Baddeley, the comedian, his will, i. 271. Baillie's, (Miss,) "De Montfort," the incident on which it Bannister, Charles, his repartee to M. P. Andrews, ii. 111. Baron, the French Actor, his vanity, i. 84. Biography, i. 123. Interview with the Duc de Roquelaire, ii. 85. i. 21. Barry, Spranger, and the carpenter of the Dublin Theatre, his entertainment to Mr. Pelham, i. 47. performance of Romeo, i. 76. influence with his creditors, ii. 146. and Grogan, the mercer, iii. 166. Barry, Mrs., ber differences with Mrs. Boutelle, iii. 185. Bath Theatre, its patent as a Theatre Royal, i. 200. Beggar's Opera, origin of, i. 25. Mr. Colman's reply to the Bow Street Ma- nagers, concerning, i. 26. travestied, i. 75. account of money received at its first per- formance, i. 254. Duke and Dutchess of Queensbury forbid the Court for attending the, i. 282. a satire on the Italian Opera, ii. 262. Bejart, a French comedian, bis successful equivoque, ii. 19. Betterton, his death, account of, ii. 50. character, of, by Booth, ii. 51. Betty, Master, his debut, ii. 107. Bill, Theatrical, on the feast of St. Margaret, in 1511,i. 122. Boissy, the of the Kilkenny Theatre, i. 159. their early use, i. 262. -, manager's mistake in, ii. 21. -, Spanish, ii, 29. at Offenburgh, in Baden, ii. 212. French dramatist, his distressing condition, Bond, the tragedian, his death, i. 144. Booth, Junius Brutus, Manley's letter to, i. 65. Boswell, Mr. James, theatrical imitation of, i. 210. Boutelle, Mrs., her differences with Mrs. Barry, iii. 185. Cadoret, the French mimic, account of, ii. 110. Capiola, Galeira, the Roman actress, her great age, i. 205. Centlivre, Mrs., success of her comedy, "The Busy Body," her biography, ii. 215. Cervetti, the fiddler, his unexpected interview with a cri- Characters, list of, not usually printed in the early bills, Cherry, Andrew, the actor and dramatist, bis wit, i. 35. biography, i. 273. Chinese play bill, description of, i. 36. Chorus, a portion of the earlier English plays, i. 213. Cibber, Mrs., Miss Seward's opinion of, i, 167. Colley, lines on the sixth night of his "Julius Cæsar," i. 83. iii. 60. -, plot of" The Careless Husband," i. 164. performance of Bayes, in "The Rehearsal," Cibber, Colley, his personation of Lord Foppington, iii. 188. Theophilus, his pretended poverty, iii. 193. - Clairon, Madame, history of her early days, ii. 9. her biography, iii. 92. Clough, the actor, his fondness for executions, iii. 129. Colman, Senior, his witty reply to one of his comedians, Comedy, the perpetual, i. 1. Congreve, William, bis defence of the Stage, iii. 234. ii. 106. ii. 142. a retort of, i. 64. impromptu on an apple being thrown at, his witty reply to the Liverpool manager, explanation of the family plate, ii. 143. his advice to Mathews, the comedian, iii. 55. T. P. his early life, ii. 97. Corneille, his tragedy of" Andromeda," ii. 89. Covent Garden Theatre, reversion of its patent, i. 219. Cox, Robert, composer of " Drolls," account of, ii. 240. last illness, i. 149. -, right of property, i. 206. a lover of solitude, i. 224. "Cries of London," a comedy, extract from, ii. 238. Dancourt, the French author, his unsuccessful comedies, ii. 88. Dayenant, Sir William, account of, i. 58. Death, the actor, witticisms on his name, i. 131. Debutant, the feelings of a, 78. De la Motte, success of his tragedy of "Ines De Castro, Delpini, his remonstrance with the Prince of Wales, i. 259. Dennis, his tragedy of" Liberty Asserted," interview with Destouches, the dramatist, and the Emperor Napoleon, iii. 27. Didier, Mrs., her farewell address, ii, 169. iii. 240. excellence in dressing his characters, Dominique, the French harlequin, his interview with the Drama, its infancy in Spain, i. 1. its origin, i. 69. the ancient, i. 192. Louis XIV. ii. 146. characters in, founded on Sacred Writ, ii. 25. origin of the censorship on, ii. 220. ---, errors of, in "The Humorous Lieutenant," ii. 240. a singular Chinese, iii. 121. Dramatist, advice to a, ii. 110. Dresses, stage, the difference between the modern and the in the masques and regular dramas from the 16th Dryden, his epilogue to "Tyrannic Love," ii. 23. Dufresne, his performance in Voltaire's "Zara," i. 44. Dumbshew introduced in the early English plays, i. 213. Dutch drama, D'Israeli's strictures on, i. 268. Eastward Hoe! a tragedy by Jonson, Chapman, and Marston, Edinbro', progress of the drama at, i. 9. Emery, the comedian, his character of the Sentinel in "Pi- Epilogue to a condemned Farce, ii. 94. Evans, an actor in the reign of Queen Anne, bis quarrel with Falstaff, Sir John, account of the celebrated performers of, Family actors, i. 85. Farce, plot of a, acted before Charles IX., of France, ii. 204. "The Hour before Marriage," condemned, iii. 32. patronage at Madrid, iii. 154. Farquhar, his last moments, ii. 68. the original characters in his "Recruiting Offi- Felix, Mademoiselle, her dismissal from Petersburg, ii, 114. Fielding, his condemned farce, ii. 279. Figueras, the Spanish actress, her death, i. 53. Foote, his comedy of the "Nabob, the original of, i. 16. his last joke, i. 31. Original attraction of "The ii. 10. -~remarks on the death of Sir F. Delaval, i. 156. dedication to the Englishmen in Paris, i. 254. differences with Rich, ii. 113. burlesque of the Grecian drama, ii. 203. cat music, ii. 235 |