Invited to their play, and being one of the amateur buskins, I was admitted that night, on paying two guineas, to tread the boards; and, for the first and last time, a condemned innocent, I was to stalk down the stage with a halter round my neck, the play being the surrender of Calais. King Edward was played by the elder Maddocks; his brother Joe sustained the part of Eustace; and Captain Dawkins, of the guards, that of La Gloire. Having arrived but a short time before the performance, a few words were left for me to say previous to my intended execution. The farce was "High Life Below Stairs;" My Lord Duke, Tom Sheridan; Sir Harry, Berkeley Craven, and Lovewell, Captain Dawkins; who with his pathetic performance with Madeline in the play, and his humour as the clown in the afterpiece, reminded every one of that great public favorite, my old friend, Bannister. At supper, I was seated next to Major Wathen, then as much stage-struck as I was, and whose humour and excellent comic songs have often been highly applauded. Among those who were called on to sing, he was included. Facing us, sat Lady Lanesborough and her daughters. Before he began, he said, "Now you will see how I will make them laugh." But, alas! their utter apathy the whole time he was singing, so disheartened him, that I INDEX. INDEX. A. ABEL, the author's acquaintance with, i, 19-his comment Abingdon, Mrs., en culottes, ii. 281. A College Quiz, ii. 367. A Good Shot, ii. 348. Ancaster, Duchess of, ii. 231. Angelo (the elder). His gallant defence of Miss Woffington's Angelo (Henry) visits Paris, i. 63. Affaire d'honneur, 80. Recollections of the Royal Family, 193. Is in a watch- Anglesea, Marquis of, in petticoats, ii, 348. "Ass Epilogue," i. 347. Astley-his agility, i. 100. Dialogue with Master Merryman, ii. 95. B. Bach, Anecdotes of, i. 34, 457, 460. Bad Company at Paris, ii. 255. Bannister, J.-his taking leave of the public, i. 38. Selection from MS. presented him by Colman, ii. 192, 288, 356, 387. Barclay, Captain, ii. 37. Barry, anecdotes of, i. 485, 505, ii. 231. Barrymore-his eccentricities, i. 287. ii. 78, 94, 135, 411. Bartolozzi-his singular talent, i. 19. Bate, Sir Dudley, anecdotes of, i. 153. Beau Nash, i. 227. Beaumont, Mr. Barber, ii. 534. Beaumont, Sir George, i. 217. Beechey, Sir William, anecdote of, i. 506. Betty, Master, ii. 221. Billington, Mrs. ii. 253. Bishop of Carlisle and the Jack, ii. 381. Blisset, anecdotes of, ii. 188. Blow your Nose! ii. 404. Blue Stockings-Mrs. T. Sheridan, Mrs. Griffiths and Mrs. Cowley, ii. 315. Bologna, ii. 501. Bossy's, Dr., Dialogue with an Old Woman, i. 136. Bothering Club, anecdotes of the, i. 306. Boulogne, ii. 465. Bowman's Lodge, ii. 549. Brandenburgh House Theatricals, i. 274. Breaking on the Wheel, ii. 302. Brieg, ii. 511. 36 Burlington, Countess of, a Caricaturist, i. 407. Byron, Lord, ii. 38. His wager, 123. Letter from, 132. C. Canning's Lines on the Marriage of Miss Kendall, ii. 277. Charter House, ii. 202. Colman, George (the younger)-his "Occasional Epilogue," i. 337. Collet, i. 415. Collins, the Caricaturist, i. 428. Coloured Candles, ii. 227. Cooke, G. F. his eccentricities and delusions, ii. 540. Cosway-his coxcombry, i. 354. Count Dip, ii 352. Court Dresses, ii. 378. Court Etiquette, i. 175. Court Secrets, i. 199, 351. Cumberland, Duke of, anecdote of the late, i. 33. D. Dances of the last century, ii. 320. Del Campo, Marquis, and the laughing Lieutenant, i. 503. D'Eon, Chevalier, i. 55; ii. 53, 111. De Loutherbourg, i. 266, 429; ii. 326. Denmark, the King of, sketch of the, ii. 359. Dibdin, anecdote of, ii. 409. Dive, Colonel, anecdote of, i. 441. Dodd, Dr., i. 455. Execution of, i. 475. Domo D'Ossola, ii. 509. "Drafts for Draughts," ii. 361. Drury-Lane, Old, ii. 233. Eardley, Lord, ii. 271. E. Edwin, Jack, anecdotes of, i. 327. Elizabeth, Princess, her versatile talent, i. 196. English Stage-coaches, ii. 533. Eton School, list of, 60 years since, i. 112; Riot, ii. 298. Extraordinary Sudden Death, ii. 260. F. Faldoni, anecdotes of, ii. 526. Family, a, run over, ii. 534. "Fatal to the English," ii. 363. Floyd's, general attachment to the author, i. 107, 451. |