"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
Glover, Mrs., 326;
a good actress and a good woman, 326.
Godwin, 351.
Goldsmith and his "Good-natured Man," 21.
Goodfellow, actor, 300.
Grattan, Colley, on Edmund Kean, 407.
Greatheed's "Regent," 27.
Green, Mrs., 84.
Griffiths, Mrs., 8.
Grimaldi, Joseph, 245.
Hale as Charles I., 253.
Hallam killed by Macklin, 67.
Hamilton, Lady, 58.
Hamilton, Mrs., actress, 264.
Harcourt, Lord, on Mrs. Siddons, 172, 173.
Hardy, French dramatist, 26.
Harlequin, a speaking, 44.
Hartley, Mrs., actress, 85.
Hayley, 4, 351.
Haymarket, loss of life at, 39, 40.
Henderson, John, 251, 256;
account of his career, 144-151;
his first appearance at Bath, 144;
his descent, 145;
his first appearance in London, 146;
his success, 146;
as Shylock, 146;
waiting on Foote, 147;
his high aims, 148;
creates a great sensation as Hamlet, 148, 149;
his public readings, 149;
as Falstaff, 150, 152;
as Æsop, 150;
his carefulness, 150;
his death, 151.
Hill, Aaron, 13, 289.
Hippisley, 299.
Holcroft, Thomas, dramatist, 5, 349.
Holland, Charles, 47;
and Miss Pope, 306.
Hollingsworth, a provincial actor, 59.
Holman, 322.
Home, John, 3, 276.
Hoole, as a dramatist, 25.
Huddart, 373.
Hull, Thomas, 321;
establishes the Covent Garden Fund, 321.
Hunt, Leigh, 320, 348.
Inchbald, Mrs. Elizabeth, 8.
Ireland's forged play of "Vortigern," 201.
Jephson, R., his plays, 3;
and Horace Walpole, 3.
Jerrold, Douglas, and Elliston, 320.
Johnstone, John, 133.
Jones, Richard, 324, 325.
Jordan, Mrs., 177, 312;
account of her career, 312-17;
her birth, 312;
her early experiences, 313;
her versatility, 313;
her appearance in London, 313;
her parts, 314;
as Lady Contest, 314;
her connection with the Duke of Clarence, 314;
her excellence as a comedian, 315;
reputed marriage with Ford, 315;
her retirement, 316;
her sad death, 316;
her children ennobled, 317.
Kean, Charles, 409;
becomes an actor, 409, 410;
plays with his father on the last appearance of the latter, 414;
his goodness to his mother, 416.
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