A.

"Abdelazar; or, The Moor's Revenge,"
production of, i. 200

Abington, Mrs., account of, ii. 284-289;
benefit of attended by Dr. Johnson,
ii. 287; friendship of Dr. Johnson
for, ii. 287, 288: sketch of by
Boaden, ii. 298

Acting at the end of the 17th and

the beginning of the 18th century,
i. 290, 291

Actors, not amenable to arrest, i.
175; at the beginning of the 18th
century, quality of the, i. 290;
begin to engross a large share of
public attention, ii. 108; benefit
societies founded for, ii. 248; dis-
cussion of with managers, i. 169-
171; jealousy between Drury Lane
and Lincoln's Inn Fields, i. 208, 209;
prosecuted as vagrants by High.
more, ii. 84, 85; protection of under
Charles II., i. 69; spelling of names
of, i. 196, 197; system of douceurs
to, i. 169; war with the, Colley
Cibber's account of the, i. 204-206
Acts of Parliament of Elizabeth, i.
36, 37

Addison, Joseph, modesty of with
regard to "Cato," i. 339
Admission gratis to theatres, Pepys'
means of gaining, i. 91
Admission-money, curious arrange.
ment with regard to the return of,
i. 91
Advertisements, theatrical, in 1721,
i. 406

Amaconi, the scene-painter, ii. 67, 69
Anne, Queen of England, death of,

i. 399; orders forbidding people to
go behind the scenes, i. 236, 338,

339; patentees of Drury Lane
Theatre appeal to, i. 213 and note;
proclamation of forbidding the
production of immoral plays, i.
236; prosecution against players
for uttering indecent expressions
directed by, i. 230

Arne, Dr., the composer, ii. 236
Artaxerxes," composed by Dr. Arne,
ii. 236

Ashley, Sir J., patent granted to, i.
53, 54

Ass, prologue delivered by Haynes
mounted on an, i. 166, 167
Astley, Philip, licence granted to, ii.

399

Aston, Anthony, strange career of, ii.
48-50; curious advertisement of, ii.

50

Audiences, lawless behaviour of, i. 220,
221

Authors' fees in 1719, i. 364; "three
nights," how charges were arranged
for, ii. 244

Ayliffe Street, theatre opened in
(1732), ii. 66, 67

B.

Baddeley, founder of the Drury Lane
Twelfth cake, curious will of, ii.
346

Baker's descriptions of various actors,
i. 392-395

Ballad on the "unhappy conflagra.
tion" (1672), i. 137

Bannister, John, first appearance of
at the Haymarket, ii. 418 and note
Barnard, Sir John, introduces into the

Commons a Bill to restrain the
number and abuse of playhouses
(1735), ii. 100

Barrowby, Dr., account of, ii. 109
Barry, Mrs., the famous, popularity of,
i. 106; first benefit of, i. 174;
Cibber's estimate of, i. 298

Mrs. (or Crawford), described
by Lamb, ii. 185–187

Spranger, and his wife, ii.182-187
Beard, manager of Covent Garden
Theatre, ii. 236

"Beau Fielding," quarrel of with
Fullwood the barrister, i. 232
"Beaux's Stratagem," production of,
i. 184

Bedford, Duke of, and Miss Campion,
anecdote of, ii. 39, 40

Tavern, the, ii. 109, 110
Beeston, Christopher, manager of the
Cockpit, i. 11

"Beggar's Bush," Pepys sees a per-
formance of (1661), i. 21
"Beggar's Opera," the history of, ii.
24-29, 33, 34; Dean Swift's con-
nection with, ii. 25; Duchess of
Queensberry's advocacy of, ii. 25-
27; authors of songs in, ii. 26; Pope's
account of the first night of, ii. 26,
27; Pope's connection with the
songs in, ii. 28; original cast of, ii.
28, 29; political allusions in, ii. 33;
receipts from, ii. 33 and note;
revival of at Covent Garden, ii. 271
Behn, Mrs. Aphra, contributions of to
the indecent drama of the 17th
century, i. 188; career of, i. 188,
189; death of (1689), i. 189;

epitaph on, i. 189
Bell and Dragon Tavern in Portugal
Street, ii. 6 and note

Bellamy, Miss, quarrel of with Peg
Woffington, ii. 200, 202; anecdote
of, ii. 224, 225; sketches by, ii. 245,
246

Benefit performances, arrangement
about, i. 263

nights, ii, 159–161

societies for actors founded
(1765), ii. 248

Benefits, system of, inauguration of
the (1687), i. 174

dispute as to the date of origin
of, i. 174
Betterton, Thomas, death of (1710)

i. 284; Steele's estimate of, i. 284-
286; Dibdin's estimate of, i. 290;
Cibber's estimate of, i. 292, 293;
comparison between Powell and, i.
287

-, Mrs., account of, i. 288, 289;
Cibber's estimate of, i, 298, 299

Bills, etc. in connection with Drury
Lane management, i. 373, 374
Blackfriars, James Burbage opens a
theatre in (1576), i. 39; remon-
strance of the inhabitants of, i. 53
Theatre, petition to close,

i. 41

Black Jack Tavern, in Clare Market,
i. 207, ii. 4

"Blue Beard," production of at Drury
Lane (1811), ii. 351

Boaden's descriptions of various actors,
ii. 291-299

Boheme, Davies's account of, i. 396,
397; strange advertisement issued
by (1723), ii. 1

Booth, Barton, demand of for high
salary, i. 93

success of, i. 343, 344; Cib-
ber's account of the presenta-
tion of the managers to, i. 343,
344; Chetwood's account of, i. 315,
346, 349; marriage of to a daughter
of Sir W. Barkham (1704), i. 346;
marriage of to Hester Santlow
(1719), i. 348, ii. 47; Hill's estimate
of, i. 350; Cibber's estimate of,
i. 350; in the character of Othello,
i. 351; obtains a share in the
Drury Lane patent, i. 352, 853,
early difficulties of with his part-
ners, i. 354; serious illness of, ii.
57, 58; death of (1733), ii. 58; Theo
Cibber's account of, ii. 57, 58;
courteous letter of (1732), ii. 59
Boswell describes Dr. Johnson at a
benefit of Mrs. Abington's, ii. 288
Bowman, Mrs., i. 287
Bracegirdle, Mrs., and Betterton fined
for using profane language on the
stage, i. 192; description of, ii. 43,
retirement of from the stage, ii.
43; charitable disposition of, ii. 44
Brett, Colonel, romantic story of, i.
257; attempt of to amalgamate the
theatres in Drury Lane and the
Haymarket, i. 258; rivalry between
Rich and, i. 261, 262; devises his
whole authority to Wilks, Estcourt,
and Cibber, i. 262
"British Enchantress, The," produc-
tion of at the Haymarket, i. 240
Bumper Tavern, the, i. 305
Burgess, Captain, committed to prison
on charge of murder and rescued
(1697), i. 230, 231

44;

Burlesques introduced by Killigrew,
i. 83

"Busybody, The," success of, i. 384

Byron, Lord, prologue written for
Drury Lane Theatre by, ii. 384;
his recollections of the
"Drury
Lane Committee," ii. 385, 386;
letter of to Thomas Moore, ii. 386;
espouses the cause of Mrs. Mardyn,
ii. 391; production of his "Marino
Faliero" (1821), ii. 406

C.

"Castle Spectre, The," production of
(1797), ii. 349

Catalani, engagement by Elliston of,
ii. 412

Catalogue of plays showing the sources

from which the 17th century dra-
matists borrowed, i. 219
"Cataract of the Ganges," production

of, ii. 412 and note
"Cato," production of (1712), i. 339,
341; Addison attempts to read in the
green-room, i. 340; Dean Swift at the
rehearsal of, i. 341; Dr. Johnson's
opinion of, i. 312

Centlivre, Susanna, romantic incidents
in the life of, i. 381, 382; Hazlitt's
account of the plays of, i. 382, 383;
difficulties of concerning the pro
duction of "The Busybody," i. 383,

384

Chamberlain, the Lord, order from
assigning sole right of operatic
performances to Haymarket and
dramatic performances to Drury
Lane and Dorset Gardens (1707), i.
258, 259; petition of Drury Lane
actors to (1708), i. 259; order from
that no actor shall leave one theatre
for another without a written dis.
charge, i. 264; discipline maintained
by during the reign of William III.,
i. 264, 265; seals the fate of the
patent theatres, ii. 429, 430; records
of, see Appendix A.

"Change of Crowns, The," production
of, i. 120

Charke, Mrs., the story of, ii. 170, 171
Charles I., playhouses during the reign
of, i. 43

Charles II., hypocritical protests of
against immoral plays, i. 91, 95;
class of plays popular during the
reign of, i. 110; intimacy between
his courtiers and, i. 121; scandalous
conduct of with regard to Sir John
Coventry, i. 126, 127; dissolute con-
duct of ridiculed on the stage,
i. 128; decree of forbidding visitors

behind the scenes (1675), i. 146,
147; death of (1685), i. 173; plays
of Shakespeare almost ignored
during the reign of, i. 173; number
of aristocratic playwrights during
the reign of, i. 187

Chetwood, William, indulgence granted
to (1722), i. 417

Children as actors, royal warrant
granted to bring up (1622), i. 43
Children of the Revels, i. 43
"Chinese Festival, The," riot during
the performance of (1755), ii. 193;
curious announcement of, ii. 195
Churchill, Charles, and his "Rosciad,"
ii. 173-177; verses on Mrs. Frances
by, ii. 187, 188

Cibber, Colley, his estimate of specta-
cular drama, i. 146; joins the Drury
Lane Company (1690), i. 169; ac-
count of quarrels of actors, i. 204-
206; criticisms of various actors
by, i. 292-301; description of, i.
319, 320; life and anecdotes of, i.
320-327; writes "On the Character
of Cicero," i. 326; last appearance
on the stage of (1711), i. 326; death
of (1757), i. 327, ii. 167; Steele's
criticism of, i. 328; in conjunction
with Wilks remonstrates with the
Lord Chamberlain about Dogget's
conduct (1713), i. 356; letter of
remonstrance from (1714), i. 357,
358; his account of the lawsuit with
Dogget, i. 358, 359; his account of
his reconciliation with Dogget, i.
359, 360; managerial insolence of,
i. 362; anecdotes of, i. 362-364;
pleads before the Court of Chancery,
i. 369; arrest of, i. 370; boxkeeper
at Drury Lane Theatre offers to go
bail for, i. 370; silenced by the Lord
Chamberlain, i. 406; autograph
letters of, i. 418, 419; his opinion
of pantomimes, i. 427; his explana-
tion of the success of Lincoln's Iun
Fields Theatre, i. 429; speech of
before the Court of Chancery, i.
433; letters of, ii. 166, 167

Theophilus, joins the Drury
Lane Theatre, i. 370; his opinion
of pantomimes, i. 427, 428; share of
in Drury Lane Theatre purchased
by Highmore, ii. 76; character and
anecdotes of, ii. 88-90; selected by
Fleetwood as stage-manager, ii. 92;
miserable ending of, ii. 167-169
"Clandestine Marriage, The," pro.
duction of at Drury Lane, ii. 157

Clare Market taverns, theatrical

brawls in, ii. 4

Clarke, J., musician, anecdote of, ii.
32; tragic end of, ii, 32

Nat, the original Filch in "The
Beggar's Opera," ii. 32

Clerical dramatists and actors, ii. 217,
218

"Clerk of the Acts" at the Admiralty,

records of the theatres by, i. 68
Clive, Katherine, dedication of "The
Intriguing Chambermaid" to, ii. 83,
84; Fielding's admiration of, ii. 83,
84; the case of, ii. 136-139; parent-
age, ii. 137, 138; marriage of to G.
Clive (1732), ii. 139; quarrel of
with Shuter, ii. 226; anecdotes of,
ii. 284

Cock Tavern, the, i. 111

Cockpit Theatre (or Phoenix), i. 3;

evil reputation of the, i.5; managers
and company of the, i. 10; French
players at the, i. 11; operas at the,
i. 48; warrant sent to actors for
overcharging at the, i. 57
Coleridge, Hartley, i. 190
Collier, Jeremy, famous work of,
entitled, "A Short View of the
Profaneness and Immorality of the
English Stage," i. 191; effect on
the drama of pamphlet of, i. 192, 193
W.,
makes terms with the
actors, i. 274; letters and affidavit
of, i. 277-280; takes forcible pos-
session of Drury Lane Theatre, i.
276, 277; quarrels of with his com-
pany, i. 309, 311; letter of offer.
ing to hand over the theatre to Wilks
for a consideration, i. 314
Colman, George, purchases the copy-
right of Foote's unpublished dramas
for 500l., ii. 273; tries the experi-
ment of engaging provincial actors,
ii. 275; in possession of the Hay-
market Theatre (1777), ii. 278;
death of (1794), ii. 343

the younger, in King's Bench
Prison (1809), ii. 367
Comedians, His Majesty's Company
of, i. 87, 88; of the Royal Theatre
not amenable to arrest, i. 175
Comedies, success of English, ii. 351-
355

Common Sense newspaper, ii. 95
Commonwealth, the, and the stage, i.
13, 14

Congreve, his defence of the morality
of the stage, i. 191

"Conquest of China by the Tartars,"
production of, i. 106

"Conscious Lovers," production of
(1721), i. 413

Cooke, George Frederick, account of,
ii. 365, 366

"Coronation, The," production of
(1723), ii. 9; at Drury Lane (1821),
ii. 407, 408

Country Wife, The," production of
(1675), i. 182

Court of Chancery, patentees of Drury
Lane Theatre appeal to, i. 213
Covent Garden Theatre, Drury Lane
Theatre frequently described as up to
1732, i. 136 and note; new, promoted
by John Rich (1731), ii. 65; decora
tions of, ii. 67 and note; opening
of (1732), ii. 70; riots at, ii. 188,
192; under the management of
Beard, ii. 235; value of in 1767, ii.
236; interest is disposed of to
Harris, Powell, and Kemble, ii. 236;
list of performers at and their
salaries in 1767, ii. 243; quarrels of
the managers at, ii. 245-247; recon-
ciliation of the partners in 1771,
ii. 245; Colman disposes of his
share in, ii. 273; disputes between
actors and managers at (1800), ii.
363, 364; burned down (1808, 1856),
ii. 371, 426; foundation-stone laid
by the Prince Regent for the new
(1808), ii. 372; opening of the new,
ii. 373; downfall of, ii. 424-426
Coventry, Sir John, displeases the King,
and is brutally assaulted, i. 126, 127

Sir W., sends a challenge to
the Duke of Buckingham, i. 126;
consigned to the Tower, i. 126
Cowley, Abraham, i. 104
Cox scandal, the, ii. 410
Craven House, i. 4

"Critic, The," description of, ii. 94
Cromwell, Oliver, i. 14, 15.

D.

Davenant, Sir William, patentee of
the Cockpit Theatre, in Drury Lane,