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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

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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

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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

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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 Dollallola, 8, 61, 78 characters, male Ralph, 113, 114 buffo, 145 Richard III, 11, 90, 152 cockneys, 6, 61, 62, 64, 67–77, 204 Sailor, 221 countrymen, 3, 165, 166–7, 168, 175 Sam Sharpset, 165 cowards, 40 Sam Swipes, 67, 100, 105 coxcombs, 35, 61, 67, 68

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characters, male (cont.) Clarke, Mary Cowden, 49, 52 criminals, 168 class tension, 191–2 domestic servants, 3 Clint, George drunks, 133, 146–7, 233 about, 16, 19–20, 112–21, 186 English, 6, 191, 202, 203, 205 and caricature, 117, 120–1 farmers, 3, 160 as a historical painter, 115 fops,4,35 as an engraver, 18, 19, 227 oldmen,3,35 compared with Zoffany, 114 Bannister, 154 criticism of, 117–18 Dowton, 7 Mathews’s patronage of, 195 Farren, 7 portraits of Bannister, 19, 158, 186 Gattie, 41 portraits of Charles Kemble, 216 Munden, 6, 48, 52, 54, 56, 100, 112 portraits of Farley, 112 Parsons, 6, 145–7, 150 portraits of Farren, 112, 121 Shuter, 35 portraits of Fawcett, 216 sailors, 3, 39, 52, 154 portraits of Jones, 112 shopkeepers, 3, 159 portraits of Liston, 19, 63, 83, 110, 115, tradesmen, 3, 154, 204 117–19, 121 vagabonds, 52 portraits of Mathews, 120, 207 waiters, 204 portraits of Munden, 19, 55, 107, 113, characters, national 114–15, 121 Afro-American, 6, 211–12, 225–6, 228, 229 portraits of Vestris, 115, 117 American, 210–11 representation of actors, 5, 111 British, 6, 202 Cobb, James, 158 French, 3, 6, 197, 198, 205, 206, 209, 210 The Cobbler of Preston,57 German, 6 Coburg Theatre, 90 Irish, 6, 103, 202, 204, 205, 212 Cockney School, 68, 74 Jewish, 3 Cole, J. W., 191 Scottish, 3, 197, 202, 204, 205 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 42, 241, 242 Welsh, 202, 204, 205 Colman, George, the elder, 15, 112, 114 characters, regional Colman, George, the younger cockney, 6, 61, 62, 64 about, 187 Cockneys, 67–77 as dramatist, 126, 190, 191 Londoners, 68, 202 Cockney stereotypes, 78 Yorkshiremen epilogues by, 78 Emery, 6, 165–8, 170, 171, 172–3, 178 on Edwin, 143, 144 Mathews, 202, 204 on Hogarth, 135, 231 Charles II or, The Merry Monarch, 216 on Mathews, 125 Charles XII, 19, 121 on Wilkie, 135, 231 Cheere, Sir Henry, 180 plays by, 7, 48, 67, 68, 69, 78, 153, 154, 156, Cherry Ripe, 117 165, 178, 191 TheChildrenintheWood, 153, 156, 157 comedy. See also comic Christie’s, 181 critical writing on, 33–6 AChristmasBox,31 perspectives on, 32–6, 93, 96 Cibber, Colley, 34, 221 Comic Annual, 227 Cibber, Susannah, 217 comic compared with tragic Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 5, 187 in acting, 20–1, 23, 26, 32–4, 36–7, 62, 168, The Citizen, 153, 155, 161 172–4, 175–6 The Citizen’s Dinner Party. See Liston and the in painting, 20–1, 26, 29, 33 Lambkins or the Citizen’s Dinner Party comic painting, 5, 11, 12, 14, 21, 23, 33, 54, 96, The Clandestine Marriage, 15, 112, 114, 137, 109 139, 219 commedia,Italian,12 The Clandestine Marriage,8 Compton, Henry, 91

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Congreve, William, 32, 39 Cunningham, Allan, 130, 131 Constable, John, 187 A Cure for the Heartache, 48, 165 The Constant Couple, 34, 145 Curran, John Philpot, 238, 241 Conversations, 173 Conyngham, Lady Elizabeth, 27 D’Orsay, Count Alfred, 109 Cooke, George Frederick, 90, 221 Dance, George, 187 Cooke, Thomas Potter, 90 Daniel, George Cooke, William, 34, 35 on Bannister, 153 Coppin, George, 92 on Edwin, 142, 143 Cornwall, Barry, 48, 52 on Emery, 172, 178 costume in comedy, 34, 100 on Liston, 65, 69, 72, 73, 90 Court Journal, 219 on Mathews, 199, 209, 210, 232 Court Scene for the Trial of Queen Katharine, on Munden, 114 19, 115, 230, 244 Davenport, Mary Ann, 8 Covent Garden Theatre David Garrick in ‘The Farmer’s Return’,14 about, 4 Davis, Tracy C., 211, 226, 229 actors engaged by, 17, 48, 55, 59, 61, 139, De Wilde, Samuel 195, 232, 239, 240 about, 16–18 benefits, 78 influence of Lavater, 33 performances, 112, 119, 161, 168 Mathews’s patronage of, 195, 214, 219 personnel at, 19, 78, 221 portraits of Bannister, 153, 158, 159, Cowell, Joseph, 51, 114 160 Cowley, Hannah, 9, 153 portraits of Emery, 177 Cribb, W., 216 portraits of Fawcett, 191 The Critic, 8, 145, 147, 152 portraits of Liston, 63, 78, 118 Critical Essays on Performers of the London portraits of Munden, 55, 57, 107, 111, Theatres, 36, 41, 154 214 Crowding to the Pit,31 portraits of Quick, 215 Cruikshank, George representation of actors, 5, 19, 23, 100, 115, about, 92 219 as an actor, 25 studio-based technique, 20 caricature and theatre, 96, 97 Dean and Munday, 203 caricatures, 24, 25–6, 29, 78 Dean, Thomas, 178, 203 illustrations for Dickens, 82 degradation, 80, 94, 97–8 portraits of actors, 26 Derby pottery, 88 portraits of Grimaldi, 104 The Devil Upon Two Sticks,15 portraits of Liston, 78, 82, 86 Dibdin, Charles, 146, 181, 182 portraits of Mathews, 26, 225, 227 Dibdin, Thomas, 37, 52, 155 portraits of Munden, 55, 57 Dickens, Charles, 6, 25, 77, 82, 104, 105, satire, 78, 80 131 Cruikshank, Isaac, 26, 111 Diderot, Denis, 238 Cruikshank, Robert Dighton, Richard, 19, 71, 227 caricatures, 5, 24, 25, 26, 105 Dighton, Robert, 19, 55 portraits of actors, 26 Dissertation on Comedy, 243 portraits of Kean, 26 Distraining for Rent, 128 portraits of Liston, 64, 65, 70, 71, 80, 81, 84, Le Docteur MalgréLui,35 102, 104, 105 Dodd, James William, 7, 15, 61, 218 portraits of Mathews, 26, 225, 226 Doggett, Thomas, 5, 34, 35 satire, 80 Dowton, William, 7, 18, 39, 57 sketch by, 121 Doyle, John, 73, 86 Cubitt, Marie, 113 Dr Syntax, 185 Cumberland’s British Theatre, 19, 23, 26, 64, Drama, 125, 207 65, 70, 71, 72, 217 Dramatic Memoirs, 184

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dramatists Davy, 178 dependence on actors, 37, 38–9, 52, 98–9 Dogberry, 171 female, 9 Farmer Ashﬁeld, 165 Drummond, Harry, 78 Fixture, 165, 166 Drury Lane Theatre Frank Oatland, 165 about, 4 Giles, 165, 166, 167 actors engaged by, 48, 61, 114, 120, 136, 145, John Lump, 189, 190, 191 150, 153, 195 Lockett, 167 paintings of performers, 14, 162 Pan, 167 performances, 49, 57, 65, 114 Sam Sharpset, 165 personnel at, 26, 214, 217 Stephen Harrowby, 78, 165 Dublin, 195 Tyke, 165, 166, 168–76 The Duel Scene from Twelfth Night,15 Zekiel Homespun, 165 Duke of Clarence, 26, 81 compared with Hogarth, 175 Duncombe, John (publisher), 26, 203, 227 compared with Siddons, 173, 177 Dupont, Gainsborough, 18, 214 compared with Wilkie, 125, 132, 133, 136, 165, 166, 167, 168, 175, 180 Edinburgh Evening Courant,63 Daniel on, 172 Edwards, Mrs, 7 Hazlitt on, 168, 171, 172, 173–5, 176 Edwin, John Holcroft on, 170 about, 48, 139–44, 153, 238 in prints and portraits, 78, 83, 119, 179, acting style, 63, 136 189–91 acting technique, 5 Lamb on, 41, 172 characters Leigh Hunt on, 166, 168, 169–70, 171, 172, Gregory Gubbins, 144 173 Lingo, 63, 141, 142, 143, 144 Northcote on, 173–4 Peeping Tom, 218 Oxberry on, 172 Sheepface, 160 portraits by De Wilde, 177–8 Trudge, 69, 144 portraits by Stothard, 178 compared with Liston, 142 Robson on, 170, 171 costume, 143 Talfourd on, 41, 168, 176 criticism of, 143–4 English Opera House, 196 in prints and portraits, 63 English Review, 145, 146, 147 Robson on, 176–7 engravers wigs, 100, 143, 195 Clint, 227 Egan, Pierce, 6, 77, 177, 202 Dean, 178 An Election Entertainment,53 Hervieu, 224 El´ements de physiologie, 238 Hodges, 142 Elements of Dramatic Criticism,35 Lupton, 116, 118, 119 Elliston, Robert William, 19, 42 Meyer, 112, 233, 244 Elmer, William, 180 Norton, 227 Emery, John Smith, 185 as artist, 5, 165, 166, 189 engravings caricature, 177–9, 189–91 Bannister, collected by, 189 characterization, 6, 37, 100, 120, 192 demand for, 22 characters of Bannister, 185 Andrew, 119, 190 of De Wilde, 55 Barnadine, 171–2 of Edwin, 142 Caliban, 171, 173, 174, 175 of Emery, 177, 178 Dan, 177, 178 of Emery drawings, 189 Dan, 165 of Liston, 119 Dandie Dinmont, 167 of Mathews, 217, 224, 226–7, 228, 233, Dandie Dinmont, 165 244

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ensemble acting, 4 Catalogue, 113, 119, 160, 214, 231, Errington, Lindsay, 129, 132 235 Essay on Comic Painting,32 Garrick with Burton and Palmer in ‘The Essays of Elia, 221 Alchymist,15 Essays on Physiognomy, 33, 134, 238 Garrick, David Essays on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting, about, 6, 34, 138 200 appreciation of, 136 European Magazine, 169, 170 as art collector, 14, 189, 214 Everard, E. C., 238 at Drury Lane Theatre, 145 Every Man in his Humour, 34, 38 characters The Examiner, 36, 66, 74, 117, 120, 132 Abel Drugger, 15, 16, 136, 184 Exchange No Robbery, 67, 100, 105 Richard III, 11 The Exile,78 Sir John Brute, 15, 16 expression in painting, 16 imitations of Le Brun, 134, 184 in prints, portraits and objects, 16, 90 Falk, Bernard, 162 inﬂuence, 11, 152, 184 Falstaff Examining his Recruits,11 plays by, 34, 114, 146 farce portraits by Hogarth, 11 acting style, 32–3, 37, 41 portraits by Wilson, 14 comic roles in, 3, 137, 196, 234 portraits by Zoffany, 14–15, 142 compared with comedy, 35 use of art for promotion, 14, 22 paintings of, 27, 73 Gattie, Henry, 41, 210 plays, 112, 209 Gay, John, 11 Farington, Joseph, 186 Gear, John William, 65, 101 Farley, Charles, 50, 90, 112, 189 Genest, John, 51, 59 Farquhar, George, 34, 145 genre painting, 5, 23, 127, 128, 130, 131, 133, Farren, Elizabeth, 8 134, 175 Farren, William, 7, 112, 115, 116, 121 Gentleman’s Magazine, 118, 120, 181 Faucit, John Savill, 165 George IV, King of Great Britain, 26–7, 65 Fawcett, John gesture in painting, 16, 101 about, 7, 112 The Ghost,15 characters Gibbs, Maria, 8 Job Thornberry, 191 Gilliland, Thomas, 50, 145, 150, 151, 155, 157, Ralph, 113 166, 189 Servitz, 78 Gillray, James in prints and portraits, 78, 216 about, 24, 25, 92, 148, 191, 238 portraits by De Wilde, 18 caricatures by, 25, 26, 27, 148, 238 Fielding, Henry, 8, 35, 39, 78 compared with Liston, 67 The First Floor, 158 compared with Munden, 54 Fitzgerald, Percy, 90, 120 subjects, 96 Fitzherbert, Maria, 27 Glover, Julia, 8, 115 Foote, Maria, 90 Glover, Phyllis, 115 Foote, Samuel, 15, 39, 156, 196, 238 Godwin, William, 42 Fox, Charles, 27, 153 Goldsmith, Oliver, 135 Frankenstein,92 Gombrich, E. H., 96 Fraser’s Magazine,98 Goodall, Jane, 33, 212, 213, 242, 243 Fuseli, Henry, 49, 100 A Great Actor (not Liston) In The PopularFarce of ‘Twould Puzzle a Conjuror’,27 Gainsborough, Thomas, 186 Grego, Joseph, 148 Gardiner, Charles John, Earl of Blessington, Grimaldi, Joseph, 90, 100, 104, 127, 128 218 Grose, Francis, 32 Garrick Club AGroupofportraitsofMrMathews,inprivate, art collection, 5, 109, 181, 195, 220 and in various characters, 19, 230

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Guy Mannering, 165, 167 Henry VIII,19 Gwynne, Nell, 215 Hervieu, August, 224 Hewlett, James, 211 Hackett, James H., 210 Highﬁll, Philip, 22, 23 Haines,Jo,5,78 Hill, Benson Earle, 170 Hanging the Head, 235 Hill, John, 4 Harlequin and the Magic Rose,90 Hill, Thomas, 17 Harley, John, 7, 101, 115 Hills, Robert, 186 Harlow, George Hit or Miss, 17, 18, 78, 201 about, 5, 19 Hoare, Prince, 7, 112, 114, 153 Mathews’s patronage of, 195, 223, 231 Hodges,C.H.,142 paintings by, 19, 115, 207, 208 Hodgson, Thomas (publisher), 26 portrait of Mathews, 229, 230–7, 244 Hogarth Harris, Henry, 19, 78 in portraits, 177 Harris, Thomas, 214 Hogarth, William Hawkins, William, 145 about, 11–14, 16 Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 20, 133 admiration of, 53, 94–6 Haymarket Theatre Analysis of Beauty, 12, 32, 94, 243 about, 4 and caricature, 12, 21, 24, 53, 94, 97 actors engaged by, 48, 61, 90, 91, 139, 144, and comic acting, 5, 11–12, 32, 94, 98, 125 145, 153, 195, 196 and comic painting, 11–12, 21, 24, 243 performances, 61, 75, 83, 117, 161 and Reynolds, 13, 20, 21 Hazlitt, William and Rowlandson, 163 about, 138, 144 and the ‘ideal’, 13–14, 34 criticism, 53, 109 compared with Liston, 61, 121 infatuation with Sarah Walker, 73–7 compared with Mathews, 125, 231–2 lampooned in Billy Lackaday, 73–7 compared with Mattocks, 59–60 on acting, 4, 10, 53, 218 compared with Munden, 51, 53, 60, 121 on Bannister, 156 compared with Wilkie, 21–2, 126, 135 on Cockneys, 68–9, 77 criticism of, 21, 96 on Emery, 41, 167, 168, 169, 174–6 Hazlitt on, 21–2, 96 on Gillray, 25 impact on critical discourse, 10 on Hogarth, 10, 11, 12–14, 21–2, 95, 96, 130, Lamb on, 53, 95 175 on portraiture, 241 on Liston, 71, 72, 94–5 paintings by, 29, 218, 219, 238 on Mathews, 201, 204, 206, 210, 220, 239 Holcroft, Thomas, 7, 48, 60, 170 on Munden, 49–50, 53, 56–7, 94, 115 The Home Circuit or Cockney Gleanings, 220 on painting, 239 Hood’s Magazine,97 on performance, 53 Hook, Theodore, 67, 105, 195, 197, 199, 202 on Reynolds, 20 Hoppner, John, 187 on Siddons, 174 Hopwood, James, the younger, 57 on Suett, 6 Horace, 32 on the comic, 38–9, 42, 43, 47 Hudson, Thomas, 217 on tragedy, 174, 175 Hume, David, 173 on Wilkie, 21–2, 129–30, 175 Humphrey, George, 225, 226 He’s Not A-Miss, 100 Hunt, Leigh. See Leigh Hunt, James Hearne, Thomas, 181 The Hypocrite,65 Heath, James, 185, 186 Heath, William, 87 the ‘ideal’ compared with comedy and The Heir at Law, 7, 165 caricature, 95–6 The Heiress, 147, 153 the ‘ideal’ compared with the vulgar, 12, 20 Henderson, William, 162 Illustrated London News,62 Henry IV Part II,11 The Illustrious Stranger, 68, 72

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The Image of the Actor,32 Klepac,Richard,212 imitation in acting, 96, 134, 138, 153, 164, 167, Knight, Edward, 50, 113, 115 174, 175, 184, 195, 201, 204, 212, 221, Knight, Thomas, 15 228, 238–44 Kotzebue, August von, 155 impersonation, female, 15 Kris, Ernst, 96, 97 impersonation, male, 7, 8 Kunzle, David, 140 Inchbald, Elizabeth, 9 Incledon, Benjamin Charles, 78, 201, 221 Lamb, Charles Ingrey and Madeley, 65 about, 4, 42, 109, 221 Inkle and Yarico, 68, 69, 77, 144 as a comic actor, 54–5 Introductory Overture, 226 on acting, 38, 39–41, 48, 53, 54, 56 Invitations, 225 on Bannister, 39, 40 Irving, Edward, 65 on Emery, 41, 172 on Hogarth, 10, 11, 12–13, 51, 53, 121, 218 Jackson, John, 109 on Liston, 54, 95, 121 Jameson, J. H., 26 on Mathews’s Gallery, 218–19, 220 Jerrold, Douglas, 90, 128 on Munden, 41, 50–5, 94, 95, 107, 115, 121 John Bull, 76, 156, 165, 178, 191 on Parsons, 218 John Wilks Chamberlain of London, Lamb, Mary, 49, 52 227 Lambert, E. F., 224 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 54, 133, 187 Lane, Theodore, 31, 103 Johnston, D. C., 223 The Laughing Audience,29 Johnston, Mrs. H., 78 Laurie and Whittle, 25 Johnstone, John Henry ‘Irish’, 189 Lavater, Johann Kaspar, 9, 33, 134, 184, 238, Jones, Richard, 112 241, 243 Jones, Thomas, 225 Lawrence, Thomas, 19, 95, 186, 217, 218, 241 Jonson, Ben, 15, 34, 136, 217 Le Brun, Charles, 9, 11, 184 Jordan, Dorothy, 7, 8, 26, 81, 90 Lecture on Mimicry, 238 Lectures on the English Comic Writers, 12, 38 Kean, Edmund, 3, 19, 26, 90, 115, 174, 202 Lee, Sophia, 61 Keats, John, 68 Leigh Hunt Keeley, Robert, 7, 95 on Mattocks, 60, 137 Kelly, Michael, 153, 155, 158, 185 Leigh Hunt, James Kemble family, 19, 115 Cockney School, 68 Kemble, Charles, 27, 216, 230 critical writing, 36, 55 Kemble, John Philip on acting, 38, 39, 41, 42, 47, 53, 98–9, 169, about, 3, 189 242 acting style, 95, 174, 177, 201 on Bannister, 40, 152, 154 as art collector, 214 on dramatists, 37 in prints, portraits and ceramics, 27, 90, 189, on Emery, 41, 42, 166, 168, 171, 172, 173 217, 221, 230 on Liston, 68, 107–9 on Edwin, 143 on Mathews, 107–8, 138 Penruddock, 221 on Mathews’s Gallery, 219, 220 Kenney, James, 7, 67, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, on Munden, 49–50, 51–2, 53 119, 201 on Pope, 136, 137–8 Kenney, Louisa, 75 on Smirke, 137 Keys, Samuel, 88 on Suett, 6 Killing No Murder, 67, 199, 202, 233, 234 on Wilkie, 137 Killing No Murder as Performing at the Great Leith Races, 189 National Theatre,29 Lely, Sir Peter, 215 The King At Home, or Mathews at Carlton Leslie, C. R., 187, 188 House, 227 Lewes, G. H., 95 King, Thomas, 6, 15, 16, 139, 219, 221 Lewis, William, 4, 7, 197, 200, 219

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Liber Amoris, 73–7 in portraits, 5, 17, 19, 27, 63, 101–4, 109–11, Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph, 138 118, 121, 127, 129–31, 134 Life in London, 77, 202 in prints, 63–7, 78–93, 101, 103, 119 The Light Cigar, 101 Lamb on, 50, 53, 54 Limbird, John, 221 Oxberry on, 63 Lisle, J., 84 wigs, 39, 100, 120 Liston and the Lambkins or the Citizens Dinner Liston, Sarah (nee)´ Tyrer, 61, 78 Party (Liston and the Lambkins or the Liston’s Dream, 80, 81, 101 Citizen’s Treat), 102, 104 Litchﬁeld, John, 146 Liston, John Literary Gazette, 112, 117, 121 about, 61–77, 94–8 Literary Speculum, 127 acting style, 47, 48, 53 Lives of the Poets,54 and Clint, 19, 120 Lock and Key, 19, 112, 114, 120 and De Wilde, 17 London Magazine, 54, 62, 71, 74, 168, 201, 204, and Dighton, 19 218 and Wilkie, 128 A Long Minuet as Danced at Bath, 140, 186 appearance, 63, 72, 73, 107, 118 Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques de, 183 Boaden on, 60 Love for Love, 39, 145, 150, 153 caricature, 6, 27, 62–3, 67, 77, 78–81, 94–8, Love in a Village,15 103, 111, 121 Love, Law and Physic, 19, 67, 68, 118, 120, 190, characterization, 6 201 characters Lovers’ Vows, 214 Adam Brock, 121 Lupton, Thomas, 116, 118, 119 Apollo Belvi, 67 Billy Lackaday, 67, 73–7 Macbeth, 100 Bowbell, 68 Macklin, Charles, 60, 214 Caper, 61, 67 Maclean, Thomas, 31, 63, 65, 71, 73, 87 Fogrun, 67 Macready, William, 17, 90 Jacob Gawkey, 17, 61 Madeley, George E., 63, 70, 75, 77 Lord Grizzle, 39, 61, 64, 78 Magazin de Modes,86 Lubin Log, 19, 67, 68, 70–2, 73, 77, Mail Coach Adventures, 233 119 make-up in comedy, 34 Maw-worm, 63, 64, 65, 67, 97 The Man of the World,60 Mug, 67, 68, 69, 70 The Manager’s Notebook, 166 Neddy Bray, 67 Manchester, 153 Paul Pry, 73, 77, 81, 82–93, 101, 111, 115, Mansﬁeld, William Murray, 161 117 Marriage alaMode` ,12 Sam Swipes, 67, 100, 105 Martineau, Harriet, 62 Sheepface, 61 Mathew-orama for 1825 or My Memorandum Trudge, 68, 69, 77 Book, 225 Van Dunder, 27 The Mathew-orama for 1824, 225 Colman on, 144 The Mathew-orama for 1827 or Cockney compared with Edwin, 142 Gleanings, 225 compared with Hogarth, 60, 61 Mathews, Ann compared with Munden, 61, 62, 94 business assistance to Mathews, 205, 216, costume, 71–2, 73, 75, 101, 117, 120 217, 223 criticism of, 62–3 on Mathews’s acting style, 133, 196, 207, 234 facial appearance, 47, 61, 62, 64, 73, 81, 94, on Mathews’s Gallery, 219 95, 108, 120 on Mathews’s technique, 133, 212, 232 hairstyles, 100, 120 on paintings, 125 Hazlitt on, 39, 42, 47 on pirated copies of At Homes, 203 in objects, 3, 82, 90, 92, 101, 108 Mathews, Charles

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Mr. Wiggins, 233 A New f arse as Recently Performed at Covent Munden, Joseph Garden,78 about, 42, 48–60 New Monthly Magazine, 68, 92, 110, 112, 117, and caricature, 6, 53, 57, 58, 94–6, 107, 114, 166, 219 115, 121 ANewWaytoPayOldDebts, 20, 115 appearance, 50, 51, 53, 60 The News,36 as art collector, 5 Nine Portraits forming A Series Of Characters, characters Illustrative Of Mathews, 227 Cockletop, 50, 52 Northcote, James, 138, 144, 173, 174, 238 Dozey, 52 Norton, Edward, 227 Kit Sly, 57 Marall, 115 O’Hara, Kane, 8, 78, 167 Old Brummagem, 112, 113, 114 O’Keeffe, John, 8, 50, 54, 139, 141, 144 Old Dornton, 48 O’Quinn, Danny, 140 Old Rapid, 48 Observer, 244 Sir Francis Gripe, 48, 55, 57, 58 Of Age Tomorrow, 155 Verdun, 214 The Old Actors, 218 Witch, 100 The Old Curiosity Shop, 105 compared with Hogarth, 51, 53, 54, 60 the old playgoer. See Robson, William compared with Liston, 61, 94–5 TheOldPriceRiots,29 compared with Mattocks, 59, 60 The Olio, or Museum of Entertainment, 121 compared with Wilkie, 132 Oliver Twist,82 costume, 100, 114 Olympic Theatre, 61, 90 facial expressions, 41, 47, 48, 49–51, 53, 54, On Actors and Acting, 218 107 On Some of the Old Actors, 218 Hazlitt on, 47, 49–50, 53, 56–7, 95 On the Acting of Munden, 50, 94 in prints and portraits, 19, 55, 106, 107, 111, On the Works of Hogarth, 130 114, 115, 127, 214, 219 On Vulgarity and Affectation, 173 Lamb on, 41, 48, 50–8, 94–5 On Wilkie’s Pictures, 129 Leigh Hunt on, 37, 49, 50, 51–2, 53 opera, 11 make-up, 100 Opera Glass, 100 portraits by Clint, 19, 55, 114, 115 Opie, John, 214 portraits by Cruikshank, 55, 57, 58 OpossumupaGumTree, 211, 228 portraits by De Wilde, 55, 57 The Oppidan’s Museum, 105 portraits by Dighton, 55 Orger, Mary Ann, 113 portraits by Smirke, 55 originality portraits by Wageman, 57 Bannister, 10 portraits by Zoffany, 55 Emery, 168, 169, 175 Talfourd on, 48, 51, 53, 56 Hogarth, 13, 175 wigs, 100, 114 in acting, 4, 9, 23 Munden, T. S., 57 Mathews, 202, 231, 240 Murphy, Arthur, 35, 153, 155, 161 Munden, 115 Music Mad, 202 Parsons, 10 My Grandmother, 7, 221 Wilkie, 131 Orser, Miss, 161 Napoleonic wars, 126, 191, 202 Oxberry, William, 18, 63, 67, 157, 167, 172, National Gallery, 220 189, 240 nature Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography, 23, 54, 59, 67, basis for comedy, 34, 35, 157 115 compared with caricature Oxberry’s New English Drama, 57, 67 in acting, 47–8, 58, 67 in painting, 12–13, 20–2 Paine, Henry Gallup, 240 Neeles, Samuel John, 109, 111 painting used in the theatre, 19

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about, 42, 61, 65, 128, 230, 231, 232 make-up, 100, 196 accusations of racism, 211–12 Mathews’s Gallery of Theatrical Portraits, acting style, 33, 133, 229, 232 108, 214–23, 230 and Lavater, 9, 33, 134, 238, 241, 243 mimicry, 125, 195, 196, 201, 218, 223, 230, appearance, 107, 196, 197, 200–1, 210, 229, 231, 232, 238–42, 243, 244 232, 245 versus imitation, 10, 196, 238–44 as art collector, 5, 17–18, 113, 114, 195, observation, 132, 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 245 214–20, 221, 229, 231, 244 paintings commissioned by, 118, 229 At Home portraits by Clint, 118–21 about, 15, 19, 26, 55, 128, 131, 133, portraits by Cruikshank, 26, 78 195–213, 218, 220–7, 232, 233, 238, portraits by De Wilde, 17 239, 240, 244, 245 portraits by Harlow, 230–5 caricatures and paintings of, 19, 26, 221, Mathews, Charles, the Younger, 91, 214 223, 224, 225, 226, 229 Mathews’ Dream or the Theatrical Gallery, 220 prints of, 224–8, 244 Mathews’s Gallery of Theatrical Portraits. See caricature, 120, 205, 206, 241, 244 under Mathews, Charles characterization, 6, 195, 196–202, 204–6, Mattocks, Isabella, 6, 8, 59–60, 137 225–6, 229, 242, 244, 245 The May Queen, 133 characters Mayer, David, 90 Ab Llewelyn ab Llwyd, 204 The Mayor of Garrett, 15, 18, 39 Agamemnon, 211, 225, 226, 228, 229 McPherson, Heather, 24, 26 Buskin, 199, 234 Measure for Measure, 171 Curran, 238, 241 Meisel, Martin, 127, 134 Dick Cypher, 17, 78, 201 Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, 207, Drunken Ostler, 233 224 Falstaff, 232 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, 104 Flexible, 119, 120, 201 Memorandum Book, 202 Fond Barney, 233 The Merry Wives of Windsor, 141 John Wilks Chamberlain of London, 227 Meyer, Henry, 112, 233, 244 Jonathan W. Doubikin, 210–11 mezzotints, 19, 22, 84, 116, 118, 161, 244 Monsieur Mallet, 205–8, 210 Midas, 167 Monsieur Morbleu, 209, 210, 217 The Miller’s Maid, 165, 167 Mr Pennyman, 196, 197 Mirror of the Stage, 23, 26, 58, 67, 68 Mr Wiggins, 233, 234 Miss in her Teens,34 old Scotch lady, 198, 204, 205, 223, 227 Mitchell, J., 227 Sir Fretful Plagiary, 18 Modern Antiques, 50, 52 Tinker, 133 Moliere,` 35, 65 compared with Bannister, 154 Moncrieff, Thomas, 90, 206, 209 compared with Cruikshank, 98 Monsieur Mallet, 206–8 compared with Hogarth, 125, 195, 200, 204, Monsieur Tonson, 209 231–2, 237, 241, 244, 245 Monthly Mirror, 17, 23, 155, 166 compared with Mattocks, 60 Moody, Jane, 93, 202 compared with Paganini, 241 Moody, John, 15 compared with Teniers, 205 Moon,BoysandGraves,118 compared with Wilkie, 125, 132–3, 195, 202, Moritz, Charles P., 144 205, 231, 245 Morland, George, 5, 177, 186 costume, 196, 199, 223, 232 Morning Journal,88 creativity, 201–2 Morton, Thomas, 67, 77, 126, 153, 156, 165, in portraits, 17, 18, 26, 101, 111, 120, 207, 168, 191, 192 209, 214, 230–5 Mr Mathews’s Country Cousins, 204 in prints, 26, 78, 103, 203–4, 226–9 Mr. Mathews Studying four of his celebrated Library, 238 characters, 233

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painting, comic style of, 20 Phiz (Hablot K. Browne), 105 painting, idealized style, 20 physiognomy, 23, 32, 33, 72, 81, 95, 105, 134, painting, natural style, 16, 21, 121 184, 200, 226, 237, 244. See also Lavater, painting, relationship with acting. See acting, Johann Kaspar; Le Brun, Charles relationship with painting Pitt, William, 27 paintings, differences from staged plays, Planche,´ J. R., 121 116–17 Plautus, 35 Palmer, John, 15, 221 playwrights. See dramatists pantomime, 11 Pocock, Isaac, 201 Parsons the Comedian, 148 Pointon, Marcia, 235 Parsons, William Poole, John, 27, 82–93, 115 about, 145–7, 186 The Poor Gentleman, 48, 78, 154, 165 acting style, 132, 136, 180 Pope, Jane, 6, 8, 136–8 and caricature, 150 Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of appearance, 150 Remarkable Persons, 238 as painter, 5, 180–2, 191 portraiture characterization, 6 as performance, 236–7 characters as publicity for actors, 14, 17, 22, 216, 223, Alscrip, 147 229, 244 Corbaccio, 145, 146, 153 entrapment of actors by, 98 Davy, 146 of actors’ private personae, 101–5, 109–11 Foresight, 145, 150 theatrical, 106–11, 235–7 Perriwinkle, 145 precedentinacting,4,9,10 Scout, 219 Price, Stephen, 120 Sheepface, 160, 219 Prince Regent, 26, 27, 65 Sir Fretful Plagiary, 145, 147, 148 print shop windows, 24, 29, 31, 84 Smuggler, 145 print shops, 23, 24, 84 Snarl, 159 print trade, 6, 16, 26, 47, 55, 92, 228 criticism, 145–7, 148–51 The Prize, 153 in prints and portraits, 148–51, 159, 161, La Promenade en Famille,26 218, 219 Proteus the 2nd alias Metamorphis ad Libitum technique of acting, 10, 180 or An Old Friend with a New Face., 226 Parsons’ Minor Theatre, 161 The Provok’d Wife, 15, 16 Pasquin, Anthony, 158 Pry at Widow Coutts,84 Past Ten o’Clock and a Rainy Night,52 Patmore, P. G., 126, 133, 219–20, 230, 233, 244, Quarterly Review, 243 245 Queen’s Bazaar, 220 Paul Pry, 19, 47, 61, 63, 83, 84, 90, 92, 110, 115, Quick, John, 6, 23, 48, 152, 195, 214, 215, 219 118, 119 Quinn, James, 90 Paul Pry among the Bankers,84 Paul Pry and Polhill’s Committee,85 Raimbach, Abraham, 129 Paul Pry’s Budget of Harmony,89 Raising the Wind,7 Paul Pry’s Extrachan-ary Peep Into Piccadillo,84 The Rake’s Progress, 12, 53 Paul Pry’s Last Acquaintance,86 Raphael, 174, 177 Paul Pry on Horseback,90 Raymond, James Grant, 26, 214 Paul Pry’s Peep into Chancery,85 The Reading of a Will, 128 Paul Pry’s Singing Party, 101 Recollections of Writers,52 Paulson, Ronald, 163 Rees, David, 91 Peake, Richard Brindsley, 69 Reeve, John, 90 Peeping Tom, 218 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 184 Perry, Gill, 8, 9 The Rent Day (painting), 127, 128 personae and portraits, 98–105 The Rent Day (play), 128 Phillips, Michael Clint, 114 Restoration Drama, 8

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The Review,7 satire The Review or Wags of Windsor, 189 graphic, 23, 24, 68, 84, 85, 86 Reynolds, Frederick, 37, 78, 143 stage, 67, 68, 75, 212, 240, 245 Reynolds, Sir Joshua Scanlan, Robert R., 111, 226, 227, 228, 229 art theory, 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 163, 236, 238 Scarlett, James, 88 as painter, 20, 95, 187, 236 Scene from Paul Pry, 84, 110, 115, 117 compared with Mathews, 241 The School for Scandal, 137, 139 inﬂuence on Mathews, 238 School of Garrick, 10, 136, 147, 153, 158 Rhodes, W. B., 8 The School of Reform, 165, 168 Richardson, Jonathan, 241 Scott, Sir Walter, 61, 167, 217, 241, 243 The Rivals,3,6,8 Scratch, Annabel, 144, 148, 158, 159 Roach, Joseph, 26, 138 Seymour, Robert,27 Road to Ruin,7,48 Shakespeare, William, 3, 8, 61, 80, 81, 171, 172, Roberts, David, 221, 222 177, 211, 218 Robinson, Henry Crabb, 42, 197 She Stoops to Conquer,3,6,8,35 Robson, William Shelley, Mary, 92 on Bannister, 156, 188 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 6, 8, 137, 147, 152 on Davenport, 8 AShipBuilder’sYard, 189 on Edwin, 141 Shuter, Ned, 6, 15, 35, 78, 139 on Emery, 41, 167, 170, 171, 172, 176–7 Siddons, Sarah, 3, 19, 26, 27, 156, 173, 174, on Liston, 62 177, 230 on Mathews, 201 Simon, Robin, 14 on Munden, 51, 59, 100 skills of actors, 5 Rockingham pottery, 88 The Slave, 67, 165 Rogers, Samuel, 186, 187 Smirke, Robert, 55, 137 A Roland for an Oliver, 165 Smith, John Raphael, 185 roles, 3 Snug in the Gallery,31 Romeo and Juliet., 8, 14, 200 Society of Artists, 6, 14, 17, 181 Rose and Crown (public house), 166 Some Account of the English Stage, 59 Rowe, Nicholas, 80 Sotheby’s, 238 Rowlandson, Thomas Spagnoletto, Lo (Jose´ de Ribera), 177 about, 5, 25, 161, 163, 164 Spectacular Flirtations,8 caricature, 24, 54, 67, 189 Speculation, 216, 219 compared with Liston, 67 Speed the Plough, 165 compared with Munden, 54 Staffordshire pottery, 88 friendship with Bannister, 5, 25, 183, 185 Staging Governance, 140 portraits of Bannister, 161, 162, 183, 185 Stanwell, Mrs, 18 portraits of Munden, 107 Stephens, Catherine, 19, 78 Royal Academy stereotyping of comic actors, 33, 244 art school, 5, 17, 152, 158, 183, 185 Sterne, Laurence, 187 catalogue, 207 Stories, 223 Clint, George, association with, 112 Stothard, Thomas, 178 exhibitions Suett, Richard, 6, 100, 143, 218, 221 Clint in, 110, 112, 115, 118, 120, 186, 216 Sun newspaper, 216 De Wilde in, 17, 18, 160, 177 Sunday Times, 232 Emery in, 5, 189 Swansea, 195 Harlow in, 19, 230 Sweethearts and Wives, 68, 73–7 ideology of, 34, 163 Sylvester Daggerwood, 153, 159 Reynolds, Joshua, as 1st President, 20 song about in Mathews’s ‘At Home’, 220 Table Talk, 68, 77 Rubens, Peter Paul, 184 ATaleofMystery,60 Russell, John, 158 Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 41, 48, 51, 53, 56, Russell, Samuel, 39 115, 168, 176

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Tandem, 189 Victoria and Albert Museum’s Theatre Tartuffe,65 Collection, 115 Tayleure, John, 217 A View of the English Stage,57 Taylor, John, 216 The Village Festival. SeeTheVillageHoliday Taylor, Tom, 188 The Village Holiday, 5, 128, 132 Teniers, David, the younger, 127, 130, 205 The Village Lawyer, 61, 159, 160, 219 Tent of Darius,11 The Village Politicians, 127, 133 Terence, 35 Vlock, Deborah, 82 Terry, Daniel, 18, 165, 217 Volpone, 145, 153 theatre audiences in caricature, 29–31 the vulgar compared with the ‘ideal’ in art, Theatre, Dramatic and Literary Mirror, 125, 175 12–14, 20, 127 Theatrical Biography, 150 Theatrical Caricatures,87 Wageman, Thomas, 5, 19, 57, 58, 64, 67, 100, theatrical conversation piece, 24 158, 209 Theatrical Faux Pas,78 Waldie, John, 70 Theatrical Inquisitor, 16, 17, 80, 166 Walker, Sarah, 73, 75 The Theatrical Mendicants relieved,27 Wallack, James, 206, 207 Theatrical Observer, 66, 68 Walpole, Horace, 15 Theatrical Pleasures,31 Ward, James, 109 Theatrical Recorder, 170 Webb, Lydia, 7 The Theatrical Tourist, 217 Webster, B. N., 62 theatricality and absorption, 136–8 Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 87, 88 Thespian Dictionary, 182 Wendorf, Richard, 236 Thornwaite, J., 55 West, Shearer, 32, 33, 34, 94, 243, 244 The Times, 74, 75, 198, 239 West, William (publisher), 26 timing in painting, 15, 16 Weston, Thomas, 6, 138 Toby Jugs, 88 Weymouth, 153 Tom Thumb, 8, 39, 61, 78 Wheatley, Francis, 15 Toole, J. L., 91 Whitehaven Gazette, 200 tragic compared with comic. See comic Whittle, James, 25, 26 compared with tragic Who Wins, 61, 67 Travels in Air, on Earth and Water, 196 Who’s the Dupe?, 153 Treadwell, Penelope, 14, 15, 16 wigs, 100 A Trip to America, 203, 205, 206, 210, 211, 225, Wild, George, 90 226 Wilkes, Thomas, 34, 35 ATriptoParis, 198, 203, 204, 205, 223 Wilkie, Helen, 187 Tristram Shandy, 187 Wilkie, Sir David Triumph of God’s Revenge Against Murther, about, 21–2, 24, 125–35, 186 238 and comic acting, 5, 126–8, 132, 180, 191, Tromans, Nicholas, 125, 126, 127, 131, 133 192 Turmeau, John, 217 as a comic painter, 126–7 Twiss, Horace, 245 association with the stage, 128–9 Two Gentlemen of Verona,34 caricature, 125, 126 ’Twould Puzzle a Conjuror,27 compared with Emery, 166, 167, 168 Tyrer, Sarah (Mrs John Liston), 61, 78 compared with Hogarth, 21–2, 125, 126, 129–30, 135 Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman, 187 compared with Mathews, 132, 133, 200, 231 creating facial expressions, 126, 131, 200 Vanbrugh, John, 15 observation, 10, 133, 231 Varley, John, 189 Wilkinson, Tate, 100, 139, 200 Vaughan, William, 95, 128, 133 William IV, King of Great Britain, 81 A Very Impertinent Question,87 Williams, Mr, 115, 116 Vestris, Eliza, 8, 61, 90, 115, 117 Wilson, Benjamin, 14

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Wilson, Richard (actor), 48 XYZ,67 Wilson, Richard (artist), 181 Winston, James, 216 York Herald,89 Winter, Johnny, 100 York Theatre Royal, 139, 165, 195 Wofﬁngton, Peg, 219 Young, Charles, 19 women actors, 7–9 The Youthful Days of Mr Mathews, 204, 223 Won’t you come, Mr Mug?,70 Wood, Alderman, 87 Ziter, Edward, 208, 212, 213, 223, 225, 226, Wood,Enoch,88 234, 236, 237 Woods, Leigh, 136 Zoffany, Johan Woollett, William, 181 about, 14–16, 159 Woolnoth, Thomas, 19 compared with Clint, 20 Worcester pottery, 88 paintings of performances, 112, 114, 115, Wordsworth, William, 173 121, 216, 219 Wouvermans, Philips, 184 portraits of actors, 5, 142 Wright, Edward, 91 portraits of Munden, 55