Enchanted Beauty, The, 9. Enchanted Horse, The, 9. Farces, Old Time, vogue and sources, 13; merits and faults, 14, 15; theory of, 14; great actors in, 15; authors of, 1 5, 16; 16. best examples of, 13, 15, Fechter, Charles, 47 ; career as an actor, 11 3-1 17; appearance and equipment, 117- 120; in Hamlet, 116, 117, 120, 121 ; in Ruy Bias, 121- 123; in The Lady of Lyons, 123-125; as a lover, 124; limitations of, 125, 126; mistake as to a text of Hamlet, 126, 127 ; decadence and death, 128, 129. Fitch, Clyde, 190. Foregone Conclusion, A, 181, 182. Forty Thieves, The, 9, 10. Gaszynski, Miss, 12. Gillette, William, 190. Globe Theatre, 50, 129. Greek Drama, 46. Griffiths, G. H., 34. Hardenbergh, F., 52. Harris, Miss, 34. Home, Robertson's, 38. Howard Athenaeum, 18. Howard, Bronson, 48, 190. Howells, WilHam D., 181. INDEX his Mathias, 210, 211 ; his Louis XL, 212-214; his Dubosc, 212, 214, 215^; his Charles I., 215, 224, 225 ; his Shylock, 225 ; his Hamlet, 217-220, 225-227 ; his dealing with the supernatural, 221; his limitations, 221-225; critical estimate of, 227-229; his Dr. Primrose, 231, 232; his Mephistopheles,23i, 232; his Robespierre, 231, 232; his Macbeth, 232-236. James, Louis, 179, 180. Janauschek, Madame, 48, iSo, 181. Jefferson, Joseph, 13, 48, 64. Josephs, Harry, 34. Keach, Mr., 52, 58. Kemble, Mrs., 177, 178. Lathrop, George P., 183. Leclercq, Miss Carlotta, 47, 127, 128. Le Moyne, W. J., 34, 49. Little Em'ly, Dickens's, 48, 49. Mathews, Charles James, 47, 77, 79-81- Morant, Miss Fanny, 28, 34. Morris Bros., Pell & Trowbridge, 17. Morton, John Madison, 15. Murdock, H. S., 34. Negro Minstrelsy, 17. her ca- Ici On Parle Fran9ais, 16. Neilson, Adelaide, 48 ; Introduction to Reminiscences, reer as an actress, 1 59-161; 1-4. her progress as an artist, 161, Irving, Henry, 194-197 ; career 162, 169 ; her Juliet, 163, in America, 198 peculiari- ; ties and mannerisms, 198- 164 ; her Rosalind, 164, 165 ; her Imogen, 165-167 ; her 203 ; his personality, 204- personality, 167, 168 ; her Vi- 207; his intensity, 208-211 ; ola, 170-172 ; plastic beauty his artistic sense, 212-215; of, 168, 169; relation with his intellectuality, 215-219; the Ideal, 171, 172. [ 240 ]
Nilsson, Christine, 47, 173-175. Ours, Robertson's, 35, 43, 44. Partridge, William Ordway, 176, 177. Piamonti, Signora, 155-158. Pearson, H., 34, 49. Phillipps, Adelaide, 10. Poor Pillicoddy, 16. Quinquennium, Great Dramatic, 47. Raymond, John T., 49. Reignolds, Miss Kate, 52. Ristori, Madame, 216. Robertson, T. W., 35, 37-39, 42-46. Robinson, Frederic, 34, 35, 49. Robson, Stuart, 34. Rolfe, Dr. Wm. J., 5. Russell, Miss Annie, 183, 184. Salvini, Alexander, 181, 182. his INDEX Salvini, Tommaso, 47, 142 ; personality and equipment, 143-145 ; his Othello, 145- 147; his Samson, 147-150; his Sullivan, 150; his Ingo- ' lette's, 190. Selwyn's Theatre, 33-37, 49- Siddons, Mrs. Scott, 29, 30. Smith, W. H., 51. Smith, J. A., 52. Sothern, E. A., Sr., 48, 93-103. Spirit of '76, 36, 37. Terry, Miss Ellen, 156. Thaxter, Levi, 175, 176. Theatre, The Privately Endowed, 185-193. Thoman, Mrs., 51. Thomas, Mr., 190. Toodles, 16. Toole, J. L., 76-79. Training for the Stage, 68-75. Tree, Beerbohm, 178. Uncle Tom's Cabin, 10-12. Vandenhoff, C. H., 34. Variety and Vaudeville, 18, 19. Viennese Children, The, 7. Vincent, Mrs., 12, 52. Wallack, James W., 128. ; Warren, William : in the Forty Thieves, 10 ; in Uncle Tom's Cabin, 11 ; in Farces, 15; in Adrienne the Actress, 58 in The School for Scandal, 62 ; career as an actor, 53, ; 54 number and variety of parts played, 54, 55, 61 ; varied and remarkable skill, praise of, from 55> S6> 59-61 ; M. Beauvallet, 57, 58 ; compared with Joseph Jefferson, 54, 62-64 ; personal appear- mar, 150; his Conrad, 151- 155; his King Lear, 151 ; his Ghost in Hamlet, 151. ance and manners, 65-67 School, Robertson's, 45, 46. Scribe, Augustin Eugene, 13. blood and parentage, 69; training for the stage, 68-70. Secret Service, William Gil- Wells, Miss, 34. Whitman, Frank, 11, 12. Wilkins, Mrs., 34. Williams, T. J., 15, 16. Wills, W. G., 215, 231. Winslow, Mrs. Erving, 52. Winter, Mr. William, 117. Woods, George B., 4. [ 241 ]
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