ii. 270;

on Italian opera, i. 324, _note_ 1.

Dyer, Mrs., actress, i. 136, _note_ 2.

Edicts to suppress plays, 1647-1648, ii. 322.

Edward, son of Henry VI., pageant played before, i. xl.

---- son of Edward IV., pageant played before, i. xlii.

Edwin, John, his "Eccentricities" quoted, ii. 78, _note_ 1.

E----e, Mr. [probably Erskine], his powers of raillery, i. 13, i. 14, _note_ 1, i. 16.

Egerton, William, his memoirs of Mrs. Oldfield, i. 5, _note_ 1.

"Egotist, The," i. lv., _note_ 1, i. 36, _note_ 2, i. 41, _note_ 2, i. 43, _note_ 1, i. 45, _note_ 1, i. 46, _note_ 1, i. 53, _note_ 1, ii. 265.

Elephants on the stage, ii. 7, _note_ 1.

Elizabeth, Queen, and the Spanish Armada, allusion to, i. 64; her rule of government, i. 65.

Elocution, importance of, i. 110.

Elrington, Thomas, his visit to Drury Lane in 1714, ii. 121, _note_ 1; Cibber said to have refused to let him play a certain character, ii. 193, _note_ 1.

Ely, Bishop of, and Joe Haines, ii. 315.

Erskine, Mr., probably the person mentioned by Cibber, i. 13, i. 14, _note_ 1, i. 16.

Estcourt, Richard, i. 166, i. 237. i. 332. i. 334, _note_ 1; a marvellous mimic, i. 114; yet not a good actor, i. 115; said to be unfairly treated by Cibber, i. 115, _note_ 2; could not mimic Nokes, i. 142; his "gag" on the Union of the Companies in, 1708, i. 301; his first coming to London, i. 304; made Deputy-manager by Brett, ii. 56, _note_ 1; advertisement regarding his salary, 1709, ii. 78, _note_ 1; his Falstaff, ii. 300; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 331.

Eusden, Laurence, poet laureate, his death, i. 32, _note_ 1.

Evans, John, his visit to Drury Lane in 1714, ii. 121, _note_ 1; his Falstaff, ii. 300.

"Faction Display'd," ii. 233, _note_ 2.

"Fair Maid of the West, The," i. xxv.

Fairplay, Francis, a name assumed by Cibber on one occasion, i. 48.

"Fairy Queen," preface to, quoted, i. 110, _note_ 1.

Farinelli (singer), ii. 88.

Farquhar, George, ii. 251, ii. 367, ii. 369.

Fashionable nights, ii. 246.

Faustina (Faustina Bordoni Hasse), her rivalry with Cuzzoni, ii. 89.

Fees for performances at Court, ii. 218.

Fenwick, Sir John, ii. 62.

Fideli, Signor, i. xxvii.

Field, Nathaniel, originally a "Chapel boy," i. xxxvii.

Fielding, Henry, i. 202, _note_ 1, i. 287, _note_ 4, i. 288, _note_ 1, ii. 269; attacks Cibber in "The Champion," 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; in "Joseph Andrews," i. 10, _note_ 1, i. 50, _note_ 2, i. 61, _note_ 1; in "Pasquin," i. 36, _note_ 2; attacks Cibber for mutilating Shakespeare, ii. 263; manager of a company at the Haymarket, i. 92, _note_ 1; Cibber's retaliation on, i. 286; Austin Dobson's memoir of, quoted, i. 286, _note_ 1, i. 287, _note_ 3, i. 288, _note_ 1; said to have caused the Licensing Act of 1737, i. 286.

Fitzgerald, Percy, his "New History of the English Stage," i. 90, _note_ 1, i. 320, _note_ 1, ii. 11, _note_ 1, ii. 32, _note_ 1, ii. 49, _note_ 1, ii. 56, _note_ 1, ii. 79, _note_ 2; ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 148, _note_ 1.

Fitzharding, Lady, i. 68.

Fitzstephen, William, his "Description of the City of London," i. xxxvii.

Fleetwood, Charles, ii. 264; purchases from Highmore and Mrs. Wilks their shares of the Patent, i. 285, ii. 261; the deserters return to him, ii. 261.

Fletcher, John, his plays, i. xxv.

Footmen, admitted gratis to Drury Lane, i. 233; this privilege abolished, i. 234, _note_ 1.

Fortune Theatre, i. xxvi., i. xxix.

Fox, Bishop, had charge of pageants in which sacred persons were introduced, i. xlv.

French actors at Lincoln's Inn Fields, ii. 180, _note_ 1.

---- audience, conduct of, ii. 247.

"Funeral, The," i. 263.

Gaedertz, Herr, his "Zur Kenntniss der altenglischen Bühne," ii. 84, _note_ 1.

"Gammer Gurton's Needle," one of the earliest regular comedies, i. xlvii.

Garrick, David, i. 110, _note_ 1, i. 278, _note_ 1, ii. 259, ii. 270; his influence in reforming the stage, ii. 263; Cibber plays against, ii. 268; Cibber's low opinion of, ii. 268; Davies's Life of, i. lv., _note_ 1, i. 283, _note_ 2, ii. 259.

Gaussin, Jeanne Catherine, ii. 248.

Gay, John, said to have thrashed Cibber, i. 71, _note_ 1; his "Beggar's Opera," i. 243; his "Polly" forbidden to be played, i. 246, i. 278, _note_ 1.

Genest, Rev. John, his "Account of the English Stage," i. 83, _note_ 1, i. 88, _note_ 3, i. 91, _note_ 2, i. 91, _note_ 4, i. 97, _note_ 1, i. 110, _note_ 1, i. 149, _note_ 2, i. 156, _note_ 2, i. 174, _note_ 2, i. 203, _note_ 1, i. 220, _note_ 1, i. 230, _note_ 1, i. 267, _note_ 2, i. 268, _note_ 1, i. 269, _note_ 1, i. 296, _note_ 1, i. 326, _note_ 3, ii. 5, _note_ 1, ii. 7, _note_ 1, ii. 56, _note_ 1, ii. 79, _note_ 2, ii. 96, _note_ 1, ii. 98, _note_ 1, ii. 123, _note_ 1, ii. 165, _note_ 1, ii. 169, _note_ 3, ii. 171, _note_ 1, ii. 186, _note_ 1, ii. 186, _note_ 2, ii. 187, _note_ 1, ii. 198, _note_ 1, ii. 210, _note_ 1, ii. 251, _note_ 1, ii. 267, ii. 269, ii. 324; his opinion of Cibber's Richard III., i. 139, _note_ 2.

"Gentleman's Magazine," ii. 284.

Gentlemen of the Great Chamber, actors entitled, i. 88.

George I. has theatrical performances at Hampton Court, ii. 208; his amusement at a scene of "Henry VIII.," ii. 216; his present to the actors for playing at Court, ii. 218.

---- II., i. 32, ii. 219.

Giffard, Henry, i. 92, _note_ 1, i. 283, _note_ 1; his theatre in Goodman's Fields, i. 282, _note_ 2; purchases half of Booth's share of the Patent, ii. 259.

Gifford, William, doubts if Ben Jonson was an unsuccessful actor, i. 85, _note_ 1.

Gildon, Charles, his Life of Betterton, i. 118, _note_ 2, ii. 324, ii. 337, _note_ 1, ii. 358.

Globe Theatre, i. xxvi., i. xxix.

Goffe, Alexander, a "boy-actress," i. xxx.; employed to give notice of secret performances during the Commonwealth, i. xxx.

"Golden Rump, The," a scurrilous play, i. 278, _note_ 1.

Goodman, Cardell, mentioned, i. 83, _note_ 1, i. 96; prophesies Cibber's success as an actor, i. 183; a highway robber, ii. 61, ii. 63; his connection with the Fenwick and Charnock Plot, ii. 62; he and Captain Griffin have one shirt between them, ii. 63; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 329.

Goodman's Fields, unlicensed theatre in, i. 281; attempt to suppress it, i. 282; Odell's theatre, i. 282, _note_ 1; Giffard's theatre, i. 282, _note_ 2.

---- Theatre, i. 92, _note_ 1; closed by Licensing Act (1737), i. 92, _note_ 1.

Grafton, Duke of, ii. 260; blamed for making Cibber Laureate, i. 46, _note_ 1.

Grantham, Cibber sent to school at, i. 9.

Griffin, Captain (actor), i. 334, _note_ 1; admitted into good society, i. 83; memoir of, i. 83, _note_ 1; and Goodman have one shirt between them, ii. 63.

Griffith, Thomas, his visit to Drury Lane in 1714, ii. 121, _note_ 1.

"Grub Street Journal," ii. 258, _note_ 1.

Guiscard, his attack on Lord Oxford referred to, i. 291.

Gwyn, Nell, i. 91, _note_ 1, i. 182, _note_ 1, ii. 323; and Charles II., ii. 211; Bishop Burnet's opinion of, ii. 212.

Haines, Joseph, ii. 252, _note_ 1; his _bon mot_ on Jeremy Collier, i. 273; account of his career, i. 273, _note_ 1; Aston's description of, ii. 314; his pranks, ii. 315, ii. 325; Life of, ii. 325, _note_ 1.

Halifax, Lord, i. 217, ii. 311; a patron of the theatre, ii. 4; his testimonial to Mrs. Bracegirdle, ii. 305.

Hamlet, incomparably acted by Taylor, i. xxvi.; Betterton as, i. 100; Wilks's mistakes in, i. 100.

Hammerton, Stephen, a famous "boy-actress," i. xxvi.; played Amyntor, i. xxvi.

Hampton Court, theatrical performances at, ii. 208, ii. 214, ii. 219.

"Hannibal and Scipio," i. xxv.

Harlequin, Cibber's low opinion of the character, i. 150-152; played without a mask by Pinkethman, i. 151.

"Harlequin Sorcerer," a noted pantomime, ii. 181, _note_ 1.

Harper, John, arrested as a rogue and vagabond, i. 283; trial, ii. 260; the result of his trial, i. 284; his Falstaff, ii. 300.

Harris, ii. 334, ii. 346.

Harrison, General, murders W. Robinson the actor, i. xxix.

Hart, Charles, i. 125, _note_ 2, ii. 134, ii. 137, _note_ 1; superior to his successors, i. xxiv.; apprenticed to Robinson, i. xxiv.; A "boy-actress," i. xxiv.; a lieutenant in Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; arrested for acting, i. xxx.; grows old and wishes to retire, i. xxxii.; his acting of the Plain Dealer, i. 83, _note_ 1; famous for Othello, i. 91; his retirement, i. 96; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 322.

Haymarket, Little Theatre in the, i. 92, _note_ 1; opened by the mutineers from Highmore in 1733, ii. 259; closed by Licensing Act (1737), i. 92, _note_ 1.

---- the Queen's Theatre in the (now Her Majesty's), i. 319; its history, i. 319, _note_ 1; opened for Betterton's Company, i. 320; defects in its construction, i. 320, i. 326; inconvenience of its situation, i. 322.

Hemming, John, i. xxvi.

"Henry VIII.," ii. 215.

Heron, Mrs., ii. 262.

Hewett, Sir Thomas, his report on the stability of Drury Lane, ii. 177.

Highmore, John, at variance with his actors, i. 283; his purchase of the Patent, i. 283, _note_ 1; the price he paid for the Patent, i. 297, _note_ 1; purchases half of Booth's share of the Patent, ii. 258; purchases Cibber's share, ii. 258: his actors mutiny, ii. 259; he summons Harper as a rogue and vagabond, ii. 260; sells his share in the Patent, ii. 261.

Hill, Aaron, on "tone" in speaking, i. 110, _note_ 1; appointed by W. Collier to manage Drury Lane, ii. 94, _note_ 1; defied and beaten by his actors, ii. 94, _note_ 1; farms the opera from Collier, ii. 105; on Booth's lack of humour, ii. 240, _note_ 2.

---- Captain Richard, his murder of Mountfort, i. 130, _note_ 1, ii. 342.

"Historia Histrionica," reprint of, i. xix.; preface to, i. xxi.

"Historical Register for 1736," ii. 263.

Hitchcock, Robert, his "Historical View of the Irish Stage," i. 165, _note_ 1.

"Holland's Leaguer," i. xxv.

Holt, Lord Chief Justice, ii. 22.

Horden, Hildebrand, a promising actor, killed in a brawl, i. 302.

Horton, Mrs., ii. 260.

Howard, J. B., plays Iago in English to Salvini's Othello, i. 325, _note_ 1.

---- Sir Robert, i. 192, _note_ 1.

Hughes, Margaret, said to be the first English actress, i. 90, _note_ 1.

Hutton, Laurence, his "Literary Landmarks of London" quoted, i. 7, _note_ 3, ii. 284, _note_ 1.

Irving, Henry, his controversy with Constant Coquelin regarding Diderot's "Paradoxe sur le Comédien," i. 103, _note_ 1; restores Shakespeare's "Richard III." to the stage, ii. 287.

Italian Opera, introduced into England, i. 324; "The Dunciad" on, i. 324, _note_ 1.

Jackson, John, his "History of the Scottish Stage" referred to, ii. 181, _note_ 1.

Jacobites attacked in Cibber's "Nonjuror," ii. 185; repay Cibber for his attack by hissing his plays, ii. 187; hiss his "Nonjuror," ii. 189.

James II., ii. 134; Cibber, at school, writes an Ode on his coronation, i. 33; Cibber serves against, at the Revolution, i. 60; his flight to France, i. 70; his quarrel with the Duke of Devonshire, i. 72.

Jekyll, Sir Joseph, ii. 198.

Jevon, Thomas, i. 151, _note_ 1.

Johnson, Benjamin (actor), i. 99, _note_ 1, i. 194, i. 313, i. 332, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 252, _note_ 1, ii. 262, ii. 308; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 360.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, i. 215, _note_ 1, ii. 163, _note_ 1; his opinion of Cibber's Odes, i. 36, _note_ 2; his epigram on Cibber's Laureateship quoted, i. 46, _note_ 1; his "Life of Pope," ii. 275, ii. 276, ii. 280, _note_ 1, ii. 281, _note_ 1; his "Lives of the Poets," ii. 27, _note_ 1, ii. 128, _note_ 1, ii. 370; his famous Prologue (1747) quoted, i. 113, _note_ 1.

Jones, Inigo, ii. 209.

Jonson, Ben, i. 245; out of fashion in 1699, i. xxiii.; no actors in 1699 who could rightly play his characters, i. xxiv.; his plays, i. xxv.; his epigram on Alleyn, i. xxviii.; on Sal Pavy, i. xxxvi.; said by Cibber to have been an unsuccessful actor, i. 85; this denied by Gifford and Cunningham, his editors, i. 85, _note_ 1; his Masques, ii. 209.

Jordan, Thomas, his "Prologue to introduce the first woman that came to act on the stage," 1660, i. 90, _note_ 1, i. 119, _note_ 1.

"Joseph Andrews" quoted, i. 10, _note_ 1, i. 50, _note_ 2, i. 61, _note_ 1.

"Julius Cæsar," special revival of, in 1707, ii. 5.

Keen, Theophilus, i. 332, ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 169, _note_ 2; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 364.

Kemble, John P., mentioned, i. lv., _note_ 1.

Kent, Duke of, ii. 46.

---- Mrs., ii. 169, _note_ 2.

Killigrew, Charles, ii. 32, _note_ 1; his share in the Patent, i. 181, _note_ 1.

---- Thomas, i. 181, _note_ 1, i. 197, _note_ 3; granted a Patent similar to Davenant's, i. liii., i. 87; memoir of, i. 87, _note_ 2; his witty reproof of Charles II., i. 87, _note_ 2; his Company better than Davenant's, i. 93; unites with Davenant's, i. 96.

"King and no King," special revival of, in 1707, ii. 5.

"King Arthur," i. 187.

"King John" mutilated by Colley Cibber, ii. 268.

"King John and Matilda," i. xxv.

King's Servants, The, i. 87, _note_ 2, i. 88; before 1642, i. xxvi.; after the Restoration, i. xxxi.

Kirkman, Francis, his "Wits," ii. 84, _note_ 1.

Knap, ii. 169, _note_ 2.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, his portrait of Betterton, i. 117; his portrait of Anthony Leigh, i. 146, ii. 349; imitated by Estcourt, ii. 333.

Knight, Mrs. Frances, ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 169, _note_ 2.

---- Joseph, his edition of the "Roscius Anglicanus" referred to, i. 87, _note_ 1, i. 90, _note_ 1.

Knip, Mrs., i. 182, _note_ 1.

Kynaston, Edward, i. 98, i. 119, ii. 324, ii. 334, i. 185, i. 327; petted by ladies of quality, i. 120; the beauty of his person, i. 121; his voice and appearance, i. 121; his bold acting in inflated passages, i. 124; his majesty and dignity, i. 125-6; lingered too long on the stage, i. 126; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 339.

Lacy, John, superior to his successors, i. xxiv.

Lady of title, prevented by relatives from becoming an actress, i. 75.

"Lady's Last Stake," cast of, ii. 3, _note_ 1.

Langbaine, Gerard, his "Account of the English Poets," ii. 13, _note_ 1.

Laughter, reflections on, i. 23.

"Laureat, The" (a furious attack on Cibber), i. 3, _note_ 2, i. 14, _note_ 1, i. 35, _note_ 2, i. 48, _note_ 1, i. 78, _note_ 1, i. 101, _note_ 2, i. 122, _note_ 1, i. 123, _note_ 1, i. 140, _note_ 1, i. 157, _note_ 2, i. 174, _note_ 2, i. 182, _note_ 2, i. 191, _note_ 2, i. 222, _note_ 1, i. 224, _note_ 1, i. 238, _note_ 1, i. 239, _note_ 1, i. 242, _note_ 1, i. 256, _note_ 1, i. 258, _note_ 2, i. 264, _note_ 1, i. 273, _note_ 2, i. 300, _note_ 1, i. 312, _note_ 2, ii. 30, _note_ 1, ii. 37, _note_ 1, ii. 121, _note_ 1, ii. 148, _note_ 1, ii. 160, _note_ 1, ii. 163, _note_ 1, ii. 251, _note_ 1, ii. 256, _note_ 1, ii. 335, _note_ 1, ii. 356.

Lebrun, Charles, painter, alluded to, i. 106.

Lee, Charles Henry, Master of the Revels, ii. 260.

---- Mrs. Mary, i. 163, _note_ 1.

---- Nathaniel, ii. 327; his "Alexander the Great," i. 105; a perfect reader of his own works, i. 113; Mohun's compliment to him, i. 114; failed as an actor, i. 114.

Leigh, Anthony, i. 98, i. 142, i. 304, i. 327; Cibber's account of, i. 145-154; his exuberant humour, i. 145; in "The Spanish Friar," i. 145; painted in the character of the Spanish Friar, i. 146; his best characters, i. 146, i. 149; and Nokes, their combined excellence, i. 147, his superiority to Pinkethman, i. 149; the favourite actor of Charles II., i. 154; compared with Nokes, i. 154; his death, i. 154, i. 188; his "gag" regarding Obadiah Walker's change of religion, ii. 134; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 349.

Leigh, Mrs. Elizabeth, i. 98; Cibber's account of, i. 162-163; her peculiar comedy powers, i. 162; note regarding her, i. 163, _note_ 1.

---- Francis, ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 169, _note_ 2, ii. 170, _note_ 1.

Leveridge, Richard, ii. 169, _note_ 3.

Licence granted by King William in 1695, i. 98.

Licensing Act of 1737, i. 278, _note_ 1, i. 286, i. 287, _note_ 4, ii. 262.

"Lick at the Laureat," said to be the title of a pamphlet, i. 35, _note_ 2.

Lincoln's Inn Fields, Duke's old Theatre in, i. xxxii., i. 88, _note_ 2.

---- Betterton's theatre in, i. 194; its opening, i. 196; its success at first, i. 227; its speedy disintegration, i. 228.

---- Rich's theatre in, ii. 79, ii. 100; its exact situation, ii. 101, _note_ 1; Rich's Patent revived at, ii. 165; its opening, ii. 166, _note_ 1, ii. 171, _note_ 1; actors desert Drury Lane to join, ii. 169.

"London Cuckolds," i. 267.

"London News-Letter," i. 302, _note_ 2.

Lord Chamberlain, Cibber on the power of the, ii. 10-23, ii. 74; his name not mentioned in the Patents, ii. 10; Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane on the power of, ii. 11, _note_ 1; his power of licensing plays, ii. 11; plays vetoed by him, ii. 12-14; actors arrested by his orders, ii. 17-22; his edicts against desertions, ii. 17, _note_ 1, ii. 18, _note_ 1; said to favour Betterton at the expense of rival managers, ii. 18; various edicts regarding Powell, ii. 19, _note_ 1, ii. 20, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1; warrant to arrest Dogget, ii. 21, _note_ 1; his edict separating plays and operas in 1707, ii. 49, _note_ 1; interferes on behalf of actors in their dispute with the Patentees in 1709, ii. 68; silences Patentees for contumacy, ii. 72; his order for silence, 1709, quoted, ii. 73, _note_ 1.

Lord Chamberlain's Records, i. 229, _note_ 1, i. 315, _note_ 2, ii. 17, _note_ 1, ii. 18, _note_ 1, ii. 19, _note_ 1, ii. 20, _note_ 1, ii. 21, _note_ 1, ii. 49, _note_ 1, ii. 50, _note_ 1, ii. 69, _note_ 1, ii. 73, _note_ 1, ii. 79, _note_ 2, ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 102, _note_ 1, ii. 108, _note_ 2, ii. 171, _note_ 1, ii. 193, _note_ 1, ii. 218, _note_ 1, ii. 219, _note_ 1, ii. 257, _note_ 1.

Lorraine, Duke of, ii. 219.

Louis XIV., mentioned, i. 6.

---- Prince, of Baden, ii. 228.

"Love in a Riddle," cast of, i. 244, _note_ 1.

Lovel (actor), ii. 347.

Lovelace, Lord, ii. 304.

"Love's Last Shift," cast of, i. 213, _note_ 1.

Lowin, John, ii. 335; arrested for acting, i. xxx.; superior to Hart, i. xxiv.; his chief characters, i. xxvi.; too old to go into Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; becomes an inn-keeper, and dies very poor, i. xxxi.

"Lucius Junius Brutus," by Lee, vetoed, ii. 13.

"Ludus Coventriæ," i. xxxviii.; these plays acted at other towns besides Coventry, i. xxxviii.; a description of them, i. xxxviii. _et seq._

"Lunatick, The," ii. 252, _note_ 1.

Luttrell's Diary quoted, i. 302, _note_ 2.

Macaulay, Lord, his "History of England" referred to, ii. 134, _note_ 3.

"Macbeth" _in the nature of an opera_, i. 94, _note_ 1; ii. 228, ii. 229, _note_ 1.

Macclesfield, Countess of, ii. 39. See also Mrs. Brett.

Macklin, Charles, ii. 270, ii. 362; his first coming to London, ii. 261; a great reformer, ii. 262.

Macready, William C, mentioned, i. 135, _note_ 1.

MacSwiney, Owen. See Swiney, Owen.

"Maid's Tragedy" vetoed in Charles II.'s time, ii. 12; played with altered catastrophe, ii. 12.

Mainwaring, Arthur, ii. 369, _note_ 2.

Malone, Edmond, i. 185, _note_ 1, i. 197, _note_ 3, ii. 32, _note_ 1, ii. 138, _note_ 1.

Management, Cibber on the duties and responsibilities of, ii. 199-207.

Margaret, Queen of Henry VI., pageant played before her, i. xl.

Marlborough, Duchess of. See Churchill, Lady.

---- Duke of, ii. 96, _note_ 1, ii. 130, ii. 164, ii. 228.

"Marriage à la Mode," by Cibber, cast of, ii. 5, _note_ 1.

Marshall, Anne, i. 161, _note_ 1; said to be the first English actress, i. 90, _note_ 1.

---- Julian, his "Annals of Tennis" quoted, i. 315, _note_ 1.

Mary, the Virgin, and Joseph, characters in the "Ludus Coventriæ," i. xxxix.

---- Queen, her death, i. 193.

"Mary, Queen of Scotland," by Banks, vetoed, ii. 14.

Masculus, a comedian, who was a Christian martyr, i. xxii.

Masks, Ladies wearing, at the theatre, i. 266; ultimately the mark of a prostitute, i. 267, _note_ 1.

Mason, Miss. See Countess of Macclesfield, and Mrs. Brett.

Masques, enormous expense of, ii. 209.

Master of the Revels. See Revels.

Mathews, Charles (the elder), his powers of imitation referred to, i. 115, _note_ 1.

Mathias, St., the choosing of, as an apostle, dramatized in the "Ludus Coventriæ," i. xxxviii.

Matthews, Brander, ii. 289, _note_ 1.

Maynard, Serjeant, a Whig lawyer, satirized, i. 149, _note_ 2.

Medbourn, Matthew, ii. 346.

Melcombe, Lord, mentioned, i. 14, _note_ 1.

"Mery Play between the Pardoner and the Frere, the Curate and Neybour Pratte, A," described, i. xlv.

Miller, James, his "Art and Nature" failed, i. 152, _note_ 1.

---- Josias (actor), ii. 262.

Mills, John, i. 332, ii. 70, _note_ 2, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 259, _note_ 1, ii. 262; his friendship with Wilks, i. 259, ii. 223; his honesty and diligence, i. 260; his large salary, i. 260; advertisement regarding his salary, 1709, ii. 78, _note_ 1; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 362; and the country squire, ii. 363.

Milward, William, i. 224, _note_ 2.

Mist, Nathaniel. See "Mist's Weekly Journal."

"Mist's Weekly Journal," ii. 163, _note_ 1, ii. 167, ii. 187.

Mohun, Lord, ii. 314; implicated in Mountfort's death, i. 130, _note_ 1, ii. 342.

---- Michael, superior to his successors, i. xxiv.; apprentice to Beeston, i. xxv.; acted Bellamente, i. xxv.; a captain in Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; his death, i. 96; his admiration of Nat. Lee's elocution, i. 114; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 326.

Montague, Captain, insults Miss Santlow, i. 76; chastised by Mr. Craggs, i. 77.

Moore, Mrs., ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1.

Morley, Professor Henry, his edition of the "Spectator," ii. 54, _note_ 1.

Mountfort, William, i. 98, i. 108, i. 170, _note_ 1, i. 237, ii. 314; taken into good society, i. 83; Cibber's account of, i. 127-130; his voice and appearance, i. 127; his Alexander the Great, i. 127; his excellent acting of fine gentlemen, i. 127; his delivery of witty passages, i. 128; his Rover, i. 128; his versatility, i. 128, i. 210; his Sparkish ("Country Wife") and his Sir Courtly Nice, i. 129; copied by Cibber in Sir Courtly Nice, i. 129; his tragic death, i. 130, i. 188; memoir of him, i. 130, _note_ 1; Tom Brown on his connection with Mrs. Bracegirdle, i. 170, _note_ 1; his comedy of "Greenwich Park," ii. 41; copied by Wilks, ii. 241; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 341; full account of his death by the hands of Capt. Hill, ii. 342-345.

---- Mrs., i. 98, i. 237, ii. 343, ii. 367; Cibber's account of, i. 165-169; her variety of humour, i. 165; her artistic feeling, i. 166; her acting of the Western Lass, i. 166; in male parts, i. 167; plays Bayes with success, i. 167; the excellence of her Melantha, i. 167; memoir of, i. 169, _note_ 1; leaves Betterton's company in 1695, i. 200; her death, ii. 306; Anthony Aston's description of, ii. 313.

Mountfort, Susanna, i. 334, _note_ 1.

Music in the theatre, i. xxxii.

Newcastle, Duke of, ii. 219; (Lord Chamberlain), his persecution of Steele, ii. 193, _note_ 1.

Newington Butts, i. xlix.

Newman, Thomas, actor, one of their Majesties' servants, i. 88, _note_ 3.

Nichols, John, his "Theatre, Anti-Theatre, &c.," ii. 66, _note_ 2, ii. 168, _note_ 1, ii. 174, _note_ 2, ii. 176, _note_ 1, ii. 177, _note_ 1, ii. 193, _note_ 1.

Nicolini (Nicolo Grimaldi), singer, ii. 48, ii. 51; Cibber's high praise of, ii. 51; praised by the "Tatler," ii. 52.

Noblemen's companies of players, i. xlvii.

Nokes, James, i. 98; Cibber's description of, i. 141-145; his natural simplicity, i. 141; could not be imitated, i. 142; his best characters, i. 142; his ludicrous distress, i. 143; his voice and person, i. 145; and Leigh, their combined excellence, i. 147; compared with Leigh, i. 154; his death, i. 188; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 346; why called "Nurse Nokes," ii. 348.

Nokes, Robert, i. 141, _note_ 1, i. 143, _note_ 2, ii. 346.

"Nonjuror, The," a line in the epilogue quoted, i. 49; cast of, ii. 185, _note_ 2.

Norris, Henry, ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1.

---- Mrs., said to be the first English actress, i. 90, _note_ 1.

Northey, Sir Edward, his "opinion" on the Patent, ii. 32, _note_ 1.

Oates, Titus, i. 133.

Odell, Thomas, his theatre in Goodman's Fields, i. 282, _note_ 1.

"Old and New London," referred to, ii. 104, _note_ 1.

Oldfield, Mrs. Anne, i. 157, i. 251, _note_ 1, i. 332, ii. 69, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 358; memoirs of, published immediately after her death, i. 5; her acting of Lady Townly praised in high-flown terms by Cibber, i. 51, i. 312, _note_ 3; admitted into good society, i. 83; her unpromising commencement as an actress, i. 159, i. 305; compared with Mrs. Butler, i. 164; her rivalry with Mrs. Bracegirdle, i. 174, _note_ 2; Cibber's account of, i. 305-312; her good sense, i. 310; her unexpected excellence, i. 306; Cibber writes "The Careless Husband" chiefly for her, i. 308; her perfect acting in it, i. 309; and Wilks playing in same pieces, i. 314; proposed to be made a manager, ii. 69; gets increased salary instead, ii. 71; advertisement regarding her salary, 1709, ii. 78, _note_ 1; riot directed against, ii. 166; settles a dispute between Wilks, Cibber, and Booth, ii. 236; her death, ii. 254; copied Mrs. Mountfort in comedy, ii. 313; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 367; and Richard Savage, ii. 369.

Opera, i. 111; control of, given to Swiney, ii. 48.

---- Italian, account of its first separate establishment, ii. 50-55; decline of Italian, ii. 87-91.

Otway, Thomas, his failure as an actor, i. 114, _note_ 1; his "Orphan," i. 116, _note_ 2.

Oxford, visited by the actors in 1713, ii. 133, ii. 135; Dryden's Prologues at, ii. 134, ii. 136, _note_ 1; its critical discernment, ii. 136.

---- Lord, Guiscard's attack on, referred to, i. 291.

Pack, George, ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1; account of, ii. 169, _note_ 3.

Pageants formed part in receptions of princes, &c., i. xl. _et seq._

Painting the face on the stage, i. 182, _note_ 1.

Pantomimes, the origin of, ii. 180; Cibber's opinion of, ii. 180; "The Dunciad" on, ii. 181, _note_ 1.

"Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John," cast of, ii. 269, _note_ 1.

Parish-clerks, play acted by, in 1391, i. xxxv.

Parliamentary reports on the theatres, i. 278, _note_ 1.

"Parson's Wedding, The," played entirely by women, i. xxxii.

"Pasquin" quoted, i. 36, _note_ 2.

Patent, copy of, granted to Sir William Davenant in 1663, i. liii.; Steele's, ii. 174.

Patentees, the, their foolish parsimony, i. 164; their ill-treatment of Betterton and other actors, i. 187; the actors combine against them, i. 189; their deserted condition, i. 194. (For transactions of the Patentees, see also Rich, C.)

Pavy, Sal, a famous child-actor, i. xxxvi.; Ben Jonson's epigram on, i. xxxvi.

Pelham, Hon. Henry, Cibber's "Apology" dedicated to, i. lv., _note_ 1.

Pembroke, Earl of, ii. 105, _note_ 1.

Pepys, Samuel, his "Diary," i. 119, _note_ 1, i. 161, _note_ 2, i. 182, _note_ 1, i. 267, _note_ 1, i. 303, _note_ 1.

Percival (actor), i. 183, _note_ 1.

Perkins, an eminent actor, i. xxvi.; his death, i. xxxi.

Perrin, Mons. (of the Théâtre Français), ii. 221, _note_ 1, ii. 246, _note_ 1.

Perriwigs, enormous, worn by actors, ii. 36, _note_ 1.

Phoenix, the, or Cockpit, i. xxvi.

"Picture, The," i. xxv.

Pinkethman, William, i. 313, i. 334, _note_ 1, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 252, _note_ 1; his inferiority to Anthony Leigh, i. 149; his liberties with the audience, i. 152; hissed for them, i. 153, _note_ 1; his lack of judgment, i. 150; plays Harlequin without the mask, i. 151; his success as Lory in "The Relapse," i. 230; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 348.

---- the younger, ii. 349.

Plays, value of old, for information on manners, i. xxi.; old, no actors' names given, i. xxv.; originally used for religious purposes, i. xxxiv., i. xxxv.; their early introduction, i. xxxvii.; began to alter in form about the time of Henry VIII., i. xlv.; origin of, in Greece and England, i. xlviii.; the alteration in their subjects noticed by Stow in 1598, i. xlviii.; temporarily suspended, i. xlix.; arranged to be divided between Davenant's and Killigrew's companies,