INDEX H. MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. A. ACT of Parliament to prevent abuses in Plays, 25, 224. Eschylus, 102. Aldborough, a Play represented there, 151. Amusements, should tend to promote the glory of God, 4. Of the lower ranks, should be open to the higher, 187. Angels, invoked in Plays, 25, 127. Represented on the Stage, 27, Anti-Jacobin, Poetry of, 198. Aristophanes, a favourite author with St. Chrysostom, 104. ruption of the Stage in his time, 221. Aristotle, his opinion of the Stage, 107. Cor- Audience, Duties of in a Theatre, 92. Proper interference, 216, 223. Authors, See Writers for the Stage. B. Bacon, Lord, on works of imagination, 220. Bates, Ely, Esq. his Rural Philosophy, quoted, 217, 243. Barker, the Painter, his Paintings of humble life, 188. Barrow, Dr. Isaac, his Sermon on Wit, quoted, 46, 63, 65. FF Barrow, Dr. William, his opinion of the Stage, and of players, 118. Bath Guide, 198. Bedford, Arthur, his Serious Remonstrance against the Stage, quoted, Bellerose, the Player, good consequences of his seriousness in speak- Berquin, Monsieur, his Dramas, 115. Bigg, the Painter, his paintings of humble life, 188. Biographia Britannica, quoted, 174. Biographia Dramatica, quoted, 4, 72, 99, 175, 212. Blackmore, Sir Richard, his opinion of the Stage, 105. His Essays, Blackwall's Sacred Classics, quoted, 102. Blair, Hugh, D. D. his opinion of the Stage, 112. Lectures, quoted, Boerhaave, his opinion of wit, 197. Bowdler, Thomas, Esq. Editor of the Family Shakspeare, 222. Budgel, Eustace, his suicide attributed to the principles he imbibed Budworth, Captain, his Ramble to the Lakes, quoted, 189. Bulstrode, Judge, his Charge to the Grand Jury of Middlesex, quoted, 259. Burder, Rev. G. his Village Sermons, quoted, 259. Byrom, his character as a Poet, 217. C. Cambridge Chronicle, quoted, 146. Chamberlain, Lord, his important duties, 83, 222, 261. Yet rarely Cheap Repository Tracts, 183, 189, 190, 238. Chorus, the Greek, origin of it, 9, the use of it, 176. Christian Observer, quoted, 142, 145, 227. Christian Religion, doctrines and duties of it, may be mentioned Ought to appear in the writings of poets, 75, &c. Spoken of profanely, 132-135. Chrysostom, St. his fondness for the writings of Aristophanes, 104. quoted, 35, 36, 37, 92, 144, 164, 221, 259, 261. The effect View, 211. Answer to The ancient and modern Stages sur- Colman, George, the younger, 257. See Inkle and Yarico, Battle of Comedy, whether a lawful species of drama, 45, 66. Middle, 221. Congreve, 164, 235, 240, 244, 257. Lord Kaims, 214. Conjurers, exhibited on the Stage, 28. Character of his writings, by Prosecution of one, 145. Courier, Newspaper, quoted, 146, 216, 223, 262. Covent Garden Theatre, hint respecting the Plays on the opening the New Theatre, 224. Cowper, William, his opinion of Dr. Hurdis's Play, 117. His wit, 198. Remarks on ditto, 202. Character of Voltaire, 215. Cursing and Swearing, on the Stage, 25, 30, 148, 155. Palliated by D. Davenant, Sir William, first introduced female performers on the Davis's Life of Garrick, quoted, 97, 173, 210, 227, 229. Deaths improperly represented on the Stage, 35, 172, 173. Properly, 172. Dibdin, Charles, his History of the Stage, quoted, 106, 213, 224, Dodd, Dr. William, his Thoughts in Prison, 136, 143. |