cork theatre, the, 50-51.
Costume, dramatic, 248.
Covent Garden Theatre burnt, 205, 329;
rebuilt, 337;
the "O. P." riots, 337-345.
Cowley, Mrs., 7.
Craven, Lady, authoress, 53, 54.
Crawford, Mrs., 162, 165;
her costume as Lady Randolph, 254, 255.
Crouch, Mrs., 254.
Cumberland, Richard, 3, 27;
his "Jew," 7;
and Sheridan, 27, 28.
Curtis, Mrs. (sister of Mrs. Siddons), 163, 176.
Daly, Richard, Dublin manager, 83.
Daly, Mrs., 82, 83.
Darby, Miss (Robinson, Mrs.), 108.
Davison, Mrs., 325.
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