thefe twenty or thirty years, by that variety of literature and fcience which has been every where diffeminated in thefe vehicles; nor do I think all ranks of people could be more innocently or more profitably employed, than in acquiring knowledge fo readily and with such little expence of time and money.

END OF VOL. H. AND LAST.

INDEX to VOL. III.

A.

BINGTON, (Mrs.) 370, 373, 478.

A Abfalom and Achitophel, 288.

Abfurdity of the use of miniature pictures in the closet-føene in

Hamlet, 107.

Acafto in the Orphan, 185.

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-fuppofed to be meant for the duke of Ormond, 186.

his encomium on Charles II. 186.

-, Chamont, and Monimia, 193.

Actors of low comedy are apt to add to their author's text, 85,

Advantage of being the original actors of a character, 270.
Advice of Hamlet to the players, 80, &c.

Aneas and Creufa, 33.

Æfchines, 46.

Æfchylus and Shakspeare, 13.

the favourite poet of Mr. Rumney, 25.

- and Thompson, 467.

Albion Queens, a tragedy, 202.

Alceftis of Euripides, 221.

Alchemift, 67.

Alcibiades, by Otway, 178.

Aldo, in the play of Limberham, 173.

Alexander the Great, 252-282.

general opinion of the writer and his hero, 255*

Dryden's verfes to the author, 256.

revived by Delane, 273.

original actors in it, 260,

Alexander, (Mr.) 418,

Allen, 60.

Almanzor and Almahide, a tragedy by Dryden, 155.
Almeria's fpeech, in the 2d act of the Mourning Bride, compared
with Juliet's, after receiving the fleeping draught, 344-347.
Anecdotes to the honour of a comedian, 53.

of guilt acknowledged by a fcene in a play, 60.
of a Grecian lady, 213.

Anecdotes of Quin and Dr. W➡, 252.

of Dr. Barrow by and a London apprentice, 62.
of Cibber and a young author, 443.

Angelica, in Love for Love, not an amiable character, 328.
Antigone, 7, 46.

Antonio and Renault, 215, 216.

Antony and Ventidius, in All for Love, 161.

Apollophanes of Pydna, 54.

Arbuthnot, 301, 340.

Argyle, (Duke of,) 373.

Ariftodemus, 46.

Ariftophanes, 85.

Ariftotle and Shakspeare, 138.

Armstrong, 107.

Afcham, 53.

Afpafia and Antiphila, in the Maid's Tragedy, 98.
Atheift, Otway's laft play, 232.

Aubrey de Vere, (E. of Oxford,) and Mrs. Marshall, 278–280.
Auguftus, 84.

Aurengzebe, a tragedy by Dryden, 157.

— its revival in 1726, with an account of the actors,
158, 159.

Baron and Betterton, 57.

Barrow, 192.

Barrowby, (Dr.) 62.

B.

Barry, 45, 68, 78, 115, 232, 246, 439.
fuperior to Wilks in Caftalio, 206.

his Alexander, 276, &c.

and Garrick, 422.

Barry, (Mrs, Elizabeth,) 179.

account of her family, 196.

fome anecdotes of her life, 196, 205.
her picture by Kneller, 197.

the difficulty of qualifying her for the
ftage, 198.

her feeling, 203.

her excellence acknowledged by Bet-

Barry, (Mrs. Elizabeth,) her death and epitaph, 204.
caufe of her death, 205.

her Belvidera, Monimia, and Isabella,
in the Fatal Marriage, 237.
diftinguished beyond any other come-
dian, 238.

-, Mrs. Bracegirdle, Mrs. Mountford,
and Mrs. Bowman, 391.

Bayes, how dreffed by Cibber, 302.

-Garrick, 303.

originally dreffed like Dryden, 289.

as acted by Garrick and Foote, 303, 304.

Bayes in petticoats, a farce, 310.

Beard, (Mr.) 167, 375.

Beaugard and Father Aldo, 232.

Beaumont and Ben Jonfon, 166.

and Fletcher, 284.

Bedamar and the duke d’Ofsuna, 210.

Bedloe, 215.

Beef. fteak-club, 167.

Beggar's Opera, 97.

Behaviour of the king in Hamlet after the representation of the
play, 98.

of Hamlet to the king, 10, 149.

to the players, 48, &c.

to his fchoolfellows, 4+, 137.
to Ophelia, 36, 78.

Belinda in the Old Batchelor, acted by Mrs. Horton and Mrs.
Younger, 367, 368.

Belmour in the Old Batchelor, acted by Wilks and Walker, 367.
Belvidera's excellence, 22.

and the confpirators, 225.

Ben in Love for Love acted by Cibber and Joe Miller, 368, 369.
Benfley, 251.

Berkeley, (Lord,) 307.

Betterton, 4, 28, 30, 32, 106, 112, 195, 383-405, 463.
account of his Hamlet, 57, 112.

an universal actor, 141.

-, Smith, and Mrs. Barry, 181, 235, 236.

his modefty, 272.

time of his birth, 385.,

and Christopher Rich, 333:

his marriage, 386..

fuperior to any comedian of his time, 387.

lofs by a venture, 390

Betterton,

Betterton, his falary, 391.

his laft benefit and death, 395.
his portrait by Cibber, 398.
-commended for his humanity, 399.
and Pope, 400.

his picture by Pope, 400.
epitaph recommended by Pope, 401.
and Wilks, 402, 403.

his dramatic pieces, 404.
and Garrick, 405

and Cibber, 417.
and Mfs. Barry, 43F.

(Wm.) 397.

(Mrs.) 116, 126, 386.

her character, 396.

her excellence in Lady Macbeth, &c. 396.
her infanity, 397.

time of her death uncertain, 397.

Bickerstaffe and Cibber, 457.

Biographia Britannica, 374, 384, &c.

fome mistakes in it relative to Betterton,
385.

Biographia Dramatica, 386, 398.

Birth of the Mufe, by Congreve, réprobated by Dr. Johnfon,
praised by Addifon, 376.

Bluffe, by Ben Johnson, 367.

Blunt, 7.

Boheme, 5.

and Mrs. Seymour, 179.

Boman, (Mrs.) 391.

Booth, 272, 382, 403, 458, &c.

and Wilks, 31, 82, 239, 240.

his fuperiority in the Gholt, in Hamlet, 32.
his action in the part of Morat, in Aurengzebe, 157.
his want of candour, 242.

and Smith, 333, 334.

Booth, (Mrs.) and Mrs. Clive, 126.

her piety, 405.

Bowen and Quin, 334

Boys acting women's parts, 50.

Bracegirdle, (Mrs.) 337-343-

Čibber's account of her, '338.
and Congreve, 338.

her excellent character, 339.
and Curl, the publisher, 340.

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