In this index, for the convenience of readers, the dates of
birth and death of most of the authors mentioned have been
given. When there is any doubt in the case of the English
ones, I have followed the authority of the Dictionary of
National Biography.
ADDISON, Joseph [1672-1719], 158,
190, 272, 274; his Cato, 59, 184,
226, 426; on bloodshed in stage
representation, 191, 192, 202; on
poetic justice, 406-410; on rym-
ing plays, 217; on tragi-comedy,
136, 137.
ADVENTURES OF FIVE HOURS, by
Sir Samuel Tuke, 263, 419.
ESCHYLUS, 285, 346.
AGIS, Home's, 349, 429.
ALCESTIS, Euripides', 143.
ALCHEMIST, Jonson's, 33.
ALL FOR LOVE, Dryden's, 70, 95,
216, 421; account of, 97-99.
ALTERATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S
PLAYS, to produce a new play,
303-306; to introduce spectacu-
lar entertainments, 306-308; to
produce a happy ending, 308; to
introduce love-scenes, 309-313;
hostility to, 313–318.
AMBITIOUS STEPMOTHER, Rowe's,
371, 403, 425.
ARISTOTLE, 226, 235, 247, 249, 282,
365, 407; his connection with the
doctrine of the unities, 16, 17,
20, 49, 250.
ARNE, Thomas Augustus [1710-
1778], 252.
ATHALIE, Racine's, 243, 251.
ATHELSTAN, Brown's, 66, 193, 429.
BACON, Francis [1561-1626], 340;
on love in stage-plays, 115.
BARETTI, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio,
[1719-1789], 64, 431.
BARRY, Lodowick, 38.
BARTHOLOMEW FAIR, Jonson's,
180.
BEATTIE, James [1735-1803], 64,
432.
BEAUMONT, Francis [1584-1616],
34, 35.
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, plays
of, 2, 174, 230, 265; Rymer on,
234, 235, 277, 281, 402.
BELSHAM, William [1752-1827], 65,
BENTLEY, Richard [1708-1782],
208.
BERENICE, Racine's, 80.
BERKENHOUT, John [1730?-1791],
BETTERTON, Thomas [1635 ?-1710],
302, 377.
BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA, 166 n,
169 n, 319 n, 432.
BLACKSTONE, Sir William [1723-
1780], 388.
BLAIR, Hugh [1718-1800], 64, 359,
432; on Shakespeare, 348.
BLANK VERSE, in comedy, 211,
212; in tragedy, 211, 214-216,
217.
BOADEN, James [1762-1839], 164,
BOADICIA, Glover's, 428; account
of, 200.
BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, Nicolas
[1636-1711], 157, 408.
BOLINGBROKE, Henry St. John, Vis-
count [1678-1751], 43, 131; on
English tragedy, 345.
BOOTH, Barton [1681-1733], 377.
BOOTH, Edwin [1833-1893], 320.
BOSWELL, James [1740-1795], 1,
366.
BROME, Richard [d. 1652], 34, 40.
BROWN, John [1715-1766], his
tragedy of Athelstan, 66, 193,
429.
BROWNING, Robert [1812-1889],
observes dramatic unities, 15.
BRUMOY, Pierre [1688-1742], 192.
BRUTUS, Voltaire's, 245.
BUCKINGHAM,
Duke of [1628-1687], 330.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, John Sheffield,
Duke of [1648-1721], alteration
of Julius Cæsar, 310; Essay on
Poetry, 310, 422.
BURNABY [A. 1703], 303.
BYRON, George Gordon, Lord
[1788-1824], 93, 251.
CAIUS MARIUS, HISTORY AND FALL
OF, Otway's, 302, 304, 422; bal-
cony scene in, 324.
CARACTACUS, Mason's, 246, 252,
255, 429.
CAROLINE, Queen [1683-1737], on
Shakespeare's women, 371, 372.
CASE IS ALTERED, Jonson's, 25, 26.
CASTLE OF OTRANTO, Walpole's,
144, 430.
CATILINE, Jonson's, 32, 144, 242.
CATO, Addison's, 426; Dennis on,
59, 426; Voltaire on, 184.
CÉNIE, Madame de Grafigny's, 198.
CENTLIVRE, Mrs. Susannah [1667 ?-
1723], 45, 71, 300, 425, 426.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de
[1547-1616], 282, 289.
CHAPELAIN, Jean [1595–1674], 233.
CHAPMAN, George [1559?-1634],
CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer
Stanhope, Earl of [1694-1773],
63, 80, 131, 191, 192, 198, 211,
218, 317, 345, 354, 371, 372.
CHORUS, THE ANCIENT, in modern
plays, adopted by Milton, 243;
advocated by Roscommon, 243
by Rymer, 243 - by Francklin,
245 by Hurd, 245, 254-by
Duncombe, 245; denounced by
Dennis, 244-by Walpole, 245
- by Colman, 253-by Gray,
254; Mason's attempt to intro-
duce it, 246-255.
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor [1772-
1834], 388.
COLMAN, George [1732-1794], 68,
89, 139, 174, 212, 218, 252, 253,
321, 364, 365, 394, 432; his alter-
ation of Lear, 309, 312, 430; his
translation of Terence, 213, 214,
430.
COLUMBUS, Morton's, 73, 434.
COMIC DRAMA OF THE RESTORA-
COMICAL GALLANT, Dennis', 303,
358, 425.
COMPANION TO THE PLAYHOUSE,
319, 430, 432.
COMPLETE ART OF POETRY, Gil-
don's, 275, 426.
CONGREVE, William [1670-1729],
121, 158, 269, 273, 339 n, 424.
CONQUEST OF GRANADA, Dryden's,
344, 357, 420.
CONQUEST OF MEXICO, Dryden's,
233, 419.
COOKE, Thomas [1703-1756], 409,
COOKE, William [A. 1775], 62, 431.
CORNEILLE, Pierre [1606-1684], 76,
80, 92, 224, 267, 300, 346, 359,
366.
CORRESPONDENTS, THE, 373, 431.
COVENTRY, Francis [A. 1751],
COWLEY, Abraham [1618-1667],
229.
COWPER, William [1731-1800], 212.
CROMWELL, Victor Hugo's, 14.
CROWNE, John [A. 1665-1698],
357; his alterations of Shake-
speare, 302, 309, 368, 422; on
Shakespeare, 345.
CUMBERLAND, Richard [1732-
1811], his alteration of Timon,
311, 318; the Mysterious Hus-
band of, 157, 220, 432; on Shake-
speare, 346.
CURSORY REMARKS ON SHAKE-
SPEARE, Taylor's, 167, 431.
DACIER, André [1651-1722], 252.
DANIEL, Samuel [1552-1619], 24,
25, 206, 215.
D'ARBLAY, Frances (Burney)
[1752-1840], 360.
D'AVENANT, Sir William [1606-
1668], 229, 263, 330; alteration
of Macbeth, 302, 303, 307, 421;
of The Tempest, 287, 302, 305,
420; his Law against Lovers,
302, 304, 307, 420.
DAVIDEIS, Cowley's, 229.
DAVIES, Thomas [1712?-1785],
164, 165, 312, 433.
DEKKER, Thomas [1570 ?-1640?],
DELANY, Mrs. Mary [1700-1788],
DENHAM, Sir John [1615-1669], 2.
DENNIS, John [1657-1734], 225,
239, 283, 286, 288, 329, 345, 361,
409, 423, 424, 425, 426; account
of, 271-275; on Addison's Cato,
59, 426; alteration of Coriolanus,
195, 301, 403, 411, 427; of Merry
Wives of Windsor, 303, 358, 425;
on the chorus, 244, 284; on
poetic justice, 403, 404, 407,
408; on tragi-comedy, 137, 159;
on the unities, 58-60.
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD, Lyttel-
ton's, 156, 429.
DISBANDED OFFICER, THE, 89, 433.
DISSERTATIONS, MORAL AND CRIT-
ICAL, Beattie's, 64, 432.
DISSERTATION ON ANCIENT TRAG-
EDY, Francklin's, 245.
DISTREST MOTHER, Philip's, 67,
DODINGTON, Bubb, see Melcombe.
DODSLEY, ROBERT [1703–1764], 72,
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY, 222.
DON SEBASTIAN, Dryden's, 57, 153,
402, 423.
DORSET, Charles Sackville, Earl of
[1638-1706], 282.
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