Chapter XXI (part 2 of 2)
Kemble, Charles, 36, 112, 114; at the English Theatre at Paris, 115; success in Paris, 117; in Falstaff, 123; property almost gone, 135; in Edinburgh, 138; arrested the first time, 168; as Mercutio, 193; acting in "The Gamester," 204; embraced by Mme. Malibran, 204; renewal of intercourse with Lawrence, 217; incident in Dublin, 288; invitation to Heaton, 291; thrashing the Editor of the Age newspaper, 310; acting Jaffir to Fanny Kemble's Belvidera, 336; involved in six lawsuits, 336; speech about theatre patents, 339; in "The Hunchback," 377; as Sir Thomas Clifford in "The Hunchback," 378; overcome with laughter on the stage, 387; forgetting a Duchess, 414; shaking hands with his legal opponent Harris, 414; intention of going to America, 427; opinion of Kean, 429; mistake in rendering Shylock, 430; money seized at benefit in Bristol for Manager Brunton's debts, 431, 440; acting at Plymouth in "The Gamester," 446; enthusiasm over him at Plymouth, 446; his surprising speech, ib.; his health under great trials, 458; as Giaffir, 461; serious illness, 462; recovery, 466; relapse, 467; still worse, 469; again recovering, 472; compared with Kean, 477; as Benedict, 478; recovery, 481; breaks his nose while skating, 490; an unfortunate compromise at Covent Garden, 513; bowed down with care and trouble, 515; refusing to act in "The Hunchback," 517; examination before the House of Commons, 520; twice arrested, 522; farewell at Covent Garden, 529; his estate in St. Giles', 536; beginning in New York with Hamlet, 536; his Romeo and Mercutio compared, 542; compared to Cooper in "Venice Preserved," 544; likely to have to die abroad, 567.
Kemble, Mrs. Charles (Maria Therese de Camp), 2, 3, 4, 6, 65, 98, 109, 112, 118; at Drury Lane, 173; opinion of a stage costume, 190; her failing health, 193; returns to the stage after an absence of twenty years, 219; her interest in Fanny Kemble's Juliet, 225, 267; arrival of in Manchester, 277; delicacy, 294; physical organization, 311; effect of reading Moore's "Life of Byron," 330; rage at a picture of her husband, 345; compared to Mrs. John Kemble, 358; ill health, 371; great pathetic and comic powers, 386; "Francis I." dedicated to, 399; moving the furniture, 464; her horror of the sea, 482.
Kemble, Frances Anne, born 1809, 8; Newman Street, ib.; Westbourne Green, ib.; childish freaks, 10; at school at Mrs. Twiss' at Cambridge Place, 13; punning from Shakespeare, 16; return to London at Covent Garden Chambers, 17; picture then said to be mine, 17; question as to my being born there, 17; anecdote with Talma, 25; went to school in France, 26; early pranks, 26; childhood petulance, 27; taken to an execution, 27; childhood terrors, 29; daily excursions, 30; yearly distribution of prizes, 30; residence at Craven Hill, 31; leaves Boulogne, 31; lodging in Gerard Street, 33, 34; visit from Uncle Kemble, 34; about Scott, Milton and Shakespeare, 36; first visit to Lausanne, 36; musical education, 37; contemplating suicide, 43; goes to Paris, 44; at school in the Rue d'Angoulême, 44; meets Lord Melbourne, 47; goes to hear Mr. César Malan, 49; impressions of Drs. Channing, Dewey, Bellows, Furness, Follen, Wm. and Henry Ware, Frederick Maurice, Dean Stanley, Martineau and Robertson, 49; school life at Mrs. Rowden's, 54; schoolmates, ib.; a companion's funeral, 55; reading Byron on the sly, 57; my music and dancing masters, 58; passion for dancing, 63; private theatricals, 67; first indications of dramatic talent, 70; a new home in the Champs Elysées, 70; an old-fashioned wedding, 72; home from school, 74; cottage at Weybridge, 75; passion for fishing, 78; taken with smallpox, 82; harness for gracefulness, 85; a robbery, 89; trip to Hertfordshire, 90; first meeting with H---- S----, 91; "Der Freyschütz," 94; presentation to Mendelssohn, 96; spoken of to the Queen, 96; return to Heath Farm, 101; Trenton Falls, 102; love for books, 103; our house at Bayswater, 106; letters from Bayswater, 107; offered £200 for first play, 114; the play of "Francis I." finished, 16; thoughts of a comedy, 118; sees "Merchant of Venice" for first time, 119; visits West India Docks and Thames Tunnel, 120; MSS. in the fire, 122; thoughts of going on the stage, 123; read "Diary of an Ennuyée" for first time, 124; Longing for Italy, 124; acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs. Montagu, 129; picture by "Dick," "There's plenty of it, Fan," 131; ill of measles, 131; desire to say something from myself, 131; ghosts, 132; convalescence, 132; considering a means of livelihood, 135; about marrying, 136; going on the stage, 137; projected works, 138; first ball, 140; admiration for Mrs. Henry Siddons, 143; love for Edinburgh, 145; a touching incident, 147; a Scotch Venus, 149; raspberry tarts, 152; sitting to Lawrence Macdonald for bust, 152; "Grecian Daughters," 152; an old-fashioned house, 156; a partisan of Charles Edward, 156; an unlucky speech, 156; great esteem for Dr. Combe, 155; intimacy with Harry Siddons, 157; incident of Scottish regalia, 157; at Mr. Combe's house, 158; listens to Chambers Brothers' story of poverty, 161; a jolly face for a tragic actress, 162; Mons Meg and Madame Catalani, 162; observance of Sunday, 163; a natural turn for religion, 164; give up Byron's poetry, 165; a new tragedy, "Fiesco," 168; return to London, 168; religious zeal, 170; singing with Moore, 173; begins a visit to England in 1841, 175; meeting Sir Samuel Cunard, 176; through London in 1845, on way to Italy, 176; renewal of intercourse with Mrs. Norton, 177; talks about the Hindoo Theatre, 178; plans for helping my father, 179; goes to Scotland, 180; destroying H.'s letters, 181; German abandoned, 181; a few words about Shakespeare, 182; admiration for young Tennyson's poems, 184; the theatre to be sold, 186; life rather sad, 186; "brought out" as Juliet, 188; a badly dressed Juliet, 189; preparations for first appearance, 189; my opinion of Portia, 187 preparing for a début, 191; a constant admirer, 197; awkward incident with Mr. Abbot, 199; "Jove, Fanny, you are a lift!" 200; interest in Malibran, 203; acting as Mrs. Beverley in "The Gamester" in Manchester, 204; a strange scene between my father and Madame Malibran, 204 a little advice from Malibran, 204; resemblance to Madame Malibran, 205; translate De Musset's lament for Malibran, 206; restore the ending to "Romeo and Juliet," 207; danger of falling in love with Lawrence, 209; sitting for portrait to Lawrence, 209; a sudden glimpse of Satan, 214; first copy of "Paradise Lost," 215; a deplorable act of honesty, 217; preparing for début, 218; ideas of beauty, 218; début in "Romeo and Juliet," 220; first watch, 221; impression of moral danger, 222; a disappointed "puffer," 223; popularity in America, 224; incident of last public reading in America, 224; tenth edition of "Francis I.," 225; income during first professional years, 226; first salary at Covent Garden, thirty guineas weekly, 226; acquaintances behind the scenes, 227; dancing with a queer clergyman, 229; a cold ride from Boston, 231; riding lessons, 232; portrait by Lawrence and sketches by Hayter, 234; likeness to Mrs. Sarah Siddons, 235; appearance in "Grecian Daughter," 236; mourning for Lawrence, 237; dress as Euphrasia, 238; "Shetland pony," 240; altering last scene of "Grecian Daughter," 241; annoyance of being stared at, 242; a tumble in the "Grecian Daughter," 243; a summer tour, 244; in "The Gamester," 245; stage nervousness, 245; first appearance as Portia, 247; fright as Portia, 249; happiness of reading Shakespeare, 249; love for dancing, 252; delight in Portia's costume, 252; acting Isabella at John Kemble's benefit, 253; compared with Mrs. Siddons and Miss O'Neill, 234; farewell to London, 256; as Mrs. Haller, 254; impressions of Bath, 257; audiences not so friendly out of London, 258; fortnight at Edinburgh, 259; at Glasgow, ib.; criticism at Glasgow, 260; breakfasting with Sir Walter Scott, 260: anecdote of Scottish regalia, 261; incident with Scott, 262; Scott's mental triumph over outward circumstances, 263; visit to Abbotsford, 264; scenes and incidents at Abbotsford, 264; visiting Lochs Lomond and Long, 266; audiences at Glasgow, 267; new home at Great Russell street, 268; some portraits, ib.; dinner at Lady Morgan's, 269; life at Bannisters, 271; at Ardgillan Castle, 273; about governesses, 275; about the French Revolution of 1830, 276; a good audience at Dublin, 276; a medley of visits, 278; experimental trip on Stephenson's new railroad, 278; a ride with Stephenson, 279; description of a locomotive, 281; a new sensation, 283; an idea of religion, 285; a warm reception in Dublin, 288; repugnance to work, 298; a distressing letter from John Kemble, 293; a West Indian yarn, 295; at Birmingham, 295; an exhilarating ride, 298; Lord Huskisson's death, 298; evenings at Heaton, 300; the guests at Heaton, 302; to Liverpool for the opening of the new railroad, 303; "The Jew of Aragon," 305; "The Jew of Aragon" and "Griselda," 306; failure of "The Jew of Aragon," 307; consenting to go with Tom Taylor and Charles Reade to see "The King's Wager" for first time, 308; thoughts of publishing the plays and verses, 309; the editor of the Age thrashed, 310; on drawing and painting, 311; about managing children, 312; the Age newspaper, 314; playing "The Provoked Husband," 315; failure of "The Fair Penitent," 318; working on and getting published "The Star of Seville," 319; dinner at Mr. Cartwright's, 321; Christmas-eve at Mrs. Siddons', 322; public opinion about acting with her father, 323; Bianca in "Fazio," 323; Juliet, Calista, Mrs. Haller, and Lady Townley, 323; a run around Brighton, 328; advantage of Mrs. Siddons and Miss O'Neill in their tragic partners, 336; the Chancery case again, 331; a few words about Byron, 331; about children's letters, 332; more about Byron, 333; "Cenci," 334; "Fazio," Mrs. Beverley and Belvidera, 334; Burns, 335; acting Belvidera, 336; learning the part of Beatrice in one hour, 336; Goethe, 338; discussion as to destiny of human soul, 337; reading Channing's Essay on Milton, 337; Goethe's love for Madame Kestner, 337; the journal, 340; "Francis I.," 341; a pleasant party, 342; a little sculpture, 343; the Reform Bill, 344; the Kemble jawbone, 345; production of "Francis I." an annoyance, 350; the "White Devil," 353; benefit at Covent Garden, 356; playing Lady Macbeth, 357; playing Belvidera, 357; Constance, for a benefit, 359; success in Constance, 360; portrait by Mr. Pickersgill, 362; "Chiedo sostegno," 365; Pickersgill, Lawrence, and Turnerelli, 365; about Portia and Camiola, 369; in want of a chapter on, 371; first friendship with Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, 374; about management, 373; on gestures, 373; a new friendship begun at Bridgewater House, 374; opinions as to success of "The Hunchback," 376; in Mariana, 377; opinion of "The Hunchback," 378; contrasting Shakespeare's Juliet with Knowles' Julia, 379; all about Lady Cork, 379; about "Old Plays," 385; Mrs. Charles Kemble's help in leading parts, 386; developing a gift for comedy, 386; embarrassing situations when acting with Mr. Kemble, 387; Massinger's plays compared with some others, 389; Destiny, ib.; "Star of Seville," ib.; compared with Lady Salisbury, 394; finishing "The Star of Seville," 395; first appearance as Lady Teazle, 395; desire to see Weybridge again, 396; correcting proof on "Francis I.," 396; "Reform," 398; dedicating "Francis I." to Mrs. Charles Kemble, 399; the communion service, 401; off for Oatlands, and talks by the way, 402; dress rehearsal for "Hernani," 405; Hayter's picture for Lord Ellesmere, 412; visit to Newgate, 413; death of Mrs. Siddons, 416; a summer's arrangements, 416; "Une Facete," 417; a royal audience, 422; about marriage, 423; talk about dislike to the stage, 432; a street-singing project, 436; sombre thoughts about marriage, 437; opinion of Juliet, 438; at Exeter, 439; getting fortune told, 440; love for Weybridge, 441; verses on Bonaparte at St. Helena, 441; slippery lodgings, 444; "King John," Mrs. Siddons in, 446; women as dramatic writers, 446; a disagreeable sail, 447; "fine people" and "not fine people," 455; failure in Queen Katharine, 459; love for splendor, 460; "Bonaparte's letters to Joséphine," 462; cutting down salaries, 463; a few words about letter-writing, 466; terrible suspense about Charles Kemble and the theatre, 467; Bianca as a "golden pheasant," 469; anxiety about Charles Kemble, 470; ill from worrying over Charles Kemble, 470; a serenading incident in the United States, 470; the wrong side of a show, 472; at Angerstein's Picture Gallery, 475; presented to the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, 475; timorousness when singing, 480; Charles Kemble's recovery, 481; thoughts of America, 482; "La Estrella," 483; "Katharine of Cleves," 484; awkward predicament at first acting in "Katharine of Cleves," 491; "out" for first time in a part, 492; about the nature and immortality of the soul, 495; an ugly horse, 496; well-assorted marriages, 498; love of nature, 501; Kemble's publication of his Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf, 502; bad management of "Francis I.," 503; feeling about "Francis I.," 504; as the queen-mother in "Francis I.," 508; sober thoughts for the future, 511; purchasing Henry's commission from receipts of "Francis I.," copyright, 515; H---- S---- off for Ireland, 519; farewell to Covent Garden, 520; off for Edinburgh, June 29, 1832, 521; off for America, 522; beginning of acquaintance with Liston the surgeon, 524; acting in "Francis I," first time, 525; Lawrence's the best picture made of Fanny Kemble, 535; ancient vs. modern cavaliers, 527; last day in Edinburgh for two years, 528; from Liverpool to Manchester, 530; first sight of New York, 533; beginning work in New York with Bianca, 536; getting fat, 552; success in America, 560; picture of Fanny Kemble taken to Alleghany Mountains, 569; "fitting" American audiences, 569; playing "Fazio" the first time in America, 572; engaged to be married, 573; seeing Niagara, 580; thoughts of returning to England, 587; Mrs. Jameson's biography of the Kemble family, 588; Aunt Dall's illness, 588; enthusiastic farewell in Boston, 588; marriage to Pierce Butler, June 7, 1834, 590.
Kemble, Henry, 17, 18, 108, 111; his beauty, 140; plans for his provision, 179; trying the part of Romeo, 196; return to Paris, 243; commission in the army, 244, 248; schooling at Westminster over, 267; taken to Heidelberg, 284, 294, 297, 305, 357; ill, 470; passion for the sea, 481; to go into the army, 481; dislike to going to Cambridge, 482; receives commission in the army, 515; appointed tithe-collector in Ireland, 546.
Kemble, Fanny (see Arkwright, Mrs.).
Kemble, John, 34, 81, 108, 109, 111, 113, 118; high honors, 119, 122, 137, 177; determines to enter the church, 179; leaves Cambridge without a degree, 183; Lawrence's admiration for, 207; intention of going into the church, 235; return from Germany, 243; his degree at Cambridge, ib.; takes his degree, 248; his wild scheme of aiding Spain, 293; safe and well, 304; in Spain, 314, 326; gone to Gibraltar, 326; alive and well, 334; prospects on arrival in England, ib.; rumor of imprisonment in Madrid, 336, 356; prospects, 363, 364; conflicting reports of, 387; determination not to leave Spain, 395; return from Spain, 405; home from Spain, 405; translation of a German song, 438; a sad letter from Spain, 479; helping Venables to break Thackeray's nose, 490; history of the Anglo-Saxons, 505.
Kemble, John Philip, misfortunes as manager of Covent Garden Theatre, 35; from Lausanne to London, 34; return to Switzerland, 36; monument at Westminster Abbey, 60, 109; as Rolla in "Pizarro," 174; Lawrence's picture of, 217; as Beverley, 243; benefit, 253; his home in Great Russell street, 267.
Kemble, Mrs. John, 90, 94, 104; compared with Mrs. Charles Kemble, 358; illness of, 467.
Keely, Peter, in "Romeo and Juliet," 219.
Kelly, Mrs. Charles, 98.
Kemble, John Mitchell, 17.
Kemble, Philip, 8.
Kemble, Mrs. Roger, 1, 2.
Kemble, Stephen, 19.
Kemble, Mrs. Stephen, 180.
Kenilworth, 108.
Kensington Gravel Pits, 506.
Kent, Duchess of, 233; condescension of, 475.
Kent, Chancellor, on Croton water, 537.
Kelly, Michael, 500.
Keppel, Mr., superseded by Charles Kemble in Romeo, 542.
Kerr, Lord Mark, 270.
Kestner, Madame, Goethe and, 337.
Kinglake, 126.
"King Lear," reiteration of expressions of grief, 514.
King, Lord, Earl of Lovelace, 404.
Kitchen, Dr., 7.
Knowles, Sheridan, 366; his plays, "The Hunchback" and "Virginius," 376; "The Wife," 377; reading "The Hunchback" to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kemble and Mr. Bartley, 390; as Master Walter, 512.
Lablache, 205.
"La Chronique de Charles Neuf," 422.
"La Dame Blanche," 492.
"La Estrella," Fanny Kemble's new play, 483.
Lady Byron, her general appearance, 130; deprecates the publication of a new edition of Byron's works, 167.
Lady Glengall, 460.
Lady Macbeth, 357, 359; Fanny Kemble to act in, 417.
Lady Teazle, 385; costume for, 364; Fanny Kemble's first appearance in, 390, 395; her fears of failure in, 394.
Lady Townley, 257, 258, 289, 322, 323, 325; compared with Lady Teazle, 399.
Lake, Admiral, offers to take charge of Henry Kemble, 482.
Lamartine, 116.
Lamb, Charles, 124.
Lamb, Lady Caroline, 45, 46.
Lamb, William (see Melbourne).
Lamb's "Dramatic specimens," 385.
Lancashire, 278.
Lansdowne, 106.
Lansdowne, Lord, 175.
Lansdowne House, 177.
Lansdowne, gives Mr. Harness position in Land Office, 349; admiration for Mrs. Sarah Siddons, ib.
Lansdowne, 497.
Lane, Mr., 240.
Laporte, lessee of Covent Garden from Charles Kemble, 518; giving concerts in Covent Garden, 527.
Lausanne, 34, 90.
Latour, 37.
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, friendly relations between and Mrs. Charles Kemble restored, 207; admiration for Mrs. Siddons, ib.; engagement broken in favor of her younger sister, ib.; engaged to Miss Sarah Siddons, 207; his interest in authors, 208; criticisms of Fanny Kemble's acting, 209; "Lawrence is dead," ib.; anecdotes of, 210, 215; painting of Satan, 214; beautiful drawing-room, ib.; merit as a painter, 216; pictures of Canning, Lord Aberdeen, and Mr. John Kemble, 217; his want of conscience, ib.; print of his portrait of Fanny Kemble, 234; his criticisms of Fanny Kemble, 237, 239, 320, 327; lawsuits about theatre patents, 339; Pickersgill care not to copy, 365; Duke of Wellington's bitter pill to, 393; a dangerous companion, 402; opinion of a Madonna, 242; picture of Fanny Kemble, the best, 525; his opinion on theatrical matters, 577.
Lea, girls' school at, 251.
Leach, Sir John, 88.
Leamington, 106, 180.
Lee, the Misses, adaptation of the "Canterbury Tales" to "Father and Son," 308.
Lennox, Lord William, 98.
Leopold, Prince, at Bridgewater House, 422.
Le Sage's novels, 422.
Le Texier, 2, 30.
Levassor, ludicrous account of "Robert the Devil," 507.
Leveson, Lord Francis, his new piece, 478; translation of "Henri Trois," 481; entertainment at Bridgewater House, 365.
Lindley, Miss, 173.
Liston, 7, 20, 21; reciting Collins' "Ode to the Passions," 460; compared to Reeve, 508.
Liston, the surgeon, beginning of Fanny Kemble's acquaintance with, 524; death, ib.
Liverpool, 277; railway between and Manchester, 278.
Llangollen, 345.
Loch Long, 267.
Locomotives, the first, 280.
Lockhart, reviews "Francis I." instead of Millman, 512.
Lomond, Loch, 266.
London, cholera in, 502 farewell to, 522.
Londonderry, Lord, 398.
Lope de Vega, sketch of the life and works of, 319.
Loudham, his hopes of fixing the Chancery suit of Charles Kemble, 463.
Louis Philippe, 276.
Louis XI., his ugly secretary Alin Chartier, 462.
Louis, at Covent Garden Theatre, 521.
Lucifer, Byron's fancy for the character of, 331.
Lyndhurst, Lord, 88.
Lyttleton, Lord ("The Wicked"), 33.
Macaulay, Lord, letter to Mr. Ellis, 344; enthusiasm over John Kemble's book on history of the Anglo-Saxons, 505.
"Macbeth" contrast with the "Tempest", 292.
Macdonald, Sir John, 171, 244, 486, 502.
Macdonald (sculptor), desiring to make a statue of Fanny Kemble, 236, 462; his collection of sculpture, 343.
Macdonald, Lady, "Sir John's General," 344, 481.
Macdonald, James, 489.
Macdonald, Lawrence, 152.
Macdonald, Julia, 244.
Mackay, 442, 488.
Macready, at the English theatre in Paris, 115; his opinion of Fanny Kemble, 189; Shakespearean revivals, 191; his fine acting in "Werner," 308; success in "The Fatal Dowry," 318; in "Rienzi," 354; in "Virginius," 376; prophecy come true, 390.
Madrid, John Kemble a prisoner at, 336.
Maida, Scott's hound, 263.
"Maid of Honor, The," success of, 364, 367, 385, 391.
Malibran, Mme., letters to her husband, 203; overcome by Charles Kemble's acting, 204; début and death in England, 205; her professional popularity, 205; Alfred de Musset's lament for, 205, 206; her envy of Sontag, in "Romeo and Juliet," 201.
Malahide, Lord Talbot de, 346.
Malebranche, 441.
Malkin, Arthur, 84.
Malkin, Benjamin, 84.
Malkin, Charles, 84.
Malkin, Dr. and Mrs., 82, 110.
Malkin, Frederick, 84.
Malkins, the, 183.
"Malvolio, thou art sick of conceit," 435.
Manchester, the Kembles in "The Gamester," 204, 277; railway between and Liverpool, 278, 284, 291, 303.
Maple, Durham, the vicar of, 229.
Marc Antonio, cast of his skull mistaken for Raphael's, 528.
Marcet, Mrs., 332, 341.
Mariana, Fanny Kemble as, 377.
Mario (M. de Candee), intimate friend of Henry Greville, 497.
Marriage, sombre thoughts about, 436.
Marriage, talk about, 423.
Mars, Mlle., 90, 258, 420; in the heroine of "Henri Trois," 484, 564, 565.
"Marseillaise," Mme. Rachel's rendering of, 436.
Martineau's, Harriet, "Each and All," 570; Channing's opinion of her writings, 578.
Mary Copp, Mrs. Bradshaw in, 396.
"Mary Stuart," 267, 284; reasons for not playing, 370, 549.
Maurice, Frederick, 183.
Mason, "Self-Knowledge," 169; in Romeo, 200; son of Charles Kemble's sister, 259; first appearance as Romeo, 421; discussion about Kean, 429; speech to the Bristol audience about helping Brunton in his troubles, 433; the King in "Francis I.," 508, 510.
Mason, Miss, 263.
Massinger, "Maid of Honor," 255, 257; "Fatal Dowry," 318; "Maid of Honor" proposed for Fanny Kemble's "benefit," 358; plays compared with some others, 389.
Master Walter, character in "The Hunchback," 377.
Mathews, Charles, 39, 170.
"Mathilde," 332.
Matterhorn, 85.
Matuscenitz, 299.
Mayow, Mrs., 322.
Maxwell, 157; anecdote of one of that family, 261.
Mayo, Mrs., a brave woman, 471.
Mazzochetti, 26.
McLaren, Duncan, 158.
Meadows, Mr. Drinkwater, 505.
"Medea," 400.
Megrin, St., 420.
Melbourne, Lord (William Lamb), 45, 46, 47, 347, 357.
"Merchant of Venice," 248.
Mellon, Miss (see St. Albans, Duchess of).
Mendelssohn, 96, 507.
"Merchant of Venice," 119, 351.
Mercutio, 483; Charles Kemble in, after his sickness, 480
Mersey, the, its ancient wanderings, 282.
Meteoric lights, 145.
Meyerbeer's "Robert the Devil," 507.
Mill, John S., 122; John Kemble's admiration for, 180.
Millais' picture of Trelawney as the "Old Sea Captain," 582.
Milnes, Richard M., 183.
Milman, Mrs., 184.
Milman's "Fazio," 323, 331; his pleasure at Fanny Kemble's rendering of Bianca in "Fazio," 334, 341, 390; to review "Francis I." in Quarterly Review, simultaneously with its appearance on the stage, 502.
Milton, 36, 273; compared with Byron, 331; Channing's essay on, 337; Mrs. Siddons' admiration for, 416.
Miranda, 252, 269.
Mitchell, charge of all Fanny Kemble's readings in America, 224.
Mitford, Mary Russell, 45; "Inez de Castro," 323; negotiations with management of Covent Garden about "Inez de Castro," 354; "Our Village," 416.
Molière, 258.
Monceaux Parc, 63.
Monckton Miss (Lady Cork), 379.
Monk's Grove, 418.
Mons Meg, a famous old gun, 162.
Monson, 90.
Monson, Lady, 397, 400.
Montagu, Mr. and Mrs., 124.
Montagu, Mrs., "Our Lady of Bitterness," 126; crediting others with her wise and witty sayings, 127, 178, 353, 401.
Montagu Place, 267.
Monte Rosa, 85.
Montpensier, Mlle, de, 113.
Moore, Mrs. Thomas, 159.
Moore, Tom, 173; "Life of Byron," 330, 415.
Morne Mountains, 273.
Moral Training, 165.
Morgan, Lady, Irish jig, 269; French Revolution, 276.
Moscheles, 321, 395.
Mott, Lucretia, 543.
Mount Vernon, 567.
Mozart's "Nozze," 159.
Mrs. Beverley, 245, 246, 290.
Mrs. Haller, Fanny Kemble in, 315; her success in, 317, 323, 325; dress of, 327.
Mrs. Oakley, costume for, 364, 385.
"Much Ado about Nothing," 518.
Mulgrave, Lord, 562.
Murphy, Mrs. Jameson's father, 127; "Grecian Daughter," 236, 238.
Murray, Lord, 142.
Murray, Wm., 142; joint proprietor of Edinburgh Theatre, 142, 159; his generous price for "Francis I.," 244, 309; publishes Fanny Kemble's poems and plays, 314, 324, 332, 334; £4000 for "Francis I.," 355, 482; publishing "The Star of Seville," and "Francis I.," 497; publishes John Kemble's Anglo-Saxon book, 502.
Musset, Alfred de, "lament for Malibran," 205, 206.
Music, modern and ancient, 500.
Mussy, Dr. Gueneau de, 566.
Naples, King of, 271; talk of, 421.
"Napoleon," 364.
Napoleon, Louis, 63.
Napoleon, Duke of Reichstadt, death of, 557.
Nature, love of, 501.
Negroes, prejudice against, 542.
Netherlands, revolt in, 294.
Neukomm, 321, 395.
Newgate, Fanny Kemble's visit to, 413; Mrs. Fry's visits to, ib.
Newman Street, 8.
Newton, "Cardiphonia," 169.
Newton, Stewart, anecdotes of, Royal Academy, 393.
Newton, Gilbert Stewart, "Creaking Door," 573.
New Year, 1832, 485.
New York, first sight of, 533; compared with Paris, 535; fires in, 537; water in, 537, 540.
Niagara, Falls of, 579, 581.
Nightingale, Florence, 127.
Nilsson, Mlle., 202.
Nöel, Sir Gerard, 372.
Norton, Mrs., 47.
Norton, George, 174.
Norton, Mrs., anecdote with Hook, 171, 175, 345, 357, 414, 480; Hayter's picture, 487, 496, 504, 510.
Normandy, Lord, 176.
"Notre Dame de Paris," 498; "bad in tendency and shocking in detail," 499.
Notter, Mr., 372.
Nottingham Castle, 461.
Nourrit, 462.
Nugent, Lady, 216.
Oatlands, 81, 396, 402, 403, 421, 467, 470.
"Oberon," 94, 99.
"Old Plays" compared with "The Gamester," and "Grecian Daughter," 385.
O'Neill, Miss, 84, 195; appearance, 196; in "Evadne, or the Statue," and "The Apostate," 312; Fanny Kemble compared with, 234.
Otway's "Venice Preserved," 235.
Ottley and Saunders, 319.
Owen, the philanthropist, 316.
Paganini, 416, 434, 466.
Panizzi, 267, 546.
"Paradise Lost," 59.
Paris, 276.
Parliament, 421.
Pasta, Mme., 428, 441; Pasta's Medea, 400; Anna Bolena, 444.
Pasta's daughter, 181.
Paton, Miss, 97, 98, 437.
Patti, Adalina, 163.
"Paul Clifford," 286.
Peaches, in America, 559.
Peacock, Mr., 110, 119.
"Pedro the Cruel," 354.
"Peerage and Peasantry, Tales of the," 348.
Percival, Mr., in House of Commons, 498.
Peterborough, Earl of, marriage to Anastasia Robinson, 437.
Petrarch's sonnets, 346.
"Philaster," 385.
Philippe, Mons., 64, 65.
Phillips, Miss, 464.
Phrenological Museum, 527.
Pickersgill, portrait of Fanny Kemble, 362; portrait of Charles Kemble in Macbeth, 366; picture "Medora," 390.
Planché, 95.
Plague, the, 308.
Plessis, Mlle., 258.
Plymouth, 416, 443, 444; farewell to, 44
Plymouth Rock, 426.
Poitier, 66; in the "Vaudeville," 483.
Poland, discussion between Charles Kemble and Kean, 440; early history of, 495.
Poles, the, 359.
Polly, Miss Sheriff as, 471.
Ponsonby, Miss, 345.
Poole, Miss, as Tom Thumb, 480.
Portia, 187; Fanny Kemble's first appearance as, 247, 248; character of, 248; costumes of, 249, 336, 352; compared with Camiola, 367, 397, 414; at Bristol, 431, 532.
Portland, 450.
Portmore Park, 388.
Portsmouth, 451.
Power, Mr., 485.
Power, Tyrone, 489.
Princes Street, incident with Scott on, 262.
Procter, Adelaide, her "doomed" appearance, 499; reading description of Esmeralda and sketch of Quasimodo's life, 499, 516.
Procter, Bryan Waller (Barry Cornwall), marriage to Anne Skeeper, 353; "White Devil," 353.
Proctor, 124, 342.
Proctor, Mrs., her habit of crediting others with her wise sayings, 127, 401.
Proctor, Emily, 401.
"Prometheus unbound," 496.
Prospero, 252, 338.
"Provoked Husband, The," 315, 328, 504; at Southampton, 453; at Fanny Kemble's benefit, 529.
Pickersgill, 365.
Queen, the, at Bridgewater House, 422.
"Quentin Durward," 444.
Quarterly Review, its critique of "Francis I.," 516.
Rachel, Mlle., her performance of Camille, 191; Jules Janin's first notice of her, 436.
Racine, 307, 410.
Radley, Mr., of the Adelphi, 303.
Railroads in England, 443; between Liverpool and Manchester, 278.
Ramahun Roy, the Rajah, 178, 479; general appearance, 515.
Raphael, his skull, 528.
Reade, Charles, "The King's Wager," 308.
Redcliffe Church, 433.
Reeve compared with Liston, 508.
Reform Bill, 344, 394, 459, 460, 478.
Regalia, Scottish, incident of, 157.
Reichardt, or Reis, 100.
Religious faith, 476.
Retsch's illustrations of "Hamlet," 373; disinclination for illustrating "Romeo and Juliet," ib.; illustrations of "Faust," 374.
Revolution of 1830, the, 276.
Revolution, Spanish, 335, 336, 356, 359, 478, 479, 484.
Rhodez, scene of the Fauldes Tragedy, 466.
"Richard III.," 119.
Richter, 80.
"Rienzi," 354.
Rigby, Mr., 4.
Rio, M., 73.
Ristori, 571.
Rivens, Lady, 4.
"Robert the Devil" at Covent Garden, 507; M. Levassor's ludicrous account of, 507, 509.
Robertson, Frederick, 168.
Robinson, Anastasia, marriage to Earl of Peterborough, 437.
"Rob Roy," 488.
Rogers, 379, 504
"Roman de la Rose." 357.
"Romeo and Juliet," 257, 342, 414; at Bristol, 424, 443; at Weymouth, 449; at Southampton, 452, 485; John Mason's first appearance in, 486, 523; in New York, 542.
Romilly, Mrs. Edward, 342.
Romillys, the, 183.
Rossini, 100.
Roxelane, 68.
Rowden, Mrs., 45, 47, 67.
Russell, Earl, 347, 404; appearance of, 492; incident of Sir Robert Inglis, 493; responsibility in Reform Bill, 494.
"Rush-bearing," a, 296.
Ruthven, his proceeding toward Mary Stuart, 489.
Rutland, Duke of, 22.
Rye, 521.
Sackville, 462.
"Sacrament," preparation, 403.
"Sakuntalà," 178.
De Sales, Francis, 426.
Salisbury, Lady, in "Isaure," 382; "Wednesday Morning" at Hatfield House, 394.
Salmon, 89.
"Salmonia," 539.
Sandwich, Earl of, 124.
Saunders and Ottley, 319.
Savoy, Louisa of, 509.
Schiller, 169; "Mary Stuart," 312. "School for Scandal," incident of Miss Farren and Lord Derby in, 452; at Southampton, 454, 487, 498; in New York, 543.
Schlegel's "Dramatic Lectures," 486
Scotland, regalia of, 261.
Scotsman, The, 158.
Scott, Anne, 260.
Scott, Walter, 3, 36, 58, 87, 108, 142,157; "Border Minstrelsy," 160, 166; criticisms on Fanny Kemble's acting, 260; anecdote of Scottish regalia, 261; opinion of Fanny Kemble as compared with Mrs. Siddons, 262; incident at Abbotsford, 263, 444; caution in regard to Waverley Novels, 488, 521, 527; death, 557.
Scottish Regalia, incident of, 157.
Scribe's "Les premières Amours," 419.
Searle, Miss, 87.
Sedgwick's, Miss, "Hope Leslie," 577.
Semiramis, Queen, as a dramatic writer, 447.
Sentiment, books of, 506.
Serenading, 470.
Sévigné, Madame de, 277, 320.
Shakespeare, Plays at Paris, 115, 169, 182; Portia, 187; "Romeo and Juliet," the ending restored, 207; claim of his plays to perfect representation, 220; his plays compared with "Grecian Daughter," 238, 247, 255, 260; compared with Goethe, 338; "Romeo and Juliet," 342; treatment of passion of hatred, 351, 389; knowing and knowing about him, 396; Mrs. Siddons' admiration for, 416, 486; discussion about, 522; beauty of his songs, 505; reiteration of expressions of grief, 514; Mrs. Jameson's book on his female characters, issued, 531.
Shannon, Rev. Win., 164.
Sharp "conversation," 504.
Sheil, "Evadne, or the Statue," and "The Apostate," 312.
Shelley, 166; his passion for fire-gazing, 325, 334; the Cenci; translation of Calderon's "El Magico Prodigioso;" "Faust," 384; "Prometheus Unbound," 496, 498; "The Sensitive Plant," and "Rosalind and Helen," 498; "The Two Sisters," 499.
Shelley, Capt., in "Hernani", 404.
Sheriff, Miss, her début, 464; in "Artaxerxes," 465; in "Fra Diavolo," 469; in "Polly," 471.
Sheridan, Caroline, 174, 178.
Sheridan, Chas., 173; manager of Drury Lane, 174, 175, 399, 498.
Sheridan, Georgiana, 173, 510.
Sheridan, Mrs. (Miss Callender), 173.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 173.
Shirley's "Gentleman of Venice," 513.
Shylock, 351; analysis of the character, 430.
Siddons, Cecilia, 91, 94, 108, 123, 180, 239, 323, 400; picture by Clint, 405; plans after her mother's death, 416, 466.
Siddons, Elizabeth, 291.
Siddons, "Lizzy," 119.
Siddons, "Sally and Lizzy," 342.
Siddons, George, 158, 323; Mrs. George, 158
Siddons, Harriet, 323.
Siddons, Henry, management of the Edinburgh Theatre, 142; death, ib.; arrival in India and departure for Delhi, 119, 470.
Siddons, Mrs. Henry, 140, 141, 143, 158, 164, 180, 193, 259, 261, 286, 291, 305, 359, 364.
Siddons. Maria, 17, engaged to Sir Thomas Lawrence, 207; death, ib.
Siddons, Sarah, 17, 91; in Louisa of Savoy, 117, 129; painting by Gainsborough, 162; in Elvira, 174; costume in the "Grecian Daughter," 190; as Hamlet, 200; Lawrence's admiration for, 207; wishes to be carried to her grave by Lawrence, 211; indifference, 223; Fanny Kemble compared with, 234; in Euphrasia, 236; shocked at Lawrence's death, 237, 239; Edinburgh audiences, 261: repeating Lady Macbeth to an enthusiastic audience, 262; opinion of, 262; dearest friend, 270; in Mrs. Haller and "The Fair Penitent," 318; Christmas eve at her house, 322, 337; advantage over Fanny Kemble, 336, 345; Lord Lansdowne's admiration for, 349, 396; failing health, 399; Milton and Shakespeare, 416; her death, 416; her abuse of Austria in "King John," 446; her letters, 452; Queen Katharine, 459; her letters revised by Emily Fitzhugh, 477; Lady Macbeth, 478; "sketches" of Constance and Lady Macbeth, 517.
Siddons, Mrs. Scott-, 158.
Shaw, 60.
Sismondi, 83.
Sinclair, 123.
Skeeper, Anne, marriage to Barry Cornwall, 353.
Skerries, 273, 329.
Slavery in America, 543.
Smart, Sir George, 95, 100, 395.
Smiles, his biography of Stephenson, 279.
Smith's "National Scottish Songs," 160.
Smith, Bobus, 347.
Smith, James, 86.
Smith, Sidney, 142, 173, 347, 504
Smithson, Miss, 115.
Solomon, 166.
Somerset, Duchess of, 173, 510.
"Sonnambula," 507.
Sontag, appearance with Malibran in "Romeo and Juliet," 201, 202.
Sotheby ("the poet"), 350; "Darnley," 370; comments on Fanny Kemble's beauty, 370.
Southampton, 271, 416, 451.
Spain, 293.
Spaniards, John Kemble delivered to the, 336.
Spanish expedition, 326.
Spanish revolution, 335, 336, 356, 359, 478; Torrijos and his friends shot, 479.
Spedding, James, 183.
Spenser, poetry of, 358.
Spurzheim, his philosophy of phrenology, 151; death in Boston, 558.
Stafford, 92, 113, 297.
St. Albans, Duke of, marriage, 392.
St. Albans, Duchess of, Miss Mellon and Mrs. Coutts, 391.
St. Anne's Hill, 418.
St. Aubin, Mr., in "Hernani" at Bridgewater House, 376, 396, 421.
Stansbury, Mr., 472.
"Star of Seville," 319, 389; finished, 395; unbecoming language of, 423, 435, 445, 472, 478, 479. 480; reading it to the family, 489; "cut" for the stage, 495; publication, 497, 514; brought out first in New York, 554.
Stein, Madame von, Goethe's letters to, 339
Stephens (see Essex, Countess of).
Stephenson, Geo., first experiment at a railway, 278; characteristics, 279, 298, 455; contrasted with Lord Alvanley, 456.
Sterling, John, 183; daily promise, 185, 293; marriage, 326; in Spanish expedition, ib.
Sterky, Mr., 321.
Stewart, Charles Edward (the Pretender), relics of, 156.
Stewart, Mary, 489.
St. Lawrence, Rapids of the, 380.
St. Maur, Lady (nee Georgiana Sheriden).
St. Paul's, Lawrence's burial in, 240.
"Stranger, The," 315, 327; at Plymouth, 445; Charles Young in, 462.
St. Sidwell's church, 440.
Storace, 500.
Stukely, 440, 446.
Singer, a diminutive, 453.
Sullivan, Mrs., 341, 348; Rev. Fred., 348.
Sully, his picture of Fanny Kemble as Beatrice, 367.
Sumner, Charles, 543.
Switzerland, 277.
Taglioni, 400, 564.
Talbot, Colonel, 346.
Tales of a chaperon, 348.
Talma, 25, 65.
"Tasso," 351
Taylor, Jeremy, 104.
Taylor, Tom, "The King's Wager," 308.
Taylor, Miss, as Helen in the "Hunchback," 378, 519; as Margaret de Valois in "Francis I.," 508; in "The Hunchback," 519.
"Tempest, The," 269, 555.
Tennyson, Alfred, 167; his brothers, 483; first poems, 184; "The May Queen," "OEnone," and the "Miller's Daughter," 185, 294; an unpromising exterior, 519; poems of, 581.
Terry, 142.
Thackeray, W.M., 126, 167, 183; broken nose, 490, 496.
Thackeray, Dr., 393.
Thames Tunnel, 120.
Theatre Français, 258.
Theatre patents, 339.
Therëse Heyne (Madame Huber), 347.
Thorwaldsen, 343.
Tieck, 29, 80, 353; "The Elves," 516.
Titian's Venuses, and "Venus and Adonis," 271; Bacchus and Ariadne, 475.
Tiverton, the member for, 270.
Tom Thumb, Miss Poole as, 480.
Torrijos, General, 293, 326, 356.
Tree, Miss Ellen, as Romeo, 200.
Tree, Miss (Mrs. Bradshaw), 497; as Françoise de Foix, in "Francis I.," 508.
Trelawney, Mr., 436; author of "Adventures of a Younger Son," 582.
Trench, Richard, 183, 293; return from Spain, 356; share in Spanish exhibition, 376; shot in Spain, 479, 514.
Trenton Falls, 103.
"Tristram Shandy," 519.
Trueba, Don Telesforo de, "The Exquisites," 395, 405.
Turnerelli, his bust of Fanny Kemble, 365, 499
Tweed, Scott's residence on the, 265.
Twiss, Horace, 86, 87, 170, 236, 331; put into Parliament by Lord Clarendon, 335; aspect at defeat of Reform Bill, 344; speech on Reform Bill, 344, 387.
Twiss, Horace's father, 107.
Twiss, John, 15.
Twiss, Miss, 158.
Twiss, Mrs., 256; the Misses, 130.
"Vivian Grey," 122.
Vinci, Leonardo da, 476.
Victorine, 507.
Victoria, Princess, 475.
Viardot, Mme., 205.
Vestris, Madame, 383.
"Vestiges of Creation," 161.
"Venice, Gentleman of," 513.
"Venice, History of." 474, 513.
"Venice Preserved," 425, 433, 444; at Weymouth, 451, 470.
Vanbrugh, Sir John, 399.
"Valeria," 436.
Wade, his plays "The Jew of Aragon" and "Griselda," 306; self-control, 307.
Wainwright, Dr., 544.
Waldegrave, Lord, 417.
Wales, Prince of, 3.
Wales, Princess of, 251.
Wallack, J.W., 539.
Wallenstein, 474.
Walpole, Horace, 303, 414.
Ward, 366, 484; Joseph Surface, 487; in "Katharine of Cleves," 489; as Fazio, 323; as The Monk in "Francis I.," 508.
Warwick Castle, 106.
Warwick, Lord, 90.
Washington, George, 567.
Water in New York, 537.
Watson, Dr., 463.
Weber, Baron Carl Maria von, "Der Freyschütz," 94; "Oberon," 95; "Always my music, but never myself," 96; appearance and manner, 97; impatience with Braham and Miss Paton, 97; Huon's opening song, 98; death, 100.
Webster, Daniel, speeches of, 547; letters of introduction to, 561.
"Wednesday Morning," 390, 393, 394.
Wellington, Duke of, 101, 124, 244; at opening of new railroad, 284, 299, 304; bitter pill to Lawrence, 393, 460; threatening to pull down his statue, 461, 474.
Welsh, Mr., Miss Sheriff's instructor, 464.
West Indies, 483.
West India Dock, 120.
Westmacott, editor of the Age, thrashed by Charles Kemble, 310, 314.
Westminster Abbey, John Kemble's monument, 65, 240.
Westminster, Henry Kemble's education at, 108, 110, 267, 482.
Westminster Committee, The, 278.
Weybridge, 75, 79, 81, 111, 388, 396, 399, 442.
Weymouth, 449.
Wieland, 80, 95.
Willet, 108.
William IV., 95, 96.
Wharncliffe, Earl of (see Wortley, James, 349).
"White Devil, The," 353.
Whitelock, Mrs., 15, 105, 106, 355, 418, 420.
"Wife of Antwerp, The," 475.
"Wilhelm Meister," 339.
Wilkes, 490.
Wilkinson, Mrs., 466.
Willett, Mr., 513.
William IV., his natural son by Mrs. Jordan, 227, 390; ignorance of art, 393.
Wilmot, Mr., 348.
Wilson, Dr., 462, 463.
Wilson, 142, 178; in "Artaxerxes," 465.
Winckelmann, his work on classical art, 217.
Wood, Mr., 98.
Worcester (see Beaufort, Duke of).
Wordsworth, 166.
Worsley, 270.
Worsley Hall, 375.
Wortley, James, 342, 349.
Wraxall, 104.
Wray, Miss. 124.
Wroxton Abbey, 388.
Yates, Mr., as a friend, 508.
Yates, Mrs., in "Victorine," 507.
York, Archbishop of, 230.
York, Duchess of, 403.
York, Duke of, 77, 85.
Young, Charles, anecdotes of, 10; accomplishments and disposition, 11; death at Brighton, 12, 115, 117, 118, 181; in "Rienzi," 354; at Bridgewater House, 421; as Pierre, 461; in "The Stranger," 462; helping Covent Garden, 464, 472.
Young, Rev. Julian, 40, 251, 504.
Zanga, 351.
Zermatt, Mount. 84.
[Transcriber's note:
The following names were changed in the index for consistency with the text: Alleghany was Allegheny Belzoni Belzini Biagioli Biagoli Der Freyschütz Der Freyschutz Flore, Mlle. Floré, Mlle. Foscolo, Ugo Foscolo, Uga Nourit Nouritt Pickersgill Puckersgill Roxolane Roxolaine Sakuntalà Sakuntala Sonnambula Somnambula Therëse Heyne Therese Heyne Winckelmann Winckelman
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