A Compendious Account of the Lives and Writings of upwrds of 800 British and American Writers from the Year 1600 to the Year 1904. Reprint of the 1904 edition published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.

A Dictionary of English Authors, Biographical and Bibliographical, Being a Compendious Account of the Lives and Writings of Upwards of 800 British ... From the Year 1400 to the Present Time

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Sharp, R. Farquharson

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1909. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... index. Aberdeen, earliest theatres in, 308; Marischal Street Theatre, 308,309; HisMajesty'sTheatre, 309 Aberdeen Circuit, 309 Abington, Frances, at Dublin, 314; in London, 87, 94 Acis and Galatea, 68 Actor's Remonstrance, The, 31, 32 Actors, the clergy the earliest, 1-2; members of guilds as, 2-7; become a separate class, 11; earliest amateur, 12; boys as, 12, 19, 20, 26; conflict with clergy, 12; declining status of, 14-15; acts and proclamations respecting, 13, 14, 16, 30, 32; position re-established, 26; conflict with Puritans, 28-33; demeanour during Civil War, 33; Charles ii. grants patents to two companies, 35; rivalry between them, 40; they are amalgamated, 43-47; as public favourites, 45; second patent again granted, 47; as servants of the public, 108; opposition to, in Bristol, 282; in Glasgow, 33 Actresses, earliest on English stage, 35, 39, 40 Addison, Joseph, 57 Adelphi Theatre, earliest clays of, 101, 122, 123; managed by Yates, 123; by Madame Celeste and Webster, 143; by Webster alone, 143-145; the house re-built, 145; managed by Chat-terton, 145; by the brothers Gatti, 240-242; known for a short time as Century Theatre, 242; interior remodelled, 242 Admirable Bashvillt, The, 225 Admirable Crichton, The, 234 After Dark, 155 Aikin, Francis, 304 Ainley, Henry, 208 Alabama, 210, 245 Alabaster Staircase, The, 210, 228 Aladdin, 257 Albeniz, Isaac, 269 Albery, James, 217, 245 Albion Theatre, 252 Aldwych Theatre, 274 Alexander, George, at Lyceum, I7Ii 173, 206; manager of Avenue, 159, 228, 229; of St. James's, 206-208 Alexander, J. H., manager of Glasgow Dunlop Street theatre, 304-306; his feud with Seymour, manager of Caledonian Theatre, 35 Alexandra Theatre, 253 Alice in Wonderland, 231, 246, 264 Alice Sit-by-the-Fire, 183, 234 All Abroad, 272 Alleyn, E...

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