Gentility and the Comic Theatre of Late Stuart London Mark S

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actors and actresses 22–3 Bartholomew Fair 121, 215 reputation of 217–38 beau, character of, see fop social mobility 217–19 Beaumont, Francis suspect sexuality 215–16, 219–38 Royal Merchant 85 Addison, Joseph 33 Beckingham, Charles Cato 85, 97, 118 Scipio Africanus 102, 237 Drummer 154, 192, 193 Behn, Aphra Playhouse 235–7 City-Heiress 31 see also Spectator Debauchee 28, 105 Ailesbury, 2nd earl of, see Bruce, Thomas False Count 29, 31, 42 Apparition 145 Luckey Chance 29, 30, 31, 110 Applebee’s Original Weekly Journal 27, 135 Revenge 28 apprentices 69, 156 Roundheads 30 Armiger, Mrs 225 Sir Patient Fancy 28 Armstrong, Sir Thomas 134 Town-Fopp 11 Art of Cuckoldom 49 Belasyse, Thomas (earl Fauconberg) 155 Aston, Tony 248 Berkeley family Athenian Mercury 51, 58, 145, 155 Elizabeth (nee´ Masingberd) 103, 127–8 audiences, at theatres 21 George (9th lord then 1st earl of behaviour (see also duels) 130–41, 160 Berkeley) 103 composition 44, 93–111, 112–25, 126–41 George (Hon.) 27, 85 reception of comedy 22–3, 46–71, 233–8 Bertie family 115 authorship, conditions of 239–59 Mary 115 Peregrine 118 Baggs, Zachary 117 Betterton, Thomas 97, 117 Baines, Sir Thomas 158 Amorous Widow 85 Baker, Thomas History of the English Stage attr. epilogues 121 234 Fine Lady’s Airs 128, 157, 243 Blundell, Nicholas 10, 127 Hampstead Heath 47, 82, 130, 153, 159, body, human, see physiology 210 Bolton, 2nd duchess of (see Powlett/Paulett, Humour of the Age 108, 176, 177, 234, 244, Henriette) 249 Booth, Barton 255 Tunbridge-Walks 42, 119, 122, 175, 176, reputation as actor 225–6 179 Borsay, P. 5 Ball, Henry 134 Botica, A. 132 ballads 1, 11, 49, 57, 58, 59, 69, 78, 84, 159, Bourne, Reuben 193, 196 Contented Cuckold 41 Bancroft, John Bowes, George Henry II 49 Love the Leveller 76 Barry, Elizabeth 220, 234 Boyer, Abel reputation as actress 220, 221, 224 Achilles 120, 155

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Boyle family Canfield, J. D. 32, 42 Charles (4th earl of Orrery) 116, 138 Carlile, James Francis 167 Fortune-Hunters 180 John (5th earl of Orrery) 129, 198 Carlisle, 3rd earl of, see Howard, Charles Roger (1st earl of Orrery) 245 Carlson, M. 110 Bracegirdle, Anne 227, 253 Carter, P. 151 reputation as actress 220, 230–2 Caryll, John 167 Braverman, R. 86–7 Castlecomer, 2nd viscount of, see Wandesford, British Apollo 53, 109 Christopher British Gazetteer 38, 42, 51, 59, 67, 69, 194, Castleton, Lord 155 243, 246 Cave, Sir Thomas 192 British Journal 12, 59, 109, 120, 198, 245, 254 Cavendish, Margaret (1st duchess of Brome, Richard Newcastle) 55 City Wit 38 Cavendish, William (4th earl and 1st duke of Madd Couple Well Matcht 28 Devonshire) 114, 139, 194 Brown, L. 32 Cecil, Frances (4th countess of Salisbury) 67 Brown, Tom Censor 80, 130 Amusements Serious and Comical 64, 237 Censor Censur’d 37 Legacy for the Ladies 119 Centlivre, Susannah 34 Letters from the Dead to the Living 230 Artifice 41 Stage-Beaux Toss’d in a Blanket 99, 102, Basset Table 62 209, 211 Beau’s Duel 54, 139, 148, 153, 158, 170, Works 153, 200 176, 189 Browne, Edward 127 Bold Stroke for a Wife 154, 192 Browne, Dr Joseph 2 Man’s Bewitch’d 100–1 Browne, Sir Thomas 11 Mar-Plot 62 Bruce, Thomas (2nd earl of Ailesbury) 176 Perplex’d Lovers 65 Brydges, James (1st duke of Chandos) 121 Platonick Lady 121, 241 Buck, Lady (wife of Sir Charles Buck, Wonder 180 baronet) 104 Chandos, 1st duke of, see Brydges, James Buckhurst, Lord, see Sackville, Charles Character of a Town Gallant 160 Buckingham, duke of, see Villiers, George; charivari, see skimmington see also Sheffield, John Charles II 193, 195, 197 Bulkeley, Henry 134, 146 Chaves, A. Bullock, Christopher Cares of Love 121 Per-juror 85 Chaytor, Sir William 149, 192 Woman is a Riddle 153, 165 Chetwood, William Burdett, Edward 192 Stock-Jobbers 76 Burnaby, William Churchill, Colonel 135 epilogues 49 Churchill, Sarah (1st duchess of Marlborough) Modish Husband 47, 153, 251 97 Reform’d Wife 48, 76, 101, 120, 170, 175 Cibber, Colley 243, 255 Burnet, Thomas 77 autobiography 102, 145, 146, 219, 225, Burridge, Richard 234, 244, 247, 249, 252 Scourge for the Play-Houses 100, 119, 123, character of Sir Novelty Fashion (Lord 218, 234 Foppington) 22, 153, 232, 260 Butler, Charlotte 101 satire on 234, 249, 250 Butler, James (13th earl and then 1st duke of Careless Husband 11 Ormonde) 10 Double Gallant 129, 152–3, 261 son, James (2nd duke of Ormonde) 249 epilogues 49 Byrd, William 36, 168 Lady’s Last Stake 249 correspondence 215, 220, 223, 225 Love’s Last Shift 101, 181, 186 diary and theatre-going 102, 104, 113–14, Non-Juror 85 121, 127, 138 Provok’d Husband, see Vanbrugh, John Byrom, John 104 Refusal 83, 153

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Woman’s Wit 98, 159 Craftsman 240 Xerxes 98 Cranstoun, William 159, 215 Cibber, Theophilus 226 Crawfurd, David Lives 122, 218, 226 Courtship alaMode` 41, 66 citizens, of London Love at First Sight 47, 57, 154 literary treatment of 19–21, 27–45, 46–71, Cromwell, Lady Elizabeth (baroness 72–89, 148, 152–3, 179, 201, 215, 244, Cromwell) 215, 220, 223 248–51, 260–2 Crouch, K. 222 members of theatre audience 67, 105–11, Crowne, John 119 City Politiques 30, 32 and Lord Mayor’s Day 67, 71, 84, 88 Darius King of Persia 186 see also cuckoldry English Frier 98, 104, 153, 180 class 19–20, 28, 42–5, 54, 59–62, 81, 107–10, Henry VI 120 140, 151–2; see also gentility; Married Beau 154 reconceptualization Sir Courtly Nice 162–3, 171, 179, 184, 227 Clavering, Anne and James 11, 61, 115 cuckoldry 101, 105, 111, 141, 157, 175, 179, Claydon, T. 188 197, 201; see also citizens, literary Cleveland, 2nd duchess of, see Fitzroy, Anne treatment of Coke, Thomas 124 Cuddon, Sir Thomas 68 Collier, Jeremy 22, 205, 233, 254, 256 Defence of the Short View 211 Daily Courant 99, 102 Moral Essays 213 Dalrymple, George (baron) 152 Mr. Collier’s Dissuasive 215 Dartmouth, 1st earl of, see Legge, William Short View 64, 206–15, 229–30 Davenant, Alexander 101 commerce/credit Deane, Sir Anthony 168 relation to drama 249 Deering, Charles 135 see also citizens Defoe, Daniel 33 Comparison Between the Two Stages 193, Complete English Tradesman 53–4, 59–60, 220, 224 75, 197 Compton, George (4th earl of Northampton) Moll Flanders 63, 137, 260 61 More Reformation. A Satyr upon Jane (nee´ Fox, wife of) 132 Himself 227 Alathea (sister of) 127 Plan of English Commerce 162 Conduct of the Stage Consider’d 184, 210 Reformation of Manners 68 Congreve, William 118, 211, 243, 250–3 Review of the State of the English Nation Amendments of Mr. Collier’s False and 12, 109, 112, 114, 120, 137, 173–5, Imperfect Citations 208 210 Double Dealer 58, 153, 251 Tour Through the Whole Island of Love for Love 83, 117, 128 Britain 124, 145 Mourning Bride 221 Dekker, Thomas Old Batchelour 52, 63, 64, 242, 251 Guls Horne-Booke 106 prologues 120 Delmee family 138 Way of the World 122, 156, 251 Dennis, John 240, 243 Works 252 views on state of drama 23, 225, 255–9 Cook, Sir Miles 77 Appius and Virginia 49 Corﬁeld, P. 4, 5 Causes of the Decay and Defects of Cornish Comedy 237 Dramatick Poetry 140, 255 Country Gentleman’s Vade Mecum 129 Character and Conduct of Sir John Courcy, Lord (baron Kinsale) 10 Edgar 225 Court of Chivalry 14 Comical Gallant 141, 244, 256 Coventry, Thomas (2nd earl of Coventry) 135 Defence of Sir Fopling Flutter 27, 255–9 Cowley, Abraham Essay upon Publick Spirit 168, 184 Cutter of Coleman Street 30 Invader of His Country 243 Coyre, John Person of Quality’s Answer to Mr. Collier’s Cure for Jealousie 82 Letter 209, 210

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Dennis, John (cont.) Factious Cit 31 Plot and No Plot 146, 158 Farquhar, George 34 Remarks on...Conscious Lovers Constant Couple 47, 152, 153, 156, 157, 255–8 230–3 Usefulness of the Stage 145 prologues 128 Denton, Dr William 10, 134 Love and a Bottle 154, 193, 198 Des Bouverie, Sir Edward 138 Love and Business 54, 99, 119, 246 Devonshire, 4th earl and 1st duke of, see Sir Harry Wildair 22, 157, 165, 184, 188, Cavendish, William 189, 192, 261 Dilke, Thomas Fauconberg, Lord, see Belasyse, Thomas City Lady 129 Feilding, Robert ‘Beau’ 135 Lover’s Luck 154, 165, 179, 185, 193, 198 Female Tatler 69, 100, 102, 103, 109, 114, Pretenders 187 118, 146, 153, 218, 240 Dixon, Thomas 2 Finch family Doggett, Thomas 248 Daniel and Essex (2nd earl and countess of Country-Wake 41, 47 Nottingham) 127 Dormer, John 67 Heneage (1st earl of Nottingham and lord Dorset, 6th earl of, see Sackville, Charles chancellor) 158 Downes, John 113 Fitzgerald, John (18th earl of Kildare) 178 Drake, James Fitzroy family Antient and Modern Stages Survey’d 213 Anne (nee´ Poultney, 1st duchess of Sham-Lawyer 56, 70 Southampton; 2nd duchess of Dryden, John Cleveland) 97 Cleomenes 121, 155 Charles (1st duke of Southampton; 2nd Kind Keeper 52 duke of Cleveland) 128 Wild Gallant 31 Fleming, Sir Daniel 2 Dryden, John (jr.) Fletcher, John Husband His Own Cuckold 47 Royal Merchant 85 Duckett, George 77 Woman Pleased 123 duels 133–7 Fontaine, Sir Andrew 243 Duncombe, Sir Charles 68 fop Durfey, Thomas character of 21, 145–63, 164–82, 183–201, satire on 242, 246, 250 205–16, 260 Campaigners 210 inspiration for 134, 135 Love for Money 52, 101, 145, 176 women as 175–8 Marriage Hater Match’d 115, 153, 242, Fox, Sir Stephen 132 249 France, conﬂict with 22, 49, 141, 185–6 Modern Prophets 66, 187, 192, 197 Franklin, Benjamin 106 Old Mode and New 111 Freeholder’s Journal 130, 195, 199 Richmond Heiress 76, 84, 170, 210 Freke, Elizabeth 2, 10, 12, 140 Rise and Fall of Massaniello. Part I 159 Furnese, Sir Henry 65 Royalist 30 Gauci, P. 88–9 effeminacy 21, 165–70, 176, 215 Gay, John Egleton, John 182 Wife of Bath 185, 246, 253 Egmont, 1st earl of, see Percival, John gender England’s Vanity 177 and patriarchy 46, 54–5, 73–4, 86, 241 Estcourt, Richard see also sexuality Fair Example 54, 85 gentility Etherege, Sir George 152 politics 72–89 (Man of Mode or) Sir Fopling Flutter 23, and civic humanism 80–9 134, 145, 159, 171, 199, 225, 256, 260 problems with conceptualization 3–7 She Wou’d If She Cou’d 114 pseudo-gentry 5–7, 154 Evelyn, John 10, 11, 12, 103, 109, 146, 168 reconceptualization 7–14, 88–9 Eyre, Sir Charles 119 see also pedigree, politics

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Gentleman’s Journal 54 Herbert family Gentleman’s Library 80, 185 Arthur (as vice-admiral, then 1st earl of Gentleman’s Magazine 14, 240 Torrington) 139 Giddens, A. 8 Barbara (2nd wife of Thomas Herbert, 8th Gildon, Charles 242 earl of Pembroke) 97 Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton 121, 168, hermaphroditism 21, 165–72, 175 218 Hervey family Love’s Victim 49 Ann 97 Roman Bride’s Revenge 237 Elizabeth (1st countess of Bristol) 97, 118 Godolphin, Sidney (1st earl of Godolphin) 115 John (1st earl of Bristol) 118 Gore family 61 Hewitt, George 134 Gould, Robert Higden, Henry Poems 100, 221, 228 Wary Widdow 52, 154, 189, 193 Works 11, 41, 84, 154 Higgins, Bevil 242 Granville, George 141, 244 Hill, Aaron She-Gallants 154, 179, 192 Fatal Vision 249 Granville, Sir John (1st earl of Bath) 115 Hill, Colonel (governor of St Kitts) 135 Greg, William 189 Hogarth, William 87 Grey, Henry (marquis then 1st duke of Kent) Hooke, Robert 114 249 Horn Fair 67, 250 Grey, Katherine 127 Horsey, Richard 115 Grisoni, Giuseppe Howard family portrait of Colley Cibber 147–8, 191–2 Charles (3rd earl of Carlisle) 115 Grub Street Journal 124, 242 Henry (7th duke of Norfolk) 11 Grumbler 180 Sir Robert (also James and Edward Howard) 245 Habakkuk, H. J. 41 Committee 30, 118 Hackett, Sir James 135 William (1st viscount Stafford) 10 Halifax, 1st earl of, see Montague, Charles humours (blood, phlegm, choler, melancholy), Harbin, George 226 see physiology Harcourt, Simon (1st baron Harcourt, lord Hungerford, Sir Edward 127 chancellor) 118 Harley family Indies Abigail (mother of Robert) 85 East and Company 2, 36, 68, 83, 119 Edward (‘the Auditor’, brother of Robert) West 35, 65 69, 77, 139 Injur’d Love . 201 Edward (2nd earl of Oxford) 115, 141, Inns of Court 16, 156, 220, 244 226 Irwin, Lady 115 Henrietta (2nd countess of Oxford) 115 Nathaniel (brother of Robert) 68 Jacob, Giles Robert (1st earl of Oxford; lord Poetical Register 241 treasurer) 2, 10, 77, 116, 118, 189 jacobites 187–201 Sir Edward (father of Robert) 115, 139 James II (formerly duke of York) 118, 139, Hatton family 127 178, 195–201 Alice 60 James III (Prince James Francis Edward Charles 114, 132, 135 Stuart; the Pretender), parentage and Christopher 60, 114, 132, 135 succession 183, 188–201, 227 Haynes, Joe 47 Jeaffreson, Christopher 135 reputation as actor 221 Jeffries, George (1st baron; lord chancellor) Haywood, Eliza 227 Bath Intrigues attr. 10, 49 Jennens, Robert 124 Wife To Be Lett 43, 76, 153 Johnson, Charles Hearne, Thomas Country Lasses 73 Reliquiae Hearnianae 192, 194, 215 Female Fortune Teller 47 Heathcote, Sir Gilbert 83 Generous Husband 65

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Johnson, Charles (cont.) Macaulay, T. B. 197 Gentleman Cully 94, 154 Macky, John 98, 106 Victim 49 McVeagh, J. 33 Wife’s Relief 39, 153 Manley, Mary Johnson, Samuel 83, 253 Lost Lover 146, 154, 186 Jones, A. 170 Manners family Jones, Erasmus John (9th earl and then 1st duke of Man of Manners 67, 106 Rutland) 12 Jonson, Ben 34 Katherine (nee´ Noel, countess and then 1st Eastward Hoe (G. Chapman and J. duchess of Rutland) 115, 118 Marston) 29 Manning, Francis Volpone 115 All for the Better 56, 128 Joyce, P. 130 Marlborough, 1st duchess of, see Churchill, Sarah Keally, Joseph 118 Marsh, J. W. 242 Kempe, Counsellor 116 Marvell, Andrew 109, 115 Kent, marquis of, see Grey, Henry Mary of Modena (consort of James II, mother Kent, Mary 166 of James III) 118 Kenyon, Roger 10 Masters, A. 113 Kildare, 18th earl of, see Fitzgerald, James Maynwaring, Arthur 220, 222 Killigrew, Henry and Thomas 133 Meldrum, T. 67 merchants, dramatic treatment of, see citizens Langbaine, Gerald Middleton, Charles (2nd earl of Middleton) 152 Account of the English Dramatick Miège, Guy 7 Poets 242 Misson, Henri de Valbourg 51, 98, 100 Largillière,Nicholas de Mohun family Portrait of James III 191 Charles (3rd baron of Okehampton) 114 Laws, John 10 Charles (4th baron of Okehampton) 227 Leanerd, John Molloy, Charles Country Innocence 31 Coquet 75 Rambling Justice 29, 30 Perplex’d Couple 63, 81, 179 Lee, Nathaniel molly subculture, see Trumbach, R. Rival Queens 225, 234 Monmouth, duke of, see Scott, James Legge, William (1st earl of Dartmouth) 115 Montagu, Mary Wortley 99, 113, 116, 177 Leigh, Anthony 176 Montagu, Ralph (1st duke of Montagu) 122 Leigh, John Montague, Charles (1st earl of Halifax) 244, Kensington Gardens 59, 104, 119, 159, 249 166, 177, 182, 193, 253 Motteux, Peter 250 Lennox, Charles (1st duke of Richmond) Beauty in Distress 214 133 epilogues 111, 120, 155 Leveson, Sir William 115 Farwel Folly 41, 93 Leycester, Sir Peter (1st baronet of Nether Love’s a Jest 154, 200 Tabley) 128 Mountfort, William 101 Lillo, George reputation as actor 226–7 London Merchant 259 Greenwich Park 33, 57, 59, 99, 158, 159, lineage, see pedigree 189 Loftis, J. 32–4 Muddyman, John 11 London Journal 224 Mulgrave, third earl of, see Sheffield, John London Terraefilius 69 Mundus Foppensis 166, 193 Longueville, Viscount, see Yelverton, Henry Mundy, Philippa 177 lord chancellor, see Finch, Heneage; Harcourt, Muralt, BéatLouis de 159 Simon; Jeffries, George Muses Mercury 27 lord treasurer, see Harley, Robert Luttrell, Narcissus 135 Nenner, H. 193 Lydell, Dennis 119 new historicism 15–16, 17

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Newcastle, 1st duchess of, see Cavendish, Peters, J. S. 211 Margaret Petty, Sir William 10 Newcastle, duke of, see Pelham-Holles, physiology 56–8, 78–81 Thomas pictorial satire 87, 260 Newdigate family 133, 135, 139 Pitt, Thomas 2, 119 Newport, Francis (1st earl of Bradford) 136 son, Robert 2, 12 son, Richard 136 Pix, Mary News from Covent Garden 160 Beau Defeated 43, 48, 54, 159, 168, 186, 193 Nicholas, Sir John 127 Czar of Muscovy 169 Noel, see Manners Deceiver Deceived 62, 81, 153, 253 Norfolk, 7th duke of, see Howard, Henry Different Widows 47, 62, 67, 136 North family 11, 60, 70 Innocent Mistress 32, 35–7, 110 Northampton, 4th earl of, see Compton, Plain Dealer 156, 179 George playbooks 116; see also patronage Nottingham, 1st earl of, see Finch, Heneage playhouses, see theatres Nottingham, 2nd earl and countess of, see Pocock, J. G. A. 81 Finch, Daniel Poley, Edmund 152 politics O’Brien, Elizabeth (nee´ Seymour, 7th countess partisanship, see jacobites, tories, whigs of Thomond) 97 position of tradesmen/City of London Okehampton, barons of, see Mohun in 80–9 Oldﬁeld, Anne royal succession 86, 187–201 relationship with Arthur Maynwaring 220, see also gentility 222 Pope, Alexander 98, 113, 167 reputation as actress 215, 219 Pope, Cornet 135 Oldham, John 248 Popple,William 110 Oldmixon, John 233–5 Porter, Mary 104 Reﬂexions on the Stage 210, 213 reputation as actress 220 Ormonde, 13th earl and then 1st duke of, see Powell, George Butler, James reputation as actor 225, 227 Orrery, earls of, see Boyle Animadversions 208, 223, 252–5 Otway, Thomas Very Good Wife 38, 120 Souldiers Fortune 29 Powlett (Paulett), Henriette (nee´ Crofts, 2nd Oxford, earls of, see Harley duchess of Bolton) 118 Pretender, Old, see James III Palmer, Ralph 128 Priestley, Jonathan 11 Papillon, Thomas 83 Prior, Matthew 116 Paston, Robert (1st earl of Yarmouth) 2 Prompter 60, 87, 179, 240, 255 patronage of drama 84 dedication of playbooks 65–6, 243 Ralph, James see also audiences Touch-stone 103, 106, 109, 127, 137, Payne, Henry 170–1, 240 Morning Ramble 104 Ramesey, William pedigree 10–14, 56–66, 150–63, 183–201, Gentleman’s Companion 13, 67, 73, 80 261; see also fop, character of Ravenscroft, Edward 134 Pelham-Holles, Thomas (duke of Newcastle) Anatomist (or Sham Doctor) 124 243 Careless Lovers 30, 31 Pembroke, Lady, see Herbert Citizen Turn’d Gentleman 31, 116 Pepys, Samuel 2, 77, 168 Dame Dobson 31 library collection 1, 11, 49, 146, 159, 193, London Cuckolds 29, 30, 35, 36, 70, 85, 88 196 Rawlins, Thomas theatre-going (and Elizabeth Pepys) 103, Tom Essence 28, 31, 105 114, 122–3, 126, 132, 134, 152 Tunbridge Wells 30, 31 Percival, John (1st earl of Egmont) 2, 12, 14, Remarques on the Humours and 27, 52, 85, 138–9 Conversations of the Town 131, 180

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R´emond des Cours, Nicolas 78 Seymour, Sir Edward 146 Reresby, Sir John 10, 11, 12, 102, 127, 136 Shadwell, Charles Revet, Edward Fair Quaker of Deal 98, 156, 168, 188 Town-Shifts 29 Humours of the Army 111, 119, 153, 189 Review of the State of the English Nation, see Shadwell, Thomas 242 Defoe, Daniel Epsom-Wells 31 Rich, Christopher 101, 118 Humorists 31, 105 Rich, Sir Robert 115 Lancashire Witches 105 Richmond, 1st duke of, see Lennox, Charles Scowrers 47, 84, 175 Ridpath, George 209 Squire of Alsatia 115 Stage Condemn’d attr. 64, 210, 212 True Widow 116, 133, 237 Rochester, 2nd earl of, see Wilmot, John Virtuoso 114 Rosenthal, L. 150 Volunteers 82, 154, 170 rough music, see skimmington Woman-Captain 29 Rowe, Nicholas Shakespeare, William 113 Biter 41, 62, 83 eighteenth-century views of 35, 241 Russell, Lady Rachel 12 Henry IV 120 Rutland, 9th earl and countess of, Shapiro, S. 167 see Manners Shefﬁeld, John (3rd earl of Mulgrave; 1st duke Ryder, Dudley 11, 104, 118, 130, 137, 140 of Buckingham and Normanby) 104, 172, 194 Sackville, Charles (6th earl of Dorset, Shirley, John formerly Lord Buckhurst) 52, 134, 178 Gamester 39 Salisbury, 4th countess of, see Cecil, Frances Shrewsbury, countess of, see Talbot Sandford, Mr skimmington 20, 46, 85, 141 Female Fop 177 Smith, John (esq., commissioner of excise) 138 Satyr on the Players 223 Smith, Thomas (esq., of Wiltshire) 127 Satyre Unmuzzled 169 social mobility 14, 28, 41–5, 150–2 Savile family sodomy 22, 165–6 George 11, 12 associations with acting 172–9, 217 Henry 11, 12, 220 associations with women 177 Scawen, Sir William 66 South Sea Bubble 76, 77, 78, 87, 141, 249 Scott, James (duke of Monmouth) 195–6, 227 Southampton, 1st duke of, see Fitzroy, Charles Scott, Thomas Southerne, Thomas 128, 198 Unhappy Kindness 253 Disappointment 48 Scroggs, Sir William 11 Maid’s Last Prayer 153 Scrope, Mr 134 prologues 242 Seaver, P. 157 Sir Anthony Love 41, 155 Sedley, Sir Charles 245 Spartan Dame 186 Bellamira 57 Wives Excuse 186 Mulberry-Garden 120 Southwell, Sir Robert 10, 162 Senelick, L. 164, 166, 167 Spectator, see Steele, Richard Settle, Elkanah spectators, see audiences Absolom Senior 196 Stafford, 1st viscount, see Howard, William City Ramble 65, 105 Stallybrass, P. 170 Defence of Dramatick Poetry 64–5, 103, Stanley, Sir John 222 121, 208 status and gentility 10–14 Farther Defence of Dramatick Poetry 209, status anxiety, see citizens, character of 213 Staves, S. 149, 150 sexuality Stawel, John (2nd lord) 127 and ‘homosexuality’ 21–2, 164–82 Steele, Sir Richard 36, 240, 255–9 and illicit behaviour, see cuckoldry views on state of drama 23, 36, 255–9 and metaphor, see effeminacy; sodomy; Account of the Fish Pool 250 hermaphroditism Conscious Lovers 19, 23, 27–45, 69, 79, 85, and reproduction, see physiology 116, 128, 133, 198–200, 256–9

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Funeral 103 opposition to 123–4, 205–16; see also actors prologues 177 and actresses, reputation of; Collier, Spectator 10, 35–6, 52, 55, 76, 85, 102, Jeremy 107, 156, 167, 173, 186, 191, 201, 232, performance space 229–38 257, 258 see also audiences Tatler 11, 30, 35, 36, 66, 97, 100, 103, 105, Theobald, Lewis 115 116, 122, 137, 138, 161, 191, 226, 240, Thomond, 7th countess of, see O’Brien, 257 Elizabeth Theatre 36, 105 Thompson, R. 42 Town Talk 36 Thomson, James 159, 215 Stone, L. and J. F. 6, 41 Tompion, Thomas 114 Stratford, Dr William 77, 115, 141 Tonson, Jacob 27 Straub, K. 216, 228 tories 84–5, 187–200 Strode, Colonel 134 Tory Tatler 186 Stubbes, Rev. Robert 2 Treby, Sir George 77 Sturmy, John True Conduct of Persons of Quality 77 Compromise 197 Trumbach, R. 164, 165, 167, 170, 175, 226 Sutton, H. 12 Trumball, Dr William 2 Swift, Jonathan 156, 243, 246 Turner, D. 38, 70 Examiner 43, 73, 82, 109 Tryal of Skill 250 Project for the Advancement of Religion 64 Tale of a Tub 118 Uffenbach, Zacharias Conrad von 84 Swiney, Owen 247 Universal Spectator 7, 12, 131, 179, 186, 193, 240 Talbot family Uphill, Susanna 134 Anna Maria (wife of Francis Talbot, 11th earl of Shrewsbury) 133 Vanbrugh, Sir John 2, 241 Jack (son of 11th earl) 178 Aesop 218 Taliaferro, W. 150 Confederacy 57, 75, 78, 159 Tate, Nahum Mistake 177 Cuckold’s-Haven 29 Provok’d Husband 97, 128, 179, 219 Tatham, John Relapse 166, 181, 186 Rump 30 Vaughan, Mr 135 Tatler, see Steele, Richard Verbruggen, Susannah (nee´ Percival), Taverner, William reputation as actress 223–4 Artful Wife 153, 193 Verney family 2 Faithful Bride of Granada 153 John 127, 128, 134 Female Advocates 41, 81 Sir Ralph 10, 133, 134 Maid the Mistress 81, 154, 251 Villiers, George (2nd duke of Buckingham) Thaxter, Edmund 2 133, 155, 245 theatres Visions of Hester Ryley 120, 136 auditorium 93–111 Voltaire (Arouet, Fran¸cois Marie) 252 entering and leaving 138–40 costs of attendance 107–11, 112–25 Walker, William locations Marry, or Do Worse 41, 65, 248 Covent Garden 95 Walters, Lucy 195 Dorset Garden 95, 118, 136 Wandesford, Christopher (2nd viscount Drury Lane 27, 36, 85, 95, 117, 124, 248 Castlecomer) 85 Goodman’s Fields 95, 124 Ward, Edward (‘Ned’) Haymarket 85, 95, 113, 214, 247, 252 Adam and Eve Stript to Their Lincoln’s Inn Fields 85, 95, 102, 103, Furbelows 177 123, 124, 138, 218, 252 Character of a Covetous Citizen 79 relation to City of London 121, 129–30, Dancing School 57 207 London Spy 68, 69 management 254–5 School of Politicks 201

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Ward, Edward (‘Ned’) (cont.) William III and Mary II 188, 200 Secret History of Clubs 166, 171, 193 Williams, A. 151 Step to the Bath 58, 159 Williamson, Sir Joseph 134 Trip to Jamaica 77 Willis, Sir Edward 68 Wealthy Shopkeeper 119 Wilmot, John (2nd earl of Rochester) 11, 136, Ward, Sir John 250 146, 220 Warton, Sir Michael 115 Lord All-Pride 172 Weekly Journal 11, 51, 64, 97, 100, Valentinian 155 248 Wilson, John Weekly Register 255 Cheats 28 Welsted, Leonard 115 Projectors 30, 31 Wentworth family Woman Turn’d Bully 29, 31 Lady Isabella 60, 61 Wycherley, William Peter 2, 11, 60, 61, 135 Country Wife 104 Thomas 2, 11 Gentleman Dancing-Master 31 Wharton, Thomas (1st marquis of Wharton) Love in a Wood 29, 32, 245 128 Plain Dealer 215 whigs 84–5, 227 Wilkinson, Richard Yarmouth, 1st earl of, see Paston, Robert Vice Reclaim’d 156 Yelverton, Henry (Viscount Longueville) 139 Wilks, Robert 128 Young Gallant’s Academy 130 as manager 255 reputation as actor 225, 230–3 Zimbardo, R. 32