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,
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,
433.
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,
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,
BROWNING, Robert [1812-1889],
observes dramatic unities, 15.
BRUMOY, Pierre [1688-1742], 192.
BRUTUS, Voltaire's, 245.
BUCKINGHAM,
George Villiers,
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.
CIBBER, Colley [1761-1757], 195,
197, 302, 314-317, 319, 323, 424,
427, 428.
CIBBER, Theophilus [1703-1758],
COWPER, Willjam [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 [17122-1785],
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;
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,
426.
DODINGTON, Bubb, see Melcombe.
DODSLEY, ROBERT [1703-1764], 72,
DOUGLAS, Home's, 429; Scotch
opinion of, 349, 350.
DOWNES, John [A. 1662-1710],
303, 425.
DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES, Davies',
164, 312, 433.
DRUMMOND, William, of Hawthorn-
den [1585-1649], 1, 4, 5.
DRYDEN, John [1631-1700], 70,
136, 137, 151, 153, 197, 216, 240,
241, 258, 265, 268, 273, 283, 309,
330, 339, 347, 357, 363, 376, 422,
423; his All for Love, 95, 97-99;
his alteration of the Tempest,
287, 302, 305, 420; of Troilus and
Cressida, 301, 302, 421; on poetic
justice, 402, 405; his relations
with Rymer, 232, 233, 283, 285;
on Shakespeare, 269, 271, 283,
340, 344, 355; on tragi-comedy,
135, 136, 159; on the unities, 42,
47, 48, 56, 57.
DUFFETT, Thomas [A. 1675], his
Mock-Tempest, 302, 306, 421.
DUKE OF GUISE, Dryden and
Lee's, 57, 422.
DUKE OF LERMA, Sir Robert How-
ard's, 47, 420.
DUNCIAD, Pope's, 275, 316.
DUNCOMBE, William [1690-1769],
245, 427.
DURFEY, Thomas [1653 - 1723],
his alteration of Cymbeline, 194,
302, 368, 422.
EARL OF WARWICK, Francklin's,
45, 68, 430.
EASTWARD HOo, Chapman, Jonson
and Marston's, 38.
EDGAR, Rymer's, 277, 285, 421;
account of, 239-241.
ELECTRA, Sophocles', 139, 244.
ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM, Kames',
51, 430.
ELEMENTS OF DRAMATIC CRITI-
CISM, Cooke's, 62, 431.
ELFRID, Hill's, 71, 426.
ELFRIDA, Mason's, 248, 252, 254,
ELMERICK, Lillo's, 219, 427.
ENGLISH, their reputation for cru-
elty, 201-203.
EPICENE, Jonson's, 33.
EPILOGUE, in English plays, 44.
ERNANI, Victor Hugo's, 100.
ESSAY OF DRAMATIC POESY, Dry-
den's, 135, 265, 420. ·
ESSAY ON THE GENIUS AND WRIT-
INGS OF SHAKESPEARE, Dennis',
403, 407, 426.
ESSAY ON FALSTAFF, Morgann's,
376, 432.
ESTHER, Racine's, 243, 251.
EUGENIA, Francis's, 139 n, 197,
198, 428.
EURIPIDES, 139, 143, 244, 286, 346,
366.
EVELYN, John [1620-1706], 293.
EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOR, Jon-
son's, 19, 313; examined, 123-
125, observance of unities in, 27,
28, 103.
EVERY MAN OUT OF HIS HUMOR,
Jonson's, 103; observance of
unities in, 29-31, 32, 33.
FAIRY QUEEN, The, 302.
FALKENER, Sir Everard [1684-
1758], 190.
FALL OF MORTIMER, Jonson's, 32.
FARQUHAR, George [1678-1707], on
the dramatic unities, 49, 56, 90,
104, 425.
FELTHAM, Owen [1602?-1668], 35.
FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SHAKE-
SPEARE, 369-375.
FEMALE QUIXOTE, Mrs. Lennox's,
289.
FIELDING, Henry [1707-1754], 427;
on Cibber's alterations, 314; on
the dramatic unities, 50, 51, 90.
FLETCHER, John [1579-1625], 2,
174, 297, 348; popularity during
Restoration period, 42, 262, 265–
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