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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