i. 91;

expenses of, i. 197, _note_ 3.

Players defended regarding character, i. xxii.; not to be described as rogues and vagabonds, i. xlix.; entirely suppressed by ordinances of the Long Parliament, i. li.

Playhouses, large number of, in 1629, i. xlix.

"Poems on Affairs of State," quoted, i. 170, _note_ 1.

"Poetaster, The," played by the Children of her Majesty's Chapel, i. xxxvi.

Poet Laureate, Cibber appointed, 1730, i. 32, _note_ 1.

Pollard, Thomas, a comedian, i. xxvi.; superior to Hart, i. xxiv.; too old to go into Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; arrested for acting, i. xxx.; his retirement and death, i. xxxi.

Pollixfen, Judge, ii. 315.

Ponsonby-Fane, Sir Spencer, his memorandum on the power of the Lord Chamberlain, ii. 11, _note_ 1.

Pope, Alexander, ii. 151; Cibber's "Letter" to, quoted, i. 3, _note_ 1; Cibber's first allusion to Pope's enmity, i. 21; an epigram comparing Pope and Cibber in society, i. 29, _note_ 1; Cibber's opinion of Pope's attacks, i. 35; some of Pope's attacks quoted, i. 36, _note_ 1; his attack on Atticus (Addison), i. 38; Cibber's "Letter" to, quoted, i. 44, _note_ 1, i. 45, _note_ 2; epigram attributed to him, on Cibber's Laureateship, i. 46, _note_ 1; his "Moral Essays," quoted, i. 307, _note_ 3; attacks Cibber for countenancing pantomimes, ii. 182, _note_ 1; "The Nonjuror" a cause of his enmity to Cibber, ii. 189, _note_ 1; his "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot," ii. 189, _note_ 1; his quarrel with Cibber, ii. 270-283; Cibber's "Letter" to him, ii. 271; his famous adventure, ii. 278; Cibber's second "Letter" to, ii. 281; his portrait of Betterton, ii. 339; his attacks on Mrs. Oldfield, ii. 370. (See also "Dunciad.")

Porter, Mrs. Mary, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 303, ii. 368; Dogget plays for her benefit after his retirement, ii. 158; accident to, ii. 254, ii. 365; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 365.

Portuguese, the, and religious plays, i. xxxv.

"Post-Boy Rob'd of his Mail," i. 328, _note_ 1, i. 329, _note_ 1.

Powell, George, i. 157, i. 193, i. 203, _note_ 1, i. 228, i. 259, i. 334. _note_ 1, ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 238, ii. 301, ii. 311, ii. 363; offered some of Betterton's parts, i. 188; his indiscretion as a manager, i. 204; mimics Betterton, i. 205, i. 207, _note_ 1; the contest between him and Wilks for supremacy at Drury Lane, i. 237-243, i. 251-256; his carelessness, i. 240, i. 243; deserts Drury Lane, i. 239; returns to Drury Lane, i. 239; arrested for deserting his manager, ii. 18; arrested for striking young Davenant, ii. 19; discharged for assaulting Aaron Hill in 1710, ii. 94, _note_ 1; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 352.

Price, Joseph, account of him by Bellchambers, i. 146, _note_ 1.

Prince's Servants, The, before, 1642, i. xxvi.

Pritchard, Mrs., ii. 268, _note_ 1.

Profits made by the old actors, i. xxxii.; of the theatre, how divided in 1682, i. 97.

Prologue-speaking, the art of, i. 271.

"Prophetess, The," i. 187.

"Provoked Husband," cast of, i. 311, _note_ 1.

"Provoked Wife," altered, ii. 233.

"Psyche," an opera, i. 94.

Puppet-show in Salisbury Change, i. 95.

Purcell, Henry, i. 187, _note_ 1, ii. 312.

Quantz, Mons., ii. 89, _note_ 1.

Queen's Servants, The, before 1642, i. xxvi.

---- Theatre in the Haymarket, success of Swiney's company in, ii. 1; set aside for operas only, ii. 48; its interior altered, ii. 79; opened by the seceders from Drury Lane in 1709, ii. 87.

Quin, James, i. 224, _note_ 2, ii. 259, _note_ 1; the chief actor at Garrick's appearance, ii. 262.

Raftor, Catherine. See Clive.

---- James, i. 330, _note_ 1.

Raillery, reflections on, i. 11.

Raymond, his "opinion" on the Patent, ii. 32, _note_ 1.

Red Bull Theatre, i. xxvi., i. xxix.; used by King's Company after the Restoration, i. xxxi.; drawing of the stage of the, ii. 84, _note_ 1.

Reformation of the stage, Cibber on, i. 81.

Rehan, Ada, a great comedian, ii. 289.

Religion and the stage, i. xxi., i. xxxiii.

"Renegado, The," i. xxv.

Revels, Master of the, his unreasonableness to Cibber, i. 275; his fees refused to be paid, i. 277.

Rhodes, the prompter, ii. 333, ii. 339; his company, at the Cockpit, i. xxviii.; his company of actors engaged by Davenant, i. 87, _note_ 1.

Rich, Christopher, Patentee of Drury Lane, i. 181, _note_ 1, ii. 336, ii. 361, ii. 367; description of, i. 233, _note_ 1; admits servants to theatre gratis, i. 233; his treatment of his actors, i. 252; consults Cibber on matters of management, i. 253; his principles of management, i. 262, ii. 6-8; his tactics to avoid settling with his partners, i. 328; his objections to an union of the two companies, i. 329; permits Swiney to rent the Queen's Theatre, i. 331; his foolish neglect of his actors, i. 334; declines to execute his agreement with Swiney, i. 336; wishes to bring an elephant on the stage, ii. 6; introduces rope-dancers at Drury Lane, ii. 7; silenced for receiving Powell, ii. 19, _note_ 1; his share in the Patent, ii. 32, _note_ 1, ii. 98; his dealings with Col. Brett, ii. 42-49, ii. 56-60; Cibber on his misconduct, ii. 46; his foolish mismanagement, ii. 60, ii. 65; confiscates part of his actors' benefits, ii. 66; ordered to refund this, ii. 68; silenced by the Lord Chamberlain (1709), ii. 72; his proceedings after being silenced, ii. 77, ii. 79, _note_ 2; an advertisement issued by him regarding actors' salaries in 1709, ii. 78, _note_ 1; evicted by Collier from Drury Lane (1709), ii. 92; his Patent revived in 1714, ii. 79, ii. 165; his extraordinary behaviour to the Lord Chamberlain, ii. 98; Genest's character of him, ii. 98, _note_ 1; rebuilds Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, ii. 100; his death, ii. 166, _note_ 1.

Rich, John, ii. 79, ii. 98, _note_ 2; opens Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, ii. 166, _note_ 1; an excellent Harlequin, ii. 181, _note_ 1; manages the Lincoln's Inn Fields company, ii. 262; opens Covent Garden, ii. 262.

"Richard III.," Cibber's adaptation of, i. 139; his playing in, i. 139, i. 275; cast of, ii. 288, _note_ 1.

Richardson, Jonathan, ii. 276.

Roberts, Mrs., one of Charles II.'s mistresses, ii. 212.

Robins, a comedian, i. xxvi.

Robinson, William, ii. 322; Hart apprenticed to, i. xxiv.; a comedian, i. xxvi.; murdered by Harrison, i. xxix.

Rochester, Lord, ii. 138, _note_ 1, ii. 303.

Rogers, Mrs., i. 332, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 169, _note_ 2, ii. 353; her affectation of prudery, i. 135; becomes Wilks's mistress, i. 136; her eldest daughter, i. 136; riot caused by, ii. 166.

Rogues and vagabonds, players not to be described as, i. xlix., i. 1.

"Roman Actor, The," i. xxv.

Roman Catholic religion, attacked by Cibber, i. 80.

Rope-dancers on the stage, ii. 7.

"Roscius Anglicanus." See Downes, John.

Rose Tavern, the, i. 303, _note_ 1.

Rowe, Nicholas, in love with Mrs. Bracegirdle, i. 172; complains of French dancers, i. 317.

Royal Theatricals during George I.'s reign, ii. 208; during previous reigns, ii. 209; effect of audience on actors, ii. 214; fees for, ii. 218.

Rymer, Thomas, ii. 324.

Sacheverel, Doctor, his trial hurtful to the theatres, ii. 91.

St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, Colley Cibber christened at, i. 7, _note_ 2.

"St. James's Evening Post," ii. 198, _note_ 1.

St. Paul's Singing School, i. xlix.

Salisbury Court, the private theatre in, i. xxiv., i. xxvi., i. xxviii.

Salvini, Tommaso, the great Italian tragedian, plays in Italian, while his company plays in English, i. 325, _note_ 1.

Sandford, Samuel, i. 98, i. 327, ii. 244, _note_ 1; the "Spagnolet" of the theatre, i. 130; Cibber's account of him, i. 130-1; his personal appearance, i. 131; an actor of villains, i. 131, i. 137; his Creon ("OEdipus"), i. 131; the "Tatler" on his acting, i. 132, _note_ 1; anecdote of his playing an honest character, i. 132; "a theatrical martyr to poetical justice," i. 137; his voice and manner of speaking, i. 138; would have been a perfect Richard III., i. 138; Cibber plays Richard III. in imitation of, i. 139; Anthony Aston's description of, ii. 306; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 346.

Santlow, Hester, her first appearance as an actress, ii. 95; her manner and appearance, ii. 95; her character, ii. 96, _note_ 1; her marriage with Booth, ii. 96, _note_ 1. (See also Booth, Mrs. Barton.)

Satire, reflections on, i. 37; Cibber's opinion regarding a printed and an acted, i. 289.

Saunderson, Mrs. See Betterton, Mrs.

Savage, Richard, ii. 39, _note_ 1; and Mrs. Oldfield, ii. 369.

Scenes, first introduced by Sir William Davenant, i. xxxii., i. 87, _note_ 1.

"Secular Masque, The," i. 268, _note_ 1.

Sedley, Sir Charles, Kynaston's resemblance to, ii. 341.

Senesino (singer), ii. 53.

Sewell, Dr. George, his "Sir Walter Raleigh," ii. 186, _note_ 1.

Shadwell, Charles, his "Fair Quaker of Deal," ii. 95.

---- Thomas, his comedy of "The Squire of Alsatia," i. 148.

Shaftesbury, first Earl of, i. 134, _note_ 1.

Shakespeare, William (see also names of his plays), a better author than actor, i. xxv., i. 89; his plays, i. xxv.; his plays depend less on women than on men, i. 90; expenses of plays in his time, i. 197.

"Sham Lawyer, The," ii. 252, _note_ 1.

Shank, John, a comedian, i. xxvi.; played Sir Roger ("Scornful Lady"), i. xxvi.

Shatterel, ii. 326; superior to his successors, i. xxiv.; apprentice to Beeston, i. xxv.; a quartermaster in Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.

Shelton, Lady, ii. 303.

Shore, John, brother-in-law of Colley Cibber, i. 184, _note_ 1.

---- Miss. See Cibber, Mrs. Colley, i. 184, _note_ 1.

"Shore's Folly," i. 184, _note_ 1.

"Silent Woman," i. xxiv.

Singers and dancers introduced by Davenant, i. 94; difficulty in managing, ii. 88.

Skipwith, Sir George, ii. 60.

---- Sir Thomas (one of the Patentees of Drury Lane), ii. 109; does Vanbrugh a service, i. 217; receives "The Relapse" in return, i. 217; a sharer in the Drury Lane Patent, ii. 31; assigns his share to Colonel Brett, ii. 32; his friendship for Brett, ii. 39; claims his share from Brett, ii. 59.

Smith, William, i. 327, ii. 324, ii. 346; insulted by one of the audience, i. 79; defended by the King, i. 79; driven from the stage because of the King's support of him, i. 79; taken into good society, i. 83; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 319.

Sophocles, his tragedies, ii. 29.

Southampton House, Bloomsbury, i. 7, _note_ 3.

Southerne, Thomas, ii. 311; prophesies the success of Cibber's first play, i. 212; his "Oroonoko," i. 216, _note_ 1.

Spaniards, the, and religious plays, i. xxxv.

"Spectator," ii. 353.

Spiller, James, ii. 169, _note_ 2.

Stage, and religion, i. xxi., i. xxxiii.; the, Cibber on the reformation of, i. 81; audience on, forbidden, i. 234; Cibber on the influence of, ii. 24-31; shape of the, described, ii. 84; doors, ii. 84, _note_ 1.

Statute regarding rogues and vagabonds, i. 1.; against profanity on the stage, i. 1.; against persons meeting out of their own parishes on Sundays for sports, etc., i. 1.; entirely suppressing players, i. li.

Steele, Sir Richard, i. 97, _note_ 2, i. 276, ii. 36, _note_ 1, ii. 109, ii. 128, ii. 151, ii. 217, ii. 251, ii. 257; substituted for Collier in the Licence, ii. 162; the benefits he had conferred on Cibber and his partners, ii. 162; Dennis's attacks on, ii. 168, _note_ 1; receives a Patent, ii. 173; assigns equal shares in the Patent to his partners, ii. 174; account of his transactions in connection with the theatre which are ignored by Cibber, ii. 193, _note_ 1; persecuted by the Duke of Newcastle, then Lord Chamberlain, ii. 193, _note_ 1; his Licence revoked, ii. 193, _note_ 1; restored to his position, ii. 193, _note_ 1; the expiry of his Patent, ii. 193, _note_ 1; assigns his share of the Patent, ii. 196; brings an action against his partners, ii. 196; account of the pleadings, ii. 196-208; his recommendation of Underhill's benefit, ii. 351.

Stow, John, his "Survey of London" quoted, i. xxxv., i. xlviii.

Strolling players, i. xl., i. xlvii., i. 1.

Subligny, Madlle., a French dancer, i. 316.

"Summer Miscellany, The," ii. 272, _note_ 1.

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

Sunderland, Lady (the Little Whig), i. 320.

Swan Theatre, drawing of the stage of the, ii. 84, _note_ 1.

Swanston, Eliard, acted Othello, i. xxvi.; the only actor that took the Presbyterian side in the Civil War, i. xxix.

Swift, Jonathan, an attack on Cibber by him in his "Rhapsody on Poetry" quoted, i. 52, _note_ 2.

Swiney, Owen, i. 97, _note_ 2, ii. 43, ii. 223, ii. 267; his "Quacks," i. 247, _note_ 1; account of his character, i. 329; memoir of, i. 330, _note_ 1; rents the Queen's Theatre from Vanbrugh, i. 330. i. 333. _note_ 1; his agreement with Rich about renting the Queen's Theatre, i. 331; Rich declines to execute it, i. 336; his success at the Queen's Theatre in 1706-7, ii. 1; his arrangement with his actors in 1706, ii. 9; control of the opera given to, ii. 48; his gain by the opera in 1708, ii. 55; has joint control of plays and operas (1709), ii. 69; forced to hand over the opera to Collier, ii. 102; forced to resume the opera, ii. 107; goes abroad on account of debt, ii. 108; his return to England, ii. 108; Cibber plays for his benefit, ii. 262.

"Tatler," the, i. 38, i. 132, _note_ 1, ii. 75, ii. 93, ii. 229, _note_ 1, ii. 244, _note_ 1, ii. 244, _note_ 2, ii. 328, ii. 362, ii. 363; its eulogium of Betterton, i. 118, _note_ 1; recommends Cave Underhill's benefit, i. 155; praises Nicolini, ii. 52; its influence on audiences, ii. 162.

Taylor, John, his "Records of my Life" quoted, i. lxv., _note_ 1.

---- Joseph, ii. 334; superior to Hart, i. xxiv.; his chief characters, i. xxvi.; too old to go into Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; arrested for acting, i. xxx.; his death, i. xxxi.

"Tempest, The," as an opera, i. 94; revival of, ii. 227.

Theatre, the, mentioned by Stow as recently erected, i. xlviii.

Théâtre Français, ii. 221, _note_ 1, ii. 246, _note_ 1.

Theatres, number of, before 1642, i. xxvi.; more reputable before 1642, i. xxvii.; less reputable after the Restoration, i. xxvii.; evil, artistically, of multiplying, i. 92.

Theobald, Lewis, deposed from the Throne of Dulness, ii. 280.

Thomson, James, his "Sophonisba," ii. 368.

Tofts, Mrs. Katherine, i. 334, _note_ 1, ii. 51; Cibber's account of, ii. 54.

"Tone" in speaking, i. 110, _note_ 1.

Trinity College, Cambridge, Caius Cibber's statues on the Library,