An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 2 (of 2) Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement

Lord Chamberlain, for a new License or Patent in favour of his son; but the Duke, on inquiring into the matter, was so disgusted at Cibber's conduct that he refused the applicat...

_The Author steps out of his Way. Pleads his Theatrical Cause in Chancery. Carries it. Plays acted at_ Hampton-Court. _Theatrical Anecdotes in former Reigns. Ministers and Menag...

his favour for Mills, ii. 223; his connection with Steele during the dispute about Steele's Patent, ii. 193, _note_ 1; his love of acting, ii. 225; a genuine admirer of Cibber,...

_The Stage in its highest Prosperity. The Menagers not without Errors. Of what Kind._ Cato _first acted. What brought it to the Stage. The Company go to _Oxford_. Their Success...

_A short View of the Opera when first divided from the Comedy. Plays recover their Credit. The old Patentee uneasy at their Success. Why. The Occasion of Colonel_ Brett'_s throw...

1720. Steele, in the seventh number of "The Theatre," January 23rd, 1720, alludes to his suspension as then existing, and in No. 12 talks of Cibber's being just restored to the...

_Sir_ Richard Steele _succeeds_ Collier _in the Theatre-Royal_. Lincoln's-Inn-Fields _House rebuilt_. _The Patent restored. Eight Actors at once desert from the King's Company....

_Some Chimærical Thoughts of making the Stage useful: Some, to its Reputation. The Patent unprofitable to all the Proprietors but one. A fourth Part of it given away to Colonel_...

Having shewn the particular Conduct of the Patentee in refusing so fair an Opportunity of securing to himself both Companies under his sole Power and Interest, I shall now lead...

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; c...

_The Patentee, having now no Actors, rebuilds the new Theatre in _Lincolns-Inn-Fields_. A Guess at his Reasons for it. More Changes in the State of the Stage. The Beginning of i...

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.

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...

sells his share of the Patent to Highmore, ii. 258; his sale of his share in the Patent, i. 297; his shameful treatment of Highmore, ii. 259; his retirement, ii. 255; gives a re...

Pope's attack on, i. 38; his opinion of Wilks's Hamlet, i. 100; his view regarding humour in tragedy, i. 123; his play of "Cato," ii. 120; its great success, ii. 127-133; presen...

his "Mourning Bride," i. 199; his "Way of the World," i. 200; his opinion of "Love's Last Shift," i. 220; and Vanbrugh manage the Queen's Theatre, i. 320, i. 325; gives up his s...

serves against James II. in 1688, i. 61; attends Lady Churchill at table, i. 68; his admiration of her, i. 68; disappointed in his expectation of receiving a commission in the a...

retires because of Booth's being made a manager, ii. 143; his refusal to come to any terms after Booth's admission, ii. 145; goes to law for his rights, ii. 149; the result, ii....

Mrs. Bracegirdle returns to play for his benefit, i. 174; ill-treated by the Patentees, i. 188; makes a party against them, i. 189; obtains a licence in 1695, i. 192, _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. 2...

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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....

memoirs published immediately after his death, i. 5; mistakes in his Hamlet, i. 100, _note_ 1; lives with Mrs. Rogers, i. 136; distressed by Pinkethman's "gagging," i. 153, _not...

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his chief parts, i. 154-155; Cibber's account of, i. 154-156; his particular excellence in stupid characters, i. 154; the peculiarity of his facial expression, i. 155; his retir...

censured for his treatment of authors, ii. 251, _note_ 1; his satisfaction in looking back on his career, ii. 115; his acknowledgment of Steele's services to the theatre, ii. 16...

Betterton, Mrs. Mary, i. 98, i. 327, ii. 336; said to be the first English actress, i. 90, _note_ 1; Cibber's account of, i. 161-162; without a rival in Shakespeare's plays, i....

improves scenery, i. xxii.; taken into good society, i. 83; famous for Hamlet, i. 91; Cibber's eulogium of, i. 99-118; his supreme excellence, i. 100; description of his Hamlet,...

arrested for deserting Drury Lane, ii. 21; defies the Lord Chamberlain, ii. 21; wins his case, ii. 22; made joint manager with Swiney and others in 1709, ii. 69; his characteris...

---- Theophilus, ii. 187, _note_ 1, ii. 262; mentioned ironically by Lord Chesterfield, i. 71, _note_ 1; in "Art and Nature," i. 152, _note_ 1; acts as his father's deputy in he...