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from him. His occasional verses are sometimes happy. What Johnson said of his talk is almost true of his verses—“ Garrick's conversation is gay and grotesque. It is a dish of all sorts, but all good things. There is no solid meat in it: there is

a want of sentiment in it."

A curiously complex, interesting, and diversified character is that of Garrick. Fully to bring it before the world might have taxed his own powers of exposition.

THE END.

INDEX.

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Baker, 291, 335.

Banks, Sir Joseph, 291.

Bannister, John, 257, 327.
Baretti, Joseph, 206.
Barnard, Sir John, 21.
Barrowby, Dr., 75.

Barry, Spranger, 95-97, 106, 109,
110, 115, 119, 125, 127, 128,
129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135,
140, 147, 154, 156, 161, 165,
166, 168, 193, 222, 233, 235,
252, 257, 286, 329, 332, 333.

Mrs., 25, 233, 235, 241,
253, 257, 258, 260, 286, 302,
324.
Barton, Miss, vide Abington, Mrs.

Barwell, Nathaniel, 282.

Bate, Rev. Sir Henry, "The Black-
amoor Washed White " and
"The Rival Candidates," 273.
Also 271.

Bath, 107, 227, 230, 256.

Bath Abbey, Quin's tomb in, 226.
Bath, Lord, 229.

Beard, John, 143, 154, 191, 234,
281.

Bear Garden, the, 76.
Beauclerc, Hon. T., 291.
Beaumarchais, "Eugénie," 242.

Beaumont and Fletcher, "Rule a
Wife and have a Wife," 154,
316.

"Bedford Tavern," the, 187.

Behn, Mrs., 78.

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Bennett, Mrs., 108.
Bentley, 221.

Betterton, Thomas, 26, 43, 79,
311, 312.

Bickerstaffe, Isaac, "The Plain
Dealer," 227; "The Hypocrite,"
242; 'Tis Well it's no Worse "
("The Pannel"), 257; "The
Sultan," 261. Also 250, 261-3.
"Biographia Dramatica," 142, 227,
231, 257, 260, 335.
Boaden, James, 208, 218, 256.
Bondy, Forest of, 137.

Boswell, James, 112, 117-20, 152,
249, 298-300.

Bracegirdle, Mrs., 43.
Bradshaw, Mrs., 176, 242.
Brereton, William, 253, 291..
Bridgewater, 64.

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Centlivre, Mrs., "The Busybody,'
114, 169; "The Wonder,"
159.

Chapter Coffee House, the, 307.
Charke, Mrs., 65.

Chesterfield, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland, 37, 95, 96.
Chetwynd, William, 21.
Chiswick Church, 252.
Cholmondeley, Hon. and Rev.
Robert, marries Polly Woffington,
90.

Churchill, Rev. C.," Rosciad," 140,
189, 192-5; "Apology," 196;
death, 199; "Ghost," 203;
"Epistle to Hogarth," 219.
Churchill, Mrs. (Miss Carr), 199.
Cibber, Colley, "Love Makes a
Man; or, The Fop's Fortune,"
40; "The Schoolboy," 47; "The
Careless Husband," 49; "Love's
Last Shift," 140; "The Refusal,"
141; The Nonjuror,"
Also 37, 43, 79, 86, 117, 163,
250, 311, 318, 319, 329, 335.

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242.

Theophilus, 40, 45, 76, 86,

107, 154, 155, 157, 166 (death),
319.

Cibber, Mrs., 52, 57, 65, 66, 89,
91-3, 100, 101, 105, 106, 114,
115, 119, 127, 129, 132, 133, 136,
138, 140-2, 144, 151, 152, 161,
164, 165, 172, 175, 180, 182, 186,
192, 200, 225 (death), 285.
Clairon, Mdlle., 202.

Clint, George, 314, 335.
Clive, Kitty, "Every Woman in

her Humour," 178. Also 62,
68, 106, 108, 114, 128, 130, 134,
139, 144, 153, 164, 168, 172, 176,
192, 204, 223, 234, 235, 240
(retirement), 256, 283, 284, 285,
319.

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Colman, George, "Polly Honey-
combe," 180; "The Jealous
Wife," 180;
"The Musical
Lady," 183; "Deuce is in Him,"
223; "Clandestine Marriage,"
227; The English Merchant,"
232; "Man and Wife," 253;
"The Spleen," 276;
Brooms," 283. Also 201, 217,
234, 238, 240, 291, 303.
Colson, Rev. John, II.

"New

Comédie Française, vide Théâtre
Français.

Congreve, William, "The Old
Bachelor," 42; "The Way of
the World," 42; "Mourning
Bride," 116, 135, 333.

Cooper, Sir Grey, 268.

Corneille, "Les Horaces," 129;
"Persée et Démétrius," 138;
"Heraclius," 173.

Covent Garden Theatre, Garrick
appears at, 100; Mrs. Woffington
engaged, 114; Barry and Mrs.
Cibber engaged, 129; rivalry
with Drury Lane. 132-6; Barry
as Lear, 154; Home's "Douglas,"
161; Dodsley's "Cleone," 170;
Fitzpatrick riot, 191; Colman
and Powell as lessees, 234, 240;
"The Good-Natured Man," 236;
theatrical fund, 281. Also 36,
107, 128, 140, 147, 150, 181, 184,
228, 230, 238, 253, 286, 291,
304.
Coventry, Lady, 142, 146.
Cowley, Mrs., "The Runaway,"

271.

Craftsman, The, 188.

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DANCE, James, vide Love.
Dance, Sir Nathaniel, vide Hol-
land.

Dancer, Mrs., vide Mrs. Barry.
D'Avenant, Sir William, 77, 331.
Davies, Thomas, 79, 96, 100, 141,

143, 149, 153, 164, 171, 183, 186,
191, 194, 237, 241, 254, 282, 290,
294, 305, 316, 319, 324, 325, 330,
331, 333.

Delane, 46, 57, 60, 106, 108, 114.
Denmark, King of, performances
for, 240.

Derrick, ("Wilkes,") 320, 326,
328, 329, 333.

Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of,

123, 204, 206, 219, 291.

Dexter, 137.

Dibdin, Charles, 261, 269.
Diderot and Garrick, 211-15.
Dobson, Austin, "William Ho-
garth," 220.

Dodd, jas., 225, 231, 257, 291.
Dodsley, Robert, "Cleone," 170,
304.

Dow, Alexander, "Zingis," 242.
Drury Lane, Garrick's three ap-
pearances, 50; first season, 59;
Fleetwood's management, 71;
Lacy's loyalty to George II., 85;
Lacy becomes part proprietor,
99; Garrick joins him, 103; re-
forms, 109; riots, 111, 148, 149,
254; house enlarged, 184;
"Town" riot, 190; improved
lighting, 223; Garrick's Shake-
speare pageant, 253; Sheridan,
Lindley, and Ford patentees,
282. Also 124, 127. 130, 138,
140, 161, 167, 175, 181, 195, 216,
234, 235, 251, 254. 257-9, 261,

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FAGAN, "La Pupille," 171.
Farquhar, George, "The Recruit-
ing Officer," 3, 19, 42. 49, 53,
167; "Sir Harry Wildair," 19,
52; "Inconstant," 49; "The
Beaux' Stratagem," 67;
" Coll-
stant Couple," 69.
Feversham, Lord, 220.
Fielding, Henry, "Wedding Day,"
67; "Fathers," 287. Also 159,
165, 215, 216, 237, 300, 321.
Fitzgerald, Percy, 18, 89, 96, 124,
126, 198, 205, 269, 275.
Fitzhenry. Mrs., 225.
Fitzpatrick and the "Fribbleriad,"
187-102.
Fleetwood, Charles, 59, 71-6, 99.
jun., 167.
Fletcher, vide Beaumont.
Florence, 123, 203.
Fontenelle, "Le Testament," 182.
Foote, Samuel, "Tea," 107, 140;
"Taste," 137; "Englishman in
Paris," 140; "The Author,"
159; "The Diversions of the
Morning," 167; "Piety in

Pattens," 239. Also 15, 107,
112, 113, 141, 148, 157, 168, 169,
181, 192, 232, 233, 251, 252, 306,
319.

Footman's Gallery, the, 176.
Ford, Richard, 282.

Forster, Mrs., granddaughter of
Milton, 129.

MSS., quoted, 5, 8, 30,
199, 200, 225, 268, 270, 272, 278,
282, 312.

Fox, Charles James, 175, 291.
Francis, Dr., " Eugenia," 137.
Francklin, Dr. Thomas, "The Earl
of Warwick," 231; "Matilda,"
267.

Furnival, Mrs., 52, 97.

Nat., 95.

G.

GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas, 256.
Garric, David, grandfather of the
actor, I.

2;

Garrick, David, uncle, 4, 14.
Garrick, David, parentage,
brothers and sisters, 2; first
school, 3; plays Sergeant Kite,
3; at Lisbon, 4; correspondence
with his father, 5; goes to Edial
under Johnson, 10; studies under
Colson, II; entered at Lincoln's
Inn, 13; death of his father, 14;
becomes wine merchant, 15;
"Lethe" performed, 16, 42;
appears on the stage, 18; as-
sumes name of "Lyddal," 19;
first ventures under Giffard, 19;
appears as Richard III., 23; letters
to his brother, 31; commended
by Pitt, 35; offers from Drury
Lane and Covent Garden, 36;
"The Lying Valet" performed,
36; first London experiment in
comedy, 40; (criticized by Gray,
and Horace Walpole, 42-3;)|
hostility of Cibber, 43; opinion
of Pope, 43; correspondence with
Rev. T. Newton, 44; imitation
of other actors, 45; duel with
Giffard, 45; second benefit of,
48; the idol of Dublin, 52;
called "Roscius," 53; and Peg
Woffington, 54; "Pretty Peggy,'
54; Silvia, 56; at Drury Lane

under Fleetwood, 59; appears as
Hamlet, 66; and Fielding, 68;
quarrel with Macklin, 72-6; on
Quin, 85; coldness with Peg Wof-
fington, 88; revisits Dublin, 94 ;
appears at Covent Garden, 100;
"Miss in her Teens," 101; becomes
Lacy's partner in Drury Lane,
103; a contributor to purification
of the stage, 109; illness of, 109;
and Foote, 112; on "Hamlet,'
116; Johnson's "Irene," 117;
marriage, 122-7; deserted by
Mrs. Woffington and Mrs. Cibber,
127; by Barry, 129; rivalry with
Covent Garden, 130; produces
a pantomime, 135; visits Paris,
137; turns "Midsummer Night's
Dream" into an opera, 143;
character of, 146; "Chinese
Festival" riot, 148; and Barry
as Lear, 155; and Dr. Hill,
156, 169-70; and Hogarth, 157;
Lilliput" and "The Male
Coquette," 159; and Smollett,
159, 168-9; "The Guardian,"
171; and Arthur Murphy, 172;
High Life below Stairs," 176;
"Harlequin's Invasion,' 177;
joined by Sheridan, 179; ordered
by George III. to produce "King
John," 179; "The Enchanter,'
180; quarrels with Wilkinson,
181;
The Farmer's Return,'
183;

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makes further reforms,
183-4; and the Mohocks, 187;
"The Fribbleriad," 188; and
Churchill, 192-9; visits Paris,
201; popularity of, 202; visits
Italy, 203; taken ill at Munich,
205; and Burke, 208; the
"English Roscius," 214;
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Sick Monkey," 217; portraits of,
by Hogarth, 220; reappears in
"Much Ado about Nothing,"
222; and Colman, 227; "The
Country Girl," 230; Cymon,"
231; and Goldsmith, 236-38;
and the Shakespeare Jubilee,
244-52; 'King Arthur," 257;
"Institution of the Garter," 258;
"The Irish Widow," 258; his
version of "Hamlet," 259; "A
Christmas Tale," 261; Kenrick's
accusations, 263-4; and Junius,

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265-7; "Bon Ton," 267;

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