Part 10

IN depicting the career of William E. Burton as Actor, Author, and Manager, we are aware of the secondary value of his authorship, as compared with his dramatic achievements. Nevertheless, his pen was a ready and fertile one, and produced much that was meritorious, though belonging to an ephemeral order. His plays, however, continue in the list of present theatrical publications. Of his editorship it may be affirmed that his conduct of "The Gentleman's Magazine" and "Literary Souvenir" was marked by taste and discrimination; and nothing but unqualified praise can be bestowed upon his superintendence of the compilation of humorous literature known as Burton's "Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor." It is by far the most complete repository of mirthful composition ever published in this country--or elsewhere, so far as we know,--and enjoys the peculiar advantage of being the only one in which the productions of American humor have any thing approaching an adequate representation. The selections throughout are indicative of great critical sagacity, and a keen perception and sympathetic appreciation, in the general arrangement, are everywhere suggested. As manager he certainly fulfilled all conditions, as we believe the relation of his successes in that sphere will sufficiently attest. But whatever his capacity in the vocations named, all is dwarfed by his transcendent powers as a comedian. He is remembered, and will be remembered, not as the author or manager, but as the great actor who swayed mankind with his supreme gift of humor. Many of the creations of his genius went away with him in death; and the traditions of his triumphs will long be distinguished in dramatic annals. Lastly, we have seen him a Shakespearian student and the possessor of a library perfectly glorious in its expression of devotion and homage to the great poet,--and linked with that proud association we leave his memory and his name.

INDEX.

Abbot, Mr., 14, 15

Abbott, Mrs., 97

"A Chapter of Accidents," song, 12

Albany, N. Y., 90, 101

"All at Coventry," 116

American Theatre, Phila., 20

"Amilie; or, The Love Test," 23

"An Alarming Sacrifice," 116

"Animal Magnetism," 112

"Antigone," 22

"Antony's Orations," 15

"An Unwarrantable Intrusion," 58

"Apollo in New York," 115

Arch Street Theatre, Phila., 9, 13, 26

Astor Place Opera-House, 97

"As You Like It," 97, 113

Atlanta, Ga., 155

"Bachelors' Torments," 53

Balls, Mr., 15

Baltimore, Md., 26, 37

"Banker's Daughter," the, 132

"Barbers at Court," 116

Barlow, S. L. M., 179

Barnett, Morris, 98, 156

Barrett, Geo., 38, 45; extended mention, 75, 76

Barry, Thos., 38

"Beehive," the, 115

"Betsey Baker," 116

Biddle, Nicholas, 24

Blake, W. R., 38, 45, 51; extended mention, 51-55; mention, 68, 72, 78, 92, 111, 169, 175

Bland, Humphrey, 45, 51; extended mention, 74, 97, 169

"Blighted Being," a, 73

"Blue Devils," 112, 140

Booth, Edwin, 47, 101

Boston, Mass., 37, 102

Boston Theatre, 102

Boucicault, Dion, 47, 98, 101, 132

"Box and Cox," 114

"Breach of Promise," the, 94, 113, 163, 171

Broadway Theatre, 38; 67, note

"Broken Heart," the, 114

Brooklyn, N. Y., 39

Brougham, Jno., 37, 45; extended mention, 55-64, 71, 92, 149

Brougham's Lyceum, 60

Brougham, Mrs., 60

Buckland, Mrs. Kate, 45

Buckstone, J. B., 36, 131

Burton's Company in Chambers Street; extended review of particular players, 45-92

"Burton's N. Y. Directory," 114

Burton's New Theatre, 88, 99, 100, 101, 102

Burton, Robert, 158

Burton's Theatre, Chambers Street, 27, 29, 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 56, 63, 74, 85, 88, 93, 97, 99, 149, 168, 169, 172, 175

Burton, Wm. Evans, subject of memoir, mention, preface; birth and parentage, education, 3; edits a monthly magazine, amateur acting, 4; adopts the profession, first appearance in London, 5; succeeds Listen at Haymarket, plays with E. Kean, 6; his play of "Ellen Wareham," 7; progress and arrival in America, 8; first appearance in America, 9; portrait by Inman, 9; his success in Philadelphia, 9 _et seq._; his musical talent, 12; development and versatility, 13; popularity and benefits, 14; busy with pen, 16; starts "The Gentleman's Magazine," 16; connection with E. A. Poe, 16, 17; letter to Poe, 18; literary ventures, 19, 20; President Martin Van Buren an auditor, 20; amusing experience at Napoleon, 20 _et seq._; speech for the author of "Antigone," 22; first appearance in New York, 22; sundry appearances, 23; opens National Theatre, Phila.; produces "Naiad Queen"; at Providence; manager in New York, 24; loss by fire, 25; returns to Philadelphia, 26; survey of career in Phila., 27 _et seq._; opens Chambers St. Theatre, 36; energy and perseverance, 37; charitable benefits, 38; popularity of theatre, 39; his power of attraction, 40, 41; encomium of Jos. N. Ireland, 42, 43; extended mention of members of company, 45-92; produces "Dombey and Son," 56; pleasantries with Brougham, 58; stage incident, 59; surprised by Thompson, 84; amusing correspondence with Norton, 85, note; relations with Mrs. Hughes, 88; his attributes as manager, 95; Shakesperian revivals, 95, 96; plays for Dramatic Fund and Centenary Festival, 97, 98; plays at Niblo's, 99; closes Chambers St. and opens New Theatre, 99; progress, 100; plays _Dogberry_, appears in Albany, 101; in Boston, 102; New Theatre closed, starring tour, 102; last appearance in New York, 103; engagement in Canada, and letter to his children, 103-110; last appearance on any stage, and death, 110; list of parts acted, 111-117; personal appearance, 121; mental equipment, 122, 123; an expounder and representative of the humor of the drama, 124, 125; his comic power mentioned by Wemyss, 125; his performances in farce, 123: "The Mummy," 134 _et seq._; _Madame Vanderpants_, 137 _et seq._; "The Wandering Minstrel," _Pillicoddy_, 139. His specially famous parts: _Paul Pry_, 144 _et seq._; _Captain Cuttle_, 148 _et seq._; Ireland's tribute to _Cuttle_ 151, note; Aminadab Sleek, 152 _et seq._; stage incident of "Serious Family," 153; ushered in with thunder, 155; _Timothy Toodles_, 156 _et seq._ His performances in comedy, 158 _et seq._: _Micawber_, 160; _Mr. Bumble_, 161; _Squeers_, _Sam Weller_, 162; _Bob Acres_, 164; _Tony Lumpkin_, _Chas. Goldfinch_, 165; _Dr. Ollapod_, 166; _Sir. Geo. Thunder_, _Job Thornberry_ (see 59 and 68), 167; _Sir Oliver Surface_, 167; _Mr. Graves_, _Mock Duke_, _Adam Brock_, _Van Dunder_, 168; "Nature's Nobleman," 168; _John Smith_, 170; _Mr. Sudden_, _Thomas Trot_, _Don Whiskerandos_, _Triplet_, 171. His performances in Shakespeare: "A Midsummer-Night's Dream," 171; _Bottom_, 172 _et seq._; _Sir Toby Belch_, 174; _Caliban_, _Autolycus_, _Falstaff_, 175; one of the _Carriers_ in "Henry IV.," 176. His residence and library; story of the painter, Elliot, 179; description of library, 181 _et seq._

Burton, Wm. Geo., father of subject, 3, 4

"Busybody," the, 117

Campbell, Thos., 142

Carey & Hart, 20

"Caste," 132

Castle Garden, 98

"Catspaw," the, 114

Chambers Street Theatre (see Burton's Theatre, Chambers St.)

Chapman, Caroline, 45; extended mention, 60, 61

Chapman, Mr., 97

"Charles II.," 94, 116

"Charles XII.," 94, 116, 163, 168

Chatham Garden Theatre, 53

Chatham Theatre, 97

Chestnut Street Theatre, 13, 15, 26

Chippendale, Mr., 97

"Cinderella," 113

Clapp, W. W., preface.

Clarke, C. W., 45

"Cockney," the, 116

Cole, John O., 90

Collins, John, 101

Colman, Geo. (the Younger), 9, 131, 167

"Comedy of Errors," 111

"Comfortable Lodgings," 116

Cooke's Circus Building, Phila., 24

Cooke, Geo. Fred., 126

"Cork Leg," the, song, 12

Covent Garden Theatre, 166

"Crimson Crimes," 116

"Critic," the, 113, 163

"Cupid," 14

"Cure for the Heartache," a, 69, 114

Curwen, Henry, 17, note

Cushman, Charlotte, 24, 91, 97

Cushman, Susan, 24

Daly, Augustin, 132

Daly's Theatre, 38

Dance, Chas., 65

"Dan Keyser de Bassoon," 36

"David Copperfield," 61, 62, 74, 88, 93, 113, 160

Davidge, Wm., 20, 21

Dawson, Mr., 38

"Deaf as a Post," 11, 14, 116

"Delicate Ground," 65

Devlin, Mary, 45, 46, 47

Dickens, Charles, 62, 63, 73, 122, 149, 152, 161, 162

"Dombey and Son," extended mention, 56, 60, 62, 63, 88, 93, 112, 149, 152, 160

Don, Sir Wm., 98

Doran, Dr., 7, note

"Duel in the Dark," a, 116

"Dutch Governor," the, 112, 163, 168

Dyott, Jno., 45, 71; extended mention, 76, 77, 167, 169

Edinburgh, Scotland, 127

"Education," 115

"Ellen Wareham," 7, 8, 115

Elliot, C. L., painter, incident, 179, 180

Elliston, R. W., 3, 11

Elphinstone, Miss, 10

Emerson, R. W., 69

"Every Man in His Humor," 75, 115

"Evil Genius," 112

"False Pretences," 115

"Family Jars," 94, 115

Farren, Wm., 85, 159

"Fascination," 115

"First Night," the, 49

Fisher, Chas., 45, 55, 70, 76; extended mention, 78-82, 171

Florence, Mrs. W. J., 45, 46, 47

Florence, W. J., 92

Ford's Theatre, Boston, 37

Forrest, Edwin, 38, 51, note

"Forty Winks," 23, 111

"Fox Hunt," the, 98, 115

Francis, Jno. W., 126

"French Spy," the, 114

"Friend Waggles," 114

Front Street Theatre, Baltimore, 26

"Genevieve," 115

George IV. (king), 5

Gilbert, Mrs., 38, 97

Gilbert, John, 55

"Giralda," 117

Glen Gove, L. I., 179

Glover, Mrs., 7, note

"Good Night's Rest," a, 113

"Great Tragic Revival," a, 115

"Gretna Green," 114

"Guy Mannering," 113

Hackett, James, 175

Hamblin, Thos., 97

Hamilton, Canada, 43, 88, 103

"Hamlet," 117

"Hamlet Travestie," 116

"Happiest Day of my Life," the, 94, 113, 140

"Haunted Man," the, 114

Haymarket Theatre, London, 6, 10

"Hazel Kirke," 132

Hazlitt, Wm., 125, 164

"Heart of Gold," 115

"Heir-at-Law," 13, 82, 87, 112

"Helping Hands," 115

"Henry IV.," 175

"High Life Below Stairs," 113

Hoey, Mrs. (see Mrs. Russell)

Hoey, John, 46

Holland, Geo., 45, 49, 85

Holland House, 129

Holman, Geo., 45, 71, 85

Holmes, O. W., 93

"Home," 132

"Honeymoon," the, 74, 113, 163

Hood, Thos., 41, 130

Hough, Mrs., 45

"How to Die for Love," 15

"How to Make Home Happy," 94, 117

Hughes, Hon. Chas., 88

Hughes, Mrs., 45, 51; extended mention, 87, 90, 102, 103, 139, 160, 162, 167, 169

"Hunchback," the, 74

Hunt, H., 38

Hunt, Mrs., 20

Hutton, Lawrence, preface; mention, 35, 36, 62

"Hypocrite," the, 13, 116

"Ill Playing with Edged Tools," 'Tis, 115

"Innkeeper's Daughter," the, 112

Inman, Henry, painter, 9

"Invisible Prince," the, 116

Ireland, Jos. N., preface; mention, 28, 37, 39, 42, 101, 102, 103, 111, 151, note

"Irish Dragoon," the, 36

"Janet Pride," 116

Jefferson, Jos. (1st), 11

Jefferson, Jos. (3d), 92, 101, 132, 142, 164

"John Bull," 59, 69, 77, 112, 163

"John Jones," 12, 14, 22, 110, 117

"John of Paris," 15

Johnston, T. B., 45; extended mention, 61, 73, 92, 160, 167

Jonson, Ben, 75, 76

Jordan, Geo., 45, 71; extended mention, 74, 75, 97

Kean, Edmund, 6, 7, note, 142

Kemble, J. P., 141

Kent, England, 5

"Kill and Cure," 23, 114

"King's Gardener," the, 114

"Kiss in the Dark," a, 113

Knowles, J. Sheridan, 10

"Ladies' Man," the, 12, 14, 116

"Lady of Lyons," the, 114

"Lancers," the, 115

"Last Man," the, 52

"Laughing Hyena," the, 112

"Laugh When You Can," 98, 115

Laura Keene's Theatre, 101

"Leap Year," 36, 112

"Led Astray," 132

"Lend Me Five Shillings," 116

Leonard and Church Sts. Theatre, 24

Lester, J. W. (see Lester Wallack)

Lewis, W. T., 166

Library, Mr. Burton's, 181 _et seq._

"Life Among the Players," 114

List of Characters, 111-117

Liston, J., 6, 11, 41, 125, 144, 168

"Little Toddlekins," 84

"Loan of a Lover," 113

London, England, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 17, note, 41

"London Assurance," 113

Longfellow, H. W., 124

"Lottery Ticket," the, 5, 8, note, 9, 14, 113

"Love Chase," the, 113

"Love in a Village," 114

"Love in Humble Life," 114

"Love in a Maze," 116

"Lucia di Lammermoor," 33

"Lucy Did Sham Amour," 36

"Macbeth," 117

"Macbeth Travestie," 114

Macready, W. C., 37

"Maidens, Beware," 36

Malvina, Miss (see Mrs. W. J. Florence)

"Man of Many Friends," 116

"Married an Actress," 115

"Married by Force," 115

"Married Life," 13, 113

"Masks and Faces," 81, 112, 163

Mathews, Chas. (elder), 3

Mathews, Chas. (younger), 45, 46, 84, 131

Maywood & Co. (managers), 9, 13

Mechanics Hall, Hamilton, Canada, 110

"Merchant of Venice," the, 13, 98, 112

"Merry Wives of Windsor," the, 77, 84, 95, 111, 175

Metropolitan Theatre (see Burton's New Theatre)

"Midnight Watch," the, 114

"Midsummer-Night's Dream," a, 75, 76, 80, 95; extended mention, 96, 112, 171

"Miller's Maid," the, 83

"Mind Your Own Business," 117

Mississippi River, 20

Mitchell, Maggie, 97

"Money," 113, 163

"Mormons," the, 115

Morton, J. M., 131

"Mrs. Bunbury's Spoons," 117

"Much Ado About Nothing," 13, 114

"Mummy," the, 14, 112; extended mention, 134 _et seq._

Munden, J. W., 11, 54

"My Awful Dad," 67

"My Fellow Clerk," 116

"My Wife and Umbrella," 115

"Naiad Queen," the, 24, 25, 113

Napoleon, town, 20, 21, 22

National Theatre, Leonard St., N. Y., 22, 23

National Theatre, Phila. (formerly Cooke's Circus), 24

"Nature's Nobleman," 114, 163; extended mention, 168 _et seq._

Neilson, Adelaide, 80

"New Way to Pay Old Debts," a, 116

New York, 3, 11, note, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 47, 53, 55, 63, 67, 71, 88, 91, 98, 101, 103, 148, 152, 179

"New York in Slices," 36

Niblo's Garden, 23, 99, 103

"Nice Young Man," a, 115

"Nicholas Nickleby," 83, 85, 93, 113

Norton, W. H., 45, 71, 85; correspondence with Burton, 85, note

Norwich, England, 5

"No Song No Supper," 14

"Not So Bad As We Seem," 117

"Now-a-days," 114

"Old Guard," the, 49

"Old Heads and Young Hearts," 115

"Oliver Twist" (play), 93, 113, 160, 161

Olympic Theatre, London, 41, 85

Olympic Theatre, N. Y., 38, 97

"One-Hundred-Pound Note," 116

"Ours," 132

"Our Set," 115

Palmo, Ferdinand, 33

Palmo's Opera-House, 27, 33

Pardey, H. O., 168

"Paris and London," 49, 113, 163

Park Theatre, 23, 25, 37, 38, 39

Parsloe, C., Jr., 45, 85, 86

Parsons, Thos. Wm., poem of, 47, 48

"Patrician and Parvenu," 23, 117

"Paul Pry," 50, 72, 94, 113; extended mention, 144 _et seq._

Pavilion Theatre, London, 6, 9

"Peep from the Parlor Windows," 114

Pelham, Miss, 10

Perry, H. A., 98

Phelps, H. B., preface, 89

Philadelphia, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 37

"Pickwickians," the, 94, 113

Placide, Henry, 24, 38, 45; extended mention, 48 _et seq._, 51, note, 92, 111, 147, 167

Placide, Thomas, 24

"Player's Plot," 115

"Pleasant Neighbors," 114

"Ploughman Turned Lord," a, 83

"Pocahontas; or, The Gentle Savage," 64

Poe, E. A., 16, 19

Poole, John, 144

"Poor Gentleman," the, 9, 13, 53, 72, 73, 77, 82, 87, 111, 162, 166

"Poor Pillicoddy," 112

"Poor Scholar," the, 115

Povey, Jno., 38

Power, Tyrone, 14

"Pride Must Have a Fall," 115

"Prince's Frolic," the, 114

Providence Theatre, 24

"Raising the Wind," 36, 116

Raymond, J. T., 92, 132, 142

Raymond, Miss, 45

Raymond, O. B., 61

Rea, Mrs., 45

Recollections of Burton's acting, 121-176

Reeve, John, 14

"Rent Day," the, 114

"Review," the, 113

Richings, Peter, 23, 38

"Rip Van Winkle," 132

"Rivals," the, 9, 10, 13, 87, 99, 112, 162

"Road to Ruin," the, 13, 51, 54, 72, 74, 88, 112, 162, 165

"Robert Macaire," 112

Robertson, Agnes, 45, 46, 47, 90, 98

Robertson, T. W., 132

Robson, Stuart, 92

"Rosedale," 132

Rowe, Fawcett, 92

Russell, Mrs. (_née_ Shaw; Mrs. Hoey), 45, 46; extended mention, 62, 63, note

Sandy Hill, N. Y., 90

Sartain, J., engraver, 9

"School," 132

"School for Grown Children," 115

"School for Scandal," the, 13; cast of, 37, 113, 132, 163

"School for Tigers," a, 47, 73

"School of Reform," the, 82

"Secrets Worth Knowing," 114

"Self," 112

"Serious Family," the, 86, 94, 98, 112; extended mention, 152 _et seq._; incident, 153; story, 155, 156

Setchell, D., 45, 101

Shakespeare, 29, 78, 96, 97, 100, 122, 123, 134, 172, 179, 180, 181, 182

Shaw, Miss (see Mrs. Russell)

Shaw, Mrs., 38

Sheridan, R. B., 9, 64, 164

"She Stoops to Conquer," 13, 112, 132, 162

"Siamese Twins," the, 140

"Simpson & Co.," 113

Simpson, Edmund, 37

Skerrett, Mrs., 45

"Sketches in India," 14, 113

"Slasher and Crasher," 112

"Slave Actress," the, 115

Smith, Sydney, 129

"Socialism," 114

"Soldier's Daughter," the, 11, 94, 97, 116

Sophocles, 22

Sothern, E. A., 132, 142

Southwick, S., 90

"Spectre Bridegroom," the, 116

"Speed the Plough," 13

"Sphinx," the, 114

"Spitfire," the, 116

"Spring and Autumn," 23, 116

"Stag Hall," 115

"State Secrets," 112

"St. Cupid," 117

"Still Waters Run Deep," 75, 113

Stone, H. D., preface, 51, note

St. Paul's School, 3

"Stranger," the, 113

"Such As It Is," 114

Sussex, England, 5

"Sweethearts and Wives," 13, 23, 112

"Take That Girl Away," 112

Taylor, Mary, 38, 45, 60, 66; extended mention, 91, 98, 169

"Tempest," the, 75, 81, 95, 112, 175

"Temptation," 114

Tennyson, Lord, 97

"That Blessed Baby," 140

Theatres: American, Phila., 20 Arch Street, Phila., 9, 13, 26 Astor Place Opera-House, 97 Boston, 102 Broadway, 38, 67, note Brougham's Lyceum, N. Y., 60. Burton's, Chambers St., 27, 29, 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 56, 63, 74, 85, 88, 93, 97, 99, 149, 168, 169, 172, 175 Burton's New (Metropolitan), 88, 99, 100, 101, 102 Castle Garden, 98 Chatham, N. Y., 97 Chatham Garden, N. Y., 53 Chestnut Street, Phila., 13, 15, 26 Cooke's Circus, Phila., 24 Covent Garden, London, 166 Ford's, Boston, 37 Front St., Baltimore, 26 Haymarket, London, 6 Laura Keene's, 101 Leonard and Church Sts., N. Y., 24 Mechanics' Hall, Hamilton, Canada, 110 National, Leonard St., N. Y., 22, 23 National, Phila., 24 Niblo's Garden, 23, 99, 103 Olympic, London, 85 Olympic, N. Y., 38, 97 Palmo's Opera-House, 27, 33 Park, N. Y., 23, 25, 37, 38, 39 Pavilion, London, 6 Providence, 24 Tripler Hall, N. Y., 99 Union Square, N. Y., 132 Wallack's Lyceum, 64, 70 Wallack's, 54, 132 Washington, 26

"The Cork Leg," song, 12

Thompson, L. S., 45; extended mention, 82-84

"Three and Deuce," 15

"Tom Noddy's Secret," 112

"Toodles," the, 94, 112, 152; extended mention, 156

"To Parents and Guardians," 49, 113

Toronto, Canada, 103

Tripler Hall, N. Y., 99

"Turning the Tables," 116, 140

"Turnpike Gate," the, 116

"Twelfth Night," 49, 77, 78, 95, 112, 174

"Twice Killed," 114

"Two Bonnycastles," the, 112

"Two Buzzards," the, 116

"Two Orphans," the, 132

Union Square Theatre, 132

United States Bank, 24

"Upper Ten and Lower Twenty," 116

"Used Up," 67, note.

Van Buren, Martin, President, 20

"Vanity Fair," 117

"Venice Preserved," 15

"Vicar of Wakefield," the, 114

Walcot, C. M., 38, 64

Walcott, Mrs., 97

Wallack, Fanny, 45, 161

Wallack, J. W. (elder), 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 46

Wallack, Lester, 45, 51; extended mention, 65 _et seq._, 67, note, 72, 74, 75, 78, 92, 175

Wallack's Lyceum, 64, 70

Wallack's Theatre, 54, 132

"Wall Street," 115

"Wandering Minstrel," the, 112, 133, 139

"Wanted, 1,000 Milliners," 113; extended mention, 137 _et seq._

Washington Theatre, 26

"Water Party," the, 23, 114

Watson, Miss, 15

Watson, Mrs., 15

"Way to Get Married," the, 68

Wemyss, F. C., preface, 15, 25, 33, 125

"West End," the, 68

Weston, Lizzie, 45, 46, 68, 169

"Wheel of Fortune," the, 77

White, R. W., 80, 172

"Widow Machree," song, 90

"Widow's Victim," the, 112

"Wild Oats," 67, 117, 162

Williams, Mrs. Barney, 47

Windsor, England, 5

Winstanley, Mrs., 38

"Winter's Tale," 95, 98, 175

Winter, Wm., 28

"Witch Wife," the, 115

Wood, Wm. B., preface, 14, 34

Woodworth, Sam'l, poet, 22

Wynne, James, M.D., 181

"Young Actress," the, 47, 90

Young, Mrs. (see Mrs. Hughes)

"Young Quaker," the, 115

"You're Another," 116

"Youthful Days of Louis XIV.," 117

Transcriber's Note

Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical errors.

Italics are shown thus _italic_.