ii. 251;

Pope's attack on, i. 38; his opinion of Wilks's Hamlet, i. 100; his view regarding humour in tragedy, i. 123; his play of "Cato," ii. 120; its great success, ii. 127-133; presents the profits of "Cato" to the managers, ii. 129; its success at Oxford, ii. 137; his "Cato" quoted, ii. 238, _note_ 2.

Admission to theatres, cheap, before 1642, i. xxvii.

Adventurers--subscribers to the building of Dorset Garden Theatre, i. 97, _note_ 1; their interest in the Drury Lane Patent, ii. 32, _note_ 1; Rich uses them against Brett, ii. 57; names of the principal, ii. 57, _note_ 1.

Agreement preliminary to the Union of 1682, ii. 324, ii. 328.

"Albion Queens, The," ii. 14, _note_ 1.

"Alexander the Great," by Lee, i. 105.

Allen, William, an eminent actor, i. xxvi.; a major in Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.

Alleyn, Edward, caused the Fortune Theatre to be built for his company, i. xxviii.; endowed Dulwich College, i. xxviii.; Ben Jonson's eulogium of, i. xxviii.

"Amphytrion," by Dryden, i. 113.

Angel, a comedian, ii. 347.

Anne, Queen (while Princess of Denmark), deserts her father, James II., i. 67, i. 70; pensions Mrs. Betterton, i. 162; at the play, i. 185; forbids audience on the stage, i. 234, _note_ 2; her death, ii. 161.

Applause, i. 221; the pleasure of, i. 85.

Archer, William, his investigations regarding the truth of Diderot's "Paradoxe sur le Comédien," i. 103, _note_ 1; his "About the Theatre," i. 278, _note_ 1.

Aristophanes, referred to, i. 39.

Arlington, Earl of, his death, i. 31, _note_ 1.

Arthur, son of Henry VII., pageants at his marriage, i. xliii.

Ashbury, Joseph, the Dublin Patentee, i. 236, ii. 364; engages Mrs. Charlotte Butler, i. 165; memoir of, i. 165, _note_ 1.

Aston, Anthony, quoted, i. 109, _note_ 1, i. 110, _note_ 1, i. 116, _note_ 1, i. 167, _note_ 1, i. 167, _note_ 2, ii. 354; on his own acting of Fondlewife, ii. 312; his "Brief Supplement" to Cibber's Lives of his Contemporaries, reprint of, ii. 297; his description of Mrs. Barry, ii. 302; Betterton, ii. 299; Mrs. Bracegirdle, ii. 303; Dogget, ii. 308; Haines, ii. 314; Mrs. Mountfort, ii. 313; Sandford, ii. 306; Underhill, ii. 307; Verbruggen, ii. 311.

Audience on the stage, i. 234, ii. 246.

Audiences rule the stage for good or evil, i. 112; authors discouraged by their severity, i. 176.

Authors abusing managers and actors, ii. 249; managers' troubles with, ii. 249; Cibber censured for his treatment of, ii. 251, _note_ 1.

Bacon, Lord, quoted, i. xlv.

Baddeley, Robert, the last actor who wore the uniform of their Majesties' servants, i. 88, _note_ 3.

Balon, Mons., a French dancer, i. 316.

Banks, John, the excellence of his plots, ii. 15; his "Unhappy Favourite," ii. 244.

Baron, Michael (French actor), i. 175.

Barry, Mrs. Elizabeth, i. 98, i. 110, _note_ 1, i. 185, i. 188, i. 192, _note_ 1, i. 251, _note_ 1, ii. 300, ii. 302, ii. 306, ii. 320, ii. 337, ii. 365; Cibber's account of, i. 158-161; her great genius, i. 158; Dryden's compliment to, i. 158; her unpromising commencement as an actress, i. 159; her power of exciting pity, i. 160; her dignity and fire, i. 160; the first performer who had a benefit, i. 161; her death, i. 161; her retirement, ii. 69; Anthony Aston's description of, ii. 302; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 357.

Beaumont and Fletcher's "Wild-Goose Chase," published for Lowin and Taylor's benefit, i. xxxi.

Beeston, Christopher, ii. 326.

"Beggar's Opera," i. 243, i. 318.

Behn, Mrs. Aphra, i. 195.

Bellchambers, Edmund, his edition of Cibber's "Apology" quoted, i. 5, _note_ 1, i. 14, _note_ 1, i. 35, _note_ 2, i. 41, _note_ 2, i. 58, _note_ 1, i. 71, _note_ 1, i. 106, _note_ 1, i. 123, _note_ 2, i. 133, _note_ 1, i. 141, _note_ 1, i. 146, _note_ 1, i. 152, _note_ 1, i. 161, _note_ 2, i. 163, _note_ 1, i. 170, _note_ 1, i. 179, _note_ 2, i. 183, _note_ 1, i. 197, _note_ 3, i. 202, _note_ 1, i. 251, _note_ 1, i. 278, _note_ 1, ii. 17, _note_ 1, ii. 51, _note_ 1, ii. 88, _note_ 1, ii. 185, _note_ 1, ii. 252, _note_ 1, ii. 254, _note_ 1; his memoir of Mrs. Barry, ii. 357; Betterton, ii. 333; Mrs. Betterton, ii. 359; W. Bullock, ii. 361; Estcourt, ii. 331; Goodman, ii. 329; Hart, ii. 322; B. Johnson, ii. 360; Keen, ii. 364; Kynaston, ii. 339; Anthony Leigh, ii. 349; John Mills, ii. 362; Mohun, ii. 326; Mountfort, ii. 341; James Nokes, ii. 346; Mrs. Oldfield, ii. 367; Pinkethman, ii. 348; Mrs. Porter, ii. 365; Powell, ii. 352; Sandford, ii. 346: Smith, ii. 319; Underhill, ii. 350; Verbruggen, ii. 354; Joseph Williams, ii. 356.

Benefits, their origin, i. 161; Mrs. Elizabeth Barry the first performer to whom granted, i. 161,