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INDEX H.

MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.

A.

ACT of Parliament to prevent abuses in Plays, 25, 224.
Addison, his opinion of the Stage, 105. His wit, 198, 205.
Adulteress, how far it is right to restore her to her husband and to
society, on her repentance, 244.

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.
Andrews, Bishop, his opinion of the abuses of the Stage, and of the
Pulpit, 103.

Angels, invoked in Plays, 25, 127. Represented on the Stage, 27,
138. Invoked on Mrs. Unwin's monument, 128. In the
Christiad, 129.

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.

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Barrow, Dr. William, his opinion of the Stage, and of players, 118.
Barruel, Abbé, his Memoirs of Jacobinism, quoted, 215.

Bath Guide, 198.

Bedford, Arthur, his Serious Remonstrance against the Stage, quoted,
26, 35, 156, 221, 261. Objects only to the abuse of it, 107.
Behn, Mrs, immorality of her Plays, 257.

Bellerose, the Player, good consequences of his seriousness in speak-
ing religious sentiments, 230.

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,
quoted, 105, 213.

Blackwall's Sacred Classics, quoted, 102.

Blair, Hugh, D. D. his opinion of the Stage, 112. Lectures, quoted,
193, 214. Character of Voltaire's Plays, ditto.

Boerhaave, his opinion of wit, 197.

Bowdler, Thomas, Esq. Editor of the Family Shakspeare, 222.

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Budgel, Eustace, his suicide attributed to the principles he imbibed
from Addison's Cato, 35, 167. probable solution of it, 167.

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
interferes, except on political grounds, 83, 221, 261. Interferes
at the Opera, 222.

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
with propriety on the Stage, 41, 190, &c. Examples in
opposition to it, 168.

Ought to appear in the writings of

poets, 75, &c. Spoken of profanely, 132-135.

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Chrysostom, St. his fondness for the writings of Aristophanes, 104.
Collier, Jeremy, his short view of the Immorality, &c. of the Stage,

quoted, 35, 36, 37, 92, 144, 164, 221, 259, 261. The effect
of his book on the public, 97, 224. His objections only to the
abuses of the Stage, 106, 107. His Defence of the Short

View, 211. Answer to The ancient and modern Stages sur-
veyed, 221, 230.

Colman, George, the younger, 257. See Inkle and Yarico, Battle of
Hexham, Surrender of Calais, Mountaineers, Poor Gentleman,
and John Bull.

Comedy, whether a lawful species of drama, 45, 66. Middle, 221.
Some good ones noticed, 199.

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.
His character as a Poet, 217. His Task, quoted, 247.
Creation, improper use of the word, 157.
Cumberland, Richard, Esq. his Rise and Progress of the English Stage,
quoted, 103, 107, 224, 227. A Dramatic writer, 117.
Calvary, invocations in, 131. Observer, referred to, 181.
Pieces refused licence by the Lord Chamberlain, 222.

Cursing and Swearing, on the Stage, 25, 30, 148, 155. Palliated by
Sterne in his story of Le Fevre, 172.

D.

Davenant, Sir William, first introduced female performers on the
Stage, 237.

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,
228, 229, 230, 235, 237. Professional Life, 106. Opinion
of the Stage, 117. His Songs, quoted, 154. Sailors' Songs,
181, Note.

Dodd, Dr. William, his Thoughts in Prison, 136, 143.

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