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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09885-5 - Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England Jim Davis Index More information Index Abington, Frances, 8 collaboration with artists, 5, 235–6 absorption and theatricality, 136 portraiture of, 8, 9, 111, 236–7 Accompaniments, 227 publicity through art, 14, 17, 22, 216, 223, Ackermann, Rudolph, 184 229, 244 acting women, 7–9 action in, 34 Adelphi Theatre, 91, 196 and mimicry, 238 Adolphus, John, 152, 157, 182, 184, 185, 186, and the ‘ideal’, 95–6 210 blending actor and role, 47, 98–105 The Africans, 67, 68, 69–70 Bannister, 39, 152, 156–7, 189 The Agreeable Surprise, 8, 18, 141 Emery, 166–7, 189 The Alchemist, 136 Mathews, 230–5, 244, 245 Aldridge, Ira, 211 critical opinion on, 4, 34–43 The Ale House Door. See The Village Holiday observation of nature, 5, 96, 136–47 Alefounder, John, 142 Bannister, 157, 158, 184 Alfred Crowquill, 86, 102 Edwin, 140, 143 All in One or What’s the Result,90 Emery, 166–7, 171, 175 All Lotteries Will End Forever,86 King, 139 Allingham, J. T., 67 Mathews, 195, 212, 230–2, 237, 241, 243, The Analysis of Beauty, 12, 32, 94, 243 245 Angelo, Henry, 154, 156, 185, 189 Parsons, 145–7 Angerstein, John Julius, 130, 132 Weston, 138 Arnold, Samuel, 190 perspectives on, 32, 96, 98, 229 art theory, impact on theatrical criticism, 5, 10, relationship with painting, 5–6, 10, 20–1, 63, 11–14, 16 67, 236–7, 243 artists as actors, 25, 191 Bannister, 164 As You Like It, 8, 15, 137 Emery, 125 Astley’s Amphitheatre, 90, 105 Mathews, 243, 244, 245 At Home. See under Mathews, Charles: At Wilkie, 125 Home Zoffany, 15 The Author, 156 study for role, 237–8 Autobiography of Leigh Hunt, 41, 50, 51 Bannister, 152, 184 The Bad Taste of the Town., 11 Edwin, 139–41, 144 Liston, 62 Baddeley, Sophia, 219 Mathews, 195, 231, 233 Bannister, Charles, 152, 161 The Actor,4 Bannister, John actors about, 128, 152–7 as art connoisseurs, 180–92 acting style, 4, 6, 38, 39–41, 100, 132, 180, as artists, 5, 53, 101, 180–92 191, 192 as collectors, 5 acting technique, 9, 10, 134, 180 as commodity, 82–93 and Clint, 19, 158, 186 as painters, 5, 145, 152, 164, 165, 166, appearance, 152, 153 179 as art collector, 39, 181, 184, 189 258 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09885-5 - Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England Jim Davis Index More information Index 259 as artist, 5, 182–4, 191 Billington, Elizabeth, 27 caricatures, 158, 159 Birmingham, 153 characters Birmingham Theatre, 100 Alscrip, 153 Blackwood’s Magazine, 68, 125, 204 Benthesailor,153 Blanchard, William, 118, 119, 120 Bob Acres, 154 Blessington, Earl of, 218 Brazier, 154 Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 242 Colonel Feignwell, 153, 154, 155 The Blind Fiddler, 126, 127, 133 Don Whiskerandos, 152 Boaden, James Gradus, 153 influence of Reynolds on, 21 Hairdresser, 155 on Edwin, 144 Job Thornberry, 156, 192 on Fawcett, 112 Lenitive, 153 on Mattocks, 59–60 Old Steward, 154, 155 on Munden, 56, 62, 112 poor poet, 156 on Parsons, 145, 146, 180 Scout, 159 on women in comedy, 7, 9 Sylvester Daggerwood, 153 bodily movement, 12 Timothy Tartlet, 158 A Bold Stroke for a Wife, 145, 153, 154, Tony Lumpkin, 154 155 Voltore, 153 Bombastes Furioso,8 Walter, 153, 156, 157 Bon Ton, or High Life Above Stairs, 146, 178 Young Philpot, 153, 155, 157, 161 Booth, Michael, 37 in prints and portraits, 19, 158–64, 186, 219, Booth, Sarah, 78 221 Box, Pit and Gallery,31 observation of nature, 136 Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, 185, 217, 238 on Edwin, 144 Boydell, John, 22 one-man shows, 196 Bratton, Jacky, 223 Rowlandson, friendship with, 25 Brighton Theatre, 165 Bannister’s Budget, 153 British Drama,17 The Barbers Shop, 104 British Galleries of Art, 219 Barham, R. H. Dalton, 197 British Institution, 121 Barnes, Thomas, 239 British Museum, 181 Barry, James, 177 British Press, 241 Bartolozzi, Francesco, 187 British Stage, 23, 57, 58, 68 Battle of Hexham, 144 British Theatrical Gallery,18 Beaumont, Sir George, 181, 186, 187 Browne, Hablot K. (Phiz), 105 Beauties of Brighton, 103 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 134 The Beaux Stratagem,3,15 Bunbury, Henry, 12, 140, 141, 186 Beechey, Sir William, 158 Burgoyne, John, 147 The Beggar’s Opera, 11, 27, 167 burlesque, 3, 8, 78, 152, 239 Bell, Charles, 134, 200 Burnim, Kalman, 22, 23, 106 Bell, Edward, 19 The Busybody, 48, 55 Bell, John, 19, 22, 23 by-play in comedy, 34 Bell’s British Library,55 Byron, George Gordon, 242–3 Bell’s British Theatre, 18, 23, 33, 153 Bell’s Shakespeare,23 Cabinet,17 Bell’s Shakespeare plates, 238 Campbell, Thomas, 157 Bellamy, Thomas, 145, 160, 180 Carey, G. S., 238 Bentley’s Miscellany,64 caricature. See also satire Berghem, Nicholas (Nicolaes Pietersz about, 24–31 Bercham), 184 as criticism, 96, 97 Betty, Master, 90 attitudes towards, 24, 33, 228 Bickerstaffe, Isaac, 15, 65 collectors of, 189 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09885-5 - Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England Jim Davis Index More information 260 Index caricature (cont.) Bottom, 3 compared with farce, 25 Bowbell, 68, 72, 73 compared with nature, 12, 21–2, 34, 47 Bowkitt, 144 compared with the ‘ideal’, 95–7 Brazier, 154 definitions of, 96 Brush, 112 depiction of actors, 26, 27, 142, 158, 223, Buskin, 199, 234 227, 238 Caleb Quotem, 7 depiction of non-actors, 26–31, 81 Caliban, 42, 171, 173, 174, 175 Dighton, Robert accused of, 19 Canton, 112 Hogarth accused of, 12, 21, 54, 94 Caper, 61, 67 in acting, 33, 47, 58, 60, 76, 93, 95, 96, 147, Captain Copp, 216 196 Cato, 217 leading to degradation, 97 Charles, 121, 216 Liston accused of, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 77, Clown, 100 94, 95 Colonel Feignwell, 153, 154, 155 Munden accused of, 49, 53–4, 57, 58, 63, 94, Colonel Hardy, 115, 116 95 Corbaccio, 145, 146, 153 nature of, 93 Coriolanus, 95 prints, 23–4, 26, 70–1, 78, 83–4, 93 Cowslip, 8, 18, 141 relationship with the theatre, 96 Dan, 165, 177 theatricality of, 25, 97 Dandie Dinmont, 165, 167 Caricature Danvers, 70, 190 attitudes towards, 33 Davy, 146, 178 caricaturists, 94–8, 140, 183 Dick Cypher, 17, 78, 201 Carlson, Julie, 42 Dicky Gossip, 7, 221 The Castle of Andalusia, 214 Distaffina, 8 Catch Him Who Can, 197 Dogberry, 3, 171 Caulfield, Henry, 189 Don Whiskerandos, 152 Caulfield, James, 238 Dozey, 52 Caulfield, John, 189 Dr. Camphor, 70, 119, 190 Centlivre, Susanna, 9, 48, 145, 153, 155 Drunken Ostler, 233 ceramics, 3, 82, 90, 92 Falstaff, 7, 11, 90, 232 Chalon, Alfred Edward, 227 Fanny, 113, 115 Champion,74 Farmer Ashfield, 165 Chantry, Sir Francis, 113, 114 Fiametta, 60 The Chapter of Accidents,61 First Gravedigger, 3, 139 characters in comedy, 32 Fogrun, 67 characters in dramatic monologues Foigard, 15 Flexible, 70, 71, 119, 120, 190, 201 Fond Barney, 233, 234, 235 characters in dramatic works Foresight, 145, 150 Ab Llewelyn ab Llwyd, 204 Frank Oatland, 165 Abel Drugger, 15, 16, 136, 142, 184 Fribble, 34 Adam Brock, 121 Giles, 165, 166, 167 Agamemnon, 211, 225, 226, 228, 229 Goldfinch, 7 Alscrip, 147, 153 Gradus, 153 Andrew, 119, 190, 191 Gravedigger, 3, 139 Apollo Belvi, 67 Gregory Gubbins, 144 Audrey,8,137 Hairdresser, 155, 162 Autolycus, 3 Hamlet, 19, 152, 211 Barnardine, 171, 172 Hardcastle,3,6,35 Ben the sailor, 39, 153 Henry Augustus Mug, 67, 68, 69, 70 Billy Lackaday, 67, 73, 75, 76 Hetty Hint, 60 BobAcres,3,6,154 Jacob Gawkey, 17, 61 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09885-5 - Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England Jim Davis Index More information Index 261 Jerry Sneak, 39 Scout, 159, 160, 161, 219 Job Thornberry, 156, 178, 191 Scrub, 3 John Lump, 189, 190, 191 Servitz, 78 Jonathan W. Doubikin, 210, 211 Sheepface, 61, 160–1, 219 Justice Woodcock, 15 Sir Andrew Aguecheek, 3, 7, 15, 218 Kit Sly, 55, 57 Sir Antony Absolute, 3 Kitely, 38 Sir Francis Gripe, 48, 55, 57, 58 Lady Macbeth, 72, 173 Sir Fretful Plagiary, 18, 145, 147, 148 Launce, 3 Sir Giles Overreach, 19, 115 Laura, 70, 112, 113, 115 Sir Harry Wildair, 34 Lenitive, 153 Sir Hugh Evans, 141 Lingo, 63, 141, 142, 143, 144, 195 Sir John Brute, 15, 16 Lockett, 167 Sir Pertinax Macsycophant, 221 Lord Grizzle, 39, 61, 64, 78 Sir Peter Teazle, 3, 112, 139, 221 Lord Ogleby, 15, 16, 112, 139 Sir Robert Bramble, 48 Lubin Log, 19, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 119, Sir Sampson Legend, 150 120 Sir Thomas Knight, 15 Macheath,7,27 Smuggler, 145 Major Sturgeon, 39 Snarl, 159 Marall, 115 Spado, 214 Master Stephen, 34 Stephen Harrowby, 78, 165 Maw-worm, 63–7, 97 Sylvester Daggerwood, 219 Menenius, 3 Tilburina, 8 Monsieur Mallet, 205–8 Timothy Tartlet, 158 Monsieur Morbleu, 209, 210, 217 Tony Lumpkin, 3, 6, 154 Mr Pennyman, 196, 197 Touchstone, 3, 15 Mr Wiggins, 233, 234 Valentine, 34 Mrs Candour, 137 Van Dunder, 27 Mrs Hardcastle, 8 Verdun, 214 Mrs Heidelberg, 137 Voltore, 153 Mrs Malaprop, 8 Walter, 153, 156, 157 Neddy Bray, 67 Young Philpot, 153, 155, 157, 161 Nurse, 8 Zekiel Homespun, 165 Old Brummagem, 112, 113, 114, 120 characters in novels Old Doiley, 195 Kit Nubbles, 105 Old Dornton, 48 Sam Weller, 77 Old Rapid, 48 characters, female Old Steward, 154, 155 coquettes, 8 Othello, 174 country girls, 8 Pan, 167 domesticservants,3,6,8,9,60 Paul Pry, 73, 77, 81, 82–93, 101, 102, 111, 116 fishwives, 8 Peeping Tom, 218 fortune hunters, 8 Penruddock, 221 old maids, 8 Perriwinkle, 145 old women, 3, 6, 8, 60, 137 Polonius, 3, 54 shrews, 8 poor poet, 156 termagants, 8 Price Prettyman, 100 wayward spouses, 8 Queen
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