Kotzebue, Augustus Von, his passion for the drama, ii. 39.
biography, ii. 186.

iii. 198.

observations on stage language,

Kynaston, the actor, his quarrel with Sir C. Sedley, i. 176.

La Motte, the French author, his wonderful memory, iii. 117.
Lee, Nathaniel, his tragedy of "Alexander the Great,"
i. 96.

reading and performance, i. 109.
Dryden's anecdote of, i. 129.

his reply to Sir R. L'Estrange, ii. 113.
Lekain, the French tragedian, bis biography, i. 243.
Linguet, Madame, the Parisian actress, anecdote of, iii. 197.
Linton, the musician, benefit for his Widow, i. 107.
Liston, his performance of Lord Grizzle, i. 218.

lines to, i. 228.

his letter on his benefit, iii. 151.

Locke, Mathew, the musical composer, anecdote of, iii. 130.
Lyon, William, a strolling player, his retentive memory,
iii. 8.

Macbeth, various performers of, iii. 33.

Jeu de Mot, of an eminent lawyer, at a performance
of, iii. 131.

Macklin, bis epitaph by Pope, ii. 11.

ii. 57.

comedy of "The Man of the World," ii. 39.
performance of Shylock, with Bates as Tubal,

last appearance, ii. 113.

repartee on Foote's watch, ii. 150.

criticism on Barry and Garrick, ii. 256.
definition of Esquire, iii. 133.

Macready, the tragedian, his humanity, i. 6.
Manley, his letter to Junius Brutus Booth, i. 65.
Marmontel, his tragedy of" Cleopatra," ii. 17.
Mars, Mademoiselle, her Jeux des Mots, i. 226.

Marshall, Mrs., the actress, and the Earl of Oxford, i. 140.
Masks, introduction of, in the play-house, iii. 256.
Massinger, Philip, slight sketch of, iii. 31.

Mathews, his interview with Tate Wilkinson, ii, 166.
Mattocks, Mrs., her influence on the fashions, ii. 98.
Maupin, La, the French actress, biography of, i. 150.

Middleton, author of the suppressed play, his petition to
James I., ii. 15.

Miller, James, dramatic writer, his independent spirit,
ii. 38.

Joe, his epitaph by Dack, ii. 257.
Milton's daughter, poverty of, ii. 253.
Milward, the actor, his biography, iii. 90.
Moliere, his comedy of "Le Tartuffe," i. 110.-Method of
studying nature, i. 112.-Patron of Baron, the actor,
i. 123.—Piquant reply to a parasite, ii. 20.—His differ-
ence with Scaramouch, the Italian actor, ii. 39.-Condes-
cension of Louis XIV. to, ii. 58.-his performance on the
stage, ii. 141.

Moncriff, the author, a critic's address to, ii. 21.

Montague, Mrs., her insolent behaviour to the audience,
ii. 69.

Montfleury, the French tragedian, his death, i. 142.

ter of an actor, i. 260.

opinion of the charac-

Montford, Mrs., her performance of Ophelia, when insane,
i. 10.

Moody, and the highwayman, ii. 140.

Moralities, ancient, one of the earliest improvements on the
old Mysteries, account of, i. 170.

called "The Cradle of Security," acted

at Gloucester, ii. 167.

Parts," in, iii. 221.

Mossop, his dialogue with Mrs. Barden, i. 73.
character, i. 225.

Mountford, the comedian, his mimicry, iii. 48.

Mountford, William, the actor, account of his murder,
iii. 13.

Mudie, Miss, her first appearance, ii. 2.

Munden, his early career, ii. 128.

Marphy, (A.) his characters in " The Way to Keep Him,"

ii. 67.

iii. 214.

anecdote of his bust, iii. 208.

, success of his "Three Weeks after Marriage,"

Mysteries, or miracles, the first sacred dramas, i. 132.
characters in the ancient, ii. 25,
the Coventry and Chester, iii. 9.
description of the French, iii. 117.

- Swedish, iii. 119.

English, in Germany, iii. 237.

"Nabob," the original of Foote's, i. 16.

Nabarro, the Spanish dramatist, anecdotes respecting, i. 3.
Naldi, Signor, his melancholy death, i. 280.

Newcastle, Duchess of, account of her dramatic works,
iii. 104.

Norris, the actor, his witty reply to a physician, iii. 104.

O'Keefe, plot of his "London Hermit," and anecdote on
which it is founded, i. 14.

"

lines to, by Peter Pindar, i. 25.

Oldfield, Mrs., her benevolent qualities, i. 224.

her reception at Court, iii. 267.

Orchestra in the ancient Theatres, description of, i. 279.

Palmer, John, his death, ii. 272.

Pantomime, the history of, from its earliest period, i. 117.
Parody of a poacher, ii. 31.

Parsons, the comedian, anecdote of him as a painter, i. 286.
---, his repartee to J. Palmer, ii. 46,
Paton, Miss, her stipulation with the Covent Garden mana-
gers, ii. 147.

Peer, William, actor at the Restoration, account of, iii. 202.
Peterson, Joseph, his debut, death and epitaph, i. 186.
Philippe, the French comedian, interment of, i. 50.
Phillips, Sir Richard, his opinion of the Theatre, i. 60.
account of the present descendants

of Shakspeare, iii. 277.

Phillips, the barlequin, his escape from a bailiff, i. 264.
Pinkethman, the comedian, his liberties with the audience,
iii. 155.

Piron, the French dramatist, his epitaph, i. 75.

-wit, ii. 112.

Play, the first suppressed, account of,, ii. 14.

performed by the Royal Family, in 1749. ii. 35.
French, the episode of "Sampson," ii. 40.

Play, seats on the stage at, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
ii. 43.

, curious, represented before Cardinal Richelieu, ii. 267.
acted before Charles I. and his Queen, at Oxford,
iii. 105.

plot of a Neapolitan, iii. 121.

description of Luxury in, "The Return from Par-
nassus," iii. 140.

scriptural, at Turin, described by Spence, iii. 148.
plot of, its singular effect on a female, iii. 160.
Player, portrait of a, in 1630, iii. 89.

-- s, loyalty of, to Charles I., iii. 96.

violent emotions of Betterton, Baron, and others,
iii. 100.

Plays, puppet, of former times, i. 4.

opposed to the regular drama, i. 87.
licensed in the time of King Charles II. ii. 145.
--, extract of a letter to Secretary Walsingham, against,
ii. 233.

---, stage, suppression of, by Parliament, iii. 23.

"

--, by the society of the two Temples, in 1715, iii. 159.
--, sums given for the copyrights of, iii. 218.
Poinsinel, the French dramatist, and the taylors, ii. 40.
Polus, the Roman tragedian, i. 192.

Pont Alais, wit of author and actor, in the " Mysteries,"
ii. 231.

Pope, his epitaph on Macklin, ii. 11.

Porson, professor, his quotation from the tragedy of "Da-
rius," iii. 18.

Porter, Mrs., and the highwayman, i. 215.

Powell, and Warren, his dresser, ii. 254.

Prices, ancient, of admission to theatrical entertainments,

i. 23.

Printer, a Parisian, bis tragedy, i. 89.

Pritchard, Mrs., Miss Seward's opinion of, i. 168.

Prologue, Hibernian, i. 199.

spoken at Demerara, i. 55.

written by T. Warton, at Winchester, ii. 54.

Prynne, William, bis attack on the stage, iii. 76.

Queensbury, Duke and Duchess of, forbid the Court for
attending the performance of "The Beggar's Opera,"
i. 282.

Quevedo, his compositions, ii. 149.

Quick, his performance of Richard III. i. 66.

i. 67.

poetical address, prior to the above performance,

Quin, epitaph on, by Garrick, i. 195.

his generosity to Mrs. Bellamy, ii. 16.

Foote's imitations of, ii. 85.

Judicrous mistake at his rehearsal of Coriolanus,

ii. 120.

bis biography, ii. 245.

iii. 167.

anecdote of Joe Haines, and Lord Sunderland,

rencontre with Bowen, iii. 211.

Quinault, the French dramatic author, his talents as a lawyer,
ii. 140.

Racine, bis opinion on a young author, ii. 133.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, detached poetry by, ii. 176.
Rameau, the musical composer, his opera of " Hippolytus

and Aricia," i. 174.

Raymond, James Grant, anecdotes of, iii. 260.

Reddish, his affidavit and apology, i. 259.

Reynolds, Frederick, his encouragement when commencing
dramatist, iii. 158.

his repartee to Garrick, iii. 102.
Rich, and the country Hamlet, iii. 50.

Richelieu, Cardinal, curious play represented before him,

ii. 267.

iii. 255.

comedy introduced by him,

Robinson, Dicky, the comedian, i. 63.

Mrs., her history, ii. 60.

Ross, his performance of George Barnwell, ii. 124.

Rousseau, bis distinction between tragedy and comedy,
iii. 134.

Rowe, Harry, the York trumpeter, his edition of Shakspeare,
ii. 270.

Rueda, Lope de, the founder of the Spanish drama, i. 1.
Russell, Richard, his penury, iii. 33.

Ryan, the tragedian, his character, i. 212.

-, Richard, his poetical reply to Hogg's Ode to the
Genius of Shakspeare, i. 41.

Saches, Hans, a voluminous author of plays, &o. i. 96.