"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
Macklin, Charles, 4;
his "Man of the World," 6;
account of his career, 63;
his parentage, 63, 65;
his great age, 64;
as Monimia at the age of nine, 65;
his first appearance, 66;
as Snip, 67;
kills Hallam, 67;
his marriage, 68;
his Shylock, 68-70, 75;
his "Henry VII.," 70;
Pope's opinion of him, 70;
in Dublin, 71;
as Mercutio, 71;
his opinion of Garrick and Barry as Romeo, 71;
his retirement from the stage to keep a tavern, 72;
his "British Inquisition," 72;
his reappearance on the stage, 73;
as Sir Archie Macsarcasm, 73;
as Macbeth, 73;
his daughter, 72, 81, 82;
as Sir Pertinax Macsycophant, 73;
failure of his memory, 74;
his death, 76;
his characteristics, 76;
his objection to Garrick, 77;
antagonism with Quin, 77;
his character, 80;
his original and principal characters, 80;
his costume in various parts, 250.
Macklin, Mrs., 68.
Macklin, Miss, 72, 81;
her death, 82.
Macready, W. C., 392, 400;
his Virginius, 396, 397.
Mason, William, 3.
Masterton, dramatist, 350.
Mathews, Charles, 323;
his extraordinary ability as a mimic, 323;
his M. Malet, 323.
Mattocks, Mrs., 308;
her career, 308, 309;
her characters, 309.
Maturin, 354-357.
Melmoth, Mrs., actress, 265.
Miller, James, dramatist, 19.
Milman, 357.
Mistakes on the stage, 263.
Mitchell and his "Highland Fair," 25.
Montagu, Mrs., actress, 61.
Moody, John, 130;
as Major O'Flaherty, 131, 132;
the best Irish actor of his time, 131;
Churchill on Moody, 132;
a market gardener, 132;
his original characters, 133.
Moore and Mrs. Kean, 378.
More, Hannah, 7.
Mossop, Henry, 259;
and the Major, 48.
Motteux, P. A., 288.
Munden, Joseph S., 322, 348;
his wonderful powers of grimace, 322;
the breadth of his acting, 322;
his parsimony, 323.
Murphy, Arthur, 4, 289.
Murray, Charles, actor, 267.
O'Neill, Miss, 221, 387;
her first opportunity, 388.
"O. P." riots, 337-345.
Opera, progress of, 10.
Otway, 283.
Owen, John, actor, 267.
Owenson, 130.
Palmer, John, 139;
account of his career, 139-143;
accidentally stabbed by Mrs. Barry, 148;
his endeavours to open the Royalty Theatre, 140;
his original characters, 140;
his coolness, 140;
his death on the stage, 141, 142;
the original Joseph Surface, 142.
Parsons, William, 137;
his impudent "gagging," 37;
a great comedian, 138;
as Foresight, 138;
as Skirmish, 138;
as Corbaccio, 138;
his last character, 138;
his death, 139;
story about his wife, 139.
Patents, 418.
Phelps, Samuel, his worthy support of the legitimate drama, 419.
Phillips, Miss (Mrs. Crouch), 50.
Plays, list of, from 1800 to 1813, 327-330.
Pope, Alexander, 14;
on Macklin's Shylock, 70.
Pope, Mrs. (Miss Younge), 102.
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