i. 217;

his "Æsop," i. 216, i. 218; his great ability, i. 219; alters his "Provoked Wife," ii. 233; his share in the "Provoked Husband," i. 311, _note_ 1; builds the Queen's Theatre, i. 319; and Congreve manage the Queen's Theatre, i. 320, i. 325; his "Confederacy," i. 325; "The Cuckold in Conceit" (attributed to him), i. 326; his "Squire Trelooby," i. 326; his "Mistake," i. 327; sole proprietor of the Queen's Theatre, i. 326; lets it to Swiney, i. 330, i. 333, _note_ 1.

Vaughan, Commissioner, ii. 278, _note_ 1.

"Venice Preserved," ii. 224, _note_ 1.

Verbruggen, John, i. 108, _note_ 2; mentioned, i. 157, i. 193; hangs about Downes, the prompter, i. 74, _note_ 1; note regarding, i. 157, _note_ 2; Anthony Aston's description of, ii. 311; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 354.

---- Mrs. See Mrs. Mountfort.

Vere Street, Clare Market, theatre in, i. xxxii.

Versatility, Cibber's views on, i. 209.

Victor, Benjamin, ii. 259; a story told by him of Cibber's cowardice, i. 71, _note_ 1; his "History of the Theatres," i. 110, _note_ 1, i. 297, _note_ 1, ii. 259, _note_ 2, ii. 260, _note_ 1, ii. 261, _note_ 1, ii. 264, ii. 270; his "Letters" quoted, i. 58, _note_ 1; his "Life of Booth," i. 5, _note_ 1, ii. 240, _note_ 2.

Villains, Cibber's views on, i. 131; Macready's views on, referred to, i. 135, _note_ 1; E. S. Willard mentioned as famous for representing, i. 135, _note_ 1; on the acting of, i. 222.

Vizard-masks (women of the town), i. xxvii. See also Masks.

Voltaire, his "Zaïre," ii. 248.

Walker, Obadiah, his change of religion, ii. 134.

Waller, Edmund, altered the last act of the "Maid's Tragedy," ii. 12.

Walpole, Horace, and Cibber, ii. 284.

Warburton, Bishop, mentioned, i. 106, _note_ 1, ii. 281.

Ward, Professor A. W., his "English Dramatic Literature," i. 187, _note_ 1.

Warwick, Earl of, his frolic with Pope and Cibber, ii. 278.

Weaver, John, his "Loves of Mars and Venus," ii. 180, _note_ 2.

Webster, Benjamin, i. 88, _note_ 3.

"Wedding, The," i. xxv.

"Weekly Packet" quoted, ii. 171, _note_ 1.

Welsted, Leonard, satirically mentioned by Swift, i. 52, _note_ 2.

Westminster Bridge, difficulties in getting permission to build, ii. 104.

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

White's Club, Cibber a member, i. 29, _note_ 1.

Whitefriars, i. xlix.

"Whitehall Evening Post," Cibber sends verses to, regarding himself, i. 47.

Whitelocke's "Memorials," ii. 209, _note_ 2.

Wigs. See Perriwigs.

Wildair, Sir Harry, i. 318.

"Wild-Goose Chase, The," i. xxv.

Wilks, Robert, i. 108, _note_ 2, i. 157, i. 270, i. 332, ii. 36, _note_ 1, ii. 167, ii. 176, ii. 300, ii. 352, ii. 361, ii. 363,