LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER, AND CO., 65. CORNHILL.

1848.

LENOX LIBRARA

NEW YORK

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER VI.

Great Queen Street. - Former fashionable Houses there. — Lewis

and Miss Pope, the Comedians. — Martin Folkes. Sir Godfrey

Kneller and his Vanity. Dr. Radcliffe. Lord Herbert of

Cherbury. — Nuisance of Whetstone Park. - The Three Dukes

and the Beadle. Rogues and Vagabonds in the Time of

Charles II. - Former Theatres in Vere Street and Portugal

Street. — First Appearance of Actresses. — Infamous Deception of

one of them by the Earl of Oxford. - Appearance of an avowed

Impostor on the Stage. — Anecdotes of the Wits and fine Ladies

of the Time of Charles, connected with the Theatre in this Quarter.

- Kynaston, Betterton, Nokes, Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Mountford, and

other Performers. Rich. Joe Miller.

Carey Street and

Mrs. Chapone. Clare Market. — History, and Specimens, of

Orator Henley. – Duke Street and Little Wild Street. Anec-

dotes of Dr. Franklin's Residence in those Streets while a Journey-

man Printer

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CHAPTER VII.

DRURY LANE, AND THE TWO THEATRES IN DRURY LANE AND

COVENT GARDEN.

Craven House. - Donne and his Vision. - Lord Craven and the

Queen of Bohemia. – Nell Gwynn. - Drury Lane Theatre.

Its Antiquity, different Eras, and Rebuildings. The principal

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Theatre of Dryden, Wycherly, Farquhar, Steele, Garrick, and

Sheridan. – Old Drury in the time of Charles II. - A Visit to

it. — Pepys and his Theatrical Gossip, with Notes. – Hart and

Mohun. Goodman. – Nell Gwynn. · Dramatic Taste of that

Age. Booth. - Artificial Tragedy. Wilks and Cibber.

Bullock and Penkethman. A Colonel enamoured of Cibber's

Wig. – Mrs. Oldfield. Her singular Position in Society.

Not the Flavia of the Tatler. — Pope's Account of her last Words

probably not true. Declamatory Acting. Lively Account of

Garrick and Quin by Mr. Cumberland. Improvement of Stage

Costume. King. — Mrs. Pritchard. — Mrs. Clive. – Mrs. Wof-

fington. Covent Garden. Barry. Contradictory Characters

of him by Davies and Churchill. Macklin. Woodward.

Pantomime. English Taste in Music. Cooke. Rise of

Actors and Actresses in Social Rank. - Improvement of the

Audience. Dr, Johnson at the Theatre. Churchill a great Pit

Critic. His Rosciad. His Picture of Mossop. - Mrs. Jordan

and Mr. Suett. Early Recollections of a Play-goer Page 45

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CHAPTER VIII.

COVENT GARDEN CONTINUED AND LEICESTER SQUARE.

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Bow Street once the Bond Street of London. Fashions at that

Time. Infamous Frolic of Sir Charles Sedley and others.

Wycherly and the Countess of Drogheda. — Tonson the Book-

seller. — Fielding. — Russell Street. - Dryden beaten by hired

Ruffians in Rose Street. - His Presidency at Wills Coffee-House.

Character of that Place. - Addison and Button's Coffee-House.

- Pope, Philips, and Garth. — Armstrong. Boswell's Intro

duction to Johnson. The Hummums. Ghost Story there.

Covent Garden. The Church. Car, Earl of Somerset.

Butler, Southern, Eastcourt, Sir Robert Strange. Macklin.

Curious Dialogue with him when past a Century. - Dr. Walcot.

Covent Garden Market. — Story of Lord Sandwich, Hackman,

and Miss Ray. - Henrietta Street. - Mrs. Clive. - James Street.

- Partridge, the Almanack Maker. Mysterious Lady. — King

Street. Arne and his father. The Four Indian Kings. —

Southampton Row. Maiden Lane. — Voltaire. — Long Acre

and its Mug-Houses. Prior's Resort there. Newport Street.

St. Martin's Lane, and Leicester Square. Sir Joshua Rey-

nolds. — Hogarth.

Sir Isaac Newton

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