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