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Sacred comedy, its origin, i. 70.

Sage, Le, bis play of "Tarcaret," i. 99.

Savage, his tragedy of " Sir Thomas Overbury," i. 198.
Schiller's robbers, its effects on the Bohemian students,
ii. 120.

Scenery, the history of, from its earliest period, ii. 72.

Sedley, Sir Charles, his comedy of, "Bellamira," witticism
on, ii. 148.

Settle, Elkanah, lines on, by Dr. Young, ii. 364.

Shakspeare, Ode to the Genius of, by Hogg, i. 39.-Reply
to, by Ryan, i. 41. His commentators satirized, i. 85.—
His gallantry, i. 105.-Calculation of the number of lines
in each of his plays, i. 112.-Repartee to a drunken
blacksmith, i. 129.-Account of the first edition of his
works, i. 156.-List of his plays chronologically arranged,
i. 182. His works substituted for the Scriptures, by
mistake, i. 197.-The Sunderland club of, account of,
i. 227. His gallantry to Queen Elizabeth, ii. 156.—
Ireland's forgeries of bis works, ii. 190.-His remains,
ii. 198.-Original of his Dogberry, iii, 87.-Instability
of public professions of regard to his memory, iii. 169.-
Frauds practised on his writings, iii. 196.-The origin
of his "Hamlet," iii. 218.-The origin of his "Mer-
chant of Venice," iii.[225.-His Crab Tree, and Drinking
Mug, iii. 227. Commentators on the early forgeries of
his works, iii. 231.Absurdities of his commentators,
iii. 244.-Early publication of his plays, iii, 257-Ori-
ginal story of his "Romeo and Juliet," iii. 263.—His
selection of plots and characters, iii. 269.-Shakspeare's
birth-room, writings on the wall in, iii. 273.—His present
descendants, curious account of, by Sir Richard Phillips,
iii. 277.-His residence, "New Place," iii, 286,
Shakspeariana, iii. 291.

"Shepherd, the Gentle," its first performance at Edinburgb,
i. 237.

Sheridan, Thomas, his benevolent conduct to Mr. Kelly,
iii. 48.

(R. B.) bis interview with George III., i. 130.
his wit on "The Battle of Hastings," ii. 41.

- Mr. Boaden, the author, ii. 143.

, effect of his School for Scandal," on some coun-

trymen, iii. 41.

, and his son, iii. 67.

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Sheridan, his promises to the Staffordshire electors, iii. 136.
tragedy of" Pizarro," curious facts, connected
with, iii. 271.

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and the first edition of “ Shakspeare," iii. 271.
--, anecdotes of, iii. 284.

Shuter, his humour, i. 130.

-, and the highwayman, i. 265.

his ready calculation, ii. 90.
Shylock, costume of, iii. 47.

Siddons, Mrs., her reading before royalty, i. 45.-Perfor-
mance of Isabella, i. 89.-Miss Seward's opinion of,
i. 258. Account of the grandfather of, ii. 19.-Her first
rise, ii. 193.-Her talents criticised, by George Steevens,
iii. 112.-Ludiorous description of her first appearance in
Dublin, iii. 137.

Smith, the actor, his biography, ii. 13.

Miss, her death from excessive joy, ii. 62.

Sorcerer," the, a pantomime, account of, iii. 189.
Spain, the drama in, i. 1.

Steele, Sir Richard, bis comedy of" The Conscious Lovers,"
success of, ii. 225.

Stephens, the button maker, his performances as a tragedian,
i. 228.

Steevens, George, his letter to Hayley, on Mrs. Siddon's
talents, iii. 112.

Still, Dr. John, Bishop of Bath and Wells, the first comic
writer, account of, iii. 223.

Stoppelaer, Michael, the actor, his replies to Rich, ii. 206.
Stroller's progress, lines on the, i. 267.

Suzanne, Mademoiselle, the French actress, i. 147.

Sydney, Botany Bay, prologue on opening the Theatre at,

i. 250.

Talma, M. bis performance of Hamlet, i. 11. and i. 286.
ridiculons letter to, i. 11.

Tesi, Mademoiselle, of the Vienna Opera house, her marriage,
i. 175.

Theatre, Sir Richard Phillips's opinion of, i. 60.-Opposi-
tion to, by a puppet shew, in the time of Charles II. j. 87.-
The Fortune, account of, i. 90.-The Red Bull, account
of, i. 126.-Whimsical enumeration of, i. 146.—The Bath,
its patent as a Theatre Royal, i. 200.-Establishment of
the first Scotch, i. 205.-Customs of the ancient English,

i. 261.—Ancient, description of, i. 279.—Interdicted at
Cambridge, ii. 7.-Death of Old Drury, in 1741. ii. 22.
of puppets, at Milan, account of the performances at,
ii. 52.—in the time of Charles II., ii. 122.—The Globe,
account of, ii. 125.-The Curtain, account of, ii. 135.—
The White-friars, account of, ii. 148.—Burning of the
London, ii. 174.-The Black-friars, account of, ii. 184.–
Drury Lane, originally called, “The Cock Pit, or Phoenix,"
account of, ii. 210.-German, notice of the Bourgomaster,,
relating to, ii. 236 —Riot at the Haymarket, ii. 275.—
Covent Garden, O. P. war at, ii. 282-State of, during
the Civil Wars, iii. 25.—Costume of, in 1747, iii. 32.—
Tragical accident at the old Haymarket, iii. 43.-Custom
of admitting strangers behind the scenes of, abolished by
Queen Anne, iii. 47.-Announcement at the, of Montrose,
iii. 51.—Lima, account of, by Captain Hall, iii. 82. in
Denmark, despotic conduct of the King regarding, iii. 96.
Its immorality described by Jeremy Collier, iii. 115.—
Chinese, account of iii. 116.-Representation at an Italian,
satirizing the nation, by a German prince, iii. 140.-Ac-
count of a disturbance in, at Havre De Grace, iii. 176.—
Objection of the elergy to, iii. 179.—Origin of soldiers
doing duty at, iii. 187.-Prices of admission and re-
ceipts of, in Shakspeare's time, iii, 191.—Expenses of
Covent Garden, and Drury Lane, iii. 207.—Stages in, of
the Greeks and Romans, iii. 233.-Goodman's Fields,
iii. 290.

Thomson, James, bis interview with Quin, the actor, iii. 107.
Thurmond, the actor, his stratagem, i. 118.

Tottenham Court Fair, advertisement of a play and enter-
tainment at, in 1741. ii. 21.

Tragedy at Hayti, i. 6.

- qualifications of a prime minister to write a,
iii. 219.

Tree, Miss, impromptu on, ii. 133.

Trefusis, Joseph, the actor, account of, i. 35.

Vandermere, the celebrated barlequin, iri. 75.

Vega, Lopez de, his facility of composition, i. 120.

Verbruggen, bis insolence to the Duke of St. Albans, ii. 122.
Verona, the amphitheatre at, i. 17.

Vestris, the Opera dancer, his insolence to Marie Antoinette,
ii. 251.

Violante, Madame, her performances at Edinburgh, i. 8.
Visconti, Signora, a singer, anecdote of, i. 285.
Voltaire, anecdote of his tragedy of "Zara," i. 43.
first performance of "Alzire," i. 110.

--, his reception at the play-house, iii. 87.
his kindness to a debutant, iii. 120.

Vondel, the Dutch dramatist, his biography, iii. 215.
Vortigern and Rowena, the plot of, iii. 254.

Webb, Mrs. the female Falstaff, ii, 252.

"Wedding ring," (the) account of the tumult at the first re-
presentation of, iii. 206.

Weston, bis artifice to escape a bailiff, ii. 99,

his singular will, iii. 35.

White, Miss, her notions of parenthesis, i. 208.

Whitley, the manager at Nottingham, his readiness, iii. 134.
Wignell, the actor, his performance of Portius, in “ Cato,”
ii. 250.

Will of a Spanish actor, i, 111.

Woffington, Mrs., her performance of Portia, i. 164.
Woodward, his performance of Bobadil, iii. 174.

satirical attack on Sir John Hill, iii. 180.
Wycherley, his interview with the Countess of Drogheda,

i. 121.

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Yates, his letter to the Editor of the Public Advertiser,

ii. 152.

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