ii. 259;

account of him, ii. 285; his "Life of Booth" quoted, i. 122, _note_ 1, i. 123, _note_ 2, ii. 130, _note_ 2, ii. 140, _note_ 1.

"Circe," an opera, i. 94.

Civil War, the, closing of theatres during, i. 89.

Clark, actor, memoir of, i. 96, _note_ 3.

Cleveland, Duchess of, and Goodman, ii. 330.

Clive, Mrs. Catherine, ii. 260, ii. 268, _note_ 1, ii. 269; her acting in "Love in a Riddle," i. 244, _note_ 1.

Clun, a "boy-actress," i. xxiv.

Cock-fighting prohibited in, 1654, i. lii.

Cockpit, The (or Phoenix), i. xxv.; its company, i. xxvi., i. xxviii., i. xlix.; Rhodes's Company at, i. xxviii.; secret performances at, during the Commonwealth, i. xxx.

Coke, Rt. Hon. Thomas, Vice-Chamberlain, his interference in Dogget's dispute with his partners, ii. 146.

Coleman, Mrs., the first English actress, i. 90, _note_ 1.

Colley, the family of, i. 8, i. 9.

---- Jane, mother of Colley Cibber, i. 8, _note_ 1.

Collier, Jeremy, i. 170, _note_ 1, i. 268, _note_ 2, i. 273, i. 274, ii. 233, _note_ 2; his "Short View of the Profaneness, &c., of the English Stage," i. xxi., i. xxxiii., i. 272, i. 289; his arguments confuted, i. xxxiii.

Collier, William, M.P., i. 97, _note_ 2, ii. 172, ii. 175; procures a licence for Drury Lane, ii. 91; evicts Rich, ii. 92; appoints Aaron Hill his manager, ii. 94, _note_ 1; his unjust treatment of Swiney, ii. 101, ii. 107; takes the control of the opera from Swiney, ii. 102; farms the opera to Aaron Hill, ii. 105; forces Swiney to resume the opera, ii. 107; made partner with Cibber, Wilks, and Dogget at Drury Lane, ii. 107; his shabby treatment of his partners, ii. 108, ii. 141; his downfall, ii. 109; replaced by Steele in the Licence, ii. 164.

Comedy-acting, the effect of, i. 140.

"Common Sense," a paper by Lord Chesterfield, quoted, i. 71, _note_ 1.

"Comparison between the two Stages," by Gildon, i. 189, _note_ 1, i. 194, _note_ 1, i. 194, _note_ 5, i. 214, _note_ 1, i. 216, _note_ 1, i. 218, _note_ 2, i. 231, _note_ 2, i. 232, _note_ 2, i. 233, _note_ 1, i. 254, _note_ 1, i. 303, _note_ 1, i. 306, _note_ 1, i. 316, _note_ 2, ii. 328, _note_ 2, ii. 348, ii. 356, _note_ 1, ii. 362.

Complexion, black, of evil characters on the stage, i. 133.

Congreve, William, i. 185, i. 274, i. 284, ii. 36, _note_ 1, ii. 110, ii. 159, ii. 251, ii. 302; Memoir of, mentioned, i. 5, _note_ 1; his "Love for Love," i. 155, i. 197; scandal about him and Mrs. Bracegirdle, i. 170, _note_ 1; a sharer with Betterton in his Licence in 1695, i. 192, _note_ 1,