London and County Bank, 429
London County Council, 436
Long, Edwin, R.A., 89
Lord Chamberlain’s Department, The, 318–319, 326
_Louis XI._, 84–85, 425, 426;
Irving’s last performance in London, 456–457, 458
Loveday, H. J., 27, 44, 51, 53–54, 61, 73, 96, 120, 144, 161, 173, 218,
407, 428, 444, 456, 458, 459, 461
Low, Seth, 386, 402
Lucas, Seymour, R.A., 72–74
Lupton, Mr. (Ex-Mayor of Bradford), 463
Lyceum Storage, Burning of the, 423–426, 441
Lyceum Theatre, Productions, 45;
Irving’s first season, 39–40, 46–52;
its audience, 46–47, 186;
Hospitalities, 204–217, 343, 432–433;
Irving’s last reception, 212–217;
Enlarged and improved, 431–432;
Cash takings, 431–432
Lyceum Theatre Company, 45, 174, 434–437, 444–446
_Lyons Mail, The_, 86–87, 257, 425, 426, 455
Macartney, Sir Halliday, 50
_Macbeth_, 8, 15, 68–72, 87–88, 122, 425
Macbeth,” “The character of, 399–400, 402, 403, 404
McCullough, John, 57, 339
McDowell, James, 383
McHenry, James, 5, 229, 268
Mackail, Mrs. (Miss Burne-Jones), 290
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander C., 319, 331, 334, 337
Mackenzie, Sir James, 390
Mackenzie, Sir Morell, 334
McKinley, Wm. (President U.S.A.), 385–386
Maclaren, Ian, 248
McMichael, Clayton, 384
Macready, 88, 184;
Relics of, 285, 355
_Madame Sans-Gêne_, 105, 168–173, 371
Mahan, Capt. (U.S. Navy), 208–210
Mahomed Aslam Khan, Lieut.-Colonel Nawab, 215
Mahomet, 231, 317–319
_Mail, The_ (Dublin), 8, 23–25
“Make-up,” 89–90, 175–176, 241
Management:
Responsibility and difficulties, 39–40, 96–97, 120
Public pulse, 120–125
Hazard of, 179
Rain of plays, 325–330
Finance, 39–40, 329, 427–437
Manchester, Art Club, 452
Manchester, Theatre Royal, 55
Manchester, Victoria University of, 27, 69, 399–400
_Manchester Guardian_, 428
_Manfred_, 337
Mansfield, Richard, 229
Marbury, Miss Elizabeth, 174, 177
Marion, W., 409
Marius, 345
Marlow, Young, 4
Marquand, John P., 229
_Marquette_, ss., 419
Marryat, Capt., 194
Marshall, Frank A., 27, 53, 319, 323, 326–328, 329
Marston, Edward, 236
Mathews, Sir Charles W., 182
Mathews, Chas., 181–182
Mathews, Mrs. Chas., 182
Matthews, Frank, 4
Matthews, Mrs. Frank, 4
Matthison, Arthur, 110
Maung On Gaing, 215
Maunsell, Dr., 8
Mayer, M. L., 341
Mead, Tom, 86–87
_Medicine Man, The_, 45, 173
Meherban Ganpatrao Madhavrao Vinchwikar, 215
Meiningen Company, The, 338
Meissonier, J. L. E., 288
_Mephisto_, 328
_Merchant of Venice, The_, 53–55, 180;
as in Shakespeare’s time, 191–192, 370, 425
Merivale, Herman, 120–122, 350
Meysey-Thompson, Sir Henry, 264
Michie, Col. Peter (U.S.A.), 191
Midian Gold Mines, 228
Milburn, Dr. (Chaplain, American Senate), 249
Mimra, Capt., 210
_Minnehaha_, ss., 420–421
Miranda, Count, 352
Montague, H. J., 5
Moreau, Emile, 176–177, 444
_Much Ado about Nothing_, 65–67, 125, 367, 425
Muhamad Faiyaz Ali Khan, Nawab, 215
Mullen, Mr., 226
Müller, Rt. Hon. Frederick Max, 334, 397
Muncacksy, Madame, 334
“Municipal Theatres,” 404
Murray, Dr. A. S., 133–134
Murray, Gaston, 4
Musicians, 331–337
Myers, Frederick, 396
_Nance Oldfield_, 125–127
Napier, Lord, 193
Nast, Thomas, 209
New Haven, _Dante_, 178
_New Way to Pay Old Debts_, 55, 301
New York: _Faust_, 119;
_Dante_, 178
Goethe Society, 403
_New York Tribune_, 189, 400–401
Nihilists, 273–275, 276–278
Nilsson, Christine, 352
_Nineteenth Century, The_, 28–29, 263, 341
Normand, Jacques, 99
Northbrook, Earl of, 260
Northcliff, Lord, 216
Ober-Ammergau Play, 397
_Olivia_, 93, 425
_Othello_, 8, 27, 55–57, 425
Owens College, _see_ Manchester, Victoria University of
Oxford University, An Address at, 397–399
Paderewski, 331–332
Palmer, Edmund Henry, 228
Panglima Kinta, The Datoh, 215
_Paradox of Acting_, 30–31, 255–257
Parke, Dr., 236
Parnell, Chas. Stewart, 260, 263
Partridge, J. Bernard, 298–299
Pauncefort, Mrs., 87
Pearce, Sir William, Bart., 270–275
Pearce, Sir Wm. George, Bart., 270
Penberthy, Capt. Isaac, 65
Penberthy, John, 65–66, 81
Perak, The Sultan of, 215
Perkins, 70
Perry Bar Institute, 403
_Peter the Great_, 173–174
Phelps, S., 240–241
Philadelphia:
_Faust_, 118;
_Dante_, 178
Contemporary Club, 404
_Philip_, 8
Pinero, A. W., 106, 330
Pittsburgh, 203
Plays:
difficulties of obtaining, 325–326;
sources of, 325–326;
bought but not produced, 326–328
Plowden, A. C., 299
Plymouth, 454
Politics in the theatre, 89
Pollock, Walter Herries, 30–31, 256, 329
Polo, Marco, 238
Ponsonby, Sir Henry, 376, 378, 379, 380
Popoff, Admiral (Russian Navy), 273
Porter, H.E. General Horace (U.S.A.), 152
Priestley, Mr. (Mayor of Bradford), 457
Princess’s Theatre, 56, 104
Princeton University, 403
Pritchard, Hesketh, 330
Pritchard, K., 330
Probyn, Genl. Sir Dighton, V.C., 465
_Professor’s Love Story, The_, 329
Pullman, Geo., 404
_Queen Mary_, 8, 97, 128
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee (1887), 211
Queen’s Theatre, 183, 362
Quin Memorial, 454
_Raising the Wind_, 425
Ramaswami Mudaliyar, Sir Savalai, Raja, 214
_Ravenswood_, 120–122, 143, 261, 337, 425, 426
Reade, Chas., 86
“Rede” Lecture, Cambridge, 395
Reform Club, 218
Rejane, 176
Renan, Ernest, 314
Renaud, 331
_Revue Illustrée_, 341
Ricarde-Seaver, Major, 124
_Richard II._, 291–297, 337
_Richard III._, 27, 31, 58, 80–81, 301, 438–440
_Richelieu_, 8, 83–84, 425
Richter, Hans, 333
_Rienzi_, 328
Riley, J. Whitcomb, 313
Ristori, Madame, 348–349
_Rivals, The_, 1–5, 13
Rival towns, 220
_Road to Ruin, The_, 4
_Robert Emmett_, 53, 319, 326–328
_Robert Macaire_, 112, 425
_Robespierre_, 174–176, 444, 445
Robin Hood, 137
Robinson, Dean Armitage, 464
Rogers, Frederick, 276
_Romeo and Juliet_, 55, 59–63
Roosevelt, Theodore (President U.S.A.), 386–388
Root, Elihu (Sec. of State, U.S.A.), 385
Rosebery, Earl of, 389
Rossetti, Wm. Michael, 302
Royal Academy Banquet, 206
Royal College of Music, 112–113, 394
Royal Institution, 159, 390, 391, 394–395, 404, 440
Royce, E. W., 109
Russell, Edward, 228
Russell, Sir Edward R., 16, 466
Russell, Henry, 182
Russia, Alexander II., Czar of, 273–275
Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas of, 273–274
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Old, 240
St. Albans, Duchess of, 236
St. Gaudens, Augustus, 311
St. James’s Company, 1–5
St. James’s Hall, 208
St. James’s Theatre, 113, 182, 183
Sala, George Augustus, 232
Sandringham, 1889, 375–376;
1902, 380–383
Sarcey, Francisque, 99
Sardou, Victorien, 174–175, 176–177, 444
Sargent, John, R.A., 294
_Saviolo_, 329
Saunders, John, 162
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Grand Duke of, 339
Saxe-Meiningen, H.S.H. Grand Duke of, 339–340
Scenery, accidents from falling, 421–422;
cost of, 425–426
Schneider, Mdlle., 352
_School for Scandal, The_, 4
_School of Reform_, 113
_Schuldig_, 329
Scott, Clement, 232, 256, 439
Scott, Sir Walter, 120
Seattle, 219
Seddon, Rt. Hon. Richard, 216
Sedelia Rab, The Datoh, 215
Seymour, Admiral Sir Edward, 454
Shakespeare and Bacon, Tennyson on, 152
“Shakespeare and Bacon,” 403
“Shakespeare and Goethe,” 403
“Shakespeare as a Playwright,” 404
Shakespeare’s Plays, 53–81
Shaw, George F., 22
Sheffield, 457
Sheppard, J. W., 461, 462
_Sherlock Holmes_, 435
_She Stoops to Conquer_, 4
Siam, H.R.H. the Crown Prince of, 215
_Silent Voices, The_, 156–157
Simpson, Palgrave, 350
Sketchley, Arthur, 226
_Skying the Copper_, 241
Smith, Chas. Emory (U.S.A.), 385
Smith, Sir Charles Euan, 331
Smithsonian Institute, 311
_Snake’s Pass, The_, 261
Springfield: _Dante_, 178
Stage,” “The, 403
Stage Art, Philosophy of:
Key-stone, 244–245
Scientific process, 245–247
Character, 247–252
The play, 252–253
Stage perspective, 253–255
Dual consciousness, 96, 172, 255–257
Individuality, 257–258
Summary, 258–259
Ellen Terry, 365–372
Stage as it is,” “The, 403
Stagecraft:
_Macbeth_, 14–15
_Hamlet_, 48–49
Realistic fighting, 62–63
Lessons in illusion, 73–74
Stage jewellery, 73–74
_Richard III._, 81
A marching army, 101–102
Some great sets, 102–103
Stage snow, 104
A stage supper, 110–111
Application of science, 113–114
Stage fire, 114
Steam and mist, 114
Division of stage labour, 115
A “ladder” of angels, 116–118
Stage lighting, 116–117
Stage perspective, 133, 169–172
Camma’s dress, 134
Limelight and electric light, 198
Stage Manager, Irving a, 2
Stanford, Sir Chas. Villiers, 144, 151, 331
Stanlaws, Penrhyn, 329
Stanley, Sir Henry M., 130, 232–237
State Subsidy for theatres, 339, 344, 432
Statue of Irving as Hamlet, 280–283
Stavenhagen, 334–335
Steel, Mrs., 330
Stepniak, S., 276–279
Sterling, Antoinette, 335
Stock Companies, 83
Stoker, Abraham, 12
Stoker, Bram:
Earliest recollections of Irving, 1–7
Friendship with Irving, ix., 9, 16–21
Coming events, 33–34
Joins Irving, 38–39
A Triton amongst minnows, 107
and Tennyson, 130–131, 139–143, 146–151, 151–155
An angry reporter, 197–198
A visit to the _Chicago_, 209–210
“England and Japan!”, 210
Walt Whitman, 302–312
First meets Ellen Terry, 362
Their friendship, 361, 372
Irving’s last words to, 460
Stoker, Dr. Geo., C.M.G., 61–62, 228
Stoker, Sir Thornley, 36, 38
Storms at Sea, 418–421
Story, Principal, of Glasgow University, 396–397
_Story of Waterloo, A_, see _Waterloo_
Stoyle, 4
_Straggler of ’15, A_, see _Waterloo_
_Stranger, The_, 53
Stratford-on-Avon, 323
Students:
Irving’s carriage dragged by, 25
“Chair” Irving, 27
Seized and carried by, 394
Wild enthusiasm, 400
As supers—a challenge, 401–402
Sunderland, Lyceum Theatre;
Irving’s first appearance on the stage, 83;
Farewell visit, 453
Sullivan, Barry, 12–15
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 70–71
Supers, 62–63, 101–102, 110–111, 175
Surface, Joseph, 4
Swansea, farewell visit, 453
Taber, Robert, 173
Tacoma, 220
Tagore, Maharaja Kunwar, 214
Tailer, W. H., 237
Talbot de Malahide, Lord, 224
Talma, 255–257
Teck, H.R.H. Duchess of, 204
Teck, H.S.H. Duke of, 204
Teck, Princess May of, _see_ Wales, Princess May of
Telbin, W., 60, 116–117, 133
Teller, Leopold, 339
Temple, Archbishop, 130
Tennyson, Lady (Alfred), 131, 139, 151, 156
Tennyson, Lady (Hallam), 142, 151, 379
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 31;
His plays, 128–160;
on Irving’s _Hamlet_, 130;
“Irving will do me justice,” 156;
Death—burial in the Abbey, 156–157, 164, 179, 221, 379, 399;
Walt Whitman, 305–306
Tennyson, Hallam, Lord, 131, 138, 139, 145–151, 151–155, 379
Tennyson, Lionel, 151
Terriss, William, 10, 63, 77, 379
Terry, Ellen:
_Note._—_See also_ under various plays
Under John Hare’s Management, 93
As a Dramatist, 125–127
On the _Lady Torfrida_—motherhood, 271–272
Stepniak on, 277–278
A prime consideration in Irving’s arrangements, 287, 363, 364
Frightened by a monkey, 322
Early playing with Irving, 362
Knighting an Attorney-General, 364
A generous player, 364
Her Ophelia, 365
Real flowers, 365
Her Art, 365–372
Last performance with Irving, 370
Separation, 370–371
Comradeship, 370–371
Dublin, 1894, 373–374
At Sandringham and Windsor, 375–383
Thacker, Messrs., 239–242
_Theatre, The_, 255
Théâtre Français, _see_ Comédie-Française
Theatre in its relation to the State,” “The, 395–396
Thompson, Alfred, 59–60
Toole, J. L., 10, 112, 130, 209, 229, 232, 276, 329, 331, 338, 341;
life-long friendship with Irving, 353–361
Traill, H. D., 173, 232
Trelawny, 226
Tsêng, The Marquis, 50
_Twelfth Night_, 425
_Two Roses_, 5–7, 8, 425
Tyars, Frank, 55
Tyrrell, Prof. R. Y., 22
Ulster Hall, 36–37
Universities:
Cambridge, 157, 395–396
Chicago, 403
Columbia, 402–403
Dublin, 22–26, 27, 393–395
Glasgow, 396–397
Harvard, 400–402
Manchester, 69, 399–400
Oxford, 397–399
Princeton, 403
United States:
Military Academy, _see_ West Point
Presidents of, 384–388
Value of Individuality,” “The, 401–402
Vambéry, Arminius, 238
Vandenhoff, 180
Vanderbilt, W. H., 288
_Vanderdecken_, 35–36, 320
Van Tellen, Mrs., 227
Vaudeville Company, 5–7
Vaughan, Benjamin, M.P., 175
Vaughan, Cardinal, 404
_Vestal, The_, 329
Vezin, Hermann, 75, 93
Victoria, Queen, 115–116, 221;
1889, Irving’s first appearance before, 375–380;
1893, 376–380, 389–390
Voss, Richard, 329
Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, _see_ Edward VII.
Wales, Prince George of, 465
Wales, Princess Alexandra of, _see_ Alexandra, Queen
Wales, Princess May of, 204–205, 465
_Walrus_, The yacht, 53
Walsall Literary Institute, 404
Ward, Col., 349
Ward, Geo., 187
Ward, Miss Geneviève, 166, 347–352, 379
Wardell, Chas., 105, 362
Warren, T. H. (President of Magdalen), 397
Warships, visits of foreign, 208–210
Washington: _Dante_, 178
_Waterloo_, 161–164;
Sandringham, 380–383;
Irving, last appearance in London, 457
Webb, Harry, 9
Webster, Ben., 381
_Werner_, 425
Westminster Abbey:
Tennyson’s burial, 156–157
Irving’s burial, 5, 463–466
West Point, U.S., Military Academy, 191–194
Wharncliffe, Earl of, 334
Whistler, James McNeill, 97
White, Sir Arnold, 132
White House, Washington, 385
Whiteside, James, 18
Whitman, Walt, 130, 139, 302–312
Wikoff, Chevalier, 5–7
Wilberforce, Archdeacon, 464
Wilkins, Miss Mary, 330
Willard, E. S., 329
Williams, Talcott, 309
Wills, Rev. Freeman, 328
Wills, W. G., 35, 88, 166–167, 328
Wilson, Dr. Andrew, 319
Winchester, 159–160, 385–386
Windsor Castle, 376–380, 390
Winter, William, 189–190, 229, 400–401
Wise, John Sargent, 385
Wolverhampton, Irving’s illness at, 422, 448, 454–456
Wolverhampton Literary and Scientific Institute, 404
Wrestling Match, A, 32–33
Wyllie, Sir Wm. Curzon, 212
Wyncotes, Mr. (Mayor of Plymouth), 454
Yates, Edmund, 130, 232–233
Young, John Russell, 193
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