"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
De Camp, Miss, 10, 216;
her youthful experience as a dancer, 216;
her appearance at Drury Lane, 216;
plays Macheath, 217;
her marriage with Charles Kemble, 217;
her retirement from the stage, 217;
returns to the stage for one night, 218;
her characteristics, 218;
as an authoress, 219.
Deighton, actor, 264.
Delpla, 335.
Denmark, King of, at the play, 35.
Dennis, John, 14.
Derby, Lord, and Miss Farren, 100.
Dexter, 59; his carelessness, 60.
Dibdin, Tom, 262, 348.
Dickons, Mrs., 340.
Digges, West, Edinburgh manager, 124;
his death, 129.
Dodd, James, 134;
his great powers as an actor, 134;
as Abel Drugger, 134;
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, 134;
his death, 135.
Dowton, 323;
as Dr. Cantwell, 323;
as Sir Anthony Absolute, 323;
as Shylock, 389.
Drama denounced by the _Eclectic_, 331.
Drury, Dr., 371.
Drury Lane, opening of new theatre, 213;
burned down, 329;
rebuilt, 330.
Dryden's prologues, epilogues, and dedications, 280-283.
Ducis, French author, 24.
Duncan, Miss (Mrs. Davison), 325;
as Juliana in the "Honeymoon," 325.
_Eclectic Review_ on the stage, 332.
Edinburgh theatre, the, 123.
Edmiston, Miss, as Jane Shore, 398.
Edwin, John, his popularity, 128;
O'Keeffe's obligations to Edwin's acting, 128;
his original characters, 128;
his death, 128.
Elliston, Robert William, 317;
account of his career, 317-321;
his birth, 317;
with Tate Wilkinson at York, 318;
his success in London, 318;
as Sir Edward Mortimer, 318;
his large experience of management, 318;
his Hamlet, 318-319;
his versatility, 319;
his abilities, 319;
as Duke Aranza, 319;
his loftiness, 320.
Epilogues, 273.
Esten, Mrs., 95, 211, 252.
Etherege, 285.
Farren, Miss Elizabeth (Lady Derby), account of her career, 96-101;
her origin, 96;
her first appearance, 97;
as Lady Hardcastle, 97;
as Lady Townly, 97;
her qualities as an actress, 98;
her original characters, 98;
her farewell to the stage, 100;
her marriage to Lord Derby, 100;
her children, 101.
Fawcett, John, 323, 348;
as Job Thornberry, 323;
as Caleb Quotem, 323.
Fielding, Henry, 16, 289;
his nonchalance, 17.
Fitzgerald, Percy, his "Lives of the Kembles," 176 _n._
Fitzhenry, Mrs., 264.
Flecnoe and his critics, 12.
Foote, Samuel, 137;
in Edinburgh, 124;
and Henderson, 147.
Francis, Dr., 232, 403.
Francis, Miss (see Mrs. Jordan).
Freemasons at the play, 298.
French audiences, 55, 56, 60.
Garrick, David, 275;
and Sheridan, 5;
and "The Chinese Festival," 33;
his costume in various parts, 250;
his tomb, 333.
Garrick, Mrs., and Edmund Kean, 382.
Garrick, George, 85.
Gay, John, 14.
George III. at the theatre, 38, 41, 345;
fired at by Hatfield, 40.
George IV. and actors, 346.
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