ii. 257;

sells half of his share of the Patent to Highmore, ii. 258.

Booth, Mrs. Barton (see also Santlow, Hester), insulted by Capt. Montague, i. 76-78; sells the remainder of Booth's share to Giffard, ii. 259.

Boswell, James, his "Life of Dr. Johnson," quoted, i. 36, _note_ 2, i. 46, _note_ 1, i. 215, _note_ 1, ii. 41, _note_ 2, ii. 163, _note_ 1.

Bourgogne, Hotel de, a theatre originally used for religious plays, i. xxxv.

Boutell, Mrs., mentioned, i. 161, _note_ 1, i. 167, _note_ 2.

Bowen, James (singer), ii. 312.

Bowman (actor), memoir of, ii. 211, _note_ 1; sings before Charles II., ii. 211.

---- Mrs., ii. 211, _note_ 1.

Bowyer, Michael, an eminent actor, i. xxvi.

Boy-actresses, i. 90; still played after the appearance of women, i. 119.

Bracegirdle, Mrs. Anne, i. 98, i. 182, i. 188, i. 192, _note_ 1, ii. 300, ii. 302, ii. 312, ii. 337; admitted into good society, i. 83; Cibber's account of, i. 170-174; her good character, i. 170-172; her character attacked by Bellchambers, i. 170, _note_ 1; Tom Brown's scandal about her, i. 170, _note_ 1; attacked in "Poems on Affairs of State," i. 170, _note_ 1; her best parts, i. 173; her retirement, i. 174; memoir of her, i. 174, _note_ 2; her rivalry with Mrs. Oldfield, i. 174, _note_ 2; declines to play some of Mrs. Barry's parts, i. 188-9; her retirement, ii. 69; Anthony Aston's description of, ii. 303; her attempted abduction by Capt. Hill, ii. 342.

Bradshaw, Mrs., ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 303.

Brett, Colonel Henry, a share in the Drury Lane Patent presented to him by Skipwith, ii. 32; his acquaintance with Cibber, ii. 33; Cibber's account of, ii. 34-42; admires Cibber's perriwig, ii. 35; and the Countess of Macclesfield, ii. 39-41; his dealings with Rich, ii. 42-49, ii. 56-60; makes Wilks, Estcourt, and Cibber his deputies in management, ii. 56, _note_ 1; gives up his share to Skipwith, ii. 59.

---- Mrs. (see also Miss Mason, and Countess of Macclesfield), Cibber's high opinion of her taste, ii. 41, _note_ 2; his "Careless Husband" submitted to her, ii. 41, _note_ 2; her judicious treatment of her husband, ii. 41, _note_ 2.

Bridgwater (actor), ii. 260.

Brown, Tom, ii. 348, ii. 350; his scandal on Mrs. Bracegirdle, i. 170, _note_ 1.

Buck, Sir George, his "Third University of England," quoted, i. xlviii.

Buckingham, Duke of, ii. 210.

"Buffoon, The," an epigram on Cibber's admission into society, i. 29, _note_ 1.

Bullen, A. H., his "Lyrics from Elizabethan Song-books," i. 21, _note_ 1.

Bullock, Christopher, ii. 169, _note_ 2.

---- Mrs. Christopher, i. 136, _note_ 2.

---- William, i. 194, i. 313, i. 332, ii. 169, _note_ 2, ii. 252, _note_ 1; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 361.

Burbage, Richard, i. xxvi.

Burgess, Colonel, killed Horden, an actor, i. 303; his punishment, i. 302, _note_ 2.

Burlington, Earl of, ii. 209.

Burnet, Bishop, his observations on Nell Gwynne, ii. 212; on Mrs. Roberts, ii. 212.

Burney, Dr., his "History of Music," ii. 55, _note_ 1, ii. 89, _note_ 1; his MSS. in the British Museum, i. 174, _note_ 2, ii. 198, _note_ 1, ii. 224, _note_ 1.

Burt (actor), superior to his successors, i. xxiv.; apprenticed to Shank, i. xxv.; and to Beeston, i. xxv.; a "boy-actress," i. xxv.; a cornet in Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; arrested for acting, i. xxx.

Butler, Mrs. Charlotte, i. 98, i. 237, ii. 262; Cibber's account of, i. 163-165; patronized by Charles II., i. 163; a good singer and dancer, i. 163; a pleasant and clever actress, i. 164; compared with Mrs. Oldfield, i. 164; goes to the Dublin theatre, i. 164; note regarding her, i. 164, _note_ 1.

Byrd, William, his "Psalmes, Sonets, etc.," i. 21, _note_ 1.

Byron, Lord, a practical joke erroneously attributed to him while at Cambridge, i. 59, _note_ 1.

Cambridge. See Trinity College, Cambridge.

"Careless Husband," cast of, i. 308, _note_ 1.

Carey, Henry, deprived of the freedom of the theatre for bantering Cibber, ii. 226, _note_ 2.

Carlile, James, memoir of, i. 84, _note_ 1; is killed at Aughrim, i. 84, _note_ 1, i. 85.

Cartwright (actor), belonged to the Salisbury Court Theatre, i. xxiv.

Castil-Blaze, Mons., his "La Danse et les Ballets" quoted, i. 316, _note_ 1.

Catherine of Arragon, pageants at her marriage with Prince Arthur, i. xliii.

"Cato," by Addison, cast of, ii. 120, _note_ 1; its success, ii. 127-133; at Oxford, ii. 137; its influence, ii. 26; Cibber's Syphax in, i. 122.

Chalmers, George, his "Apology for the Shakspeare-Believers," i. 276, _note_ 1, i. 277, _note_ 1.

"Champion" (by Henry Fielding), quoted, i. 1, _note_ 1, i. 38, _note_ 1, i. 50, _note_ 2, i. 63, _note_ 1, i. 69, _note_ 1, i. 93, _note_ 2, i. 288, _note_ 1, ii. 54, _note_ 2.

Charke, Charlotte, ii. 285.

---- (musician), husband of Cibber's daughter, ii. 285.

Charles II. mentioned, i. 120, i. 133; his escape from Presbyterian tyranny, i. 22; Cibber sees him at Whitehall, i. 30; writes a funeral oration on his death while still at school, i. 31; Patents granted by him to Davenant and Killigrew, i. 87; wittily reproved by Killigrew, i. 87, _note_ 2; called Anthony Leigh "his actor," i. 154; his Court theatricals, ii. 209; and Bowman the actor, ii. 211; his opinion of Sandford's acting, ii. 306.

Chesterfield, Lord, his powers of raillery, i. 13, i. 14; refers ironically to Cibber in "Common Sense," i. 71, _note_ 1; opposes the Licensing Act of 1737, i. 289.

Chetwood, William Rufus, Cibber acts for his benefit, ii. 265; his "History of the Stage," i. 165, _note_ 1, i. 207, _note_ 1, i. 244, _note_ 1, ii. 140, _note_ 1, ii. 169, _note_ 3, ii. 319-320, ii. 331, ii. 356, ii. 364.

"Children of her Majesty's Chapel," i. xxxvi.

"Children of Paul's," i. xxxvi.

Churchill, General, ii. 369, _note_ 2.

---- Lady (Duchess of Marlborough), i. 67; Cibber attends her at table, i. 68; his admiration of her, i. 68; her beauty and good fortune, i. 69.

Cibber, Caius Gabriel, father of Colley Cibber, i. 7, _note_ 2; his statues and other works, i. 8; his marriage, i. 8, _note_ 1; his death, i. 8, _note_ 1; presents a statue to Winchester College, i. 56; employed at Chatsworth, i. 58; statues carved by him for Trinity College Library, Cambridge, i. 59.

Cibber, Colley, Account of his Life:-- His Apology written at Bath, i. 1, _note_ 1; his reasons for writing his own Life, i. 5, i. 6; his birth, i. 7; his baptism recorded, i. 7, _note_ 2; sent to school at Grantham, i. 9; his character at school, i. 9; writes an ode at school on Charles II.'s death, i. 31; and on James II.'s coronation, i. 33; his prospects in life, i. 55; his first taste for the stage, i. 58; stifles his love for the stage and desires to go to the University,