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INDEX.

Abington, Mrs., her dislike to Gar-
rick, ii., 335; her conduct to Gar-
rick, ii., 378

Baddeley, Mrs., her strange career, ii.,

310

Baretti, i., 434

Barrow by, Dr., i., 51

Barry, acting with Garrick in Dub-
lin, i., 170; his gratitude to Gar-
rick, i., 183; his debut in London,
i., 200; engaged by Garrick, his
grievances, i., 251; deserts to the
other house, i., 252; Romeo con-
test, i., 255; his "King Lear" rivalry
with Garrick, i., 321; his death, ii., 432
Bate, Rev. Mr., his play damned, ii., 386
Beaumarchais, ii., 147

Bedford, The, and its coterie, i., 283
Beighton, The Rev. Mr., portrait of,
i., 394

Bellamy, Miss, at Sheridan's house at
Teddington, i., 158; at Dublin with
Garrick, i., 174; her treatment of
him, i., 176

Bensley, Elia's sketch of, ii., 311
Bickerstaff, his fate, ii., 277
Boswell, at a dinner, i., 422; at the
Jubilee, ii., 227; his absurd beha-
viour, ii., 228

Bower, Dr., his attack on Mr. and

Mrs. Garrick, ii., 17
Bracegirdle, Mrs., Garrick's opinion
of her playing, ii., 50
Bride, Miss, in the Rosciad, ii., 8
Brown, Dr., his Barbarossa, i., 301

Camden, Lord, i., 408

Carlyle, Dr., his acquaintance with
the Violette, i., 189, 393
Chatham, Lord, his verses, i., 415
Churchill, sketch of him at Vaux-
hall, ii., 2 n. ; his Rosciad, ii., 1 ; sit-
ting in the pit, ii., 12; his strange
letter for assistance, ii., 13; his
death, ii., 136

Cibber, Colley, his dislike and depre-
ciation of the new actor, i., 103

Cibber, Mrs., proposal to Garrick to
join her and Quin in taking Drury
Lane, i., 165; claims to play Esti-
fania, i., 307; her death, ii., 167;
sketch of her, ii., 299
Chesterfield, Lord, neglect of Garrick
in Dublin, i., 169

Chinese Festival Riot, account of, i.,
309

Clairon, sketch of her acting, ii., 150;
her battle with the government, ii.,

157

Clancey, the blind doctor, i., 148
Clive, her retirement, ii., 200; her
pleasant letter, ibid. ; her skirmish-
ing with Garrick, ii., 333, 344,
385, n.;
intercedes for Miss

Pope, ii., 342; her generous testi-
mony to Garrick's merits, ii., 384
Clough, Anne, David's mother, i., 5;

her children, i., 6; touching letter
to her husband, i., 20; her death,
i., 52

Cobham, Lord, opinion of Garrick as
compared with Betterton, i., 99
Colson, drawn as Gelidus, i., 42
Coventry, Lady, her patronage of
Crisp's play, i., 298

Crisp, his Virginia, i., 297
Cumberland's recollections of Garrick,
i., 203

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patents, i., 157, n.; charges on, i.,
213; plays suspended during Pas-
sion Week, i., 295

Dublin, account of, in 1742, i., 117

English stage, present state of, re-
marks on, ii., 452
Essex, Earl of, i., 407

Farquhar, his daughter alive in 1752,
i., 267

Ffarrington, his impression of Gar-
rick's Hamlet, ii., 105

Fielding, Henry, his Pasquin, i., 74 n.
Fitzpatrick, "Thady," account of, i.,

284; his quarrel with Woodward, i.,
293; his attack on Garrick, ii., 31;
organises a riot against Garrick, ii.,
37; portrait of him in the Rosciad,
ii., 43

Fleetwood, account of, i., 129; his em-

barrassments, i., 137; riot against,
i., 152; tricks his creditors, i., 156
Foote, Samuel, his appearance at
Drury Lane, i., 148; his critique on
the Suspicious Husband, i., 209;
about to satirise Garrick and Lacy
in his "Tea," i., 226; quarrel with
Woodward, i., 246; his uniform con-
duct to Garrick, i., 235-250; his
plan for ridiculing Woffington stop-
ped, i., 344; his conduct to Garrick,
i., 349; his quarrel with Wilkinson,
i., 351; his quarrel with Hiffernan,
i., 379; at the Jubilee, ii., 218, 225
Forster, Mr., his description of the
comedy of False Delicacy, ii., 193
Forster, Mrs., granddaughter of Mil-
ton, i., 250

Fox's critique on Garrick's acting, ii.,
111

French, the, stage, account of, ii., 150
Fribbleriad, the, i., 33

Gainsborough, his "swearing letters,"
ii., 196

GARRICK, DAVID:-

Vol. I.-Born at Hereford, 1; his
baptism, 6; his brothers and sis-
ters, 7; patronage by Walmesley, 9;
put to Lichfield school, ibid.; his
master, ibid.; boyish theatricals, 12;
sent out to Portugal, 13; life there,
and return home, 14; letters to his
father, 17; life at Lichfield, 22;
visit to London, 26; sent to Edial,
29; sets out for London, 34; enters
at Lincoln's Inn, 37; legacy from
his uncle, 38; life at Rochester, 43;
starts as a wine merchant with his
brother; his life, 46; plays for Cave,
52; and with Hogarth and Hoadly,
53; his critiques, ibid.; his verses, 54;
his farce, 56; acquaintance with

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Woffington, ibid.; his verses to her,
60; Hanbury Williams, his rival, 63;
appears at Drury Lane, 78; at Ips-
wich, 78; his letters to Lichfield,
announcing his first appearance at
Goodman's Fields, 83; account of
his debut, 84; bill, 85; praised by
Pope, 91; letters of excuse to rela-
tions, 93; his new farce, The Lying
Valet, 96; encouraged and patron-
ised by Mr. Pitt, Glover, Murray,
and others, 102; scene with Speaker
Onslow, 102, n.; his retort on Quin,
106; plays Bayes, 107; his "taking
off" the old actors, 108; quarrel
with Giffard, ibid.; attempts King
Lear, 110; provides for his brother,
113; resumé of his labours during
the season, 114: plays at Drury
Lane, 115; sets off for Dublin with
Woffington, 116; his success, 124;
there given the name of Roscius,
125; engages at Drury Lane with
Fleetwood, 127; keeps house with
Macklin and Woffington, 132; re-
fuses to act, and organises a revolt
against Fleetwood, 138; his quarrel
with Macklin, 141; storm on his
re-appearance, 144; his reply to
Macklin's Case," 145; attempts
Othello, 153; coolness with Sheri-
dan, 154; illness, 155; acts at Sheri-
dan's house, 158; his fitful intimacy
with Woffington, 159; promises to
marry her, ibid.; his final rupture
with her, 161; his farewell verses,
163; second visit to Dublin, 168;
his good humour to Bellamy, 177,
179; returns to town and plays be-
fore the Prince of Hesse, 187; goes
to Cheltenham, 188; his rivalry with
Quin at the same theatre, 202; his
Fribble, 206; his illness, 207; plays
Ranger, 208; joins with Lacy in
taking Drury Lane under a new
patent, 213; terms of their agree-
ment, ibid.; his life at Tunbridge
Wells, 217; his engagement of
Pritchard and Macklin, 219; opens
the theatre, ibid.; his reforms,
220; "restores" Macbeth, 224; ex-
planation of his "fitful intimacy"
with Foote, 227; his Romeo adapta-
tion, 229; brings out Irene, 231;
plays in Merope "like an angel,"
234; stories connected with his
courtship of the Violette, ibid.; his
marriage, 240; his house in South-
ampton Street, 243; attacks on him in
pamphlets, 244; his re-appearance,
245; dispute with Foote, 246;
friendship with Hogarth, 248 ;
"Romeo" contest with Barry, 255;
disorder at the house, 259; intro-

GARRICK, DAVID. Vol. I. (continued).
duces pantomimes, 266; his first
trip to Paris, 269; his adventure
there, 270; presented to the King
of France, 272; produces Every
Man in his Humour, 275, and
Zara, 299; revives The Chances,
300; brings out Barbarossa, 301;
said to "mammock" Shakspeare's
plays into operas, 305; brings
out his Chinese Festival, 309;
his resolute behaviour, 318; his
rivalry with Barry in Lear, 321;
plays with the debutante, Miss
Pritchard, 323; plays Don Felix,
ibid.; his dramatic School for
Children, ibid.; his quarrel with
Dr. Hill, 329; tries Anthony, 330;
patronage of Wilkinson, 331; plea-
sant picture of him on an excur-
sion, 335; hinders Foote from "tak-
ing off" Woffington, 344; scene at
rehearsal at Drury Lane, 346; be-
haviour of Wilkinson, 348; Foote's
enmity, 349; dispute with Murphy
about The Orphan of China, 355;
produces it, 363; obtains a pen-
sion for Ralph, 367; quarrel with
Smollett, 368; declines Douglas,
373; his letter to Dodsley, 378; pur-
chases a villa at Hampton, his life
there, 391; and at Althorpe, 402;
his verses on Lord Warwick, 405;
friendship with Lord Camden, 408;
with Warburton, 412; with Sterne,
413; with Lyttleton, 414; with Lord
Chatham, 415; with Burke, 416;
with the Duke of Newcastle, 417;
with Bute, ibid.; acquaintance with
Walpole, ibid.; his fête at Hamp-
ton, 420; picture of him when in
good spirits, 425; scene at Baretti's
trial, 435, n.; author of High Life
Below Stairs, 438; "King John"
rivalry with Sheridan, 441; ac-
quaintance with Colman, 447

Vol. II.-Praised in the Rosciad, 8,
9; provokes the author, 11; his "sore-
ness," ibid.; appeal for Hogarth to
Churchill, 12; supposed author of
a pamphlet, 15; his kindness to
Rich, 16; attacked by Bower, 17;
dissuaded from bringing him on the
stage, 19; declines in popular fa-
vour, 22; clears the stage of loun-
gers, reforms the scenery, 22, 27;
his transformation scene, 28; quar-
rel with Fitzpatrick, 31; attack on
him by Fitzpatrick, and riots at
Drury Lane, 38; his ode on Fitz-
patrick, 42; his one bad house, 45;
visits Chatsworth to meet Quin, ibid.;
his epigram on Quin, 46, n.; de-
scription of his physical advantages

VOL. II.

for acting, 50; detailed account of
his Richard, 51; of his King
Lear, 54; of his Hamlet, 60; his
Macbeth, 69; discussion as to his
height, 76; the King in Henry IV.,
78; his King John and Falcon-
bridge, 79; his Jaffier, 81; his
Chamont, 83; his Romeo, ibid.;
Othello, 84; the Ghost in Hamlet,
85; Lusignan, ibid.; Arbaces, 87;
Bayes, 89; Sir John Brute, 92;
Abel Drugger, 94; Lord Townly,
96; Benedick, ibid.; Don Felix,
ibid.; Lord Chalkstone, ibid.; Leon,
100; Archer, 101; Marplot, 102;
Sir Anthony Branville, 103; Virgi-
nius, ibid.; his "stage business,"
104; Hastings, 108; sets off on the
Grand Tour, 113; his journey to
Paris, 114; the state in which he
found French society, 117; and the
French stage, 118; his intimacy
with Clairon, ibid.; visit to the
theatre, 120; the French Tancred,
ibid.; the "dagger scene" at Mr.
Neville's, 123; sets off for Italy,
ibid.; receives an invitation from
Voltaire, 124; meets Algarotti at
Florence, 125; visits Rome, 126;
and Naples, 127; treated with dis-
tinction by the king, 129; his little
vanity, ibid.; received by the Duke
of Parma 130; goes on to Venice,
131; seized with fever at Munich,
134; returns to Paris, 137; his un-
easiness at Powell's success, ibid.;
"Mr. Garrick's successor," ibid.; his
generous advice to Powell, 138; his
life and amusements in Paris, 142;
his sympathy for Clairon, and gene-
rous offer, 160; his return to Eng-
land, 162; undecided whether he
will reappear, 163; but persuaded
by the king, 165; his reappearance
and address, 164; the Theatrical
Fund, 166; dispute with Colman
as to the Clandestine Marriage, 169;
their shares in its authorship dis-
cussed, 171; their reconciliation,
176; plays before the king of Den-
mark, 195; reconciled to Murphy,
197;
fretted by Lacy, ibid.; revives
The Nonjuror, 199; frequents clubs,
202; his social arts, 203; little scene
exhibiting his uneasiness at praise
of another, 205, n; his vers de société,
207; "gets up" the Stratford Jubilee,
210; account of it, ibid.; gets up a
pageant at his theatre, 232; account
of Foote's behaviour to him, 235;
"For you know Foote hates me,'
249; Johnson's uniformly unkind
conduct, 250; moves to the Adelphi,
267; account of his house, 268; riot

I I

GARRICK, DAVID. Vol. II. (continued).
on the production of Kelly's new
comedy, 270; goes on visits, 271;
warned by Junius, 273; his alarm,
274; Kenrick's libel, 277; Bicker-
staff's piteous appeal to him, 277;
new dispute with Murphy, 283;
alters Hamlet, 288; encouraged by
scholars, 289; produces it, 291; his
dreamy idea of an edition of Shak-
speare, 292, n.; goes to court, 320;
account of his preparations for
acting, 320; once intoxicated, 321;
his discipline, 322; his behaviour to
his actors, 323; scene with Frodsham,
325; his disputes with King, 329;
with Smith, 331; with Clive, 333;
with Abington, 335; with Mrs.
Yates, 338; with Miss Younge, 339;
with Miss Pope, 340; attacked by
David Williams, 350; his generous
letter as to Mossop, 357; writes an
epitaph on Goldsmith, 359; their
intimacy and misunderstandings,
362; his behaviour to Henderson,
367; to Mrs. Siddons, 370; remodels
Drury Lane, 373; prepares to retire,
375; finds the receipts falling off,
ibid.; supposed motives for this re-
tirement, 377; discussion as to his
age, 380; proposes to Colman to buy
his share, 383; concludes with She-
ridan and others, ibid.; grateful tes-
timony of Clive to his merits, 384:
a last riot, 386; his last season, 389;
the excitement, 390; his last per-
formances, 391; the last night, "The
Wonder," 395; his kind behaviour
to his relations, 400; account of his
character, 409; instances of his
liberality, 417; his portraits and
painters, 425; complimented by the
House of Commons, 429; offends
the Chevalier D'Éon, 430; anxious
about the theatre, 431; goes on
visits, and is seen at a review,
437; decay at Drury Lane, 439; last
visit to Althorpe, 440; threatened
by "Curtius," ibid.; seized with ill-
ness at Althorpe, 441; account of
his last sickness, 442; his funeral,
444; his monument, 445; his wealth,
and his will, 447

Garrick, David, the Huguenot, flies
from France to London, i., 3; his
journal, i., ibid.; his children, i., 4

Captain Peter, quartered at
Lichfield, i., 5; his marriage, i., 6;
sent to Hereford, i., 6, 7; his pro-
motion, i., 13; goes out to Gibraltar,
i., 16; returns home, i., 32; his will,
i., 38; and death, i., 39

Mrs., on an excursion, i., 336;
at Hampton, i., 400; restored by

the mud baths of Albano, ii., 134;
admiration of the French for her,
ii., 148; her last years, ii., 448. (See
VIOLETTE.)

GARRICK, David, the actor's uncle, sent
to Portugal, i., 5; his death, circa
1737, i., 39

—, Peter (David's brother), born, i.,
7: joins David in the wine trade, i.,
44; his character, i., ibid.; his de-
clining years, ii., 399

George, ii., 400

-, Carrington, ii., 403

David, the actor's nephew, ii., 404
Arabella and Catherine, the
actor's nieces, ii., 406

Gibbon's opinion of Garrick's Richard,
ii., 111

Gifford, Henry, account of, i., 67,
116, n.

Glover, i., 101; his Boadicea, i., 296.
Gluck, i., 193

Goldsmith, his relation to Garrick, ii.,

359

Goodman's Fields Theatre, account of
it, i., 67, 69; description of the in-
terior, i., 86

Graham, Mr., his play, i., 380
Griffiths, Mr., i., 383

Grimm's opinion of Garrick's acting,
ii., 98

Hampton, Garrick's villa at, i., 390,
396; a day at, i., 393
Havard, ii., 317

—, Churchill's sketch of, ii., 3
Hawkesworth, Dr., i., 389
Hawkins, his Alfred, i., 385

-, Sir John, his prejudices against
the stage, i., 68, 69

Henderson, his relations to Garrick,
ii., 367

Hiffernan, Dr., i., 285

Hiffernan, Dr., frightens Foote, i., 379
Hill, Dr., probable reference to, i., 136 ;
account of, i., 287

Hoadly, Dr. Benjamin, his Suspicious
Husband, i., 208

Hogarth, plays Julius Cæsar, with

Hoadly and Garrick, i., 53; his
verses, i., 249; his death, ii., 136
Holland, ii., 4

Home, account of his Douglas, i., 373

Irish stage, its great players, i., 118

James, Dr., i., 7
Jephson, i., 433
Johnson, Dr., at Lichfield, scene at the
strolling performance, i., 12; sets
up a school at Edial, i., 29; sup-
plies Prologue for Drury Lane, i.,
219; his discontent at the manner
Irene was brought out, i., 233; his

constant unkindness to Garrick, i.,
250-266; his jest on Earl of Es-
sex, i., 446; at Garrick's funeral,
ii., 446

Johnson, Michael, i., 7

Kelly, Hugh, his comedy, ii., 193
Kennedy, Dr., i., 51

Kenrick, his libel on Garrick, ii., 277
King, Tom, Elia's sketch of, ii., 319;
his conduct to Garrick, ii., 329

Macbeth, Davenant's version, i., 223
Mackenzie, "The Man of Feeling," i.,
387

Macklin, Charles, his early friendship.

with Garrick, i., 47; the first to in-
troduce the natural school of act-
ing, i., 64; his friendship with
Fleetwood, i., 130; his intimacy
with Garrick, and gross description
of Garrick's playing, ii., 106; his
closing days, ii., 304

Mallet, his play of Elvira, i., 36; his
Alfred, i., 269

Marr, ii., 317

Monsey, Dr., i., 427

Moody, ii., 5; his bold behaviour to
Fitzpatrick, ii., 41

Moore, Ed., his Foundling, i., 221; his
Gil Blas, i., 269; his Gamester, i.,
278

More, Hannah, ii., 429; her ode to
Dragon, 436

Mossop, Henry, i., 273; his jealousy,

i., 287; leaves Drury Lane in dis-
gust, i., 306; his elocution, ii., 345;
his fate, ii., 347

Mudge, Dr., his impressions of Gar-
rick's acting, ii., 105
Murphy, Arthur, i., 291; his quarrel

with Foote, i., 307; his mistaken
account of the king's remarks on
Garrick's Richard, i., 316, n.; ac-
count of The Orphan of China, i.,
355; Churchill's sketch of, ii., 5;
account of his later career, ii., 285;
his lively comedies, ii., 434

Newton, Bp., his encouragement of
Garrick, i., 97

Palmer, J., his death, ii., 196; Elia's
sketch of, ii., 313

Pantomime, account of, i., 262
Patu, i., 318

Place, De la, ii., 143

Pope, Miss, i., 323; criticised by
Churchill, ii., 340

Porter, Mrs., her praise of Garrick, i.,

99

Powell, drawn by Garrick from a
"spouting" club in Wood Street, ii.,
113; his success, ii., 132

Preville, sketch of, ii., 152
Pritchard, Mrs., her death, ii., 196;
her Beatrice, ii., 228

Pulteney, Mr. (late Lord Bath), i.,

100

Quin, his three dethronements, i.,
105; calls Garrick "the Whitfield
of the stage," ibid.; at Covent
Garden, i., 149; his jest on Gar-
rick's Othello, i., 153; his sketch of
Warburton, i., 166; his rivalry
with Garrick at the same theatre,
i., 202; pendant to Cumberland's
picture of him and Garrick, i., 260;
Churchill's sketch of, ii., 7; his
death, ii., 168

Ralph, i., 367

Reed, his Dido, i., 384

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his nephew's
play declined by Garrick, i., 384; his
character of Garrick, ii., 423
Rich, his dislike to Garrick, i., 210;
his oddities, i., 263, n.
Rosciad, The, its effect, ii., 2
Ross, ii., 4; sketch of, ii., 272

Sheridan, Thomas, the actor, his pro-
posals to Garrick, i., 150; his grow-
ing jealousy, i., 154; engaged at
Covent Garden, i., 299; rivalry in
King John, i., 443; his rudeness to
Garrick, ii., 436

Mrs. F., her comedy, ii., 44; her
gay letter, ibid., n.

R. B., his management, ii., 430;
his School for Scandal, ii., 433;
almost sole owner of Drury Lane,
ii., 435

Shirley, Mr., his Black Prince, i., 250;
his behaviour to Garrick, i., 387
Shuter, i., 311; ii., 432
Siddons, Mrs., her admiration of Gar-
rick's Richard, ii., 54

Smith, "the genteel," i., 311; his be-
haviour, ii., 331

Smock Alley Theatre, i., 119–121
Smollett, his behaviour to Garrick, i.,
368; his amende, i., 371
Spencer, Lord and Lady, Garrick's
intimacy with, i., 402
Steevens, his behaviour, i., 424
Stockdale, Percival, i., 431

Stage, the, in 1738, i., 49; theatres in
London about 1738, i., 66; persecu-
tion of the players, i., 71; Licen-
sing Act, i., 74; opposed by Lord
Chatham, i., 75

Swinfen, Mr., his letter announcing
David's first appearance, i., 82

Thomson, his Tancred, i., 155
Townshend, Charles, i. 419

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