"Raising the Wind,"191"Ravenswood,"337,354,392,396Reade, Charles,54,65,68,90et sqq.,99et sqq.,109,112et sqq.,121,149,273—Mrs. Charles,54Reeves, Sims,381Rehan, Ada,318et sqq.Rhona, Madame de,39et sqq."Richard II.,"24"Richard III.,"9,190,329,351,360"Rivals, The,"52,55Robertson, Graham,376,397—Madge (Mrs. Kendal),47,91,114et sqq.,152,320,348et sqq.—T.,109"Robespierre,"344Robson,23"Romeo and Juliet,"37-8,179,189,191,206Rorke, Kate,159Rossetti, D.G.,69et sqq.Rossi,136Rothenstein, William,376,397Rousseau,127Royal Colosseum, The,35Royalty Theatre (Royal Soho),39et sqq.Ruskin, John,264Rutland, Duchess of,375Ryde,19,23,34et sqq.,39Ryder, Mr.,30,31
Saint-Gaudens,283et sqq.St. James's Theatre,69,71Salvini,122,163,222-3Sargent, J.S.,135,331-2,371-2"School for Scandal, The,"165Schumann, Madame,68Scott, Sir Walter,4,150Seward, Miss Olive,291Seymour, Mrs.,112et sqq.Shakespeare:"Coriolanus,"189,206,398;"Cymbeline,"343,377;"Hamlet,"107,136-7,166et sqq.,191;"Henry VIII.,"24-5,338et sqq.,377;"John, King,"10,29,31;"Lear, King,"24,343,396;"Macbeth,"31,191,328et sqq.;"Merchant of Venice,"24,26,110,179-80,191,204,206,208,298,350;"Merry Wives of Windsor,"114-5,348;"Midsummer Night's Dream,"19,21et sqq.,51;"Much Ado About Nothing,"56,72,150,177-8,179,191,248et sqq.;"Othello,"72,175,191,221et sqq.;"Richard II.,"24-5;"Richard III.,"9,190,329,351,360;"Romeo and Juliet,"37-8,179,189,191,206;"Taming of the Shrew,"80,107;"Twelfth Night,"191,253;"Winter's Tale, A,"10,15,et sqq.,355Shaw, Byam,372—G. Bernard,345et sqq.,353,397—Mary,324Sheridan, R.B.,54Siddons, Mrs.,6,46Skey, Mr.,20Smith, Milly (Mrs. Thorn),22Somers, Mrs.,58Sothern, E.A.,51-2Spedding, James,117,122Sterling, Madame Antoinette,265-6Stevenson, Robert Louis,270,284"Still Waters Run Deep,"79Stirling, Mrs.,229et sqq.,261,396Stoker, Bram,180-1-2Stoker, Dr.,254-5Stratford-on-Avon,7,339Sue, Eugene,41Sullivan, Sir Arthur,127,330Swinburne, A.C.,118
Taber, Robert,285Tamagno, Sig.,381"Taming of the Shrew,"80,107Taylor, Tom,53,67et sqq.,76,95,106,121et sqq.,152—Mrs. Tom,68,121-2,125Teck, Princess Mary of,265,381Telbin,76Tennyson, Lord,16,59,60et sqq.,141,151,212-3,367,396—Lady,60—Hallam,62,212-3,216—Lionel,62Terriss, William,32,151,153,156et sqq.,196,211,212,231et sqq.,247,258,300,312,397Terry, B., Ellen Terry's father,3,4,5,9et sqq.,18,122-3,179,192—Ben, Ellen Terry's brother,8—Mrs. B., Ellen Terry's mother,3,4,8,10,48,67,396—Charles,8—Daniel,4—Ellen, early recollectionsher birth,3-5;acts at Stratford-on-Avon,7;impersonates a mustard-pot,8-9;her first appearance as Mamilius in "A Winter's Tale,"10,15,et sqq.;and Mrs. Charles Kean,13et sqq.;training in Shakespeare,19et sqq.;hurts her foot,20;plays Puck,20et sqq.,33;learns about vowels,21;plays in the Christmas pantomime for 1857,22;learns to walk, plays in "Faust and Marguerite," "Merchant of Venice," "Richard II.," and "Henry VIII.,"24;plays in "If the Cap Fits,"26;and Macready,28;plays in "Pizarro" and "King John,"29;in "A Drawing-room Entertainment,"32,35et sqq.;her salary,33;in "To Parents and Guardians,"34;at the Royal Soho Theatre,39et sqq.;in "Attar Gull,"41-2;in "The Governor's Wife,"43;in "A Nice Quiet Day,"44;life in a stock company,46et sqq.;at Bristol in Mr. Chute's company,46et sqq.;as Cupid in "Endymion,"49;as Dictys in "Perseus and Andromeda,"49;at the Haymarket Theatre,49;plays Titania at Bath,51;in "The Little Treasure" and "The Rivals,"51-2,55;meets Mr. G.F. Watts, and painted by him with Kate Terry as "The Sisters,"53;as Hero in "Much Ado About Nothing,"56,72;in "The Belle's Stratagem,"56;in "Buckstone at Home," playing to royalty,56;in "The American Cousin,"57;married to Mr. Watts,58-9et sqq.;returns to the stage,67;and the Tom Taylors,68et sqq.,plays Desdemona,72-3;visits Paris,73et sqq.;plays Helen in "The Hunchback,"75;plays in "The Antipodes,"76;first appearance with Henry Irving,76;plays in "The House of Darnley,"77;and Mrs. Wigan,76et sqq.;plays in "The Double Marriage,"78;plays in "Still Waters Run Deep,"79;first impressions of Henry Irving,79et sqq.;plays in "The Taming of the Shrew,"80;plays in "The Household Fairy,"82;withdraws from the stage,83et sqq.;adventures in cooking,86;her children,86et sqq.,146et sqq.;and Charles Reade,90et sqq.;returns to the stage,91et sqq.;plays in "The Wandering Heir,"91et sqq.;engagement with the Bancrofts,92;lives at Hampton Court,93,146;plays in Charles Reade's "Our Seamen,"94;and Charles Reade,99et sqq.;plays in "The Lady of Lyons,"107,119;engagement with the Bancrofts, plays Portia,110et sqq.;performs in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," 1902,114,348et sqq.;playing to aesthetic audiences,117;plays in "Money,"119,120-1;and Tom Taylor,121et sqq.;in "New Men and Old Acres,"124,146,152;and the Bancrofts,131;as Mabel Vane,131;as Blanche Hayes in "Ours,"132;goes to see Irving act,133,134,137;and Irving's Hamlet,136et sqq.;as Ophelia,137-41;engagement with John Hare,148et sqq.;her marriage with Mr. Wardell (Charles Kelly),150;acts with him,150et sqq.;in "Olivia,"150,153et sqq.,159et sqq.;in "Dora,"151;in "Brothers,"152;in "The House of Darnley,"153;a visit from Henry Irving,161;Ellen Terry's description of him,161et sqq.;on tour with Charles Kelly in "Dora" and "Iris,"164;in "The School for Scandal,"165;plays in "Money,"165;in Irving's "Hamlet,"166et sqq.;touring in the provinces,174et sqq.;in "Butterfly,"175;in "Much Ado About Nothing,"177-8;her dress for "The Cup,"187;in plays at the Lyceum,191;in "Charles I.,"197;and "Lewis Carroll,"201;as Portia,201et sqq.,209;in "Othello,"222-3et sqq.;her "Letters in Shakespeare's Plays,"226;as Juliet,227et sqq.;and Terriss,231;her opinion of Sarah Bernhardt,236-7et sqq.;her Jubilee,245;in "Much Ado About Nothing,"250et sqq.;in "The Lyons Mail,"250-1;in "Twelfth Night,"253;as Olivia,256;in "Faust,"260et sqq.,344;in "The Amber Heart,"271;First Tour in America,273et sqq.;first appearance in America,280-1;an "American" interview,288-9;on colored servants,291;some opinions on America,294et sqq.;her first speech,304-5;at Niagara,311-12;other tours in America,325et sqq.;in "Godefroi and Yolande,"326;her third marriage,327;in "Macbeth,"328et sqq.;painted as Lady Macbeth by Sargent,331-2,371-2;plays in the "Dead Heart,"334;plays in "Ravenswood,"337;plays in "Nance Oldfield,"337et sqq.;in "Henry VIII.,"338;at Stratford-on-Avon,339et sqq.;in "King Lear," "Becket," "King Arthur," "Cymbeline," "Madame Sans-Gêne," "The Medicine Man," "Peter the Great,"343;in Robespierre,344;in "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire,"345;in "Captain Brassbound's Conversion,"345;in "The Merry Wives of Windsor,"114,348et sqq.;in Ibsen's "Vikings," at the Imperial Theatre,351;produces "The Good Hope,"354;in "Ravenswood,"354;her last Shakespearean part, Hermione,355;her Stage Jubilee,355et sqq.;her theatre dresses,377et sqq.,383;in "Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting,"391;"Bits from her Diary,"394et sqq.;and the Marionettes,395—Eliza,4—Florence,8,83,122,125,209,257-8,387—Fred,8,83—George,8,174-5—Kate (Mrs. Arthur James Lewis),3,8,9,10,11,18,20,24et sqq.,29et sqq.,35,47,48et sqq.,67—Marion,8,83,125,257—Tom,8,126Tetrazzini,383Thackeray, W.M.,314Times, The,18Toole, J.L.,266,270"To Parents and Guardians,"34Trebelli, Madame,382Tree, H. Beerbohm,114,271,320,348et sqq.—Mrs.,349"Twelfth Night,"191,253"Two Roses, The,"227Tyars, Mr.,210,252
Vanbrugh, Irene,268
Vanbrugh, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Bourchier),267et sqq.,391
"Vanderdecken,"395
Verdi,382
Victoria, Queen,18,57,110,397,398
Victoria (Princess Royal),18
"Vikings," Ibsen's,351
Vining, George,334
Wales, Princess of,381
Walkley, A.B.,224
"Wandering Heir, The,"91et sqq.,100,109,244,273
Wardell, Charles.SeeCharles Kelly
Warner, Charles,113
Watts, George Frederick, R.A.,53,58et sqq.,164
Watts-Dunton, T.,118
Webster, Benjamin,165,230,334
Wenman,300
"Werner,"270-1
Whistler, J.M.,129,134-5,199,306
White, Stanford,283
Wigan, Alfred,76,79,211-2
—Mrs.,76et sqq.,176
Wilde, Oscar,118,134-5,198-9,275
Williams, Harcourt,337,340
Wills, W.G.,150,152,336
Wilton, Miss Marie.SeeLady Bancroft
Winchilsea, Lady,177,216
Winter, William,158,286et sqq.
"Winter's Tale, A,"10,15,et sqq.,355
Wood, Arthur,48
—Mrs. John,91
Woodhouse, Mr.,37
World, The,26
Wyndham, Charles, Sir,76et sqq.
Yates, Edmund,26
1Since I wrote this, I have again visited my native town--this time to receive its civic congratulations on the occasion of my jubilee, and as recently as March of the present year I acted at the new Empire Theater.
2Of course, all salaries are bigger now than they were then. The "stars" in old days earned large sums—Edmund Keanreceived two hundred and fifty pounds for four performances—but the ordinary members of a company were paid at a very moderate rate. I received fifteen shillings a week at the Princess's until I playedPuck, when my salary was doubled.—E.T.
3Edward FitzGerald.
4A "join" in theatrical wig-makers' parlance is the point where the front-piece of the wig ends and the actor's forehead begins.]
5This was a favorite story of Henry Irving's, and for that reason alone I think it worth telling, although Sir Squire Bancroft assures me that stubborn dates make it impossible that the tale should be true.
6Mr. A.B. Walkley, the gifted dramatic critic ofThe Times.
7From my Diary, June1, 1887.—"Westland-Marston Benefit at the Lyceum. A triumphant success entirely due to the genius and admirable industry and devotion of H.I., for it is just the dullest play to read as ever was! He made itintenselyinteresting."
8Alexander had just succeeded Terriss as our leading young man.
9Wenman had a rolling bass voice of which he was very proud. He was a valuable actor, yet somehow never interesting. Young Norman Forbes-Robertson played Sir Andrew Ague Cheak with us on our second American tour.
10Once when Allen was rehearsing the supers in the Church Scene in "Much Ado about Nothing," we overheard him show the sense in Shakespeare like this:
"This 'Ero let me tell you is a perfect lady, a nice, innercent young thing, and when the feller she's engaged to calls 'er an 'approved wanton,' you naturally claps yer 'ands to yer swords. A wanton is a kind of—well, you know she ain't what she ought to be!"
Allen would then proceed to read the part of Claudio:
"... not to knit my soul to an approved wanton."
Seven or eight times the supers clapped their "'ands to their swords" without giving Allen satisfaction.
"No, no, no, that's not a bit like it, not a bit! If any of your sisters was 'ere and you 'eard me call 'er a ——, would yer stand gapin' at me as if this was a bloomin' tea party!"
11The stage-door keeper.
12A quotation from "The Bells."
13I am sorry to say that since I wrote thisThe Tribune, after a gallant fight for life, has gone to join the company of the courageous enterprises which have failed.
14Mr.Norman Forbes-Robertson.
15Every lover of beauty and every lover of Henry Irving must have breathed a silent thanksgiving that day to the friends who had that inspiration and made the pall with their own hands.
16"Wordsworth says he could write like Shakespeare if he had themind. Obviously it is only the mind that is lacking."—Charles Lamb's Letters.