The Letters of David Garrick: Volume III Letters 816–1362 [Reprint 2014 ed.] 9780674288164, 9780674336384

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Volume III Letters 816-1362

The Letters of DAVID GARRICK Edited by

DAVID M. LITTLE and GEORGE M. KAHRL Associate Editor

PHOEBE deK. WILSON

Volume III Letters 8 1 6 - 1 3 6 2

THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts

1963

© Copyright, 1963 By the President and Fellows of Harvard College Letters 479, 493, 501, 503, 504, 544, 628, 677, 717, 799, 895, 970, i o n , 1107, 117a, and 1230 from Garrick to James Boswell and the footnotes quoting from letters from Boswell to Garrick at Letters 628, 799, 895, 970, and 1107 are included in this edition by permission of Yale University and McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. All requests for permission to quote from these materials should be addressed to McGraw-Hill Book Company. ©Copyright 1963 by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Distributed in Great Britain by Oxford University Press · London Designed by Burton L. Stratton Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-7129 · Printed in Great Britain

Contents Volume List of Illustrations Chronology Letters 8 1 6 - 1 3 6 2

III VII X 915

Appendices 1341 A. Material Relating to Mrs. Garrick. B. Contractual and Business Documents Relating to Drury Lane Theatre, c. Memoranda on the Jubilee, D. Stonhouse's Letter to Garrick. E. King's Letter to Garrick. F. Hopkins' Letters to George Garrick. o. Garrick's Will. Index

1371

Illustrations Volume III Mr. and Mrs. Garrick in 1773

1104

From the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Major General E. H. Goulburn, D.S.O.)

(By kind permission of

Mr. and Mrs. Garrick at Shakespeare's Temple, Hampton 1105 From the painting by John Zoffany. (By kind permission of the Earl of Durham) A n Example of a Draft: Letter 468

1136

From the original: Garrick to Lady Camden. (By permission of the Victoria and Albert Museum)

June 27, 1767].

A n Unfinished Portrait of Garrick From the painting by John Zoffany. Club, London)

1137 (By permission of the Garrick

A Page from the Drury Lane Account Books

1232

From the original "Drury Lane Records." (By permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.) T h e River Front of the Adelphi

1233

From a contemporary engraving in the possession ofJohn Gloag, Esq. (Reproduced in John Gloag, Georgian Grace, London: A. & C. Black; New York; Macmillan Co., [1956]. By kind permission of Mr. Gloag) A Playbill for Garrick's Final Performance, 1776 From an original.

Garrick's Death Mask, the Eyes Inserted, 1779 From an engraving of R. E. Pine's painting. Harvard Theatre Collection) I»

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(By permission of the Harvard Theatre Collection)

(By permission of the

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Volume III Letters 816-1362

Chronology of Garrick's Life 717, February 9

Born at the Angel Inn, Hereford

717-1737

Living and being schooled in Lichfield

737, March 2 March g

To London with Samuel Johnson Enrolled at Lincoln's Inn

738-1741

In the wine trade in London

740

First theatrical entertainments produced: Lethe (Drury Lane, April 1) ; The Lying Valet (Goodman's Fields, November 30)

741, June-July

Appearance at Ipswich Theatre under the assumed name of Mr. Lyddall

741-42

Professional actor at Goodman's Fields Theatre; Richard III on October 19, thereafter eighteen more roles

742, summer 742-45

Playing at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin Playing at Drury Lane

745-46

Go-manager and actor at Smock Alley

746-47

Engagement at Covent Garden Theatre

747, April 9

Contract as partner at Drury Lane

749, June 22

Married Eva Maria Veigel

749-72

Resident in Southampton Street, London

751, summer

Visit to Paris

754

Purchase of the Hampton villa

763-65

The Grand Tour

769, September

The Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford

772, March

Move to No. 5, The Adelphi

775-76

Final season as an actor; sale of Drury Lane

779» January 20

Death in London

January io,

816

1774

915

To Joseph Cradock

Adelphi Dear Sir. Jan* the [1774]1 th I have been very ill w a Cold & hoarseness, & am oblig'd to go tomorrow into ye Country to try if the Air will be of Service to Me. It will be impossible for Us, with the Engagements now upon our hands to comply with Your request.—2 I should have been very happy to Obey Your Commands; but if You knew, what we have to do, and ye little time we have to do it in, You would be assur'd that the necessity of our affairs, & not a Mere Manager's Excuse, compels Me to Act contrary to my Inclinations. We have not less than 3 tragedies, a Comedy & two reviv'd tragedies to perform in this & y6 next Winter. Sorry, & very Sorry I was, that I could not See Venice preserved— I have heard wonders of You & C° This filthy cold I partly got, by Exhibiting my person in the gallan Hastings, as the best Compliment I could Pay to the Noble Host & Hostess where You are— 3 but indeed my Pride was very much mortify'd, when I found the Family did not come to their box till in ye middle of the third Act— it will not be long in my Power to pay many such Comp18. I am Dear S r Y r most oblig'd humble Ser* D : Garrick 7 th

Source: F S L j Cradock, I V , 161. ι. The year is supplied in an unknown hand and is verified by the reference to Cradock's invitation to Garrick to help with the Essex theatricals. 2. Under the auspices of William Ann Holies Capel (1732-1799), fourth Earl of Essex (1743), and his wife Harriet (1734?-!821), a company of amateur players, including Cradock, was at this time performing at Cashiobury, Hertfordshire, Essex's country seat. Garrick had been invited to attend (Cradock, IV, i59f.). 3. Lord and Lady Essex had persuaded Garrick to play in Jane Shore (ibid., i6if.).

817

To Herbert Lawrence

Monday Hampton Dear Sir Jan* 10— 1774 I have been so untun'd with a Violent Cold & hoarseness, that in Justice to you, & my self, I would not read the Comedy1 you put

gi6

To Herbert Lawrence

into my hands 'till Yesterday; I have consider'd it well, & sincerely wish'd that I might have an occasion to Shew the regard I have for y o u . — to be free & friendly with you, I think the Comedy not in the least calculated for representation, & if I did not know your hand, & that you had sent it to me, I should not have believ'd it, from the other performances I have seen of yours, to have come from the same A u t h o r — to speak my Mind without constraint & as Circumstances occur to m e — T h e Character of your Credulous Man is surely unnatural & improbable, his Swallow is too large & too farcical— can it be possible that he could be so gull'd by flam, & his Brother cheat to take every thing for granted at so great a loss too? or granting that he could swallow all their Secrets is it credible, that he would agree to give his Daughter at once to a Stranger upon a days A c q u a i n t a n c e ? — a Dupe so extravagantly absurd becomes an Idiot & unfit for the S t a g e — let us pass from him to the Lover's S c h e m e — & I fear that will prove as improbable. He is thought to be Dead, but returns, puts on a bob Wig, Visits his Mistress as her dead Lover's Uncle, & is not found out, till he discovers the plot himself.— I will grant you that some improble disguises have pass'd, & will pass upon the S t a g e — But tho' Love is painted Blind, Lover's are Suppos'd to have Lynx's Eyes, & it is Unnatural to think the Young W o m a n should converse with the object of her passion, still warm in her heart, and but lately left her, & not know him under so slight a Concealment ? — to me it is impossible, & I fear would have a bad Effect upon the S t a g e , — but supposing (& it is supposing a great deal) that these Circumstances which are the main ones of the plot, could be made probable by Alteration, yet there still wants the Sine qua non, the Spirit of Dialogue, that vis Comica, that vein of pleasantry, without which, no Comedy can live upon the S t a g e — the Credulous Man is the only Character, & he I think too exaggarated to be pleasing; and we have so many Cheaters & Cheatees upon the Stage, Such as are in the Alchymist, Albumazar & c that I fear unless some very New Method & pleasant Method of galling the Credulous was found o u t , — an Audience would be very Squeamish— T h e T Y C H O T H O LICON of Feignwell would be thought an Imitation of the Otacousticon of Albumazar, 2 & the transmutation of Vegetables put 'em in mind of the transmutation of Metals in the Alchymist— Pandolpho & S r Epicure Mammon are the old Gulls, & to be Sure had their Effect when the Transformation of persons, & transmutation of Metals were talk'd of, & believ'd by 19 in 2 0 — even now by the force of

January

io, 1J74

917

writing they are Suffer'd— but indeed it is by a force upon the Understanding, & are but barely born, & I am certain would be condemn'd (with all their Merit) were they now for the first time to be Acted. I hope my sincerity will not appear impertinent; I should think my self unworthy of your Confidence if I did not speak to you as to my thinkings, as I do ruminate,'3 and it is my honest opinion that you would have been unhappy had either M r Coiman or M r Foote brought your Comedy upon the Stage I am Dear Sir Your most Sincere wellwisher & humble Servant D. Garrick I write as you See with the Gout in my fingers— I can scarce hold my pen— I have written Slovenly & incorrectly, but you will excuse every thing. To convince you how over delicate the Publick may be at times— I will relate to you a passage in a Farce call'd Neck or Nothing—4 Two Servants agree to impose upon an old Citizen Stockwell— one of 'em is to pass for his Master & to receive a portion with the Daughter, whom he is to marry— they agree to divide the Booty & run away— the business is comically enough manag'd & had great applause 'till upon the old Citizens asking the Sham Gentlemen to take a Mortgage upon Some Houses for part of the Fortune— the other Answers he is Sorry that he could not— but that he had bargain'd for an Estate that was Contagious to his own, & must be oblig'd to pay the Money in two days or forfeit— Is the Estate good, says the old Man? in fine Condition answers the cheat, & the Wood upon it will very near pay the Purchas— indeed!— O Yes, says the Confederate, & then the fine ponds upon the Estate!— ponds (cries Stockwell) what signify Ponds— O Sir they make a great deal of the Ponds, many Pounds a year !— indeed ! what are they good for ?— Slip replies— to Catch Gudgeons Sir— great Proffit & pleasure.— I thought it dangerous and, so it prov'd, tho' but in a Farce, & which 'till the Gudgeons came had met with great applause. I mention this only to shew you that an audience will not Suffer the Dupe to be cheated too extravagantly even in a Farcical piece Endorsement by Garrick: Letter to M r Lawrence Apothecary about his play. Source: FC, copy; Boaden, I, 6oaf. ι. Apparently this play was never produced or published. 2. A "wondrous instrument," which amplified sound to such an extent

gi8

To The Reverend Doctor Thomas Francklin That you may know each whisper from Prester John Against the wind, as fresh as 'twere delivered Through a trunk, or Gloster's list'ning wall.

(Albumazar, I, iii). 3. Othello, III, iii, ißif. 4. By Garrick (DL, Nov. 18, 1766).

818

To The Reverend Doctor Thomas Francklin

Adelphi Dear Sir Jan* 12. 1774 Your Letter which Surpriz'd me is half a letter of complaint & without the smallest foundation, I never broke my word with any body, nor do I expect a Murmur against me from a Liberal Mind 'till I do.— D r Franklin might have known by the papers, that I have been ill,1 & very ill; so ill as to keep House for near a fortnight, except Just the conveyance of me from the Adelphi to Hampton by way of changing the Air— But you seem to think it hard that I will not speak to Col. Dow, how such a request to the Col 1 could be conveyd, is not in my power to determine, for he has been some time in the East Indies, & left his play 2 in Guardianship; this I thought I told You.— It has been your own fault, & yours only, that you have not had your play, & other plays (if you had chosen it) Acted at Drury Lane Theatre long before this.— As You seem to be peevish I will speak the truth, because I will have none of your faults added to a large bundle of my own— After your Warwick— you were given to Coquettry, & after you had mention'd an intended Tragedy to me often, you hung back, chang'd your mind &c &c &c & never offer'd me one 'till that which I read last Summer. 3 1 have told you from the begining all my Engagements, & therefore it is very hard to be distress'd about a Matter which I have wish'd to be able to do, but had it not in my power— I have answer'd this upon the Gallop, but could not rest till I had spoken my Mind as freely as You have done. I am D r Sir Your most obed4 Servant D Garrick. What can You possibly mean by wishing to be now in my favour ? I would not break my word to gain the favour of Kings,— nor

January 13, 1774

919

should my Brother be preferr'd to a Stranger, had I given my word to the last— the Gout in my fingers makes my Letter scarce legible Endorsement: T o D 1 Franklin, Queen Street, copy. I, 6o3f.

Source: F C , c o p y ; Boaden,

ι. " M r Garrick, who has been much indisposed with a sore throat and hoarseness, is much better" {Public Advertiser, Dec. 30, 1773). 2. Sethona. 3. Presumably Matilda.

819

To George Steevens

Adelphi Jan* 13 1774 Never imagine, my dear Sir, that I can suspect Your friendship, or that I will suffer any body Else in my Company to defame You. 1 I have not seen Bell2 but on Account of ye Letter he wrote to Me, for a long time— to do him justice he spoke, as he ought, about You; he complain'd of Baldwin's3 partiality; & Exorbitance— I had Nothing to do but be an humble hearer : what ye D r intends I know not, but this I know, if I were M r Steevens, I would see Every thing that bears y·* Name of Shakespear—* it must be a curious business, & you would shew too little Curiosity, not to attend his invitation— there are large Bills posted about the Town as tall as I am, & almost as broad— Upon recollection, You mention'd in one of y r Letters, as if I had said that Bell told me, he had acquainted You with his intended Edition of Shakesp16 Sure You must have mistaken Me, for I don't remember he said that to Me, I think Some time ago before the publication, that he mention'd Your bespeaking a Set of his books, & that is all. pray be present at γ* Lectures Most truly Yours D Garrick. Have You seen Bryant's book upon Ancient Mythology ?6 it makes a great noise— Address: T o George Steevens Esq r , Hampstead.

Postmarked.

Source: F S L .

920

To Grey Cooper

1. Steevens had written Garrick on Dec. 27: " I n the St. James's Chronicle of Thursday last, somebody has attacked M r . Bell's new edition of Shakespeare . . . [I] take the earliest opportunity to assure you that the letter against his book (which includes some censure of you) was not mine on my word and honour... I have troubled you with this note, because you have people now and then about you, who are too apt to mistake their own groundless suppositions for established truth" (Boaden, I, 590; see also I, 591, 592). 2. Bell's edition of Shakespeare, which was dedicated to Garrick, contained "twentyfour of the author's most esteemed plays, each of which is ornamented with a beautiful frontispiece, and regulated by permission of the managers, agreeable to the present mode of performance at the Theatres Royal in London, by M r . Hopkins, prompter, at Drurylane, and M r . Younger, prompter, at Covent G a r d e n " (advertisement on publication, LC, vol. X X X V , Jan. 7, 1774, p. 27). Bell defied the copyright monopoly of the organized London printers and pioneered in bringing out cheap and often well-illustrated editions of standard authors. 3. Robert Baldwin (d. 1810), bookseller and publisher at 47 Paternoster R o w from 1749 until his death; he was Steevens' publisher. 4. Kenrick had invited Steevens to a series of ten lectures on Shakespeare (Boaden, I, 606), the first of these to be given in the Apollo, the great room in the Devil Tavern, Temple Bar, on Jan. 19 (LC, vol. X X X V , Jan. 18-20, p. 72, and Jan. 20-22, p. 76). Not wishing " t o hear any reflections thrown on Dr. Johnson," Steevens did not attend (Boaden, I, 607). 5. Boaden, I, 597. 6. A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology, 1774, by Jacob Bryant ( 1 7 1 5 1804), the antiquary. Steevens replied, Jan. 26: " M r . Bryant's book has deprived me of a great part of my rest for these two nights p a s t " (ibid., I I , 129).

820

To Grey Cooper Adelphi

m y dr Sr

Feb1? i8t

1774

I t is n o t possible for M e t o b e l i e v e w h a t m y S e r v * tells m e , n a y

I

s h d s c a r c e h a v e b e l i e v ' d m y o w n E y e s h a d I seen i t — H e tells m e that

Mr

C o o p e r in

Compy

with

a Certain

Lord,1

whom

I

most

h o n o u r & w o u l d S o o n e s t O b e y , c a l l ' d Y e s t e r d a y a t ye A d e l p h i ! — impossible!— I beg &

beseech Y o u , m y good friend, not to m a k e

m e too v a i n , b u t if there are a n y c o m m a n d s to Either of y e Indies, i f i t is t h o u g h t p r o p e r t h a t I sh d b e C o m m a n d e r i n C h i e f i n s t e a d o f Gen1

Clavering,2

(whose nomination

I

&

m y friends i n t e n d e d

to

s u p p o r t n e x t t h u r s d a y ) 3 or i f I s h o u l d b e fix'd t o m a k e y® B o s t o n i a n e d r i n k t h e i r t e a as t h e y o u g h t , o r s e n d t h e m

after y e tea into

ye

a t l a n t i c , p r a y l e t m e k n o w d i r e c t l y t h a t I m a y seize t h e

Kingdoms

o f E n g l a n d , & S c o t l a n d , (in y e Persons o f R i c h a y e 3 a &

Macbeth)

February ι,

1774

921

& prepare to go any where or Every where, as that Noble Lord shall be pleas'd to command Me. I am Dear M r Cooper's most Oblig'd & Obed D Garrick Source:

F C ; Boaden, I, 6 1 1 .

ι. Lord North (see Cooper's reply of Feb. 3 in Boaden, I, 611). 2. John Clavering (1722-1777), K.B. 1776, Lieutenant-General, hero of the capture of Guadeloupe in 1759. A t a meeting of the directors of the East India Company on Feb. 8 he was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Company's forces in India, having been nominated for thè position at the meeting on Feb. 3 to which Garrick alludes (London Gazette, Feb. 1-5, 1774). 3. In 1768 Garrick and Nathan Carrington had each purchased five-thousand shares in the East India Company (manuscript note in Garrick's hand dated Nov. 29, 1768, FSL).

821

To Richard Cox

Adelphi M y dear Sir Feb1^ i Bt 1774 Since You read that letter to Me from your Friend at Vienna, 1 I have not dar'd to prance, & curvet as usual with my P e n — My Genius is rebuk'd! as Shakespear says: 2 therefore You must take what I have to say to you about Noverre, in plain, dull prose, that most fantastick toe, & great Genius & I have been in treaty for some time— I left the business to be settled by his Brother, 3 & I imagin'd that he, & his dancing crew, would have capered. Tragedy at Drury Lane, as we are not at present in the highest repute to Act it. If he has preferr'd Milan 4 to London, We must be contented, the distance between us & the Brother's inexperience of Treaty-making may have Occasion'd some blunder.— This is as much of this Matter, as I know Myself. I am my dear Sir most truly Yours D Garrick. You must excuse all my hurry & interlineations for I am w t h three Lawyers & my Partner's Son— 5 I remember'd on a Sudden I was to write & so have sent this Scrawl.

922

To Willoughby Lacy

Address: T o Rich d Cox Esq 1 , Albemarle Street.

Source: H T C .

ι · Probably Sir Robert Murray Keith (1730-1795), K . B . 1772, Ambassador at Vienna (1772-1792). He and C o x were members of the little group which called itself " T h e G a n g . " O n Feb. 16 Sir Robert wrote from Vienna to his sister " t h a t about three weeks ago, sixteen couple of our chosen belles and beaux put themselves under the direction of the great Noverre, in order to learn from him one of the prettiest figure dances one can possibly conceive" {The Memoirs and Correspondence of Sir Robert Murray Keith, ed. Mrs. Gillespie Smyth, 1849,1, 454). 2. Macbeth, I I I , i, 56. 3. Augustin. 4. Following the end of his two-year contract at Vienna in 1774, Noverre moved to the Teatro Reggio Ducal in Milan (Deryck Lynham, The Chevalier Novene, London, 1950, P· 74)· 5. Willoughby L a c y (1749-1831), the only son of Garrick's partner, inherited his father's wealth but not his prudence. Following his father's death on Jan. 25, 1774, and his own marriage on M a r c h 22 to Maria A n n Orpen (d. 1788), he lived extravagantly at his father's old home in Islington and in a new town house on Great Queen Street. By the time Garrick retired, L a c y was already heavily in debt, eventually disposing of his inherited holdings in Drury Lane to Sheridan. First vanity, and later necessity, prompted his stage appearances, which seem to have been uniformly unsuccessful (Registers of Marriages of St. Mary le Bone, Middlesex, 1754-1775, ed. W . Bruce Bannerman and R . R . Bruce Bannerman, Harleian Society, 1918, pt. II, p. 149; Lysons, I I I , 335; Henry Angelo, Reminiscences, 1828, I, 52-54; Thespian Dictionary, 1805).

822

To Willoughby Lacy

Adelphi Sr Febv 26. 1774 After waiting till three o'Clock (according to y r appointment) to receive your Answer on my several proposals for refering our differences,1 I was surprised to find (by your Note, w ch I rec'd late last Night) that you have consulted Counsell in a less amicable Way than I proposed— You do me Justice in Supposing yi I have no wish to deprive you of any R 4 you are entitled t o — I commend Your prudence, And before I give you a final answer I shall follow your Example and be properly advised I am S r Y r hume Ser4 D : Garrick Endorsement by Garrick : Letter from M r W. Lacy & my answer upon our affairs 26® of Fe by 1774. Source: F C , copy with corrections by Garrick; Boaden, I, 612.

March 8, 1J74

923

ι . L a c y had written Garrick on Feb. 25 that he had been advised by his lawyer that he had " a n equal R i g h t " with Garrick in the management of "every Branch of the Business, relative to the T h e a t r e " ( F C ; Boaden, I, 612). L a c y replied to Garrick's letter on Feb. 28, and Garrick endorsed it: " F r o m Lacy Jun r to sell his part of the P a t e n t " (FC).

823

T o George Steevens

Hampton M y dear Sir March 8 th 1774 I came here this Morning almost dying with a headach attended w t h a small fever, & some Symptoms of the Stone— I caught cold in y e house of Commons Yesterday, 1 & from my present feeling, I cannot, tho I am better this Evening, guess how my indisposition will end : the Gentlemen of the Club assemble before Nine, 2 if you are with D r Johnson by 8, you will be in good time : I have receiv'd another letter from M r Swan with his remarks upon that difficult passage in Othello— a fellow almost damn'd in a fair Wife:z I will give you the letter, w t h that curious one of Anti-mendax, 4 if I am able to attend You, & nothing but illness shall prevent me. do You know a Gentleman whose name is Gibbon,5 propos'd by D r Goldsmith, & who was blackball'd y® Same Evening Y o u was Elected ? I have often taken Notice of y*5 bon ton you mention in many a Waistcoat! 6 in hopes of being able to attend Your Entrance on Fryday, I am Most Truly Your Sincere Friend & Ser4 D : Garrick. I write this upon y® bed for I can't hold my head up. Address: T o G e o r g e Steevens E s q r a t H a m p s t e a d . Postmarked. M u r d o c k C o l l e c t i o n ; Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, L I I

Source: (1918-

19), i48f. ι. O n M a r c h 7, in the House of Commons, there were a number of reports and Lord North read the King's message on the "Information of the unwarrantable Practices which have been lately concerted and carried on in North America and particularly of the violent and outrageous Proceedings of the T o w n and Port of Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay" resulting from the tax on tea (Journals of the House of Commons, vol. X X X I V , '771-1775» P· 54if·)·

924

To Doctor John Campbell

2. A recently elected member of the Literary Club, Steevens had written Garrick on March 6: "Many thanks both for your suffrage and your congratulations, for they are equally honourable to me. I shall not fail to join the club on Friday evening. D r Johnson desires I will call on him, & he will introduce me.— Pray what is the usual time of meeting?" (Murdock Collection). For Johnson's invitation and letters to Steevens on this occasion, see Boswell, II, 273f. 3. Othello, I, i, 21. 4. Davies, the bookseller; in a letter to the St. James's Chronicle, Jan. 4-6, he criticized Garrick for allowing Hopkins, the prompter, "to deliver the Plays of Shakespeare in a State of Mutilation, as acted at his Theatre, to Mr. Bell." For identification of Davies as Anti-Mendax, see a letter to Garrick of Jan. 11, 1774, signed Detector, a letter which Garrick endorsed: "Whitchurch Pondport[?] Dorset Rev d M r Hawkins" (FC); see also Boaden, II, 130. In a copy of a letter from Davies to Garrick, dated only " Wed? July 20," but probably written in 1774 since the day, month, and number agree with that year, the copyist has preserved what must doubtless have been Garrick's endorsement: " M r Davies once an actor now a conceited bookseller nor is that all Anti-Mendax" (FC). 5. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), the historian, the first volume of whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire did not appear until two years later. 6. An allusion to the following passage in Steevens' letter of March 6 : " I f the bon ton should prove a contagious disorder among us, it will be curious to trace its progress. I have already seen it breaking out in D r G[oldsmith] under the form of many a waistcoat: but I believe D r J[ohnson] will be the last man in whom the symptoms of it will be detected."

824

To Doctor John Campbell1 Hampton M a r c h 22 a 1 7 7 4

M r Garrick presents his Comp 4 8 to D r C a m p b e l l — H e remembers well the taking some receipts from the D r & in his removing from Southampton Street to y e A d e l p h i some of the receipts fell into his hands, but he cannot immediatly recollect where he put t h e m : H e will search for them, & w h a t he cannot find he will certainly p a y f o r — H e imagines that 2 the D r h a d M r G's

own

Subscription, 3

but as it is too long to remember correctly, he will be determin'd b y y® receipts themselves, when he is lucky enough to find them. Source: F C , draft; Boaden, I, 615. ι. John Campbell (1708-1775), LL.D. 1754, miscellaneous writer, Scot of great industry and of wide knowledge, and a friend of Boswell and Johnson. 2. Deletion: "he paid for his own Subscription, as it is so long since, he believes now more than 20 Years M r Garrick will be determin'd by the receipts themselves, when he is lucky enough to find them." 3. A subscription to Campbell's A Political Survey of Great Britain (1774), on which the author had worked so many years that many of the original subscribers were dead. In his

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reply, March 23, he wrote : " D r Campbell is made exceeding happy by his good Friend M* Garrick's obliging Favour of yesterday. He never had any account transmitted, neither can he find M r Garrick's respectable Name as a Subscriber to the Political Survey in his general List" (HCL).

825

To L. M. N.1

Hampton Sir March 22n 1774 I must take Shame to myself, & all y e blame which You attribute to M r Anstey, I must with justice take to Myself: the Neglect of your Commands hurts me much, & yet when I relate y e Circumstances ofthat business, I flatter myself that I shall not plead for forgiveness in vain: Tho I once met M r Anstey at M r Calvert's in Hertfordshire, & some little correspondence has since past by letter &c yet I really did not know, at y e time of receiving y r favour, where to find him : I sent to his Brother in Law M r Calvert who lives in Portman Square to transmit Your present to h i m — He unluckily being out of Town, and a greater hurry of business coming upon me, by my Partner's illness, & death, Your Commission with other Matters was lost in the confusion: it rather makes against Me, to say I am in general very punctua in my Care of & attention to my friends, but the Circumstances above may perhaps intitle me to indulgence— Shall I now write to my Friend M r Calvert, & thro him convey the present, & my past Neglect to M r Anstey? I am most willing to attone for my fault, I hate to be thought ungrateful, & to return favours with Neglect— I can say with Oedipus (altering one word) My head was guilty, but my heart was free.

I am S r Your most Oblig'd & Obed* Ser* D : Garrick a Line to y* Adelphi Terrace will oblige me much. I write with y e Gout in my hand. Address:

T o L. M . N.

Seal.

Source:

FSL.

ι. This is the reply to an undated letter signed L.M.N, and written from " O l d Slaughter's Coffee house S' Martin's Lane" (FC; Boaden, I, 2gf.). The recipient was a

926

To The Earl of Sandwich

young man who had sent Garrick in January, before publication, two copies of " a little poetical Essay," entitled A Bagatelle, a Dialogue (1774). These were accompanied by an undated note, also signed L . M . N . , asking the actor to keep one and deliver the other to Christopher Anstey, the writer not knowing his address (Boaden, I, 2a). Believing that Anstey had received his poem, the author in his second letter to Garrick had accused Anstey of rudeness for failing to acknowledge the gift.

826

To The Earl of Sandwich

Adelphi M y Lord March 30 t h [ 1 7 ] 74 Your very favourable attention to my Solicitation in behalf of M r Mfiles] 1 obliges me to trouble y r LordP again— indeed he has press'd me to it so warmly & for such reasons that I have not philosophy enough to give him a denial— I flatter myself that he will not discredit y r LP'S kindness, or my recommendation, & therefore I will venture to propose him as a proper Object for Both— I was mistaken when I told y r LordP that he was formerly in y e Marines; he was bred to y® Sea, & was a Midshipman for some time— His Utmost Ambition is to owe y e Salvation of himself & family in this world to Lord S ; how he will get clear in y e next by being a Purser, if y r Goodness should make him one, will be his own Concern: Whatever be his Lot, I shall always think of y r Lord» w t h gratitude & am M y Lord Y r LP'S most oblig'd & faithfull hum : Ser 4 D G. Endorsement by Garrick: Lett r to L o r d Sandwich for W . A . Miles Esq r . F C , draft.

Source:

I. William Augustus Miles ( i 7 5 3 ? - i 8 i 7 ) , political writer, had gained Garrick's friendship in 1773 by publishing a Letter to Sir John Fielding, with a postscript to the actor, protesting against Fielding's attempt to suppress the Beggar's Opera (William E. Schultz, Gay's Beggar's Opera, New Haven, 1923, p. 245).

[April] ι5

827

[1774I

927

To Mary Latter1

Madam.

Easter T u e s d a y [ A p r i l 5 ] 1 7 7 4

I took y r t r a g e d y 2 into the C o u n t r y w i t h m e , & h a v e well cons i d e r i i t — I never m a k e a n y Objections to y e E x p e n c e of decorating a p l a y , if I imagine that y e P e r f o r m a n c e will b e of Service to the A u t h o r , & the T h e a t r e — L e t m e Assure Y o u , M a d a m , t h a t it is m y sincere opinion, notwithstand 8 the M e r i t of some passages in γ* Siege of J e r u s a l e m , that it w o u l d fail of Success in the R e p r e s e n t a tion—3 I a m M a d m Y r most h u m b l e Ser 4 D G Endorsement by Garrick: M y Answer.

Source: F C , draft.

ι. Mrs. Mary Latter (1725-1777), writer, lived much of her life at Reading; she describes herself as living "not very far from the market-place, immersed in business and in debt; sometimes madly hoping to gain a competency; sometimes justly fearing dungeons and distress " (Miscellaneous Works, in Prose and Verse, Reading, 1759, Appendix). 2. The Siege of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian had been accepted by Rich, who had died before it could be produced. It was published in 1763 and was performed at Reading in 1768, where it proved a failure. In Mrs. Latter's letter of March 26 (FC), to which this is the reply, she submitted an altered version of the tragedy, stating that it had been "examin'd by many Theatrical Companies and favourably judg'd of. I presume not with standing, (at least I have been told,) that the Expenses attending its exhibition will frighten all the Managers from bringing it on the Stage." 3. Mrs. Latter replied to Garrick in a long letter, dated June 12, 1774, which she maintained had been wrung from her by "the withering blast oí Refusal." Garrick endorsed her letter: " M r " Latter from Reading about her Tragedy fine & conceited" (FC; Boaden, I, 633F.).

828

To Peter Fountain

Adelphi Dear Sir [April] 1 5 [ 1 7 7 4 ] I will call upon Y o u some M o r n i n g v e r y soon & then W e shall do o u r business m u c h better b y O u r s e l v e s — I h a v e ye pleasure of k n o w ing M r T i l s o n , 1 b u t h a v e no particular A c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h him. I a m truly y r a D Garrick

To The Bishop of Gloucester

928

Address: T o M r Fountain, Lichfield Street. A p r . 1 7 7 4 . Source: F C .

Endorsement by the recipient: 1 5 t h

t. Possibly Oliver Tilson ( 1 7 1 7 - 1 7 8 8 ) , lawyer, of Hill St., Berkeley Square. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on Sept. 16, 1732, and was Commissioner of the Salt Duties in 1766 (Alumni Cantab.).

829

To The Bishop of Gloucester

Hampton April 2 1 — 1774 Will your Lordship permit me to recommend to your perusal the inclosed plan for a pronouncing Dictionary; 1 it is written by a most Worthy, ingenious Friend of mine who has studied his subject deeply, and I hope to the purpose— my regard for his Worth as a man, may make me partial to him as an author. I shall truly know what advice I should give him, if your Lordship would honour me with your sentiments— Let me assure you, that he is not one of the genus irritabile, and that he will be as grateful for your Lordships Objections as he will be proud of your approbation— the fear of interrupting your Studies, or being admitted when you have better Company, has often restrain'd my inclination of paying my respects to your Lordship, but I intend doing myself that honour in a few days. It is with great pleasure I have heard, that the D ra Hurd, Robertson, Beattie & other respectable names have written Letters in favour of literary property—2 it will be of the greatest service to the Cause. M re Garrick presents her respects with Mine to your Lordship & M r e Warburton,3 I am my Lord &c D. G Source: F S L , copy. 1. John Walker's A General Idea of a Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language on a Plan Entirely New, dedicated to Garrick and published the previous month. Walker, under the patronage of Johnson, was at the time earning a livelihood by lecturing on elocution. The Pronouncing Dictionary, which was to appear in 1 7 9 1 , was long regarded as the standard work on English orthoepy. 2. In March 1774 the booksellers had petitioned the House of Commons for a bill further to protect their privileges of copyright. James Mansfield declared in Parliament that he had by him "letters of Mr. Hume, Dr. Hurd, Dr. Robertson, Dr. Beattie, and

May 4, 1774

929

other Writers of established reputation . . . lamenting the late decision of the House of Peers, as fatal to letters" (LC, vol. X X X V , May 14-17, 1774, p. 465). 3. Gertrude (Tucker) Warburton (d. 1796) who had been married in 1745.

830

To Mary Ann Yates

Adelphi Madam. April 27 1 7 7 4 In all dealings the plain and Simple truth is the best policy: As M™ Barry is in treaty with another Theatre, 1 it is natural for M e to Wish a treaty with another L a d y ; & it is as natural that my inclinations look towards You : 2 If You have no objections to Enter into a treaty with Me, be pleas'd to name Your time & place and I shall be as punctual as I ought to be to so fine a Woman, & so good an Actress. [I am, Madam, your most humble servant, D. Garrick.] 3 Endorsement by Garrick: Copy of a Letter Sent to M 1 8 Yates April y® 27th 1774. Source: F C , draft; Boaden, I, 623. ι. After the season of 1773-74 Mrs. Barry and her husband left Drury Lane for Covent Garden, where they both acted until Spranger Barry died in Jan. 1777. 8. Mrs. Yates had been engaged at Covent Garden by Coiman in 1767, very much against the wishes of his partners Harris and Rutherford. With Colman's resignation in May of 1774 it was natural that she would seek a change, preferably to Drury Lane. 3. Matter in brackets is supplied from the printed source.

831

To Mary Ann Yates

Adelphi Madam May 4 1774 M y Brother's dangerous situation1 has made me unfit for business, nor did I see M r Lacy till last night: this I hope will plead my excuse for not calling upon You Yesterday Morning: W e have consider'd your letter; in answer to which, we send you

930

To Mary Ann Yates

the following proposals. We agree to give You for one, two, or three Years 750 pounds including your cloaths— 2 As We cannot do more, we hope for the good of the whole, (if Mrs. Yates will Accept of our terms) that She will come to an immediate Engagement. I am Madam, Your most hum le Serv4 D : Garrick as to the Benefit, M r e Yates should well consider that Matter— We shall not stand upon Triffles, if Nothing Else can hinder our Engagement— 3 M r Garrick desires his Comp te to M r Yates. Source: F S L , d r a f t in F C ; B o a d e n , I , 623f. 1. See Letters 834, 835. 2. Deletion in draft: "should Y o u chuse to wave Y r Benefit, we will allow Y o u (what we would not to any other Performer) 150 pounds in lieu of i t — W e cannot possibly, in any other manner, Shew the great desire, we have to Engage M™ Yates." 3. Mrs. Yates had written on M a y 2 : " I think I cannot in conscience take less than £700 a year for my salary; for my Clothes, as I love to be well dressed and the Characters I appear in require it I expect £300, as to benefit you shall settle that yourself, but as I have an infinity of Scotch pride had rather not take one tho' I am sure of losing by i t " ( F C ; Boaden, I, 623).

832

T o Mary Ann Yates

Madam. Saturday May 7 th 1774 As I flatter Myself by Your Note that you have accepted of our terms,1 I shall wait upon you this Evening about 8 o'Clock & will bring M r Wallis of Norfolk Street along with me to draw up a memorandum of our agreement,2 as I would have it immediatly settled for Your Sake as well as Mine I am Madam Y r most hum le Ser* D G. If You chuse it You will have a Friend on Y r Part to M r Yates.

I beg M y Comp48

N.B. no answer to this— I went w t h M r Wallis a little after 8 o'Clock, M r e Yates had two Ladies w t h her, & w d not accept of y e terms.3 D G

[May 13,

1774]

931

Source: F C , draft; Boaden, I, 626f. 1. Actually all that Mrs. Yates had written was that "As Mrs. Y. thinks business cannot be so well settled by letter, she will be happy to see Mr. Garrick any day and hour he will please to appoint" (Boaden, I, 626). 2. See one dated May 28 in the Forster Collection (Boac}en, I, 624). 3. Subsequently she accepted a contract, appearing at Drury Lane in Oct. 1774 and acting there for five seasons.

833

To Elizabeth Montagu Adelphi Fryday [May 13, 1774]1

My Best And Most Amiable Friend— When you called last Night my foot was flanell'd up w th y* Gout, and a Sight of you, and ten words from You, would have been a Charm for ye foul Fiend— but I was order'd to see Nobody, & did not know it was my cure till it was gone— I am much better, & so well, that I shall be able to appear in Old Lusignan tonight, & in a better Character tomorrow in Hill Street— in that of the faithful Friend, & admirer of Mrs. Montagu— I was reading, or rather dozing over the cold, Northern Critick2 when you were at the door— notwithstanding his flattery to me, I can't bear the unfeelingness of his Soul. Shakespear no Tragic Poet!— 3 Shakespear not the first Tragick poet !— What insensibility !— but more of this when I have y e honour of seeing you tomorrow, which I most certainly will do, tho I am carried in a Litter & so lay'd at y r feet. Dear Madam, most unalterably & faithfully y rs , D. Garrick. I am always kissing Miss Gregory's hand & will make her cry if possible tonight. Source: Blunt, Mrs. Montagu, I, 35if. ι. The date is determined by the references to Taylor and to Lusignan, which Garrick played on Friday, May 13, 1774. 2. Presumably Edward Taylor (1741 ?—1797), of Steeple-Acton, Oxfordshire. After studying at Cambridge and Göttingen and traveling abroad he retired to the country and spent the last twenty-six years of his life in the pursuit of literature {GM, vol. LXVII, Dec. 1797, p. 1076). Garrick's characterization of Taylor presumably stemmed from the critic's professedly English, detached, intellectual enjoyment of the art of tragedy rather

932

To The Reverend Doctor John

Delap

than an emotional involvement in the reality of illusion, a point of view antithetical to Garrick's concept of his role as dramatist and author. 3. Taylor, in his Cursory Remarks on Tragedy, on Shakespear, which had been published anonymously the previous month (see LC, vol. X X X V , April 19-21, 1774, p. 383), had commended Garrick's interpretation of Lear (p. i6f.), but had also asserted "with an impartiality that becomes every man, who dares to think for himself, let us allow [Shakespeare] great merit as a comic writer, greater still as a poet, but little, very little as a tragedian" (p. 37).

834 To The Reverend Doctor John Delap1 Adelphi Dear Sir May 14 th 1774 The very dangerous Situation of my Brother's health for some weeks has made me incapable of any business; however within these last eight days I have well consider'd the Tragedy & read it twice— let me assure You by every thing that is dear to me, that the writing of this Letter is perhaps one of the most disagreeable tasks that I ever undertook, & the reason is, because I fear, that it will not be agreeable to You, whom I most sincerely wish to serve, & which is not to be done at the expence of my Reason & Judgment, & I fear of your Reputation. I most willingly resign all my Claims to any knowledge of the Drama, if the Tragedy of the Royal Exiles is calculated for Success Upon the Stage— 2 The first Act with some small Alterations would have sufficient Merit for a first Act, but from the begining of the 2 d to the End of the 5 t h it is very Languid, & undramatic that is, without a Spirited interest to keep up the Attention of an Audience, the false Oracle false Priest, & pitiful Character of Demophen sinks the whole, the death of Macaria by Accident the Unnatural Combat of the Brothers &c in the last Act are Shocking, but without Effect; however the Circumstances of the last Act (which to me is much the worst, & ought to be the best) might be alter'd— but indeed I find such a Languer thro' the whole that Representation can never Support— I would have desir'd some Gentlemen of Character in the Drama to have given me their Opinion, had I had your Consent— M r Whitehead seem'd to be averse to any farther trouble about plays, when we consulted him about a former Tragedy;— 3 I am really so much distress'd about it, that I could wish You would

[May] ι6 [1774]

933

let it be sent to the other House, the Managers since the parting with M r Colman,4 have got M r & Mrs Barry, & should they accept of the Play, they would be more Capable of doing it Justice than I possibly could with my present Company— I will take any trouble You desire me, & be assur'd that your Name shall always be conceald. I am Dear Sir Your Sincere wellwisher & humble Serv4 D Garrick I have had an Attack of the Gout, & am writing this Scrawl upon my Bed— I write with double pain— but with the best wishes towards You. Endorsement by Garrick : A Letter of mine to D r D e l a p — & his very polite answer M a y 1 7 7 4 . Source: F C , copy; Boaden, I, 6 2 7 . 1. Delap replied to this letter on M a y 16 (FC). 2. It was finally produced as The Royal Suppliants (DL, Feb. 17, 1 7 8 1 ) ; the play was taken from the Heraclidae of Euripides and The Suppliants of Aeschylus (BD). 3. In a letter of Dec. 17 (no year), written in acknowledgment of Garrick's rejection of his "Panthea," Delap states: " I will, in a post or two, desire y r opinion of a plan, on a story entirely new. M r [William] Whitehead's opinion of it is, that, supposing the story not to be too romantic, it is told in a very masterly manner— & he desires that I would send it to Y o u " (FC; Boaden, I, 126). 4. With Colman's retirement to Bath, Thomas Harris took over the active management of Covent Garden, for Powell had died in 1769 and Rutherford was retired (Eugene R . Page, George Colman the Elder, New York, 1935, pp. 2 1 7 - 2 1 9 ) .

835

T o Peter Fountain

Adelphi My dear S r [May] 16th [1774] My Brother George has been dying these 3 Weeks, he is in ye Country, & getting Strength Every day— I have had an attack from y«5 Gout, And it was impossible to see You under ye apprehension for my Brother, & on my own Acc4— You may depend upon calling upon You after Wednesday— tomorrow I play,1 & y6 next day I meet ye Company:2 I shd be glad to Enter into any treaty you approve of— Will you give me a hint of ye business that I may be prepar'd for it—

934

To Elizabeth Younge

The Picture has great Merit indeed— many thanks for ye perusal of it. Ever & truly Y r e D : Garrick. Endorsement by the recipient: Reced 16 t h M a y 1774 P F Directed to M r Fountain at M r Grignion's Litchf d Street. Source: F C . ι . King Lear, for the Theatrical Fund. 2. In May 1766 Garrick had set up by donations and benefit performances the Theatrical Fund, later incorporated by Parliament as " T h e Society Established for the Relief of Indigent Persons belonging to His Majesty's Company of Comedians" of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. From its inception Garrick served as the nominal and later chief executive officer responsible to a committee of thirteen elected by the Company. According to the records of the Theatrical Fund of May 18, 1774: " D a v Gar Esq the father founder & Procf of this Inst this day convened the male members of the theater in the green R & then like a good and faithful Steward del into their hands the foil« posessions & securities" amounting to £ 2 9 1 8 . 1 1 . 9 (James Winston, "Theatrical Records," F S L ; see also The Fund, for the Relief of Indigent Persons, Belonging to His Majesty's Company of Comedians of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Established, Endowed, and Incorporated by that Great Master of His Art, David Garrick, Esq., 1777, 1819).

836

To Elizabeth Younge

Adelphi Dear Madam. May 17 th 1774 It gives me much concern that we are not yet agreed, & indeed if You will not give up part of y r demand, I fear, we shall still remain in a Situation disagreeable & very inconvenient to all parties— We will give You 12 pounds for 2 Years 13 for the 3 d and 14 for the 4 th If fixing y r Benefit play by Article to the Night, I gave you from Inclination, will be agreeable, it shall be done. I have Something to propose about y r Cloaths which may be likewise Agreeable & profitable— In short I will have You, if I can upon the fairest terms— but we must determine soon for all our sakes— when shall I see You? 1 Most truly Y r e D. Garrick Address: Miss Young.

Seal.

Source: F S L .

ι . Miss Younge continued at Drury Lane.

[ca. May 23, 1774]

837

935

To The Reverend John Home

Adelphi My dear Home. May 24 1774 You fled from London before I left Bath— I have seen the Person mention'd in Y r Note, & have told him how he stands upon the list— We are more regular in our Stage-promotions than they are in the State— We Suffer None but those of extraordinary Merit, & Monsr Arlequin to leap over Peoples heads— so much for that: I must beg leave to recommend to Your good Word, for He well deserves it, M r Walker— You love honesty & ingenuity, he is well stor'd with both, & intends reading lectures in Edinburgh upon ye English language : tho You cannot be mended, there may be some of Your Acquaintance who will profit by his knowledge in Every branch of the English tongue— he has Studied it as a Gramarian Philosopher Rhetorician, Orator Critick & What Not— his humility & Modesty are Equal to his Ability, & if these Matters will not induce you to like & Serve him, let me insure your favour for him at once & tell You, that he is one for whom Your friend Garrick has the greatest regard & the warmest wishes— Ever & most Affec ly Yours D: Garrick My Wife sends her best to You— pray remember me to the Chosen D r Carlisle, Mre Home1 &c &c &c Source: M a g g s Brothers, Ltd. ι. In 1770 Home had married Mary, daughter of his friend and relation William Home. Mrs. Home was unattractive in appearance, and when Hume asked how " h e could ever think of such a woman ? " " A h , D a v i d ! " Home replied, " i f I had not, who else would have taken her ? " (Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell, ed. William Mure, Glasgow, 1854, pt. 2, vol. II, p. 179, n. 3).

838

To Peter Fountain

Dear S r \ca. May 25, 1774]1 I never had a political illness in my life— I was at Cov1 Garden, not with my Brother, but with Becket, & there I believe I caught, 2 + L.D.G. III

936

To Hannah More

what now I suffer— I came to Town from Hampton after four, & took it on a Sudden in my head to see Rosamond;2 a finer Creature than M rs Hartly I never saw— her make is perfect— Yesterday Morn« I was Seiz'd with y e Gout in Southampton Street, & have kept house Ever Since— I love y r Suspicions they are friendly ones but ill-founded— You may depend upon my Secresy, but I cannot think as I am Situated that the Scheme can take place— I thank you for y e Loisirs,3 I shall look into y e book this Afternoon— in the mean time I am Dear Sr very weak but Y re truly D Garrick I am free from pain, & have my Cloth Shoe on— I am Subpoena'd by M r Foote in a Cause with him & M r Ross. 4 Address: T o M r F o u n t a i n , L i c h f i e l d Street.

Source: F C ; B o a d e n , I I , 335.

ι . O n the assumption that the references in this and in the following letter are to the same subpoena and that both letters therefore were written at approximately the same time, the conjectural date is derived from the following letter. Other allusions in this letter support this dating. 2. Thomas Hull's Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond ( C G , M a y 1, 1773). T h e play was repeated several times during the 1773-74 season, and the performance on Monday, M a y 23, is that which presumably Garrick and Becket attended. 3. Les Loisirs du Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont (Amsterdam, 1774), reviewed in the Public Advertiser on March 21, 1774. 4. In 1770 Foote leased from David Ross for three years the Royal Theatre in Edinburgh; dissatisfied with the venture, he disposed of the lease in 1771 to West Digges, who shortly was arrested for debt. Ross thereupon sued Foote. From Garrick's references in this and the following letter it seems that the case was heard on M a y 26, 1774; the finding was against Foote (William Cooke, Memoirs of Samuel Foote, 1805, II, 2i4f.; James C . Dibdin, Annals of the Edinburgh Stage, Edinburgh, 1888, pp. 153-160).

839

To Hannah More1

Adelphi [May?] 25 [i 7 74?] 2 M r Garrick presents his best Comp18 to Miss More, & her Sisters3 & as he is unluckily Subpoenad to attend Westminster Hall to morrow Morning, he must desire them to give M re Garrick & him the Pleasure of their Company on Fryday— the Coach will be with

[May 29, 1774]

937

them between N i n e & t e n — w h a t c a n M r G a r r i c k say for the most flattering

C o m p l i m e n t w h i c h he Ever r e c e i v ' d — ? he must be Silent.

Address: T o Miss More, Southampton Street.

Seal.

Source: F S L .

ι. Hannah More (1745-1833) in May 1774, with two of her sisters, came up to London from Bristol for die first time and was introduced by Sir Joshua Reynolds and his sister to London society. To Dr. (later, 1792, Sir) James Stonhouse (1716-1795), a physician and clergyman in Bristol, who for many years had been a friend and counselor, she wrote a long account, notably of Garrick's acting. Perceiving how much meeting Garrick would mean to her, Stonhouse wrote the actor introducing her and enclosing a transcript of her letter (Appendix D; see also Roberts, Hannah More, I, 36). 2. It is assumed that this letter was inspired by Stonhouse's letter to Garrick of May 21, 1774, introducing the Mores. Garrick's letter is therefore conjecturally dated in the same month and year. 3. Sarah (1743-1817) and Martha (1747-1819).

840

To The Reverend Doctor Thomas Francklin1

Dear Sir [ M a y 29, 1 7 7 4 ] Y o u did ask M e to lend y o u a 1 0 0 pounds, I told y o u fairly that I h a d calls upon M e w h i c h h a d almost d r a i n ' d M e : y o u then told M e I f y o u h a d it b y M i c h a e l m a s next it w o u l d be sufficient, I said I could b y that time oblige y o u — w h e n e v e r Y o u please to speak all y o u r Sentiments on this or a n y other O c c a s i o n to Me, I will most certainly speak all mine to You,— as to y o u r mentioning them to any body else, it is in y r o w n breast to do as y o u p l e a s e — all I will say n o w is that w h a t y o u said Y e s t e r d a y M o r n i n g y r letter, contradicts, & that to M e at least, Y o u h a v e a l w a y s A c t e d & written u n a c c o u n t ably— I a m D r S r y r most h u m l e Ser 4 D Garrick Endorsement by Garrick: D 1 Franklin's Letter to me & M y Answer about £ 1 0 0 M a y 29 t h 1774. Source: William Salt Library, draft. ι. This is the reply to Francklin's letter of Saturday [May 28], in which he wrote: " I ask'd you this morning to lend me £ 1 0 0 for a short time which you refused. I will not speak all my Sentiments on this Occasion at present to you, nor will I mention them to any body else: all I shall now say is, that if you knew the distresses I have undergone, & the anxiety which you have caus'd in an unfortunate & numerous family by your refusal you wou'd sincerely pity [me]" (William Salt Library; see also Boaden, I, 632f.).

938

To The Reverend Doctor Thomas Francklin

841

To Peter Fountain

Dr Sr M a y 30 [ 1 7 7 4 ] I have sent y r Book & print— both charming, Especially y e Russian Story— 1 y® Print I had seen before— I am going to get some fresh Air into ye Country & shall not return immediatly When I do I will certainly call upon Y o u — Y r e truly DG Endorsement by the recipient: M r G ' s L e t M a y 3 0 t h R e c ' d M a y 3 0 t h 1 7 7 4 P F . Source: F C . ι. Presumably the account of Eudoxia, Peter the Great's first wife, in the sixth volume of d'Eon's Loisirs.

842

To The Reverend Doctor Thomas Francklin

June 5«i [ 1 7 7 4 ] 1 M Garrick has sent the Tragedy to D Franklin & desires him to finish it as he intends it shall be Acted— 2 M r Garrick thinks the Catastrophe better for the alteration & differs w t h the Gentleman who has made his remark upon that place. M r Garrick thinks there are weak parts, or rather languid scenes, & has not chang'd his opinion w cl1 he Scribbled w t h a pencil the Tragedy appears to him not so dramatic & calculate of Success as y e Earl of Warwick— He thinks D r Franklin should read y e Play to M r e Yates & know her thoughts upon Matilda 3 r

r

Source: F C , draft; Boaden, I , 6 3 2 . I. The year is from Francklin's reply of June 6, 1774 (Boaden, I, 63a). Garrick endorsed the wrapper to Francklin's letters about Matilda: "Letters from the righteous D r F — η about his Tragedy. w t h y* account of Matilda's receipts" (FG). a. Matilda (DL, Jan. a i , 1775), which netted the author £ 3 3 6 . 7s. in nine performances (see Boaden, II, 44, and F C for the balance sheet). For Francklin's partiality for Mrs. Yates, see Letter 5 3 1 . 3. Miss Younge, however, took the title role.

[post June io, i j j 4 \

843

939

To David Ross

Adelphi Sir June 5 [1774] 1 T h e present arrangement of our business for the next Season, obliges Us not to enter into more Engagements, than those W e have already made: Be assur'd that it is not the least Objection to Y r Abilities in Y o u r profession that prevents our Acceptance of Your Offer. 2 I am Sir Y r most Obed 4 Serv 1 D Garrick Endorsement

by Garrick

in draft:

To M

r

Ross.

Source:

M a g g s Brothers,

Cata-

l o g u e , C h r i s t m a s 1929, facsimile, d r a f t in F S L ; B o a d e n , I , 6 3 1 . ι . This is the reply to Ross's letter of J u n e 4, 1774 (Boaden, I , 631). 2. Ross h a d written: " I think m y abilities, as things are circumstanced, m a y be of some small use at Drury-lane, and of advantage to myself: as to m y terms, give me what you please when I m a y have deserved i t . . . It is in your power to be of the greatest service to me b y rescuing me from m y present situation, which that ungrateful fellow C o l m a n has put me in, b y giving the preference to a man who, in m y poor opinion, never spoke one line naturally in his whole life."

844

To William Shirley

[post June 10, 1774] 1 Garrick presents his to Shirley— he sh a have answer'd his last Note before had not he been almost prohibited reading & w r i t i n g : — He has consider'd his Plays 2 which have taken him up some time, & he now Sends his Opinion of them with that sincerity & frankness which M r Shi[r]ley desires & practices: the Comedy (he thinks) very unfit for representation— it is too low & uninteresting & grossnesses would never be suffer'd— 3 Alcibiades after the first A c t falls off & fails in y e requisites of Affection & Passion as much as in moral tendency: M r G. thinks that M r Shirley seems a little conscious of this himself by y e Note he rec'd from h i m — the Subject of the Roman Victim, has been upon y® Stage Since M r G's Managern 1 He Acted Virginius & M r a Cibber y e Daughter— 4 it Mr

Comp t e

Mr

940

To The Reverend James Townley

was well rec'd & the Author is Still living— M r G : has been Accus'd of partiality for not reviving M r Crisp's Virginia; to speak sincerely M r G : thinks the Circumstance of Stabbing Virginia & y e Consequences better manag'd in the former play.— T h e Roman Sacrifice 5 bids fairest for Success— the Subject is not y e most pleasing for an English Audience— the unnatural rigour of Brutus is carried too far, but as it is a fact in history, it will Stand Criticism in that particular— M r G : is going from home tomorrow betimes for 3 Weeks at his return he will let M r Shirley know, & they will converse upon i t — He has Return'd y e Plays as M r S. may perhaps be willing to Offer Some of them to y N e w Managern 4 at Cov 1 G a r d e n — H e may depend upon M r G's Secresy. Source: FC, draft. 1. This is the answer to Shirley's letter of June 10, 1774 (FC). 2. Shirley's four plays, according to a careful criticism sent Garrick by John Walker, were " A l l Mistaken," a comedy, and the tragedies "Alcibiades," " T h e Roman Victim," and The Roman Sacrifice (FC). 3. Deletion: "alterations of y® Comedy of Errors have been try'd & the original has been always better receiv'd." 4. In Virginia (DL, Feb. 25, 1754) by Samuel Crisp (d. 1783). 5. It was to be first performed at Drury Lane on Dec. 18, 1777, but was played only four nights and " v e r y coldly received" (BD).

845 To The Reverend James Townley London Dear Townley J u n e 16 1 7 7 4 I am told Y o u r Curate of Hendon has left Y o u — if so— let me recommend for Y o u r Sake, not for mine, 1 or his, M r Bate 2 to supply that place: H e is a M a n of Spirit, worth, & letters, if you would have a Stronger recommendation, I will give you one which I know will Weigh still more with You, he is a very warm friend of mine Dear Townley Most affec 1 ^ Y r e D Garrick He lives upon a good Farm in y r Neighbourhood. Address: Rev*1 M r T o w n l e y , Suffolk Lane, Canon Street.

Seal. Source: FSL.

[June

16,

1774]

941

ι. Garrick owned the manor of Hendon, and Townley was rector of the church from 1772 to 1777. 2. Henry Bate ( 1 7 4 5 - 1 8 2 4 ) , afterwards (1813) Sir Henry Bate Dudley, journalist, dramatic and miscellaneous writer. He succeeded his father as Rector of North Fambridge, Essex, but spent most of his time in London where he was known as a man of pleasure. As an early editor of the Morning Post (established 1772) his articles frequently involved him in personal disputes, earning for him the name " t h e Fighting Parson." In 1773 he had married a sister of Mrs. Hartley. Probably because of Garrick's solicitation, in 1774 he became curate to Townley {Bath Chronicle, Sept. 9, 1 7 7 3 ; William T . Whitley, " A n Eighteenth-Century Art Chronicler: Sir Henry Bate Dudley, Bart.," The Thirteenth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1924-1925, Oxford, 1925, pp. 25-66, with a portrait by Gainsborough).

To The Reverend Doctor Thomas Francklin Sir [June 16, 1 7 7 4 ] 1 When I receivd y—r last favor I was so ill to be deny'd both reading & writing now I am better, I cannot pass y r last Extraord^ Epistle without anew* it. Whenever You put a play into my hands You desire my remarks, seem to express an Eagerness for them, but I always found that my Criticism was a very ill office— It gives me great pleasure to hear that you intend to shew y r Play 2 to Your Friends, & approv'd Judges, & let me request you, as y e greatest favour You can confer upon Me, implicitly to follow their Advice; for I shd indeed be very unhappy, ifyou, or they, should out of false delicacy, regard any Observations which I might have made— I may venture to say with you, whatever you may think, I have no vanity about me— I therefore repeat it again, that I hope y e Catastrophe which I suggested will not stand. Sorry I am to hear that mere Money is y r Muse and that You d w never write again for y e Stage but for ye Sake of Lucre— pray w4 mortification has D r Franklin met with by writing for ye Stage ? I will (without vanity) be bold to say that he had Every advantage with Us that an Author could have or his Merit's demand— if he did not succeed so well, when he turn'd from y e Capulets, to the Mountagues, 3 what can he blame, but his own inconstancy— You are pleas'd to say that I must remember, when You first presented Warwick I told You it would not do at all— did not I add without alterations— & were not those Alterations made? or

942

To Frances Abington

suppose it Otherwise— have not I a greater merit with You for performing y r Play w c h I thought wd not do at all\ why will you S r call y r past transactions, they will not make matters better between U s — If I thought about it as you say— why did I receive i t — let me assure You, that I think now of Warwick as I always did : of Men & plays, (for I have known & try'd a great many) my guess is tolerably good— tho I will boast to have as little vanity as yrself, yet I will venture to say, that Warwick was not y e worse for going thro' my hands— Whether You think of retreating or not is Tour affair, but my business is, to desire You to send me the Tragedy compleated to your own liking in two Months time, or I shall imagine that you have again chang'd y r M i n d — I shall take care to give You a good part of ye Season, & exhibit y e Play as well as I can for my own credit. I am S r Y r humble Ser* D G: Endorsement with address: T o The Rev^ D T Franklin; and by Garrick: D r Francklin's letter & my answer yet unanswer'd. Source: F C , draft; Boaden, I, 456f. ι. This is the reply to Francklin's letter of June 6, 1774, a letter which Garrick endorsed: "Another Letter from D r Franklin & my answer June i6, 1774" (FG; Boaden,

I,63rf.).

2. Matilda. 3. Apparently a reference to the fact that Francklin's Orestes was produced at Covent Garden.

847

To Frances Abington

Hampton June 18th [1774] 1 What still complaining, my dear Mad m , of my Injustice? 2 Still seeking redress by producing a Catalogue of Grievances? for Heaven's sake let y e poor Manager have some respite from his many labours, & enjoy a few unmurmuring Weeks in the Summer; the Month of September will be soon here, & then it will be as Natural for you to find fault with him, as for Him to find fault with You: but my dear M r e Every thing has it's time &

June

ι8 [1774]

943

season, & as the poor Devil has been ill lately, & very ill, let him rest from his torments till y e 17 t h of Sep r next, 3 & then— Let him not look, stir, speak, or hold his tongue, But he means mischief, & is always wrong : T o be serious— why can't you ask a small favour without proving the infinite hardships you have suffer'd— bring me to my Tryal, and let the J u r y be 12 of y r dearest friends, & hang me out of y r Bow-Window with a label on my breast to declare my Crimes, as a terrible Example for all future Managers. T o be more serious— You shall be oblig'd upon certain conditions— first that y e Author or translator of y e petite piece,4 will assure Me under his hand, or face to face, that he will not think me impertinent for any little alterations I may make in adding, omitting transposing & c &c &c. Secondly that y e piece may be brought out as Early as I please, or I shall not be able to fulfill my Contracts— & 3 dl y When We have got it up with much Care, trouble, & Expense, that he will engage for M r e (Abington) that she will not prevent the public from Seeing it, as often as they would wish— upon these Conditions I will set to Work directly, & if M r e could let me See her next thursday about two o'Clock at the Adelphi, We will Settle these mighty Matters.— I would wait upon her in half Moon Street, but I shall be oblig'd to stay at home upon very particular business. I am, D r Mad m Y r very humble Serv* D. Garrick a Note Sent to y e Adelphi will be sent directly to Source: H T C . 1. This is the answer to Mrs. Abington's letter of June 14, 1774 ( H T C ) . 2. Mrs. Abington had written: " E x c e p t for the very charming part which you Made for me in the Chances, I have not been permitted to speak one comic line in any new Piece these six years past— and Indeed Miss Pope is in possession of all the comic characters in Every class without Exception, while my Rolle has been confined to Melancholy walking gentlewomen only." 3. The opening of Drury Lane in 1774. 4. Identified in Mrs. Abington's letter as Bickerstaffe's The Sultan; or, A Peep into the Seraglio (DL, Dec. 12, 1775), in which Mrs. Abington was to play the part of Roxalana; of this part she wrote that " the author has been pleased Publickly to declare that it was M y Stile of acting, which first suggested to him the Idea of Bringing Roxalana upon the English Stage; and my friends are, one and all, particularly anxious to see me in the character."

2»

944

To George Steevens

848

T o George Steevens

Hampton My dear Sir June 28 [1774?] 1 I shall be in Town Fryday and Saturday next & ready to receive Your Commands— I have found the parcel of loose plays2 &c with a letter of Capel's 3 which I will send by y e Servant who brings the books— I am really so much oblig'd to You for y® trouble you have taken, that I will send a Cart with pleasure for them if You will appoint the T i m e — the Gout has again seiz'd upon my right hand, & makes my Scrawl rather worse than usual— if Saturday should be too soon, I Shall be in Town y® Week after about Thursday— a Line directed to y® Adelphi will Convey Your Pleasure to, Dear Sir Most Sincerely & faithfully Yours D : Garrick Address:

T o George Steevens Esq 1 , Hampsted.

Postmarked.

Source:

FSL.

ι. From the references in this and the next letter to the plays and Capell's letter, this letter appears to precede the following. 2. Listed by Steevens on the cover of Garrick's letter as follows: "Venus and Adonis 1592/ Titus Andronicus 1593/ Hen. 6. 2. ρ 1593/Taming Shrew 1594/ Hen. V 1594/ King Leir 1594/ Winter Night's Pastime 1594/ K . Rich. I l l 1594/ Locrine 1594." 3. It appears that Capell prepared for Garrick a catalogue of his Elizabethan plays (Boaden, I, 586). Capell's letter which Garrick intended to send Steevens probably had something to do with the catalogue, for Steevens complained, " T h e letter which accompanied [your] plays contains no other information but that you had lent M r Capel monies" (FC; Boaden, I, 450).

849

T o George Steevens

Adelphi July 2 [1774] 1 I am as Satisfy'd of Your Exactness, My dear Sir, as I am of the trouble You have taken about my Collection of Old Plays: 2 they will be taken out of y® Boxes this Morning & plac'd in the Cases— I have sent the unbound parcel with Capel's letter— & at the same time let me Acknowledge that You have return'd my Collection of Plays, & have greatly oblig'd me by y r careful inspection of them I am my dear Sir most faithfully y™ D. Garrick

July 3, 1774

945

I will Search for y e tools You mention'd— I saw them some time ago— they are only mislaid. PS. D r Kenrick is going to Lecture at Mary'bone Gardens.3 Address: George Steevens Esq r , Hampsted.

Seal.

Source: FSL.

1. T h e year is determined b y the reference to Kenrick's lecture. 2. Steevens replied: " I a m sorry to let you know that very many tragedies and comedies are enter'd [at Stationers' H a l l ] , the names of which are neither to be found in your catalogue nor any other . . . W i t h the addition of a few more plays (which I believe I shall easily find for you) I can add two more quarto Volumes to your collection" ( F C ; Boaden, I , 449f.). 3. " O n Saturday, Dr. Kenrick opened his School of Shakespeare, to a numerous auditory, in the Burletta Theatre at M a r y b o n e Gardens . . . In the Doctor's Lecture, which was materially different from that he read in the Apollo, at the Devil, he seemed to give great satisfaction to his audience, particularly in rehearsing the part of Falstaff, which he recites inimitably" (LC, vol. X X X I V , July 1 6 - 1 9 , 1774, p. 64).

850 To Arabella and Catherine Garrick1 My dear, & very dear Girls— July 3d 1774 ra r I take the opportunity by M Bulloigne y aunt's Mantua-Maker to send my love to You both— I must do it in haste, for She can't stay— to You Madame Catharina I make my best Acknowledgments for Your very instructive, & curious letter— I read it with ye greatest pleasure— shall I tell you of a very small, but constant fault, that you commit?— It is writing many insignificant words with a Great Letter— the best Writers never make Use of Capitals, but to proper Names of Men, Towns, & such like, or at y e beginning of a Sentence— you see I have written .Sentence with a great S, which should be so, jentence, w t h a small one— if You were to write .Dear Uncle, at ye beginning of the letter, you shd write it with a great D, but in ye body of y e letter, ¿ear: these are triffles but I would have you Accurate in every thing— Your Aunt Doxey is come to Town with her Daughter,2 who looks very grave, that she is going to learn some thing at M ra Dennis's & has left Lichfield, Where she is Spoil'd— We are all togeather— y r Father who has been ill, but is now better, is going to Bath, & sends his Love & a thousand kisses— you see I have written Love with a great L, which is wrong, it should be with a small one, love. I can no More,

946

To The Reverend Sanfoord Hardcastle

for I am call'd from you: God bless you both, to which y r Aunt, with kisses more than would stiffle Y o u , says Amen. Dear Bell & Dear K i t Most affectionady Yours D : Garrick I have y e Gout in my fingers & Y o u can't read this Scrawl. Love to dear Miss Pratt, & my best Comp 48 to MonS r & M a d e Descombes. Address: A Mademoiselles, Mademoisseles Garrick chez M a d e DesCombes, riie verte, F. Β. S4 Honoré. Seal. Source: H T C . I. This letter should be read with the one from Mrs. Garrick to Catherine, dated May 20, 1774 (Hedgcock, p. 383^). a. Merrial Docksey (b. 1761), the only daughter of Merrial and Thomas Docksey (Boswell, index, and III, 536).

851

T o The Reverend Sanfoord Hardcastle 1

Adelphi Sir August 4 t h 1774 I have obey'd y r commands, & taken my time to answer your letter— 2 indeed I sh d have postpon'd answering it, (as you did mine & for the same reason,) lest surprize might have dictated sentiments, complaints &c, such as a Manager very much surpriz'd might have utter'd— I had my reasons for not shewing the play 3 to any friend of mine, & y r letter confirm'd t h e m — it is a bad office to give an opinion of a play, & I think M r Hardcastle's letter to me fully proves it. T h e two opinions which I gave of the same play, & which you think are sincere, were my honest judgement: I had not the least Idea of raising Matter, (as you are pleas'd to call it) either for your vanity, or humiliation : 4 Nor cou'd I have imagin'd that my considering the play a 2 d time (no very common thing & which I as readily agreed to as you civilly ask'd it) could have call'd your '775) p· 120). The play was later brought out as The Capuchin (HM, Aug. 19, 1776). 3. Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of Bristol and sometime Duchess of Kingston, in May 1775 had been indicted for bigamy, having become the wife of Kingston while still secretly married to Bristol (see Walpole, ed. Toynbee, IX, 227). 4. Walpole repeats this story in a letter of Aug. 7, 1775 (ibid., IX, 228f.). 5. Presumably the St. James's Chronicle, published by Baldwin. 6. References to Garrick had appeared in that paper on June 23 and July 12. 7. Apparently the third in the series of six essays by Colman, called " T h e Gentleman," which was to be printed in the London Packet on July 26, 1775.

926

To The Reverend Henry Bate Hampton

D e a r Bate.

J u l y 31 1 7 7 5

I f Y o u pass b y Cheltenham in Y o u r W a y to Worcester, I wish y o u would see an Actress there, a Mn

Siddon's,1

She has a desire I hear

to try her Fortune with U s ; if she seems in Y o u r Eyes worthy of being

transplanted,

pray

desire to know upon w h a t

conditions

She would make y e T r y a l , & I will write to her the post after I receive Y o u r L e t t e r — pray our Compliments to Y o u r L a d y , 2

&

accept of our warmest Wishes for an Agreeable Journey, & safe return to London Yours m y dear S r Most Sincerely D : Garrick. Address: R e v 4 M r Bate.

Seal.

Source: F S L ; Morning Post, Aug. 27, 1823.

ι. Sarah (Kemble) Siddons (1755-1831) whose father Roger Kemble, a provincial actor and manager, reared her along with her famous brothers in the profession of acting. Upon her marriage in 1773 to William Siddons, a young actor, she began appearing in various provincial theaters, until in June 1775, according to Mrs. Siddons, " M r King by order of M r Garrick who had heard some account of me . . . came to Cheltenham to see me act the Fair Penitent" and returned a favorable report (The Reminiscences of Sarah Kemble Siddons, 1773-1785, ed. William Van Lennep, Cambridge, 1942, p. 4; Mrs. Clement Parsons, The Incomparable Siddons, 1909, pp. 18, 20). Garrick also sought Bate's advice, and on his recommendation engaged her at Drury Lane for the season of 1775-76.

1022

To George Colman

Between illness and immaturity her performances did not come up to expectation, and she was not reengaged until 1782 when she entered upon her long and almost phenomenally successful London career. 2. On Sept. 9, 1773, Bate had married Mary, daughter of James White of Barrow, Somersetshire {Bath Chronicle).

927

To The Duke of Newcastle London

M y Lord,

A u g ' t 2. 177 [5] 1

I h a d the honor of receiving your Grace's note, and tho' M r e Garrick had intended to give me a holiday and to withdraw herself next Wednesday, that I might be the merrier, yet the honor of attending L a d y Lincoln 3 is too flattering not to occasion an immediate change of measures— M r a Garrick will most certainly be ready to wait upon her Ladyship and I shall very willingly give up the advantages of m y Wife's absence for the honor of paying m y respects, to L a d y Lincoln. I a m m y Lord Y o u r Grace's most obliged and O b e d i e n t humble Serv't D . Garrick Endorsement: Letter to the Duke of Newcastle.

Source: F G , copy.

1. The year 1773 given on Newcastle's letter of Aug. 2 and on this letter, which is Garrick's reply, is corrected to 1775 by Newcastle's reference to Lord and Lady Lincoln. 2. Newcastle had written on Aug. 2: "Lord & Lady Lincoln are returned from Brightelmstone and if M ra Garrick will be at Hampton [next Wednesday] they will be of the party, provided M r & M™ Garrick will promise to dine with them next day at Oatlands" (FC; see also Boaden, II, 69). Oatlands lay above Hampton Court, on the Surrey side of the river. Frances Seymour Conway (1751-1820), daughter of the Earl of Hertford, had married Newcastle's second son and eventual heir, Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton (1750-1778), styled Lord Lincoln (1752), on May 21, 1775.

928

To George Colman

M y dear C o l m a n , —

M o n d a y [ ? August 7, 1 7 7 5 ] 1

D — η all tragedies, the modern ones I mean, they are such millmade matters that I sick at y® sight of 'em, however I shall read

[?August 8, 1775]

1023

that y o u h a v e sent m e w i t h great care, b u t if it w e r e Shakespeare's, I could not p e r f o r m it next Season, nor c a n I g i v e a j u d g e m e n t on it till next F r y d a y . . . 2 D r B u t l e r 3 is w i t h m e , a n d I write upon [y«] G a l l o p . Source: Puttick & Simpson, Catalogue, J u l y 15, 1853, extract. ι. This letter was conjecturally written on the Monday before the Garricks' visit to Oatlands on Thursday, Aug. 10, 1775 (see n. 2 and the preceding letter). 2. According to the source, Garrick here "alludes to his going to meet Lord [George Augustus, 1759-1827] Herbert and Lady Pembroke [Elizabeth Spencer, 1737-1831, wife of the tenth Earl] and that they have a feast, and then is going to Oatlands." 3. Presumably John Butler (1717-1802), D.C.L. 1752, who at this time was Archdeacon of Surrey; he was later to be Bishop of Oxford and then of Hereford.

929 To The Reverend Doctor Thomas Percy Dear Sir

Hampton T u e s d a y N i g h t [ ? A u g u s t 8, 1 7 7 5 ] 1

I h a v e m a d e the Person, as E a s y as such a disappointment c a n m a k e h i m — H i s G r a c e ' s letter w a s so proper & sensible that it left m y Skill v e r y little to d o — h a d I seen the c h u r c h militant before, Y o u should h a v e heard f r o m m e s o o n e r — I hope there will b e n o more b e said u p o n the subject to m a k e Μ Γ Β uneasy I a m D r S r v e r y truly y r h u m b l e S e r v 1 D : Garrick Address: The R e v 0 D r Percy, Northumberland House.

Source: Garrick Club.

ι . The assumption that this and Letters 920 and 932 all refer to the same affair and that Β is to be identified as Bate is supported by the fact that Percy was chaplain to the Duke of Northumberland, at whose house he usually stayed when in London. Accepting the above assumption, this letter was presumably written on the Tuesday following Bate's letter of Aug. 4, 1775, to Northumberland (FSL; see Letter 920, n. 3) protesting his disappointment and before his letter to Garrick of Aug. 12, 1775, accepting the situation (see Letter 932).

1024

930

To William Brereton

To William Brereton

Hampton Sir Aug 4 9 t h 1775 T h e Spirit of your last Letter 1 is so very different from your former one 2 that I am oblig'd to say a few words to you, which shall be the last you shall ever be troubled with from m e — had I not seen your Name at the bottom of your Letter, and known your hand writing, I could never have imagin'd that such a Letter could have come from Y o u ; Y o u write me word that you are offer'd Seven pounds a Week to stay in Ireland, But if I will give Y o u Six, Y o u had rather return to me, for whom Y o u have the greatest regard, & what n o t — 3 Y o u desire me to send a speedy Answer, because Y o u are press'd for an Engagement, & you will wait my Answer. I write directly, & make Y o u an Offer of what falls a Trifle short of your demand, with a hint at your Quaker, 4 to oblige Y o u as much as possible— T o this Y o u R e p l y — in y e warm Spirit of Gratitude, that You are amply Content with my very generous Conduct to you &c &c &c and that I may depend upon Y o u — U p o n this I rested assur'd of Y o u . — But behold another Letter comes, which tells m e — w h a t ? — that Y o u had Sign'd Articles with M r Barry before your O f f e r to me, and that Y o u can't be at Liberty to fulfill your Engagement to M e : and this Y o u tell me in an Angry Manner, that You conceiv'd You gave me a very substantial proof of your valuing my favour infinitely more than raising your Salary &c &c It must first be known what advantages Y o u will gain, & what lose— I will venture to fore tell, that Y o u have lost the very Critical time of your Theatrical Life, and that you will sorely repent Y o u r unkind, I had very nearly said, Ungrateful Behaviour to me : W h a t ! does M r Brereton (To whom, & to whose Family I have Shewn the most immoveable Attachment) offer me his Services after having Engag'd them to a n o t h e r ? — This Sir, I did not expect from You of all M e n — & I will even continue my open Behaviour to Y o u , and Assure Y o u that it is impossible that Y o u can ever be engag'd with me a g a i n — I wish you no harm, but hope when you meet with a better Friend of a Manager that you will treat him more kindly I am Sir Y o u r humble Servant D Garrick.

August

il,

7775

1025

I cannot give a hundred pounds for Your Farce— 5 What do you mean by Chicane ? β I accus'd You of None, I only told You that I heard (from a Friend of Yours) You had put your Engagement to Barry in the Papers— but what Chicane was there in that— Your own Letters Confirm that You were engag'd, & the papers said True. Endorsement with. address: C o p y T o M r Brereton at T h e Theatre in Cork Ireland. Source: F C , c o p y ; Boaden, I I , 7 3 . ι. Of J u l y 30 (Boaden, II, 70). а. Of J u l y 10 {ibid., II, 67). 3. In a letter of June 24 (ibid., I, 638). 4. Brereton had purchased Dibdin's The Quaker. " T h e general price for a piece of that description, was a hundred pounds; but he offered me seventy, reserving a right to part with it to the theatre, if he could prevail on the managers to buy it at a better price " (Charles C . Dibdin, The Professional Life ofMr. Dibdin, 1 8 0 3 , 1 , 145). Brereton had offered the piece to Garrick to help reduce his debt to the manager (Boaden, II, 67). There is no "hint a t " The Quaker in the draft of Garrick's earlier letter to Brereton (Letter 931). 5. Garrick, however, did buy The Quaker for £ 1 0 0 (Dibdin, Professional Life, I, 146). б. In his letter of J u l y 30 Brereton wrote: " I never cou'd be guilty of such low chicane as to send any thing relative to myself to the newspapers and am very much concern'd that you cou'd entertain such an opinion of m e " (FG; Boaden, II, 70).

931

To John Moody

August 1 1 t h 1 7 7 5 Thank You, Dear Moody, for Your Letter— I have been much Shock'd twice this Summer with the Deaths of poor Atkins, 1 a very good Man, & poor Keene— 2 You say Nothing of Shuter, so I suppose he is recover'd, 3 the Accounts of him here were dreadful— As King & c have very willingly given up a few parts to Yates, 4 that he may not Eat y e Bread of Idleness, I hope You will not pout a Moment at my desiring You to give up Ben in Love for Love & Strengthen y e Play by doing Sr Sampson : 5 Those Actors who I know are attach'd to me & Mine, I Either talk with or write to myself in this friendly Manner— Should M r Yates (which is not impossible) quit us,6 You may depend upon having y r Choice of Either of those I have mention'd— this is y® only part which I can recollect, y l he in y e least interferes w th Y o u — have You Ever heard of Mn Siddons who is Stroling about somewhere near You ? Drury Lane Theatre will delight y r Eyes, when You cast them upon the Old Lady— 7 Miss Pope has left us, as she says, like a

I02Ö

To The Reverend Henry Bate

Swiss for better pay— but we don't know where— M r Brereton has play'd me a whimsical trick— he had agreed with me, thank'd me for my most generous behaviour to me, & yet wrote me word Yesterday, that he had sign'd Articles with Barry, before he offer'd himself to me, & he cannot get releas'd from them— What comical times these are Master Moody!— Yours Ever & most Sincerely D Garrick George is much recover'd. all in a hurry & the post-man stands ringing, like M r e Oakly, 8 to let me know he is impatient & that I must not read my letter over,— so take it with all its hurry scurry. Address: M r M o o d y a t t h e T h e a t r e , Liverpool.

Postmarked.

Source: F S L .

χ. Atkins, a "principal d a n c e r " at Drury Lane had died in London on J u l y 29 (LC, vol. X X X V I I I , Aug. 1-3, 1775, p. 115). 2. No record of his death has been found. A Keen's name appears in the Drury Lane playbills from 1765-1775. 3. Moody, in his reply to this letter, wrote that "Shuter is a deplorable object! but I think he gets better notwithstanding his calamity. H e is very profligate and wicked; he has been but once on the stage these six weeks" (Boaden, II, 75). According to the London Chronicle for Aug. 24, Shuter had left Liverpool " t o perform a few nights at York." 4. Although Yates had been acting for nearly forty years, he was reengaged at Drury Lane more for his wife than himself, and he appeared less and less frequendy. 5. In his reply to this letter on Aug. 16 Moody wrote that he was "very unhappy to find... that any character of mine should be given to M r . Yates, w h o . . . is not a better actor, however fortunate he may be to have a better income. I have gone through every stage of your business with great cheerfulness, since that gentleman meanly left you; and I think it very hard to give him u p my honest-earned laurels without a recompense" (Boaden, II, 75). Ben, in Congreve's Love for Love, had been one of Yates's roles when he had previously been at Drury Lane. T h e play, however, was not to be produced again under Garrick's management. 6. Yates, however, remained at Drury Lane until 1780. 7. " T h e house has been quite altered since last Season, and is now fitted u p in the most elegant Manner possible by the Adams's See.— and is the compleatest Theatre in E u r o p e " (Hopkins, Diary, DLC, p. 188). 8. In the Jealous Wife, who is always impatient.

932

To The Reverend Henry Bate

Hampton Dear Bate, August 15, 1775 Ten thousand thanks for your very clear, agreeable, and friendly letter; it pleased me much, and whoever calls it a jargon of un-

August 15, /775

1027

1

intelligible stuff, should be knocked down if I were near him. I must desire you to secure the lady 2 with my best compliments, and that she may depend upon every reasonable and friendly encouragement in my power; at the same time, you must intimate to the husband, 3 that he must be satisfy'd with the state of life in which it has pleased Heaven to call her. You see how much I think myself obliged to your kind offices, by the flattering quotations I make from your own book. Your account of the big belly4 alarms me !— when shall we be in shapes again? how long does the lady count? 5 when will she be able to appear ? Pray compleat your good offices, and let me know all we are to trust. Should not you get some memorandum signed by her and her husband, and of which I will send a fac-simile copy to them, under frank, if you will let me know their address. I laughed at the military stratagems of the Covent Garden Generals, 6 whilst I had your genius to oppose them. If she has merit (and I am sure by your letter she must have) 7 and will be wholly governed by me, I will make her theatrical fortune; if any lady begins to play at tricks, I will immediately play off my masked battery of Siddons against her. I should be glad to know her cast of parts, or rather what parts she has done, and in what she likes herself best— 8 those I would have mark'd, and above all, my dear Farmer, 9 let me know at what time she may reckon to lye-in, that we may reckon accordingly upon her appearance in Drury-lane. I repeat this to you, because it is of the utmost consequence. Pray let me hear from you again in answer to this. I make no compliments or excuses to you for the trouble I give you, because I feel by myself that you take pleasure in obliging me. I am, dear Farmer, most sincerely yours, D. Garrick. Mrs. Garrick joins with me in every good wish for you and your Lady. Address: Rev. Mr. Bate, Hop-Pole, Worcester. 27. 1823.

Source: Morning Post, August

ι. See the end of Bate's letter from Worcester of Aug. 12, 1775 (BM). 2. Mrs. Siddons. 3. William Siddons (d. 1805), actor, first played with Sarah Kemble at Worcester in 1767. After their marriage in Dec. 1773 his fortunes declined as hers rose. Eventually, in ill health, he retired to Bath where he lived until his death. 4. Mrs. Siddons was pregnant. 5. Bate, in his reply of Aug. 19, reported that the child was expected in early

1028

To Joseph Cradock

December, and suggested that until Mrs. Siddons was able to appear on the Drury Lane stage Garrick support her and her family somewhere in the country (BM). 6. A n allusion to Bate's warning that "some of the Covent Garden Mohawks were intrench'd near the place, & intended carrying her by surprize" (letter of A u g . ia). Apparently Mrs. Siddons did negotiate with Covent Garden, for John de la Bere, who was acting for the managers, wrote Siddons on Dec. 13: " T h e y consider her subsequent engagement to M r Garrick as an infringement of the agreement subsisting between them and Drury Lane, and they have no doubt that M r Garrick when he comes to be informed that she was in treaty with them will refuse to take her . . . that Mrs Siddons absolutely p r o m i s e d . . . to drop all thoughts of connecting herself with Drury L a n e " ( F C ; Boaden, II, 113). 7. Although Bate had criticized the harshness of Mrs. Siddons' voice, he added: " I should not wonder, from her ease, figure & manner if she made the proudest she of either house tremble in genteel C o m e d y : — nay beware yourself, Great Little M a n , for she plays Hamlet to the satisfaction of the Worcestershire Critics" (letter of A u g . ia). 8. In his second letter from Worcester, on A u g . 19, Bate sent Garrick a list of twentythree characters which Mrs. Siddons had played. O f these, he underlined seven as her favorite roles. g. Bate had a continuing interest in agricultural reform, and for his services was later to receive the gold medal from the Society of Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce {BD).

933

To Joseph Cradock

D e a r Sir

A u g . 17,

1775

I a m g r e a t l y o b l i g ' d to y o u f o r y o u r f a v o u r 1 & s h a l l m o s t c e r t a i n l y t r e a t m y s e l f w i t h r e a d i n g i t f r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g to t h e e n d , t h o ' a t this t i m e w e a r e v e r y b u s y i n p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e C a m p a i g n , w h i c h i t is said w i l l b e a brisk o n e — I h a d s o m e t h o u g h t s o f t r o u b l i n g y o u w i t h a Letter, concerning a v e r y unjust impression, y o u m a y taken

about

a

transaction

of mine,

a

pecuniary

one,

with

have the

A u t h o r of B r a g a n z a — if M r Johnson of whose probity I h a v e the highest opinion, Spoke sarcastically u p o n that S u b j e c t w i t h regard to m e , h e w a s m i s t a k e n , f o r h e n e v e r w r o n g s a n y b o d y k n o w i n g l y — T h e circumstances of that affair y o u m a y have from other people, as i t m i g h t b e t h o u g h t V a n i t y t o tell t h e m m y s e l f — all I s h a l l s a y u p o n t h e S u b j e c t is, t h a t I h o p e m y f r i e n d s w i l l k n o w t h e f a c t s , b e f o r e t h e y r e l a t e t h e m f r o m those, w h o e i t h e r are i g n o r a n t o f t h e t r u t h , o r w i s h to p e r v e r t it. I a m Sir &c

August 24, 1775

1029

Endorsement by Garrick: Copy of a Letter to M r Craddock Aug 84 17. 1775. Source: F C , copy. ι. Presumably a copy of Cradock's Village Memoirs, published anonymously in late 1774 and twice printed in 1775 (Cradock, I V , i43f.).

934

To Doctor Thomas Augustine Arne

Drury Lane Theatre D r Sir Aug 1 24 th 1775 I am very sorry that M r a Greville (to whom I gave free leave to assist you) should behave so 111 to you, and more so, that your loss will be so great, by her ill behaviour— 1 The Managers of Drury lane have no intention to employ a constant Composer, but to engage with different gentlemen as business may arise in the Theatre. How can you imagine that I have an irrisistable Apathy to you? I suppose you mean Antipathy my dear Doctor : by the Construction and general turn of your letter— be Assur'd as my Nature is very little inclin'd to Apathy, so it is as far from conceiving an Antipathy to you or any Genius in this or any other Country— You ask me why I won't make use of your Pupils— shall I tell you fairly, because I have not the opinion of them which you have ? — I try'd M r e Bradford, Miss Weiler 2 and I have now M r Faucet: the two first (As I in a most friendly manner foretold) did no credit to you or myself by appearing in a Piece which you obstinately insisted upon bringing out, tho you knew it would be the means of making a coolness between u s — In Short dear Sir, your heart and your genius seem more inclin'd to the Theatre of Covent Garden than that of Drury-lane— and when I consider the additional music to King Arthur, 3 and the Music to Elfrida, 4 I trust that I am justified in my Opinion: 5 whether I am mistaken or not, I have not the least Antipathy, I give you my honor I have not, to Doctor Arne, but on the Contrary, if I had a work of consequence, I Shoud wish to employ him, notwithstanding that our theatrical connections have not yet been serviceable to either of us. I am D r Sir, your very sincere Wellwisher and humble Serv4 D Garrick

1030

To Peter Fountain

Source: FC, copy; Boaden, II, 79. I. In a letter of Aug. ai Arne complained that he had been "cut out of, at least, a clear £100" by Mrs. Greville's sudden refusal to perform the principal comic character in "the intended New Comedy at the Opera House" (FC; Boaden, II, 78). Mrs. Greville's name appears in the Drury Lane playbills only in minor roles, usually comic. a. Hopkins observed: "Miss Weiler . . . is a Piece of still Life, sings out of Tune, and will never make an Actress" (Diary, DLC, p. 163; see also Boaden, II, 85). 3. John Dryden's masque, altered by Garrick, with music by Purcell and Arne (DL, Dec. 13, 1770). 4. William Mason's dramatic poem, with music by Arne (CG, Nov. ai, 177a). 5. In his reply of Sept. 3, Arne wrote: " I must beg your permission to assure you that you are greatly mistaken in two Points : First, when you imagine that I have the least partiality either in favour of the other Theatre, or its Patentees: next, in saying that the Music in Elfrida is much superior to the Music I compos'd for you in King Arthur"; having denied the charges, he goes on to insist that the chief songs of King Arthur, " which for Air & Mastership I have never excell'd," were assigned to persons "who cou'd neither sing in time or tune" (FC; Boaden, II, 85).

935

To Peter Fountain

D e a r Sir T h a n k y o u a thousand times for

S u n d a y Augs* 2 7 t h 1 7 7 5 1 yr

L e t t e r s — M r L o y d is too partial

to M e , b u t I glory in it as he is honest as well as c l e v e r — W h a t you mean b y improving H a m p t o n , is a Mystery to M e , & to all, w h o m a y read y r l e t t e r — I shall be in T o w n in 5 or 6 days, & shall be glad to hear w 4 you can say upon that h e a d — W h e n the S r K n i g h t of R a n e l a g h 2 pleases to send his Summons, I shall be glad as well as m y rib to meet you there. I have been junketting b u t am oblig'd to be temperate in y® midst of L u x u r y — pray remember me most kindly to y r very worthy friend, when you write to him Ever Yours most kindly D . Garrick. Address: M r Fountain, Maiden Lane. Endorsement by the recipient: Sunday 27 th Sep4 , 7 7 5 sr Thomas R. Source : FC. ι. The month given in the endorsement is obviously an error, for in 1775 Sept. 87 fell on a Wednesday, while Aug. 27, as Garrick has written it, was a Sunday, a. Sir Thomas Robinson.

August 29,

936

1775

To George Colman

Hampton M y dear Colman Aug 84 29 1775 I expect to see Y o u as brown, & as hearty as a devonshire plough boy, who faces y e Sun without shelter, & knows not y e Luxury of small beer & porter— 1 will nothing satisfy your ambition but Robinson Crusoe ? I think little Friday would do very well for you to begin with, particularly as you are in company with those mighty adventurous Knights Banks, 2 & Phipps!— if Y o u are still happy in risking your Neck with them, I beg my best compliments to t h e m — what say you if I should once more emerge from Stone & Gravel & many other human infirmities & Curses, & spring out again an active being, & Exercise w t h y® best of you ! — Since you left me, I have been upon y® rack, & almost despair'd of fighting a battle or committing a Murder a g a i n — but a fortnight ago my good Genius led me to y® Duke of Newcastle's where I met with an old Naples friend, & he recommended a remedy which has work'd Wonders— It has taken away half the Evil of my life, & at this moment I can piss well, and have ambition enough to think of something m o r e — but Lord help Us, we little Men make nothing of swelling ourselves to a Hercules or a Robinson Crusoe ! — to be serious— Y o u will be pleas'd to see me, as I a m — M y spirits are return'd, and redeant Saturnia regna— 3 By the bye I had some thoughts to make a farce upon the follies & fashions of y® times & y r friend Omiah4 was to be my Arlequin Sauvage— 8 a fine Character to give our fine folks a genteel dressing— I must lick my fingers with you at y e Otaheite Fowl & Potatoes— but don't you spoil y® Dish, & substitute a fowl, for a young puppy ? — 8 Pray my Love to George— 7 they who don't like him, are not fit company for Y o u or Me, so no thanks to 'Em for their good recept i o n — notwithstanding Foster's Oath, 8 Foote has thrown the Duchess upon her back, & there has left her, as Y o u & I would d o — She is Sick & has given up the Cause, & has made herself very ridiculous, & hurt herself much in y® struggle— Foote's letter 9 is one of his best things, in his best manner. Miss Ford demands all kind attentions from Every one, by her most agreeable & natural Manner. W e shd have been at her teatable, this week, had not Lord Camden & family, honour'd us w t h their Company, & is now w® u s — 5 + L.D.O. i n

1032

To William. Brereton

We shall desire to see her once more— pray come away, & see my Sword drawn— y e Theatre is noble !— Entre nous : Pope has squeak'd & sent her penitentials, but I cannot receive 'Em— Ever & most affect* Y r a D Garrick M y Wife sends her best Love to George. I have Scribbled away— such Stuff! but we rise ! WE ! We Apples !— ha ha ha— Source: Berg Collection; Colman, pp. 3 1 1 - 3 1 4 . J. At this time Colman was a member of an informal scientific expedition to Mulgrave, the seat of Captain Phipps, situated in the wild and desolate surroundings north of Whitby, Yorkshire (see Peake, Colman, I, 354f.)· 2. Joseph Banks (1743-1820), later (1781) Bt., botanist and explorer. 3- Virgil , Eclogues, IV, vi : " the reign of Saturn returns." 4. Omai, the Otaheitan (Tahitian), the first South Sea Islander to visit England, was with Colman at Mulgrave. 5. A play (1722) by Louis François Delisle. Nothing came of Garrick's idea. 6. The younger Colman wrote in his account of the Mulgrave trip: " [Omai] cooked fowl instead of dogs, which last he would have preferred, in his own country, as the greater delicacy . . . for yams, he had potatoes, for the bread fruit, bread itself" (Peake Colman, I, 370). 7. Colman the Younger. 8. The Rev. John Foster (1694-1780?), the Duchess of Kingston's chaplain, on Aug. 18 had sworn out an afifadavit that Foote had threatened the Duchess with publication of his Trip to Calais if she did not pay him £2000 (LC, vol. X X X V I I I , Aug. 17-19, p. 176). 9. Written in reply to one of Aug. 13 from the Duchess of Kingston; it appeared in the London Chronicle (Aug. 15-17, p. i68).

937

T o William Brereton

Adelphi Sir Sep 1 9th 17 75— Tho I had resolvd never to write to you again yet lest you shou'd add Error to Error, and plunge yourself deeper into mistakes which may become a very serious consideration; I shall once more say a word, Or two, in answer to yours— by your own account your Circumstances are none of the best and your taking such an expensive journey & Voyage to England to convince me, that you have not behav'd unkindly and unjustly to me, will be as ineffectual as

September io, 1775

1033

expensive, unless you cou'd give me a new head to conceive differently, and a new heart not to feel— Your proposition of breaking your Article to come to me at all events, is adding worse to bad, and what I would never consent to, had you all the talents of all the great Actors put together— that you may not be misled again by a false light or Deceive yourself with an Expectation of what cannot happen; I once more assure you that it will not be in my Power to give you the Situation you might have had, while I continue Manager of the Theatre— 1 Y o u may depend upon it that this is the resolution of your once very Sincere friend and not your 111 wisher even now D G Endorsement: M r Brierton Sep 1 9 t h 1 7 7 5 .

Source: F C , copy; Boaden, II, 93.

ι. Brereton, however, did break his article with Barry, and acted as usual at Drury Lane during the season of 1775-76.

938

To Jane Pope

Adelphi Madam Sunday Sep r 10 th 1 7 7 5 — I was from home upon a Visit or you shoud have heard from me directly— your two last letters1 have given me much uneasiness, I need not say why the first occasion'd it; as I had always been not only just and friendly, but fatherly to Miss Pope, the expressions of want of Affection, turning Swiss & c were as harsh, as unexpected— however I would not precipitately prevent you from recollecting yourself and therefore I waited more than two months in hopes of your seeing your error and returning chearfully to your business, & let me add, (in spite of your frequent incivilities to me) to your best friend : M y hopes were deceiv'd, and as I cou'd not but imagine you were engag'd, I thought it time to prepare for your loss— Many of your parts were dispos'd of, and sent at the time I mention'd (which was in August) to the different performers in order to be ready for the opening of the Season— W h y I am still more unhappy at the receipt of your last letter is,

1034

To Joseph Cradock

that from the particulars already mention'd, added to some new engagements I have made, it is not in my Power to give you a Situation in our Theatre for the next Season, that can Possibly be agreeable to you. 2 I am Madam Your most hum1® Serv 4 , & well wisher D. Garrick Endorsement: Miss Pope's letter & my; by Garrick: Answer to it Sep 1 i o t b 1775. Source: F C , copy; Boaden, II, gif. ι. Those of June 10 and Sept. 7; in the latter she enclosed a letter from Harris, manager of Covent Garden, declining to engage her on the terms she desired (Boaden, II, 58» 92)· a. As a result of Garrick's refusal Miss Pope was obliged to spend a "year of Banishment" on the Dublin stage (Boaden, II, 131).

939

To Joseph Cradock

Adelphi M y dear Sir Sep r 12 th 1775 I am sure by what I have heard from many of your former Auditors, that Your brilliant Company was the least part of Your Entertainment— Your very polite offer of Your petite piece I most gratefully Accept, & will do it immediatly all the justice in my Power. Poor Miller1 I knew a little, & I believe he never troubled his head w t h Terence for he never had any part of him in i t — He took all he had from y® French, & if I remember right his Man of Taste 2 is Nearly copy'd from the Precieuses ridicules of Moliere— let me again thank Y o u for y r kindness to D r S r Your most Obligd & Obed 4 D Garrick M y respects pray to y r Lady. Address: J : Cradock Esq 1 , Gumbley hall near Market-Harborough, Leicestershire. Postmarked. Source: F S L ; Cradock, I V , 255. ι. James Miller (1706-1744), a clergyman who took up playwriting to increase his income. An unfortunate gift for satire impeded his advancement in theater and pulpit alike. a. Miller's Man of Taste was originally produced at Drury Lane in 1735 ; it was later "cut into a farce" and played on March 10, 175a (BD).

[ante September 23, 7775]

940

To The Reverend Henry Bate

Lichfield Dear Bate. Sep* 1511 1775 I have indeed been rambling, & taking my pleasures— Her Grace of Devonshire 1 is a most inchanting Exquisite, beautiful Young Creature— were I five & twenty I could go mad about her, as I am past five & fifty, I would only suffer Martyrdom for h e r — She is no Gamester my friend, nor was there Ever any Gaming at Chatsworth— 2 I am going directly for London, & I shall then do what I can, & more, than I would do for myself, for Y o u — I wish You much happiness where You are, which is one of the Sweetest places in the three Kingdoms— I beg that You will present my respects to the Noble owner of it, 3 & believe me, most truly Yours D : Garrick I am call'd to an Account Every where for the Sins You commit. I am scribbling to You surrounded by my chattering family— three males & as many females— Address: Rev· 1 M r Bate, Hagley. Trust.

Seal.

Source: Shakespeare's

Birthplace

i. Georgiana (Spencer) Cavendish (1757-1806), daughter of the first Earl Spencer, had married the fifth Duke of Devonshire in 1774. a. In this Garrick was only too sadly mistaken. 3. The second, "wicked," Baron Lyttelton.

941

To Charles Dibdin1

[ante September 23, 1775] 2 As you are pleased to add falsehood to ingratitude (for the very reverse of the first paragraph of your letter 3 is the truth) I cannot have any agreement with you Source: Sotheby, Catalogue, Feb. 4, 1876, extract. ι. So identified in the source. a. The approximate date is from Dibdin's reply of Sept. 23, 1775 (Sotheby, Catalogue, June ia-19, 1899).

1036

To The Earl of Upper Ossory

3. Perhaps a reference to Dibdin's undated letter in the Forster Collection, the first paragraph of which runs: " T h e only reason as I Understand that you assign for not engaging me is my having neglected rehearsals and that therefore you think there is no placing any dependence on me I did neglect some Last Winter tis true owing to my fear of being arrested but had I been suffer'd to receive at the Office the money you yourself promised me I should have been able to have advertized my benefit properly which I did not do once to have had large bills which the printer of the House refused me because I could not send the Money beforehand and so far to have appeas'd my Creditors there would have been no fear of this for the future."

942

T o The Earl of Upper Ossory

Adelphi My Lord. Sept 23d [1775] 1 As you have ever been most favorable to me, I must entreat You to plead my cause with Lady Ossory— I had written the inclos'd letter to her Ladyship thinking that I could find the verses she desires in Town, but to my great Mortification, upon my searching here for them, I have recollected that they are at Hampton, where I go tomorrow I will inclose them to your Lord® Monday or Tuesday night— we are to be disappointed, when our minds are most eager to do anything— I was so very happy to obey Lady Ossory's commands, that I took it for granted I could either find y® Lines, recollect them, or get them from y® Person to whom they are address'd— but my Search has been in vain, my memory is very bad, and Mr Secretary Stanley is gone upon a sailing party— next week Lady Ossory will be sure to have them. Mrs Garrick presents her respects. I am My Lord Your Lordship's most obedient D. Garrick Source: Rupert Robert Vernon, transcript. I. The year is supplied by Lady Ossory's letter, dated only Sept. ig, in which she requested a copy of the verses which Garrick had sent Edward Stanley of the Customs on June 5, 1775 (FC; Boaden, II, 368).

October [2,

943

1775]

To Samuel Cautherly

Oct 1 the [2, 1775] When Cautherly's which will be ever memorable, in the annals of a Theatre, came to M r Garrick he was confin'd with a fit of ye Stone, & could not w r i t e : — had not M r Cautherly's impatient vanity been too strong for his discretion & gratitude, he would have waited at least till the Saturday Morning, when the fullest, & best answer would have been given to his letter by the treasurer— has this Young M a n a proper sense of right & wrong ? for taking M r Garrick out of y® Question, should not he, have given Notice before the beginning of the Season to any indifferent Manager of his intentions of quitting the T h e a t r e ? — 2 to begin the Season was misleading the Manager, & not to go on, is not only contrary to ye Establish'd rules of a Theatre, but unjust, illegal, & dishonourable— what would the publick & M r Cautherly's friends have said, had M r G : discharg'd M r C : during the Acting S e a s o n ? — W e shall soon hear what they say upon y e present occasion: perhaps M r Cautherly thought that his going away at a time when the Manager rely'd upon him, would be more distressing: in this, as in many other things, he is very much mistaken— M r Garrick said in a former letter, that M r Cautherly could confer no favour upon him, which he now retracts; for he confesses, M r Cautherly has found a W a y to confer a very great one. Mr

letter, 1

Endorsement by Garrick: M y letter to C a u t h e r l y O c t r t h e 2 d 1 7 7 5 . draft.

Source: F C ,

I. O f Sept. 27, in which he wrote: " I have flatter'd myself till the last Minute with hopes of receiving a favorable Answer to a Letter I did myself the Honor to send y o u before I left T o w n and am sorry to find your silence proceeds from a determined resolution not to do anything in my favor. M y Situation in the Theatre for these four Years past has been worse and worse & the impossibility I find of living on m y Salary without involving myself in difficulties obliges me (tho' with the greatest reluctance) to take my leave of Drury Lane beging you will accept my most grateful Thanks for all the favors your bounty formerly bestow'd" (FC). a. Cautherly's name does not appear in the playbills after the season of 1774-75. H e was " t h e hero of the Dublin theatre about 1 7 7 8 " (Thespian Dictionary, 1805).

To George Colman

1038

944

To William Siddons Hampton

Sir

O c t 1 7t h 1 7 7 5

This is one of the first letters I have written, since m y recovery from a very Severe fit of the Gravel, which render'd me incapable of any business— As I a m now m u c h better, I flatter M y s e l f that a letter from me will no be disagreeable— I wish m u c h to know h o w M r a Siddons is, 1 & about w h a t time I m a y have the Pleasure of Seeing Y o u in L o n d o n — I beg that she will not make herself uneasy about coming, till she will run no risk b y the j o u r n e y — all I desire is that I m a y have the earliest information that can be h a d with any certainty, for I shall settle some business b y that direction, which m a y be of immediate Service to M r e Siddons & the M a n a g e r — if in the mean time Y o u find it convenient to have any pecuniary Assistance from M e , I shall give it Y o u with great p l e a s u r e — let me once more intreat that M™ Siddons m a y have N o Cares about me to disturb her, & that she m a y not be hurried to y® least prejudice of her health. I beg m y Comp 1 8 & best Wishes to her in her present Situation, & I a m Sir Y o u r most hu I e Serv 4 D . Garrick PS. m y hand shakes with weakness but I hope Y o u will understand this Scrawl. Source: H T C ; Little, p. 72f. ι. She was seven months pregnant at this date.

Colman W e d y N i g h t [October u ? 1 7 7 5 ] 1 I fear that I cannot go to H a m p t o n t o m o r r o w — I have

been

rehearsing Othello, as Bensley will tell you, & m y head s h a k e s — I h a v e read over

&

over the tragedy 2 Y o u

have so warmly

recommended, & a m sorry to say, that I most sincerely think it

October ι6, 7 7 7 5

1039

w d fail of success upon the Stage— the Fable is very improbable horrid & I fear would create disgust instead of pleasure— the Author I think a Man of Merit, & there are many Speeches taken Separately which denote Genius, but he should have a better fable to build upon— I write this in great haste & to my friend, for I always speak to him, as I to my thinkings as I do ruminate— pray let the Author know my Sentiments in better language for I write upon y® Gallop— Your Ever most truly D : Garrick. Your being upon Your travels3 has prevented my Sending Y o y® Play Sooner— let y® Author know, that y® delay must not be imputed to me. Source: William L e Fanu. 1. Bensley played in Othello only in 1775; the tone of the letter implies that Garrick was referring to a rehearsal before the initial performance on Tuesday, Oct. 17—hence the conjectural date of the preceding Wednesday, Oct. 11. 2. Unidentified. 3. See Letter 936, note 1.

946

To Hugh Kelly1

Oct 1 16th 1775 Indeed, my Dear Sir, You have put into my hands a performance of very great hurry, & which cannot possibly be Represented with Success— 2 I never read More dangerous Scenes in all my L i f e — [an Audience in my opinion, would immediatly take Offence at M r & M r s Buzzard & particularly at the last— her culinary jokes when alter'd & made less strong, would be dangerous Even in a farce— but his peculiarity, & desire of lying with y e Widow Keenly, in y e Spartan manner would never be borne— Wellwould has Marks of a Character but surely his being kick'd & sent to Bridewell 3 is carrying y e joke much too f a r — and the Widow, which seems y® favourite female Character has a most abandon'd Mind, & tho she does not forge bonds, Yet she forges falsehoods to carry on her Schemes, & falls but little short of what is suppos'd of M w Rudd : Comodore Sulky is rather a trite Character, & little use made of him 5*

1040

To William Siddons

hitherto— the idea of a Fribble officer & a Foxhunting Girl (tho the last is in another play) is a good one, but there are no Circumstances, no Comic incidents to shew them off.— that of ye Widow Keenly's against Wellwould w th D r Dismal is in my opinion is very dangerous tho an imitation of Moliere— But what is still more disheartening than all ye rest, is the want of a Spirited Interest, in the plan; the Wheels of the fable are clog'd with a dialogue which, notwithstanding some good Speeches taken Seperately, go heavily on & become languid & without Effect—] in short for both our Sakes I cannot receive this Comedy, nor can I propose any alteration, that will take away my very strong objections to it— these are my Sincere Sentimen which I communicate to You with all the freedom of friendship— for I am most truly my Dear S r Your most Obed 1 Endorsement by Garrick: Letter to M r K e l l y .

Source: F C , draft; Boaden, I I , 1 0 3 .

ι . Because it is uncertain which passages Garrick wished to delete and which to retain, the entire letter is given with brackets surrounding what appears to be the intended deletion. a. Writing to Garrick in a letter which is endorsed " M r Kelly about his Play Sep4 7 1 7 7 5 , " Kelly described this untitled work: " T h e piece I hinted at my dear Sir, is not a pi ti te piece; it is a full five act piece, and I flatter myself most egregiously if you will not find the Cub ... extremely lickable" ( F C ; Boaden, II, 102). 3. Principally a prison for "vagrants, harlots, and idle and disobedient apprentices, sentenced to short terms of imprisonment. Their chief employment seems to have been in beating hemp and picking oakum" (London, I, 242).

947

To William Siddons

Sir Oct r 19— 1775 Whenever You please to draw upon Me for the fifteen pounds I shall pay it immediatly— I am glad to hear that M r e Siddons is so Well, & Expect You will give me Notice when she is worse, & better— if You find any difficulty in getting the Money on a draught upon Me, I will inquire, & get the money paid in Gloucester. I am Sir (With very best Wishes & Compliments to M re Siddons) Y r Most Obed* Ser» D : Garrick Source: F S L .

October 2g,

948

1J75

T o George Colman

Hampton M y dear Colman. Sunday [ante October 28, 1775] 1 I take y® opportunity by Young Wallis 2 to say three words to Y o u — I forgot to give Becket ye King & no K i n g — 3 I Shall be there toMorrow & will leave it out for Y o u — What a precious Genius is Master Steevens?— has our friend Woodfall frighten'd him that he bitches so soon— I had prepar'd a Whisker for such treachery, but 'tis better as it i s — his letter to day (for I am sure it is his) is most unaccountable— I hope when I see You next you'll make me merry by giving me a little Spleen: 4 I am somewhat puzzled about introducing my little jew Girl— 5 she is surprizing!— I want to introduce her as the little Gipsey with 3 or 4 exquisite Songs— More when I see You Ever & most truly Y r e D : Garrick. Addrep: G . Colman Esq 1 .

Seal.

Source: F S L .

ι. Dated from the reference to Miss Abrams' introduction. a. Albany Charles Wallis (i763?-i776), only son of Albany Wallis, was a student at Westminster (G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, Records of Old Westminsters, 1928, II, 959). 3. By Beaumont and Fletcher; Colman was preparing an edition of their plays (published 1778). 4. Presumably a reference to Colman's farce, The Spleen (DL, March 7, 1776). 5. Harriet Abrams (1760-?), singer, a pupil of Dr. Arne, made her debut on Oct. 28, a Saturday, in a new production: Garrick's May Day; or, The Little Gipsy (Elizabeth P. Stein, David Garrick, Dramatist, New York, 1938, pp. 153, 155). "She is very young and small,— has a very sweet Voice and a fine Shake, but not Power enough yet.— Both the Piece and the Young Lady were received with great Applause" (Hopkins, Diary, DLC p. 190). The music was by Arne (Boaden, II, 86f.).

949

T o Richard Yates

Sir Sunday October 29 th 1775 I shall beg leave to discuss our Theatrical Matters with You, in order to prevent their being discuss'd any where else, which they must be, if our Business for the future is to be unsettled & destroy'd

1042

To Richard

Yates

by our present uncertainty— You left word with M r Hopkins that we are to think no more of Mn Yates, 'till She will let us know her pleasure, or words to that Effect. Do You, & M re Yates imagine that the Proprietors will submit to this manner of going on, or that they will pay such a large Sum of Money for having their Busines so destroy'd as it was in great part of the last Season and has been wholly this, by waiting for M ra Yates's pleasure to perform ?— She play'd but Thirty times last Season, and as She goes on, in the proportion of four times in Six weeks she will play Twenty times in this Season.— Indeed M r Yates this will not do, and I give you fair Notice. We lost greatly by her not playing the first Night she was advertis'd, & to this day no reason could be given for the disappointment, nor did you offer any to my Brother, but that you could not help it, and you did all in your power to oblige her to Act. It was observ'd by many of the Audience last Night that she never perform'd better, 1 and therefore She gives Notice that She must not be advertis'd 'till She pleases. As I was at the Theatre, & heard with my own Ears that her Voice was never clearer, I shall not Submit to this very unaccountable & unreasonable Behaviour— I pass'd over your own ill defended Argument about Sterling,2 and think my self very ill us'd in that matter.— But now to something very unaccountable indeed!— M ra Yates desir'd to have some Comedy parts— You mention'd Araminta, in the School for Lovers, and Hippolita in She wou'd & She wou'd not, 3 they were immediately given to her, and then indeed She wou'd not, because She would not be so indelicate to take em from a performer, who only play'd them because our great Ladies would not. 4 Yet she would take Belinda in All in the Wrong, tho' it has long been in the Possession of a Capital Actress. 8 what a Contradiction? but to go on still farther She that wants to save herself by Acting Comedy has refus'd to perform the Widow Knightly in the Discovery with me, tho' she did it originally, and it is now reviv'd for the Entertainment of her Majesty. 6 to finish this Business at once, & that we may be more explicit— It is my greatest pleasure to live in the greatest Harmony with my Capital performers, and more particularly so with M r & M re Yates.— But if they persist to distress us; & M w Yates is resolv'd to withdraw herself so often, and sometimes without a Cause, I shall be oblig'd to do, what I would most wish to avoid. I am Sir Your most humble Servant D : Garrick

October 3i,

Π75

^43

a little Gout in my right hand obliges me to make use of anothers to write the Letter. 7 Source: FC, copy, corrected and signed by Garrick; Boaden, II, io6f. ι. As Calista in The Fair Penitent. 2. In The Clandestine Marriage. 3 . These plays, by Whitehead and by Cibber, were acted on Oct. 2 4 and Nov. 2 3 with Mrs. Henry King taking the roles mentioned. 4 . Mary King, the wife of Henry King the actor, after appearing at Edinburgh, Hull, and Dublin was with Wilkinson at York when Garrick engaged her as a foil to Mrs. Abington and Miss Younge. She made her debut at Drury Lane on Oct. 1 3 , 1 7 7 5 , and continued to play only through that season. In Oct. 1 7 7 8 she returned to York, but she never regained her former popularity and was forced to retire with a final benefit on Feb. 27, 1 7 7 9 (Tate Wilkinson, The Wandering Patentee, York, 1 7 9 5 , I, 6gff., II, 1 4 ; Boaden, II, 74fr., FC). 5. Mrs. Abington; Mrs. Yates had created the role when Murphy's comedy was first performed on June 15, 1761. 6 . On Jan. 2 0 , 1 7 7 6 . "This Comedy is revived for (the) Queen to see Mr. Garrick in the Character of Sir Anty. Bramble [Branville]" (Hopkins, Diary, DLC, p. 1 9 3 ) . 7. The letter is in Hopkins' hand.

950

To Joseph Cradock

Adelphi Dear Sir, October 3 1 , 1 7 7 5 Though I shall be Sir J o h n Brute in three quarters of an hour, 1 yet I would answer your letter directly. It is not in my power to make room for any new piece this winter. M y list is so full, that I have been obliged to desire one of the Gentlemen to defer the exhibition of his play till the winter after this; which he has kindly agreed to. W h a t shall I say to you, my dear Sir, about the Farce you were so obliging to put into my hands ? I fear that there is such a similitude between part of it, and some scenes in the " Country G i r l , " not to say any thing of your friend Cumberland's " Choleric M a n , " that I fear it will want the force of novelty to give it the success I would always wish to attend your handy-works of every kind. I was in hopes that the Farce had been upon the subject of Miller's " M a n of Taste," which is taken from the "Precieuses Ridicules" of Moliere. If these reasons weigh with you, as they do with me, I will return the Farce to your order; if not, I shall be

1044

To William Smith

ready in this, as in other matters, to obey your commands. Dear Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, D. Garrick. Source: Cradock, I V , 255f. I. Garrick "never played better, and had a remarkable Head drest with Feathers, Fruit &c. as extravagant as possible to burlesque the present Mode of the Ladies.— it had a monstrous fine Effect" (Hopkins, Diary, DLC, p. 190).

951

T o William Smith

Adelphi Sir Wednesday Morning Nov : 1. 1 7 7 5 In the middle of the play last night 1 I rec d your very extraordinary Note— 2 I gave you leave to quit the Theatre for a few days upon your own private business but I little thought that my Management was to be arraignd during that absence by M r Smith— I believe he is the first Actor that has been pleasd to find fault with the Acting any plays during the absence of that Actor from the business of the Theatre— I would have M T Smith know, that I am as incapable of doing an unjust thing, as I think myself very ill used to be calld to an Account for what the Accuser had not the least shadow of right to interfere in— I shall not describe my distresses & troubles for many days last past in fixing upon plays— I have waited 3 & 4 hours at the playhouse before I could ascertain a Single play for the next d a y — but is an absentee who may partly be the occasion of those distresses, when he returns to town, instead of seeming oblig'd for the favour has been done him, announc'd his return with a Complaint of the Manager ? Indeed these frequent Billets of Complaint betray an unsatisfyd Mind, & I am as little able to Account for this dissatisfaction as I find that no Act of mine is able to remove it. I am Sir Your very H I e Ser* DG. Endorsement: Copy, T o M r Smith Beauford Buildings. Boaden, I I , 108.

Source: F C , copy;

[November] 5 [7775]

1045

ι. When Garrick had acted Sir John Brute. 2. It seems apparent that Smith had resented the production of Sir Richard Steele's Conscious Lovers on Oct. 30 without him, for having played the role of Young Bevil once, on Oct. 2i, he considered that part his own.

952

To The Proprietors of Govent Garden Theatre1

Adelphi Gentlemen Nov 1 2 d 1775 I believe no precedent can be produc'd of the Managers returning to five days a Week after they had play'd Six: and indeed, tho I should be very happy to Oblige You, such a measure at this time, would not only Subject Us to very injurious Suspicions, but it would likewise, as it is a time of dearth & Sickness, bring on great distresses upon the lower part of our Companies— I am Gentlemen M y Company has but this Minute left me Source: F C , draft; Boaden, II, 109. 1. In their note of Nov. 2 the proprietors wrote: " I f it would be agreeable to Mr. Garrick that Drary-lane only should be open tomorrow, and to give Covent-Garden Tuesday next, or make any arrangement of the kind, now in the time of dearth and sickness, it would be complied with" by them (Boaden, II, 108).

953

T o Peter Fountain

Dear Sir Sunday [November] 5 t h [1775] After all I am told by a Letter rec'd from France that the Chevalier proves an A m a z o n — is it true— & more, which I am glad to hear— that 15000 Liv: ρ an: are Settled upon him or h e r ? — 1 pray resolve me this question: I have been very i l l — am not Well, & don't know when I shall b e — Yours Ever &c D : Garrick.

1046

To George Garrick

Address: M r Fountain, Maiden Leine. Source: F C ; Boaden, II, 109.

Endorsement by the recipient: Nov. 1775.

ι. On Nov. 4, 1775, d'Eon had agreed with the French government to surrender all the diplomatic papers in his possession in return for a life annuity of twelve-thousand livres; he had also agreed to the condition, which the government imposed in an effort to curb his political activities, that he wear for life the female attire in which he had occasionally appeared earlier. D'Eon's transvestism aroused wide interest and heavy wagering on his actual sex (John B. Telfer, Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont, 1885, pp. 243-251).

954

To George Garrick Almacks1

D e a r George.

Novr

7th

[1775]2

W e rejoice at your visible alteration of health & S p i r i t s — Palmer says, that you begin to pick up, I don't mean at y*> Whist T a b l e , b u t in Y o u r l o o k s — pray keep y r self quiet in M i n d & y r B o d y will get better of c o u r s e — I beg you will let me know the progress of your health & I likewise must insist that you never think of leaving that fountain of Tour health, till you can shew us a pair of rosy Cheeks, Spirited eyes, and a Belly out of the p e r p e n d i c u l a r — the Little G y p s y goes on H u m m i n g l y , & rises nightly in r e p u t e — there was a little odd talk of some party against us, b u t to this M i n u t e there has not been one Single d i s a p p r o b a t i o n — Weston is dying, & with him goes a good Actor, & a very b a d M a n — M r a K i n g is useful, but not e x c e l l e n t — she stops gaps but will not a l l u r e — Y r Son D a v i d is not yet arriv'd, he is they say, at Lichfield with his U n c l e — all the rest of y r O l i v e Branches are well, M r Carrington is better & worse & will continue so, till he d y e s — I shall write to you b y P a l m e r — j u s t let us know that you are b e t t e r — Ever & affect* Y r e D Garrick Address: G . Garrick Esq 1 , Bath. Frank: Free G e o : Selwyn. Postmarked. Source: Hyde Collection, copy in F C ; The R. B. Adam Library, Buffalo, 1929,1, gf. ι. The fashionable club in Pall Mall, later known as Brooks's. In a letter to Garrick of Feb. 18, 1773, Pembroke had written: " T h e Almackists, my Dear Sir, have, in one respect, done a foolish thing in choosing you of their club, as it will often bring me there, who have no other employment amongst them, but that of watching the cheats of the nobility, gentry, & others, who compose i t " (HTC). 2. The year is supplied by the reference to May Day; or, The Little Gipsy, which was produced only in the season of 1775-76.

November 15, 7775

955

1047

To Peter Fountain

Dear Fountain. Sunday 3 o'Clock [PNovember 12, 1 7 7 5 ] 1 This is the Clerk of the Morning Post— I hope You will let him [have] the Chevalier's paper, 2 if you print it to Morrow Yours Ever D : Garrick. Address: M r Fountain, M a i d e n L a n e .

Source: F C .

ι. The conjectural date is determined by the reference to the Chevalier's paper. 2. The rumors about d'Eon's sex again became current in the fall of 1775. Betting odds ran high. In the Morning Post (Nov. 1 3 - 1 4 , 1775) d'Eon published a protest, earnestly desiring " t h e people of England, who hitherto have testified their benevolence towards him . . . not to renew any policies on his sex. . . [He] has recently refused great sums of money which have been offered to him to be concerned in such policies; offers that he could never hear of but with the most sovereign contempt" (see also John B. Telfer, Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont, 1885, pp. 256-258).

956

To William Siddons

Adelphi Sir Nov r 15 th 1 7 7 5 I wish You joy of M r a Siddons' safe delivery, 1 & I hope she continues Well— I am oblig'd to M r Dinwoody 2 for his politeness, & shall return him the Money upon the first Notice of his return to Town : and now about Your coming to London— the Sooner I see You here, w t h convenience to M r e Siddons, will be of more consequence to her & to me— she may have something to do, if I see her soon, which may not be in my power to give her if she comes later— nay indeed, if she cannot safely set out before the time you mention'd in a Former letter, it would [be better] for her not to appear this Season, but put off her joining Us till the next opening of our Theatre— 3 but this I leave to Your own determination— & now, let me desire You to give me the earliest Notice when you & M r a Siddons can be here, & what part or parts she Would rather chuse for her Onset, that I may prepare Accordingly— I should have no

1048

To Mary Ann Tates

Objection to Rosalind, as M r Bate thought it y r favourite part, 4 but that a Mrs King has made her first appearance in that Character— 5 if You will set down 3 or 4 that You & She think her most capital parts, I will make the choice, in y® mean time I am S r Your most hu le Se* D : Garrick. Address: M r Siddons belonging to the Theatre at Gloucester. Source: H T C .

Postmarked.

1. In a letter to Garrick, from Gloucester on Nov. g, Siddons had written that his wife had been "unexpectedly taken ill: when performing on the stage And early the next morning produced me a fine girl" (BM); this daughter was Sarah Martha Siddons (d. 1803). 2. William Dinwoody (1740-1805), of the Excise Office at Gloucester, had been commissioned by Garrick to supply Siddons with money, and Siddons had just received twenty pounds {GM, vol. L X X V , May 1805, p. 491, Sept. 1805, p. 872; Siddons' letter of Nov. 9). 3. Mrs. Siddons was able to come to London with her husband in December. On the 29th of that month she made her debut, which was more or less unsuccessful because of her weakened condition and an attack of stage fright. 4. See Bate's letters of Aug. 12 and 19, 1775 (BM). 5. Oct. 13. According to Tate Wilkinson, Mrs. King pleased so well in As Tou Like It that " in order to mortify Miss Young . . . Garrick had interest at Court sufficient for his Majesty to have that play ordered" for Oct. 18; he then put the new actress' name in the bills as acting Rosalind " b y Command," a circumstance which Wilkinson says was without precedent {The Wandering Patentee, York, 1795, I, 205).

957

To Mary Ann Yates

Madam November 16 t h 1 7 7 5 Your Letter of Yesterday came to me while I was at Dinner;— The fatigue in the Morning for near four hours, made me incapable of every thing after Dinner but sleeping in my great chair— I take the first Moment of leisure to answer your favour— at the same time I cannot but Lament that our Theatrical Affairs require so much writing about them.— You wish to be quit of the part of Almeria,1 because you say it is unfit for You, and that you had given it up by my consent Fourteen Years ago; I dare not Contradict you, and if I was to own the Charge, it has nothing to do with the present question; You are pleas'd to say, it is not fit for you, If so, why would You take it again unsolicited by me, but why is it unfit, if it

November ι6, 7 7 7 5

1049

is the Capital part of the Play, and always perform'd by the first Actresses?— But there is still a stronger Reason for urging the Necessity of your appearing in that Character.— At the time of the Benefits last year, hearing how much the Plays suffer by the Performers taking parts for one Night only, I put up an order in the Green Room, that the Manager would expect every Performer to do for the House what they should do for the Benefits, and for this good reason; why is not the Publick at large to be as well entertain'd, as the Friends of any Single Actor? and why are not the Proprietors to be profited by the performance of M re Yates in Almeria as well as M r Cautherley?— 2 to Convince You how Injurious this business would be to You, as well as to the Proprietors,— M r Reddish sent word Yesterday, that he only perform'd Claudio in Measure for Measure, to oblige M r King, 3 and that it would be hard upon him to Act such a part again.— I sent word that the Injury would be to the Play; (consequently to M ra Yates) to the Publick, and to the Proprietors, and that I insisted upon his performing the part; he has consented.— 4 I hope therefore that M re Yates will not be the only one to oppose so reasonable an order of the Manager, and make him Guilty of an Act of Injustice,— I must therefore intreat her to comply with my Request, and to appear in Almeria next Tuesday Night, 6 which I intend immediately to advertise as it was in the papers a few days ago I am Madam. Your most humble Servant D : Garrick P.S. The Forfeit 6 in this Case, cannot be accepted,— the part is not a New one You Voluntarily accepted of it, & perform'd it for a Benefit. Source: FC, copy; Boaden, II, n o . ι. 2. 3. 4. 5.

In The Mourning Bride. For the latter's benefit on May i. For his benefit on March 18. Measure for Measure was given on Nov. 18. In her reply of Nov. 17 Mrs. Yates consented to play Almería on Nov. ai (Boaden, II, h of.). 6. A system of forfeits was used in the theater to penalize actors who declined to play a role assigned to them.

To Richard Bailye

958

To Henry Sampson Woodfall

D e a r Woodfall.

N o v r 28 [ 1 7 7 5 ?] 1

I will most certainly rouse at y r F l a p as I always promis'd Y o u I W o u l d — b u t still your fingers on y r Lips I p r a y 2 — will not your great & lesser Devils open m y Notes to Y o u — Ever Yours most Sincerely D Garrick M y best Comp* 8 to Y o u r L a d y

She has not a p p l y ' d to me for a long

t i m e — I begin to grow j e a l o u s — Address: T o M r Henry Sampson Woodfall, T h e Corner of Ivy Lane, Pater Noster R o w . Postmark: NICHOLSON 5 O'CLOCK. TUESDAY. Source: B M . 1. The conjectural year is dependent on the postmark, stamped either the day or the day after the letter was written, and on the receiver's mark, "Nicholson," which has been found only from March 8, 1774· In the years before Garrick's death and after the first Nicholson mark, Nov. 28 fell on a Tuesday in 1775, and on a Monday in 1774; however (see address) in the latter year Woodfall was confined in the King's Bench Prison during November. 2. Hamlet, I, v, 188.

959

To Richard Bailye Nov1 3 0 — [1775?]1

M r & M r e Garrick would be glad to know W h o at the A d e l p h i has affronted or O f f e n d e d M r Bailye, that he has not vouchsaf'd to let ye L i g h t of his Countenance Shine there for some days. Source: FSL. I. This letter was, conjecturally, written in 1775 when Bailye was visiting London (see Letter 968 and Garrick's signed pass to Drury Lane for Bailye dated Nov. 11, 1775, in FSL).

December 7 [7775]

960

1051

To Thomas Rackett, Jr.1

Adelphi Dec. 2, 1775 What between Wandsworth and Oxford, 2 I shall have no occasion to trouble my Butcher or Poulterer any more . . . I play'd Hamlet last Wednesday3 & after the play yr. Father & Mother went home with us to take part of my Chicken, the moment I got into my great chair, I was as lifeless as the Brawn's head you have sent me, but very unlike that I was tasteless too, and no mustard could quicken me— dead— dead— dead— however I recover'd the next day & play'd Archer on ye Friday, in short, my dear Tom, the Devil of a Duenna4 has laid hold upon the Town, & nothing but your old Friend can get her a little out of her clutches— 5 Hamlet was ye most crowded house we ever had & Archer was a most splendid one, tho not quite so profitable Source: Sotheby, Catalogue, June 19, 1928, extract. 1. So identified in the source. 2. Rackett was at this time a student in University College, Oxford, and his parents were living at Wandsworth, Surrey. 3. Nov. 29, when the King and Queen had attended The Duenna at Covent Garden. 4. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play (CG, Nov. 21) was to be played no less than seventy-five times during the 1775-76 season. 5. In an effort to offset the success of The Duenna Garrick appeared between Nov. 25 and Dec. 33 nine times, in six of his major roles.

Madam Decr 7 th [1775] 1 I beg that you will keep M r Andrew's2 Note, it is his justification to you, & had he been guilty of the least Endeavor to prejudice the Sultan,3 I would never have spoken to him again— be assur'd that I have done my utmost for y e Piece, & had it not come out on Tuesday or Wed* We should, as well as You, have been great Sufferers— I shall take care that You are kept from playing till You appear in the new piece— we will settle the business of the table &

1052

To Frances Abington

guitars when we meet, I cannot attend You to Morrow because I have a long & laborious part: 4 on Saturday I shall attend, & settle the whole— I took care that M r s Wrighten 6 should not have a gay Song, nor do I understand that it will in the least interfere w t h Yours— & don't be uneasy; a Natural gay Chansonette, sung with natural Ease & pleasantry will be heard w t h pleasure after the finest Embroider'd air of a Faranelli— 8 I believe an Emperor of y® Turks was never Seen before M r Palmer will make his appearance in y e Sultan— if You would have M r Shaw 7 oblige you most compleady, a few half Guineas w a be well bestow'd, to have him to Your house, & settle the Song and Accompagniements with You— don't Starve y e business for triffles, I have done my Utmost for the piece, & it will be most splendid in Scenes & dresses. I am Madam y re very truly, when You are not unruly D. Garrick Source: B M , copy in F C ; Percy Fitzgerald, The Life of Mrs. Abingdon, 1888, p. 80. ι. The year is determined by the reference to The Sultan (DL, Dec. 13, 1775). 2. Miles Peter Andrews (d. 1814), dramatist, M.P. for Bewdley, Worcestershire, affected the society of authors and actors and occupied a mansion in Green Park, where he lavishly entertained. A member of the Beefsteak and other clubs, he enjoyed a reputation for wit and hospitality (see also Boaden, II, 61). 3. Mrs. Abington had written on Thursday [Dec. 7] that she had "been put out of humour . . . by being told that M r Andrews talks of the Farce at the Coffee Houses, as the Work of Mr Kelly . . . and the report can only be Meant to bring popular prejudice against i t " (FC; Boaden, II, X05). Kelly had made himself unpopular by adverse criticism of actors and by his support of the government as a pensioned journalist, and had already had to conceal his authorship of plays. 4. Hamlet. 5. Mary Ann (Matthews) Wrighten (d. 1796), actress and singer, was the wife of James Wrighten (d. 1793), a Drury Lane prompter. She acted at Drury Lane before her marriage as well as after. Hopkins described her as having had " a very fine Voice" but an "aukward and clumsy Figure" (Diary, DLC, p. 146; Thespian Dictionary, 1805). 6. Carlo (Broschi) Farinelli (1705-1782), the famous male soprano. 7. Perhaps the Shaw who is later noticed in the playbills as a member of the Drury Lane orchestra (playbills, H C L ; see also European Magazine, vol. X V I I I , Dec. 1790, p. 480).

December 12

962

I/775]

To Domenico Angelo

My dear Friend Decr 8 [1775] 1 just going to bed— as I play Hamlet to morrow I can't have ye Pleasure of attending M re Garrick. She will be there at the place & time, if you & M ra Angelo go, she will carry you if you will call in your way— if not, she will follow your directions— she is greatly oblig'd to you, as well as Your most sincere Wellwisher & hume Ser D Garrick Address : M r Angelo.

Seal.

Source : Frederick W. Hilles.

J. Since Garrick says that he is to play Hamlet "to morrow" it seems that he either misdated this letter or wrote it after the midnight preceding the day he was to appear, for while he never performed the role on a Dec. 9, he did play it on Dec. 8, in 1775 only.

963

To George Colman

My dear Colman Decr 12 [1775] 1 Pray read over ye inclos'd if you have an hour's leisure— you shall know It's history—2 I must write to night about it, which letter you shall see, if I can see you in the Evening— Shall I call upon you at any time? I cannot get rid of an Engagement I have till about Nine— where may you be till about 8—? I want to talk with you about y® Silent Woman, poor Weston, Moody tells me will, he thinks, never play again—3 he wants to go to Bath— therefore as we cannot stay his recovery, to whom shall I give La Fool ?— 4 We must go to work upon it directly— don't read these 4 Acts (tho but short) if it is in the least inconvenient. Yours Ever & Ever D: Garrick. My love to Miss Ford, & comp3 to Miss Mills,— 5 you were not at Cov4 Garden, I like the Duenna much with some few objections— It will do their business— Source: Berg Collection; Colman, p. 3i4f.

1054

To Robert Smith

1. The year is derived from the reference to The Duenna (CG, Nov. 21, 1775). 2. Presumably the manuscript of Jephson's play " Vitellia" (see Letter 966). 3. Weston's last part was that of Dozey in May Day; or, The Little Gipsy, when this piece was acted for the third time, Nov. 6, Weston's name was omitted from the bill. He was to die in January (LC, vol. X X X I X , Jan. 13-16, 1776, p. 51). 4. The part in Epicoene; or, The Silent Woman was assigned to King, who "did more than possibly could have been expected" with it (ibid., p. 52). 5. Presumably the actress (d. 1792) who after performing in the provinces secured an engagement at Edinburgh and acted there from about 1775 to 1780 (see Peake, Colman, I, 107; Thespian Dictionary, 1805; Tate Wilkinson, The Wandering Patentee, York, '795-96, II, 87, g6f.).

964

To Robert Smith1 Adelphi

Sir

D e c 1 12 [ 1 7 7 5 ? ] 2

T h e Theatre R o y a l in D r u r y L a n e gives two Charity Benefits a year to the Hospitals, & they take their T u r n in Succession— there are two fix'd for this, & two for the next, & how they go on afterwards I cannot say, not having the Book with M e — if the Committee would be pleas'd to know the future Arrangement of the Benefits, if they will send the Secretary, he shall see w h a t w e have done, w h a t we shall, & w h a t we can d o — I came from H a m p t o n Yesterday, or y o u should have h a d an answer before. I a m S r Y o u r most O b e d 1 Ser 1 D : Garrick. Address: M r Robert Smith, Fen Court, Fenchurch Street. Postmark: t u . Endorsement: 12 t h Dec r David G a r r i c k — (Concerning a Benefit-night at DruryLane, for the Misericorde Hospital). Source: FSL. 1. Robert Smith was an attorney who lived at a Fenchurch Street address, " 1 Fan Court, Fenchurch Street," from 1775 to 1780 (London Directories, 1775-1780). 2. The conjectural year is determined by the fact that the letter was written before Garrick's retirement and during Smith's residence at Fen Court; in 1775 Dec. 12 fell on a Tuesday (see postmark).

December

965

ι8,

7775

1055

To Peter Fountain

Dear Sir Dec r 15 [ 1 7 7 5 ? ] 1 I am unluckily engag'd to breakfast tomorrow with the famous MonS r Tessier— 2 have not you heard of him?— Sorry I am I cannot have y e Pleasure of Seeing you w th y r Club: I hope y e inclos'd is right— if not— I'll alter it— Your Ever & truly D Garrick— Address: M r Fountain, M a i d e n L a n e .

Source: F C .

I. The conjectural year depends on the reference to Le Texier, and the implication that he has recently arrived in London. a. A.-A. Le Texier ( 1 7 3 7 - 1 8 1 4 ) had been highly successful as a reader of plays until he was accused of misappropriation of funds; he came to London in Sept. 1775 (Hedgcock, pp. 267-274).

966

To Robert Jephson

Adelphi M y Dear Sir Decb. 18. 1 7 7 5 I took Vitellia 1 with me to Hampton, & I not only read it myself, to myself, but to some Ladies & a Gentleman of great taste in theatrical matters— they were ignorant of the Author but agreed that it was not at all calculated for success upon the Stage— that it was romantick & what was worse, unaffecting— indeed you will, in my opinion rue the hour that it is brought upon the Stage— Your reputation is at present high on our dramatick list, & why you would venture to throw away your well earn'd fame upon an uncertainty at the best, I cannot conceive— in short, I am so certain of my Judgment in the present business that I cannot consent to your undoing your well doing on the Same Theatre— I beseech you to consult your sincere & knowing friends— call a grand Jury of 'em & let our friend Tighe be the foreman, and after they have sworn upon our dramatick Gospel Shakespeare, let 'em bring Vitellia in a true bill if they dare— You have made me

1056

To Hannah More

unhappy, but nevertheless my best & warmest wishes attend you & yours— I am Dear Sir Most Affectionatly Yours DG. P.S. It is impossible that any thing worthy of you should be resolv'd or done in this hurry scurry, patch work w a y — you adventure too much Endorsement by Garrick: 1775— Answer to Jephson Dec r 19a1. copy; Boaden, II, iißf.

Source: FC,

ι . When this play, retitled The Conspiracy, was finally brought out at Drury Lane on Nov. 15, 1796, it was, as Garrick predicted, a failure (Martin S. Peterson, Robert Jephson, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1930, p. 41).

967

To Hannah More

Adelphi My dear Madam Dec 1 19 t h — [1775] 1 What can I possibly say to You, that can in the best manner declare the feelings of my heart, for the great honour you have done Me, & the great pleasure you have given M e — I am most truly & Sincerely sensible of Your very affectionate & friendly attachment to me, & I will venture to say, in Spite of my unworthiness for such a Mark of Your regard, there is no human being, however more deserving Your favours, that can be more grateful, more Sensible of Your partiality, or that would feel a tithe of y® Pleasure and Satisfaction, which I do, at the kind destinction your generous friendship has given me by Your dedication— 2 what I think of the work dedicated, I shall not tell you: but, as You keep Your Secrets I will tell you mine; my Sentiments shall be publish'd towards the latter End of the next Week, 3 the holidays destroy all the good intentions of a literary Nature, the Minds of Men are totally absorb'd in Plumb porridge & Minc'd-pies— M r Twiss is now with Me & has Shewn Me some exquisite imitations of Yours, upon my Credit, I don't know any thing that pleases me more, nor would I believe, that they have a Spanish Source, but that he swears himself black in y e face, that there is a Spanish Poet, who has conceiv'd, I am sure not

[December]

ig

[1775]

1057

executed, so well. It gives me great joy that you will be w t h us after X m a s — but why not soon after ? if you cannot come till March, I dread my being oblig'd to go to B a t h — besides if Your flattery has any foundation, & that my Fool's Coat draws Y o u this way, why not draw You Sooner ? I have two little performances for You 4 which are not worth Your Acceptance— I am oblig'd to write for us because other people will not at y e Same time— the one is a great favourite, & the other has answer'd the End of writing it. I am M y dear Miss More with my Love & my Wife's Love to You all Most truly & faithfully Your Friend D : Garrick I am oblig'd to write upon the gallop for M r Twiss is in a hurry— I find I have written Nonsense in two places, you must make sense of it, as you can of any thing. Address: Miss Hannah More, Bristol.

Source: FSL.

ι. The year is determined by the reference to the dedication. a. T o Sir Eldred of the Bower, and The Bleeding Rock (1776). The dedication itself is dated from Bristol, Dec. 14, 1775. Walpole's copy of the book bears in his hand the date of acquisition: "December 22d 1775" (HCL). The poems were announced by the Public Advertiser as published "this d a y " on Saturday, Dec. 23, 1775. 3. Perhaps "Upon Reading Sir Eldred of the Bower," with an introductory note, which, however, was to appear anonymously in the Public Advertiser three months later : April 3, 1776 (see Knapp, No. 239). 4. Presumably the published book of May Day; or, The Little Gipsy, A musical Farce To which is added The Theatrical Candidates, A Musical Prelude (1775). The advertisement states that May Day "was produced at an early part of the season, when better writers are not willing to come forth." The Theatrical Candidates, performed on Sept. 23, opened the season of 1775-76.

968

T o Richard Bailye1

Adelphi M y dear Dick [December] 19 [1775] Next Week You'll have a Barrel of excellent Oysters, & till they come you must take part w t h Peter & the Doxies for they will have some this W e e k — You were a damn'd fool to leave us so soon— The Brawn & minc'd Pyes would make your Chops W a t e r — but

1058

To William Smith

we shall see You after Xmas & then We'll make you as drunk as a Piper— Tell all my Lichfield friends that I long to be with them, & that I certainly intend to shake Every dirty fist from Bacon Street to Green hill some time in y e Summer— I thank you dear Dick for your friendly letter, but y r friendly Company is worth all y r writing; So if You'll come again, I will prepare a new Influenza for Y o u — the Postman rings & I must conclude Ever & affect^ Yours D: Garrick Love to y r Brother.2 Endorsement: D : Garrick Esq1 19th Dec 1 1775.

Source: HTC.

1. The familiar references—to Dick, the Lichfield members of the family, the recent visit to London, and to the brother—all point to Richard Bailye, Garrick's cousin, as the recipient. 2. William Bailye (d. 1785), of Lichfield, apothecary; Bailiff of Lichfield in 1757 and 1776 (Thomas Harwood, History of Lichfield, 1806, p. 434f.).

969

To William Smith

Sir Tuesday Decb r 26th 1775 You have prov'd to Me that you have no attachment to me or my affairs— Would your wearing a domino & Mask, to take turn about with Me in walking down y e Stage, be an injury to your Importance ?— 1 I hope not— it would have been of Consequence to y e Jubilee, which is got up at a great expence to support your & other Performers importance, which without it has suffer'd, & may Suffer more— but I am now, I must say, fully convinced that our connection is not rooted in the heart or in a Mutual desire to Serve each other. I am &c. I am this moment come home, and found your Letter upon the table— I am likewise in a great hurry for I am obliged to make one at y e Jubilee.2 Source: FC, copy; Boaden, II, 117.

December 26, 1775

1059

ι. In a letter dated only Sunday but apparently written on Dec. 24, Smith had expressed a strong unwillingness "to appear as Benedick in the Procession" of The Jubilee (Boaden, II, 123). The Dictionary of National Biography reports that this actor was wont to boast that "he had never played in an afterpiece and never worn a beard or gone down a trap." 2. The Jubilee was revived on Dec. 26.

970

To James Boswell

Drury Lane Dear Sir Dec1 26. 1775 Tho I am in the midst of Preparations for Shakespeare's Jubilee, & have my Fool's Coat on to sing his praises, I will not omit answering Y r Letter1 one post, as there is a little business in it— our Company is So full, & the Parts, or rather part, which M r Johnston2 perform' d, Supplied, that I have not ye least room for any new Performer— indeed my good Friend, We are at present so overburden'd with Histrionic Minors, that few Managers could bear their Weight— I am Sorry, that I cannot obey Lord Kaime's Commands,3 I honour him much & read him often— as for our Friend the Dr, I have seen him but once since his return, he is full of Sarcasm against the french—4 at present I cannot say more upon this Subject, but You shall have it all in ye Spring— I scarce have time to tell You how much I am D r S r Your most Obed* hum16 Se4 D. Garrick. Address: James Boswell Esq r , Advocate, Edinburgh. Source: Boswell M S S . Yale.

Seal.

Postmark: D E 26.

1. From Edinburgh on Dec. 21 (Boswell MSS. Yale). 2. Presumably Alexander Johnstone, who died in this year. He was long housekeeper at Drury Lane, and also had made a name for himself as Gibby, the Scottish servant in The Wonder (Lysons, III, 437f.). 3. Boswell had enclosed a letter (of Dec. 19) from Lord Kames asking Boswell to recommend to Garrick "Charles Young, formerly my Clerk, a well disposed peaceable creature, but unfortunate I think, in taking a violent passion for being a P l a y e r . . . He has been more than a year with M r Digges [in the Edinburgh theater] . . . The death of Johnstone his Countryman employed in acting the Scotsman, gives him a glimpse of hope that he may be taken on by M r Garrick to supply that vacancy." Boswell seconded the recommendation with additional information. Henry Home (1696-1782), Lord Kames, was the Scottish advocate and judge; though he wrote much on law, he had wide general

1060

To George Colman

literary interests, and as Boswell reminded Garrick, "must be allowed to have considerable weight in the Critick Department." 4. From Sept. 15 to Nov. 15 Johnson and the Thrales had toured France.

θ?!

To George Colman

Adelphi My Dear Sir. Dec r 29th 1775 As I promis'd to let You know before I parted with my theatrical Property that You might be the purchaser if You pleas'd— I must now seriously acquaint You that I shall most certainly part with i t — I Saw a Gentleman Yesterday of great property,1 & who has no Objection to the price Viz : 35000 pounds for my Part— I must desire You to speak out, whether You have any thoughts of Succeeding Me in Drury Lane for I must see the Party again on Saturday Evening to talk over the Matter, & determine on my Part— I beg You will write to me directly & be explicit,2 for I must determine or perhaps lose My Market— My disorder increases & distresses me much; my Friend Pott is to search for ye cause next Week— I beg that Your letter may be determinate— once again Many happy Years to Y o u — I am Dear Colman Most Affec'y Yours D : Garrick. I have sent our friend Becket on purpose as this Matter is of great Consequence and I would not trust any other person with i t — the Party wants to purchase the Whole, I must desire you to keep this business a Secret for More reasons than One— Source: FC, draft; Boaden, II, 118. ι. Richard Brinsley Sheridan wrote his father-in-law, Thomas Linley, on Dec. 31 that he had met Garrick on Dec. 38 to discuss the purchase of Drury Lane. Garrick appeared to be "really serious" in the business, still, however, reserving the right of giving the refusal to Colman, though at the same time believing that Colman would decline it (Thomas Moore, Memoirs of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1825,1, i8if.). 2. Colman replied on Dec. 30: " I f . . . your L e t t e r . . . means to offer me the refusal of ONLY your share of the Property, to that offer I can immediately and most determinately say NO. I would not for worlds again sit on the throne of Brentford with any assessor, except it were y o u r s e l f . . . If You are enabled to treat for the whole, or to reserve your own half we must talk farther" (FC; Boaden, II, 118).

[December 31,

972

1775]

1061

T o Richard Brinsley Sheridan [December 3 1 , 1 7 7 5 ] 1

M r . Garrick presents his compliments to M r . Sheridan, and as he is obliged to go into the country for three days, he should be glad to see h i m upon his return to town, either on Wednesday about 6 or 7 o'clock, or whenever he pleases. T h e party has no objection to the whole, b u t chooses no partner b u t M r . G . — 2 N o t a word of this yet. M r . G . sent a messenger on p u r p o s e . — H e would call upon M r . S., b u t he is confined at home. Y o u r name is upon our list. Source: Thomas Moore, Memoirs of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1825, I> 182. ι . The date is from Sheridan's letter to Thomas Linley of Dec. 31, 1775, wherein he states that he has received "within this h o u r " a note from Garrick, " w h i c h . . . I here transcribe for y o u " ; Garrick's letter follows in the source. a. " O n this, Mr. Garrick appointed a meeting with his partner, young Leasy, and, in the presence of their solicitor, treasurer, &c., declared to him that he was absolutely on the point of settling, and, if he was willing, he might have the same price for his share; but if he (Leasy) would not sell, Mr. Garrick would, instantly, to another party. The result was, Leasy's declaring his intention of not parting with his share. O f this Garrick again informed Colman, who immediately gave up the whole matter" (Sheridan to Linley, Jan. 4, 1776, Thomas Moore, Memoirs of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1825,1, 185).

973

T o Peter Fountain [1775]1

T h a n k you, m y dear Sir, for your Intelligence, I fear b y w h a t I heard Yesterday, that all Interest is quite Shut o u t — some powerful Influence, & perhaps a hint or plot to guide his M a j e s t y will govern in this U n h a p p y C i r c u m s t a n c e — I cannot yet talk of Successors to Weston, & hope to bid adieu to M a n a g e m e n t M y s e l f — Y r e Ever & c D. G . — Still W e a k . Address : M r Fountain.

Source: FC.

ι . Written in 1775, presumably late in the year, when Weston was dying and Garrick was preparing to retire.

I062

To Joseph Cradock

974

To Elizabeth Montagu

My dear Madam. [ I 775?] 1 We are unfortunatly Engag'd on Sunday next— but if We are able to quit our Gompany, may we be permitted to pay our respects to you ?— if You should be Engag'd We will wait upon you y e first opportunity— I have made bold to answer for You as a Subscriber to M r Capel's school of Shakespear— 2 I will tell you more of this when I have the honour & pleasure of Seeing you. I am most devotedly Yours D: Garrick. Address:

M r s M o n t a g u , Hill Street.

Seal.

Source:

FSL.

ι. The conjectural year is supplied by the reference to the subscription for Capell, presumably started immediately after the recall of his Motes. 2. When Capell's Notes and Various Readings to Shakespeare (dedication dated Dec. 20, 1774) met with a poor reception, he recalled it almost immediately, deciding to reissue the work by subscription and with the addition of a third volume on the "School of Shakespeare." The subscribers' list was "respectable, though not numerous," primarily because of " the inattention of a Friend [Garrick ?] . . . who had given him the most flattering hopes, through his personal interest, of a long list of names, which eventually amounted to very few" (Nichols, Illustrations, I, 472f.). The volumes were not finally to be published until 1783.

975

To Joseph Cradock

Adelphi Jan* i 8 t [17] 76 A happy New Year to You my dear Sir, & many of them— So said our less refin'd Ancestors, & I hope their Sayings will not be disagreeable to M r Craddock, tho they offend the delicate Ears of our very Modish fine Gentlemen— When Ever You please to open Your Budget, I shall attend it with great pleasure— I shall have a double pleasure in the Operation, first to hear You read a tragedy, 1 & next that tragedy is Yours. I am D r S r Most sincerely Y re D: Garrick

January 3, i j j 6

1063

I shd have been proud of seeing M r Farmer— 2 a charming writer Address: Craddock Esq 1 at Hinchinbrook near Huntington. marked. Source: FSL, also copy; Joseph Cradock, The Czar, 1824, p. vii.

Post-

ι. Identified in the printed source as The Czar (printed 1834, but never produced), a. Cradock always avoided introducing Richard Farmer to Garrick. " I knew," he writes, "that Garrick duly estimated his 'Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare,' and I feared that his coarse manners would sink him in the estimation of the great Actor" (I, 36)·

976 To The Reverend Doctor John Hoadly Adelphi M y dear Friend. Jan^ 3 1776 I shall take my leave of the Stage, & bid Farewell to the plumed troops & the big Wars, & welcome content & the tranquil M i n d — in S h o r t — I will not stay to be Sixty with my Cap & bells— Active as I am, & full of Spirit, with the drawback of a gravel-complaint: M r e Garrick & I are happy w t h the thoughts of my Strutting & fretting no more uponye Stage,1 & leaving to Younger Spirits the present race of Theatrical Heroines with all their Airs, indispositions, tricks & importances which have reduc'd the Stage to be a dependant upon the Wills of our insolent, vain, & let me add insignificant female trumpery— there must be a revolution, or my Successors will Suffer much, I had a resource in my own Acting, that counteracted all the Evil designs of these G e n t r y — Linley 2 will be of great Service— Sing Song is much the Fashion, & his knowledge of Musick & preparing fit Subjects for the Stage, will be a Strength, that the Proprietors may depend upon, when the Heroines are prankish— D r Ford, 3 the great M a n Midwife, & very worthy M a n will be concern'd in the purchase, as a Monied Man, not as one of y e Managers. The Story of my reading the Verses upon Grace to Miss Dutton 4 at a Breakfast at Spring Garden, 6 is most true, & I turn'd extempore the Line upon y e Dss of Cumberland 6 upon her, & at y e time, I told you y e very words, which occasion'd a great l a u g h — Mr Hardhead (the foolishest of all foolish Scriblers), has certainly lost his wager, & his Verses in the BathEaston Collection 7 Shew that he has lost his wits too, if Ever he had a n y — W h a t a 6 + L.D.O. ΠΙ

1064

To The Reverend Doctor John Hoadly

prig of a Parson !— He was as important, & as Zealous to get M re Miller's 8 Frippery prize, as if he had been after spiritual preferment— I could not bear his absurd vanity, & shun'd him— E I am no favourite with y* Hardheads have you read Anstey's last Work 9 I fear it is short of y* Bath Guide— the honnete Criminal10 I have read, & refus'd it in English— it has Merit, but y e Speeches too long, too french, & not quite dramatic Enough for our Audiences. I can say no More, but that I & Mine love You, & Yours— so Ever & most AfFectionatly (Manager or no Manager) Your Friend & Serv4 D. Garrick. We have found the lost Sheep Harry Fielding's Good Naturd Man that was missing near twenty Years— 11 Address: Rev· 1 D* Hoadly, S 4 Maries, Southampton. Source: F S L .

Postmark:

IA

4.

1. Macbeth, V, v, 25. 2. Thomas Linley (1732-1795), composer, singing-master, father-in-law of Sheridan, had come to London from Bath in 1774 to become joint-manager with Stanley of the Drury Lane oratorios. 3. James Ford (1718-1795), M.D., was physician-extraordinary to Queen Charlotte and a wealthy obstetrician in the West End of London. 4. Jane Dutton (1753-1800), sister of James, later first Baron Sherborne. Garrick's verses to her, called "Simplex Munditis," were printed in the second volume of Poetical Amusements at a Villa Near Bath along with a number of other verses praising her (1776, pp. 2-5, 49, 139). Garrick's lines must have been written during his visit to Bath in May 1775, for on Oct. 5 ofthat year Miss Dutton married Thomas William Coke, later (1837) Earl of Leicester. 5. Social gatherings by invitation from Mrs. Miller held on alternate Thursday mornings in Spring Garden at her Batheaston Villa during the Bath season. 6. Anne (Luttrell) Horton (1743-1808) whose scandalous conduct and clandestine marriage to the Duke of Cumberland brought her notoriety. Walpole describes the Duchess as "extremely pretty, not handsome, very well made, with the most amorous eyes in the world, and eyelashes a yard long" (ed. Toynbee, V I I I , I03f.). Garrick's " O n Grace" written to the Duchess were printed in Poetical Amusements (II, if.), and earlier in the London Chronicle for May 9 - 1 1 , 1775, and elsewhere (Knapp, No. 112). 7. Volume I I of Poetical Amusements at a Villa Near Bath was shortly to be published; it is advertised in the London Chronicle forjan. 24,1776, as published that day. The volume contains two poems by Sanfoord Hardcastle (pp. i4f., 162L). Despite Garrick's inclusion in the volume, he wrote some scornful verses called "Upon the Batheaston Prize" (Sotheby, Catalogue, Feb. 17, 1930, No. 199). 8. Anna (Riggs) Miller (1741-1781), later (1778) Lady Miller, verse-writer, of Batheaston Villa, Bath. In a manuscript note in a copy of Richard Bull's Lines Sent to Lady Miller's Vase (1781), now in the Harvard College Library, Walpole gives an account of the Batheaston diversions : " at Bath, where 'tis fashionable to be foolish, a man has no chance of being thought either, who does not send some nonsense to Lady Miller's Vase. She gives out a Subject returnable that day fortnight. Every thing that is sent, is

January 7

[1776]

1065

put into an antique Vase, and when the Company is met, Sir John Miller leads up some young Lady to the Vase, who takes out the first Poem, she happens to lay her hands upon, which is given to some Gentleman present to read aloud, and which, by the Bye, is generally done most wretchedly, and it is usual for the men to run into a little room next that, where the Vase stands, to avoid being call'd upon to read . . . This ceremony is repeated till all the Poems are taken out of the Vase and read; after which the Gentlemen retire and decide which Poem is deserving the Prize; The author is presented with a Crown of Myrtle by Lady Miller, and gives it to some favorite Lady who wears it at the next Ball" (see also Ruth A. Hesselgrave, Lady Miller and the Batheaston Literary Circle, New Haven, 1927). 9. An Election Ball in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle of Bath to His Wife at Gloucester, written in imitation of The New Bath Guide and suggested by subjects given out at Batheaston. The verses are dated Dec. 6, 1775, and their publication is announced in the London Chronicle forjan. 20-23, 1 776. 10. A French verse-drama by Fenouillet de Falbaire (published in 1767; first acted in Paris in Jan. 1790). An English translation by " G . L . " appeared in 1778. Garrick had rejected the play in Nov. 1767 (see Hedgcock, p. 275f.; see also Pembroke to Garrick, Jan. 28, 1768, HTC). i t . It was to be produced at Drury Lane under the title of The Fathers; or, The Good Natur'd Man (Nov. 30, 1778). According to a memorandum by Garrick: "The beginning of my Correspondence with Sir John Fielding was thus— The Late M r Fielding was my particular Friend: he had written a Comedy call'd the Good-Natur'd Man, which being lent to his different Friends, was lost for 20 Years— It luckily fell to my lot to discover it, had I found a Mine of Gold upon my own land, it could not have given me more pleasure— I immediately ran to his Brother S r John, & told him the Story of my discovery & immediately with all the warmth imaginable—• offer'd my Services to prepare it for the Stage— he thank'd me cordially & we parted with mutual expressions of kindness" (FC; John Forster, The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, 1854, II, 56).

977

To Richard Rigby

Adelphi M y dear S i r Jan^ 7 [1776]1 A s I h a v e flatter'd myself into a belief that w h a t e v e r concerns M e m u c h is not indifferent to Y o u , I cannot finish the last A c t of m y theatrical life w i t h o u t informing m y best friend of i t — I a m in treaty for the S a l e of m y Patent & all m y property at the T h e a t r e : I cannot free M y s e l f f r o m this g r e a t W e i g h t , a t a more proper or profitable time a n d therefore M y W i f e & I u p o n the most M a t u r e Consideration, h a v e thought it expedient u p o n m a n y A c c o u n t s to m a k e m y E x i t if possible at the E n d of this S e a s o n — A s I h a v e been long h o n o u r ' d w t h Y o u r friend?, I thought it m y d u t y to c o m municate it first to Y o u — the business is not yet quite finish'd, but in a v e r y fair W a y — it is thought likewise necessary to keep it a Secret till W e h a v e sign'd & s e a l ' d — I f I fairly get quit of this

To James Clutterbuck

ιο66

Matter the Burrough-Monger who return'd last Night from Bath much better than he has been for some time2 will be wholly at leisure to Employ his great Electioneering talents in Your Service— may I be permitted to be a little Serious, tho I have not y e least right to trouble You in his behalf? it would make both him & Me Extremely happy, if he could deserve Your Notice in any way— he is honest & faithful & would (as well as his Brother) be the most Grateful of Men, if he could at any time & in any manner be number'd among Your humble Servants— I am my dear Sir Very much asham'd but Most truly attachd hu le Ser4 D. G. Source: F S L , draft. ι. The year is supplied by Rigby's reply of Jan. 17, 1776 (FC; Boaden, II, 125). 2. George Garrick, who had doubtless participated in the election of Palmer (see Letter 903). "For my friend, the Borough Monger," declared Rigby in his reply, "if it should fall in my way to be of service to Him, I shall have great pleasure in publickly marking the regard I privately profess to have for you." However, by Dec. 22, 1776, Rigby had not yet come to George's aid, for on that date, writing from Bath to ask his brother for £50, George remarked: " I was in hopes that before this time, our friend Mr. Rigby wou'd have procur'd me some Employment, which wou'd have prevented my giving you so much trouble" (letter in the possession of C. F. Bishop).

978

To James Clutterbuck

Adelphi My dear Clut. Jany 18th 1776 You shall be the first Person to whom I shall make known, that I have at last Slipt my theatrical Shell, & shall be as fine & free a Gentleman as You would wish to see upon the South or North parade at Bath— I have Sold my Moiety of Patent &c &c for 35000— to Mess18 D r Ford Ewart,1 Sheridan, & Linley— 2 we have sign'd to forfeit 10000 pounds, if the Conditions of our present Articles are not fulfill'd the 24 of June next— 3 in Short I grow somewhat Older, tho I never play'd better in all my Life, & am resolv'd not to remain upon the Stage to be pitied instead of applauded— the Deed is done & the Bell is ringing, so I can Say

January 2g, ijj6

1067

no more, but that I hope I shall receive a Letter of felicitation from Y o u — Love to Your better half & to the Sharps & all friends. Ever & most affect* Y™ D Garrick Address : J a m e s Clutterbuck E s q 1 , Bath. Postmark: I A 19. Source: E . Percival Merritt; J o h n P. Collier, An Old Man's Diary, 1 8 7 1 , pt. 1, p. 1 2 . ι. Simon Ewart, referred to as an old man in 1782, was a relative of the Sheridans and a family friend; a wealthy brandy merchant of London, he lived on Thames St. Ewart later withdrew from the transaction (Anonymous, Sheridaniana, 1826, p. 3 9 ; Walter Sichel, Sheridan, 1909, I, 363, 388; Thomas Moore, Memoirs of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1825, I, i8if.). 2. " W h a t a strange jumble of people," wrote Mrs. Clive to Garrick, Jan. 23, 1776, concerning the buyers of his patent. " I thought I should have died with laughing when I saw a man-mid-wife amongst them: I suppose they have taken him in to prevent miscarriages!" (Boaden, II, 128). 3. The sale contract was signed on the day this letter was written. For further details see Linley's letter to Garrick in the Forster Collection and Moore's Sheridan (I, 86ff.).

979

To Sir Grey Cooper

Adelphi M y dear Sir. J a n * 29 th 1 7 7 6 Tho I have not troubled You with congratulations upon a late Occasion, 1 I have not less rejoic'd than those, who have express'd the most Zeal at Your Welfare by their personal Attendance— if Ever it should happen that my Company will prove no interruption to better, & more important business, I shall beg to wait upon You & throw in a half-joke now & then among the Wits & Beaux Esprits that surround Y o u — I had procur'd a Stage box for Lady Cooper this Evening, but the Festino, I fear,'will allure her Ladyship from the Formal & unfashionable company of S r Ant* Branville: 2 may I be permitted to throw in a Line or two of Business— as I am quitting the Sock & Buskin, I cannot help continuing my Care to the Old & helpless of the profession— W e have got a fund towards their support of near 5000, & with care & good Management, we shall make it of Some Consequence to the Invalids of y® Stage : If we could procure an Act of Parliament to incorporate Us, & many of the grave & Younger part of the house seem desirous of

ιο68

To Lancelot Brown

doing it, I should finish my theatrical Life, as I would Wish, by presenting the Actors with this necessary & honourable Security for their Money— I would not dare to ask an impertinent favour, & should drop it directly, if it was disagreeable to H I M , for whom my Wishes & Services shall be ever Active, but, I am told, M r Eliott, 3 M r Bacon 4 & many of the respectable Members, are very desirous to be friendly & kind to any petition we may present to Parliament upon the Occasion— 5 May I without offence intreat you to speak your Sentiments, which be assur'd, shall never be known, or declar'd upon any Account whatsoever, if you Wish it should be so, by Sir Your most Obligd & Most Obedient humble Servant D : Garrick. M™ Garrick presents her respects with mine to Lady Cooper. Source:

FSL.

ι. Perhaps a reference to Cooper's having become a baronet in Oct. 1775. 2. Cooper, in his reply of the same date, regretted that Garrick was right (Boaden, II, 13a). 3. Edward Eliot (1727-1804), later (1784) Lord Eliot of St. Germans, politician, was at this time M.P. for Cornwall. 4. There were two Bacons in the House of Commons at this time : Edward Bacon ( i 7 i 3 ? - i 7 8 6 ) , M.P. for Norwich and Recorder ofthat city, and Anthony Bacon (d. ca. 1799) of Woodford Row, Essex, a London merchant and M.P. for Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (GM, vol. X L V , Aug. 1775, pp. 377, 383; vol. L V I , March 1786, p. 269; vol. L X I X , Aug. 1799, p. 718). 5. A petition for a bill "for better securing" the Theatrical Fund against " a n y Misapplication or Embezzlement," was to be introduced in the House of Commons on Feb. 7, 1776. It was referred to a committee, headed by Cooper and Burke. O n Feb. 13 Cooper reported on the petition, and by order of the House the bill was drawn up ; it was passed, and received the Royal Assent on March 25 (Journals of the House of Commons, 1776, X X X V , 517, 554, 633, 651, 679).

980

To Lancelot Brown

My dear Sir. [ante February 5, 1776] 1 You make Me & my Wife mad— You shall be prefer'd to the whole body of Nobility, ifyou will give us Notice but one day of y r Coming— I have kept places till 12 o' Clock the two last times of my Playing, but you never sent— There is not a Single place in the Whole house

February

6, iyy6

1069

but what is Engag'd— Don't use me so again for I love & esteem You & am moreover oblig'd to Y o u — I shall Play Monday & Fryday Sen'night. Shall I procure Y o u places for those days ? Since I wafer'd ye Enclos'd, M y Wife is resolv'd to make room for You, as well as She can in her Box— Come to the Stage door & Enquire for her box— y* Ladies not in hats. Address: T o L. Brown Esq 1 .

Endorsed.

Source: FSL.

ι. The conjectural date is based on the assumption that Brown wished to see Garrick play during his final season. During that season, the week of Feb. 5-9 was the only one in which Garrick appeared twice, on a Monday and a Friday, in different roles.

981

To Edmund Burke

Adelphi M y dear Sir Feb™ 6 h 1 7 7 6 Don't be Surpriz'd if you See my Name at the head of a Petition to Parliament for Some provision to be made for Securing the Money we have got towards a fund for the relief of decay d Actors & c — 1 I should have waited upon You to have told You this, & to have desir'd Your Concurrence: We have found great favour with the Members, & I flatter Myself, that You will not oppose it, if it seems proper & to the purpose Dear Sir Ever Yours most cordially D. Garrick I have not stirr'd abroad on acc 1 of some disturbances in y e theatre. 2 Address: E d Burke Esq r .

Seal.

Source: Sheffield City Libraries.

1. In the Forster Collection there is a letter enclosing a bill (paid by Garrick on April i l , 1776) for £116.9i.10rf. covering the expenses of the Act of Parliament to incorporate "the performers at Drury Lane Theatre Session i77 5 /6." 2. Occasioned by the production of Henry Bate's Blackamoor Wash'd White on Feb. 1. Bate, who had many enemies, had planted a number of ruffians and friends in the audience in case of trouble. As he had anticipated, a party came to damn the play; rioting ensued, continuing for four nights until it was announced that " the Authour had taken the Copy from the Prompter, and that it should not be done again" (Hopkins, Diary, DLC, p. 194; BD; Henry Angelo, Reminiscences, 1828, I, 165fr.).

1070

To William

Woodfall

982

To Jane Pope

Adelphi Dear Madam Feb1* 11 t h [1776] 1 I thank you for Your polite letter, as I will not have any more altercation with You, I will not Enter into a debate of our unlucky difference— it gave Me great uneasiness that we were not together this Season; & I now protest to You, that never did I in Word or deed vary in the whole Course of Management from being your warm & constant friend— It was this that made me feel what I thought your disregard for Me, more severely— I must desire now that any retrospect of this business may wholly dropt— I suppose before this, that M ra Clive has told You that my first desire after ye Sale of my Patent, & before I mention'd any other Person to them, Was the Establishing Miss Pope in Drury Lane Theatre—2 they, I must do them the justice, seem'd as willing as Myself, to settle this Matter, if you would have me say any thing more to them I will do it with great pleasure— I am Dear Madam Y r very Sincere Well wisher D: Garrick. Address: Miss Pope.

Seal.

Source : Bodleian L i b r a r y .

1. This is the reply to Miss Pope's letter of Jan. 28, 1776 (Boaden, II, i3of.). 2. She was to return to Drury Lane the following season, acting there until her retirement.

983

To William Woodfall

Dear Sir Tuesday [February] 13 [1776] 1 I was going to bed when your letter came last Night to the Adelphi, & I have so much business with our change of Plays, Petition to Parliament &c that I have Scarce a moment to answer Your favour— As Your premises are founded upon a Mistake, I might make my Conclusion very short, but I will not shew a peevish turning away from the main object of the difference between Us— in ye first place I never mention'd rancour respecting the Blackamoor, but a personal dislike to Me, unconnected with the piece— You

[February] iß [1776] must have

known

m y very

disagreeable

1071 Situation,

that it was

impossible for M e to give up the Author's property while it was suffer'd to be given o u t — & that if I h a d how m a n y would have been ready to have imputed such behaviour to the meanest M o t i v e : on the Saturday at Zara, 2 I was assur'd b y E v e r y body, for I was at home during the Farce, that h a d not M r R o p e r 3 & two or three more come into the Boxes drunk in y e 3 d Scene of ye 2 d A c t , the piece

would

have gone

off w t ü

gre a p p l a u s e —

this all

ye

Performers agreed i n — on the S u n d a y those Gentlemen w h o h a d bred the disturbance call'd upon M e , & seem'd much concern'd for w h a t had happen'd, & assur'd me that it was mere Frolick, & that they meant N o harm to y e author or M a n a g e r — after this, could I be warranted in Stopping it the 4t h N i g h t ? —

certainly

not, as our Friend C o l m a n will tell y o u — on the M o n d a y Morns came forth y r Paper, not only with a most severe A c c o u n t of the Blackamoor,

but

some

Cards

or letters,

for there were

many,

which tended to exasperate the audience again M e — 4 b y good luck I D i d not see them till the tuesday, or I should certainly have been so alarm'd, that I should have thought it necessary to have said something before m y appearance in S r J o h n

Brute—6

now, Sir, this was w h a t I thought ill natur'd, & personally disliking m e — so far from condemning Y o u r Spirit, I have often applauded it; but at the same time, I own that I m a y differ w t h you in w h a t is call'd y e impartial publication of letters which are brought to Y o u — 6 if any tend b y falsehood to prejudice even a Stranger to Y o u , I think you would not be justifyd in publishing them, Y o u will say y r Paper is open for vindication, indeed friend Woodfall,

I

cannot think that a sufficient answer from Y o u , or fit compensation for M e : I m a y be wrong but these are m y sincere Sentiments, & I would not have printed such mischievous M a t t e r upon you for any consideration— as to m y Ears being open to Flattery, m y dear Sir, & never hearing y e T r u t h that has been so often told me, that I almost begin to think myself a great M a n i n d e e d — if it is true, I a m so us'd to it, that I a m insensible of i t — whatever m a y be m y Genius or Abilities, I will venture to say that m y L o v e of right, & attachment to m y friends m u c h exceed t h e m — I could say m u c h more, & will when I have an opportunity, b u t I write in too great a hurry, & have too m u c h M a t t e r in m y head to write at all, did not I write to Y o u with great Confidence I a m Y r most obed t hu I e Ser 4 D : Garrick. Source: BM. 6*

To Sir John Fielding

1072

ι . Woodfall's reply to this letter is dated Feb. 13, 1776 ( F C ; Boaden, II, I36f.). 2. Feb. 3, 1776. 3. Henry Roper (d. 1788), a captain in the 30th Regiment of Foot and only brother of Charles Trevor Roper (1745-1794) later Lord Dacre. 4. Woodfall wrote in his reply: " Y o u are wrong in saying there were many Cards or Letters, in Monday's Paper [ M o r n i n g Chronicle, Feb. 5, 1776], to exasperate the Audience against you. There was only one Letter (beside the Theatrical Intelligence Extraordinary,) which at all tended to criminate you, and although I solemnly declare I am the Author of neither . . . I confess that from the face of Matters in the Theatre, I . . . think that both were justifiable" ( F C ; Boaden, II, 137). 5. O n Feb. 5, which proved to be the last night of The Blackamoor Wash'd White. 6. Woodfall replied: " I acted against you, not as M r Woodfall, who honours, and respects you but as the Printer of the Morning Chronicle who ought to know, to hear to s e e — not through his own organs but those of his correspondents" ( F C ; Boaden, I I , 136)·

984

To Sir John Fielding

Adelphi Feby 22d [1776] 1 Mr Garrick presents his comp't's to Sir John Fielding— he return'd from Hampton yesterday very ill with the Gravel, or he shou'd have answer'd his Note before— With a proper regard for Sir John, he shall not now mention in its proper Colours, the false accusation and unjustifiable behaviour of one of his friends2 to his Brother, whose warmth was too natural, to merit the severe censure it met with— 3 Mr Garrick imagin'd that the great compliment he paid to the Police by giving up his interest to their Opinion deserv'd justice at least from every Magistrate in Westminster. M r Garrick wou'd have had as great pleasure in serving any of Sir John Fieldings family, as it wou'd have been a great honor to have had his Name join'd with that of his most excellent Brother; but as his present state of health may oblige him to go abroad for some time, he must beg leave to decline that business, & at the same time to express his satisfaction at being the Means of discovering) the lost & valuable treasure. Source:

F C , copy.

ι. This is the reply to Fielding's letter of Feb. si, 1776 (FC). 2. William Addington ( 1 7 2 & - 1 8 U ) , formerly a major in Burgoyne's regiment, was

February 22 [1776]

1073

at this time an official at Bow Street under Sir John Fielding. He wished, however, to be a dramatist; The School for Wives by his friend Kelly first appeared under his name, and his adaptation of Dryden's Aureng-^ebe, called The Prince of Agra, had been produced at Covent Garden on April 7, 1774 (George Baker, History of Northamptonshire, 1822-1830, I, 412Γ; BD; The Works of Hugh Kelly, 1778, p. vii; LC, vol. X X X I V , Dec. 1 1 - 1 4 , 1773, p. 573, vol. X X X V , June 2-4, 1774, p. 535). 3. After Garrick's offer of assistance in preparing Henry Fielding's newly found play, The Fathers; or, The Good Natur'd Man, for production, a misunderstanding arose that involved William Addington and George Garrick. Apparently Addington persuaded Sir John Fielding to allow him to make revisions in the play; this led to a disagreement between Addington as an author and Garrick as a manager, and George Garrick as a warm advocate of and emissary for his brother became involved in a sharp altercation with Addington (see the Fielding letters in FC).

985

To Sir John Fielding

Drury Lane Theatre Feby 22 [1776] 1 r M Garrick presents his compliments to Sir John Fielding and assures him that his ears are always open to conviction— the Play was returned to M r Wallis from whom he had it and he imagines that a hurry of business has prevented that Gentleman from calling upon Sir John with it as he intended—2 whatever M r Addington may Say to the contrary I do assure you upon the word of a man that my behaviour to him, tho I was that instant going upon the Stage in the Character of Hamlet was as civil as if he had been the first Nobleman and my greatest friend—3 it is very Strange that my ill treatment of him should have happened upon the 8 th of December and that I should not have heard of his complaints till two months after— Sir John will excuse my writing part of my letter in the first person and part in the third,4 I have so many people about me that I forgot I was scribbling a Note and not a letter Endorsement: M r Garrick to Sir J o h n Fielding.

Source: F C , copy.

ι . This is the reply to Fielding's letter of Feb. 22, 1776 (FC). 2. When Garrick, in the preceding letter, declined to assist in the preparation of The Fathers; or, The Good Natur'd Man, Fielding asked for the copy of the manuscript which had been prepared by Albany Wallis (Wilbur L. Cross, History of Henry Fielding, New Haven, 1918, III, ioof.). 3. The incident is pardy explained by Addington's letter of March 1 : " M r Addington desires to inform M r David Garrick, in justice to S r John Fielding (whom He has always

I074

To Sir John Fielding

considered as M r Garrick's real Friend) that He never interfered or took part in the Dispute arising from M r Addington's Opinion of M r Garrick's Treatment of Him, behind the Scenes at Drury Lane Theatre; and if M r Garrick's being then engaged in an interesting part, made Him forget the Civility, that was so justly due to Mr Addington, and He had at any time apologized for it, He should most undoubtedly have taken no farther Notice of it— and until a proper Apology be made, He must as a Gentleman, continue to be of the same Opinion— He is sorry that the above occurrence should have ocassioned any uneasiness to S r John Fielding" (FC). 4. As Fielding had in the latter part of his letter.

986

To Sir John Fielding

Adelphi Febry 23 d [1776] 1 Tho it is my profession to deal in passion, and yours in Peace, yet we seem to have chang'd hands— Your Worship grows out of humour, and I have not, I hope, been either uncivil, or out of temper— I write this just releiv'd from a fit of the Stone— my Spirits are tam'd by it, but not sour'd— We will if You please not be the trumpets of our own Virtues (as Shakespear says) 2 but take care that the innocent do not suffer by our Mistakes— there shall be no Anathema denounc'd against them by Me—3 if my thoughts & alteration of the plan of the good Natur'd Man will be of the least service to their Welfare I will go on with my Scribbling 4 w t h pleasure— my health is at present so precarious, that I am really afraid to undertake the Whole, (for much is wanted) lest the business sh a be retarded by my leaving London or the Kingdom— What could you possibly mean by saying that the mischief to the poor innocent family would not be so great as my Anger teaches me to believe—? Surely these, Sir John, are the dictates of Your Anger, & not mine : & I will venture to say that now it is pass'd, you are sorry that you said it, as barbarity is as great a Stranger to my Nature, as falsehood to Yours— If you have oblig'd & honour'd me, I Thank You— that you never were in the Way to be oblig'd by Me is certain, or I should certainly have done it— 5 Some reciprocal Acts of kindness pass'd between Your Brother & Me too triffling to be mention'd— but his praise is Fame: You might have guess'd at my Warmth to You & Yours by the pleasure

February 24, iyy6

1075

I h a d i n y e d i s c o v e r y o f t h e lost t r e a s u r e — W h a t Y o u h a v e said kindly I will remember, W h a t unkindly I will F o r g e t — I will not say farewel. D

Garrick.

Address : Sir John Fielding. Seal. Endorsement by Garrick : This letter was sent to S r John & carry'd by Becket's Son ye 24 th of Feb*y 1776 & refus'd being taken in—. Source: FSL, copy in F C j John Forster, Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, 1854, II, 56η., extract. ι . This is the reply to Fielding's letter of Feb. 23, 1776 (FC). 2. Much Ado about Nothing, V , ii, 87f. 3. In his letter of Feb. 23, written in reply to the preceding, Fielding had stated that because of his anger Garrick had revenged himself by refusing to be involved further in The Fathers, thus causing " a n Anathema to be denounced against the innocent family of [Henry Fielding] to whom if Fame be of any Value M r Garrick has the highest Obligations." 4. After Sir John and Garrick were reconciled on July 23, 1776 (Letter 1033), Garrick assisted in some revisions and wrote the prologue and epilogue for the production at Drury Lane on Nov. 30, 1778 (Wilbur L . Cross, History of Henry Fielding, New Haven, 1918, I I I , 102; see also William Fielding to Garrick [ca. Nov. 1778], F C ; Knapp, Nos. 3'3> 3«4)· 5. " Y o u will be pleased then to take Notice," Fielding had concluded his letter, " that in the Coirne of my Life I have twice stood forth & once with great Danger to shelter David Garrick from the Resentment of the Public, that I have twice interfered to prevent Disputes between his Brother & M r Addington being carried to improper Lengths, that I have twice been insulted for these Kind Offices, that I never received a Favour from M r Garrick in the Course of my Life, have always done him Justice both publickly & privately, & sometimes done him much Honour. Farewell."

987

To Edward Tighe Adelphi

M y d e a r Sir

F e b ? 24. 1 7 7 6

I t h a n k Y o u m o s t sincerely for y r v e r y to quote m y

o w n lines i n m y

flattering

friendly l e t t e r —

o w n praise is surely t h e

greatest

l u x u r y to a v a i n M i n d . I f I c o u l d h a v e i m a g i n ' d t h a t so w o r t h y a Successor c o u l d h a v e b e e n f o u n d as a c e r t a i n g o o d F r i e n d o f M i n e o n t h e other side t h e W a t e r , H e m o s t c e r t a i n l y s h o u l d h a v e h a d t h e r e f u s a l — deter Dignior

would

have

weigh'd

down

the

ballance

a t o n c e in

his

f a v o u r — & y e t w h y s h o u l d I h a v e b e e n t h e m e a n s o f his p l u n g i n g i n t o a S e a o f T r o u b l e s , W h i l e I w a s sitting i n m y g r e a t c h a i r o n

1076

To George Colman

Shore— it would have rous'd me from my lethargy, & Should have taken hold of the rudder again (as an Old Pilot is call'd off the Shore) to have shewn my regard & Esteem to the Captain— my Successors, (who are Young & Spirited Adventurers have no Notion of Danger, laugh at the rocks & quicksands, & tho they lower their flag now & then to y e Old Admiral, yet they intend to Shew him I believe, that his manner Sailing will do well enough for a dung barge, but not for a first rate the Royal George— bon voyage to the Young Gentlemen— I have got so much into figure that I don't know how to get out of i t — let me present my Wife's & my best & respectful Comp 43 to Your Lady, 1 & hope, without a figure, to have the honour & pleasure of kissing her hands at Hampton— Your approbation of my Conduct with regard to the last Tragedy 2 flatters me much, I have been a great friend to y e author in that business, than in \tear\ Now when I have y e Pleasure of s Y o u — pray my Love to \tear\ Can you Serve Pope at her be An Admirable Actress & forgive her Ever & most sincerely Yours D. Garrick the Postman rings & I can't read y e Scrawl over Address: E a Tighe Esqr, Member of Parliam4, Dublin. Source : Walter R. Benjamin.

Postmark: [F]E 26.

ι. The former Miss Jones of Westmeath (John Burke, Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1904). 2. Jephson's Braganza.

988

To George Colman

M y dear Colman Tuesday Evening [March 5, 1776] 1 This moment return'd from my friend Wilmot's— I was sorry that fool Becket did not let you know that I was from home— M r a Garrick says & I say too, & when a man & wife agree it must be right, that the party you propose is y e most agreeable of all parties, & therefore W e will be disengag'd for y e pleasure of meeting y e Blackguards 2 you mention, from Thursday sev'night y® rest of y e year, till you fix your d a y — this being settled we will have no rehearsal next Thursday to interrupt y e Engagement— We must

March

y, iyy6

1077

often meet I hope, before the blackguard d a y — I will certainly be at home all morning to morrow & if after you have done y r business you will tittup over hither & take y r mutton w t h us, so much y e better— I would be with You, but I must stay to b u y a little matter that is contiguous to m y W a s h house. W h a t O l d Friend can you possibly m e a n ? — 3 a laughing Friend t o o — H e a v ' n forefend that I should lose such a J e w e l — I cannot guess w h o m Y o u m e a n — I hope you'll let m e know to morrow. E v e r & most cordially yours D : Garrick. Packet-Woodfall 4 pleases m e m u c h b y doing justice to one of y e best Essays, that a n y Gentleman E v e r W r o t e — I shall send the Gentleman some Nonsense sign'd a Gentlewoman. Source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Harry W. Pedicord, " M r . and Mrs. Garrick: Some Unpublished Correspondence," Publications of the Modem Language Association, L X (Sept. 1945), 777. ι. The year for this letter, and for Letter 99a, is derived from a letter by Hannah More written in [1776] in which she speaks of dining at the Adelphi at "an annual meeting, where nothing but men are usually asked . . . Colman and Schömberg were of the party" (Roberts, Hannah More, p. 48). The year is confirmed by her reference in the same letter to Garrick reading aloud "Sir Eldred" from the Monthly Review (vol. LIV, Feb. 1776, pp. 89-97). The reference in Letter 992 to The Spleen,firstplayed at Drury Lane on Thursday, March 7, 1776, indicates that Garrick wrote his letter the next day : Friday, March 8. Finally, from the references in the present letter to the proposed party as "Thursday sev'night" and in Letter 992 as "thursday next," or March 14, it follows that the present letter was written on Tuesday, [March 5, 1776]. 2. Colman had used "Blackguard" as his pseudonym for essays π and iv in "The Gentleman" series when they appeared in the London Packet during the summer and fall of 1775. 3. Perhaps Schömberg, see Letter 992 and Hannah More's letter quoted above; this was presumably Isaac Schömberg, to whom Colman had dedicated his translation of one of Terence's plays (1765). 4. William.

989

To Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard

Adelphi M y D e a r Sir, March 7 ® 1776 T e n thousand thanks for your great and friendly civilities to D r . K i n g . 1 H e speaks of you all with the warmest gratitude. P r a y let

1078

To Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard

my dear friend, the Chevalier de Chatelleux, know that I am, on his account, a very miserable mortal. H e sent me a letter some time ago, which, upon m y honour, I can no more read, than if it was written in the Chinese language. I would have spoken to some French decypherer to have explained it, but fearing there may be some business, I have not yet dared to put it into other hands. I f he will give me leave to do so, I shall be happy; for indeed, tho' I love and honour him so much, I have no profit or pleasure from his correspondence. Pray present Mrs. Garrick's and my most affectionate respects to him: you must likewise let m y most dear and worthy Baron d'Holback know that his kindnesses and attentions to us, when at Paris, are never out of our hearts and minds : pray remember that M a d a m e L a Baronne is always included in our grateful remembrances: I have taken care that you shall have Barneys History of Mustek2 directly. Pray present my best compliments to M . l ' A b b é A r n a u d — if you forget to say every thing that is sincere and affectionate on our part to Mrs. Suard, and all our dear female friends we were connected with in France, you will for the first time be unjust and unfriendly. As for the essay you left in my hands, by our friend M . Diderot, you may depend upon my considering it well, and writing my remarks upon it. 3 N o w for the other business : — A n author who writes a piece of any kind whatever of five acts, is entitled to the third, sixth, and ninth night, and has no other profit from the theatre, but his liberty of the house. W e have never had a three-act piece without a petite piece to make up the night's entertainment, and then it is the same thing with a performance of 5 acts ; however I should allot 2 benefits and the 3 d and 6 t h night for a 3-act piece ; and the author of a farce, or any kind of piece acted after the first piece, is entitled to the 6 t h night. Should a performance have an extraordinary success, as at present the Duenna has at Covent Garden, which has already been play'd 99 nights, 4 then the managers will give the author of such a piece a 4 t h night during the r u n — but such 4 t h night cannot be claim'd by the author, it is a free gift from the manager for extraordinary merit. T h e managers of both theatres have agreed not to perform any of the new pieces which shall be done at either house, till the theatre where any new performance is first acted have enjoy'd it two seasons, then it becomes common property. A n author, who has his entrées for writing a piece at one house has no privileges at the other. There can be no inconvenience arising from the manner of settling the profits of an author—he has his nights or night for

March y

[1776]

1079

his benefit, and there it ends. The copy-right is his own. The profits, with his copy-money, have sometimes risen to 8 or 9 hundred, and sometimes a thousand pounds. I can say no more, but that I am ever and most affectionately your D. Garrick. Source: New Monthly Magazine, X I I (Dec. 1819), 535. : . Presumably John Glenn King ( 1 7 3 2 - 1 7 8 7 ) , D.D. 1 7 7 1 , previously chaplain to the English factory at St. Petersburg and at this time resident in London; he was a frequent visitor to the Burney household, where he became acquainted with Garrick (Frances Burney, Early Diary, ed. Annie R . Ellis, 1907, I, 1 1 9 , et passim). 2. A General History of Music, the first volume of which had appeared in late February. Suard, in his letter of Feb. 28 (to which this is the reply), had asked for a copy of the volume so that a translation might be made " a v e c des notes de mon ami l'Abbé Arnaud, un des hommes de l'Europe qui entend le mieux et l'art et l'histoire de la musique" (Boaden, II, 614). 3. See Letter 787, note 4. 4. Actually played for the fifty-fourth time on March 7.

990

To Frances Abington

Madam March 7 t h [ 1 7 7 6 ] at my return from the Country I found Your letter upon my table— I read it with great surprise, & can yet scarce believe that you are in earnest.1 it would perhaps be as vain as impertinent in me to caution You against being too rash in determining upon so serious a Matter : my reasons for quitting y e Stage are many, & too strong to be withstood; You can have none but what will be easily conquer'd by your inclinations— it will therefore be worth Your while to consider seriously and if you have the least reason to repent of Your late determination, the best Night for a benefit which is the last Night of acting, before the Holidays, & which the Proprietors have purchas'd, is at Your Service— if you are still absolutely resolv'd to quit the Stage for Ever, I will certainly in May, do for M r a Abington, what I have done for others who have made the Same resolution2 I am Madam & c Endorsement by Garrick in copy: M 1 8 Abington's Letter dated March 4 & my answer to it sent By Ralph ye 7 t h of d° 1776. Source: FC, draft and copy; Boaden, II, 142.

ιο8ο

To Edward

Gibbon

ι . In her letter of March 4, 1776, she had informed Garrick of her "fixed determination to quit the stage"; Garrick endorsed the letter: "The Above is a true Copy of the letter examin'd Word by Word of that worst of bad Women M r " Abington to ask my Playing for her Benefit & Why—" (FC; Boaden, II, 141). a. Garrick did play for her benefit on May 7; she was finally to continue to perform at Drury Lane until 1782, when she transferred to Covent Garden.

991

To Edward Gibbon

Adelphi Dear Sir March 8 t h 1 7 7 6 WhenEver I am truly pleas'd I must communicate my J o y : Lord Camden call'd upon M e this Morning & before Cumberland declar'd that he never read a more admirable performance than Mr Gibbon's History 1 & he was in transport, & so was I— the Author isye Only Man to write History of the Age— such depth— such perspicuity— such language force variety & what not ? I am so delighted with him, continues H e — that I must write to thank him— I should be happy to know him— my Lord I have that honour, & will contrive if possible to bring You togeather— 2 said I too much— ! M y Coach is at y e Door— my Wife bawling for M e — & Every thing impatient— so hey for Hampton till Monday & in y e mean time as I am always Most Truly Your most Obed 4 & Oblig'd D : Garrick I have not a moment to read over this Scrawl— Address: E d d Gibbon, Esq 1 , Bentinck Street, Cavendish Square. Source: B M ; Edward Gibbon, Miscellaneous Works, ed. Lord Sheffield, 1814, I I , 153. 1. The first volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 2. In his reply, dated March 1 1 , Gibbon wrote: "With regard to the wish which his Lordship so politely expresses of my being made known to him, you must give me leave to say, that if he were still a chancellor or a minister, I might perhaps be inclined to meet his advances with some degree of coldness and reserve ; but as he is now reduced to be nothing more than a great man, I shall eagerly embrace the first proper occasion of paying my respects to him" (Boaden, II, 145).

March il,

992

ijj6

1081

T o George Coiman

Hampton Dear Colman Fryday [March 8, 1776] 1 M r a Garrick will wait upon You with great pleasure on Thursday next— pray let Schömberg be of y e Party, We have not seen [him] a long long while & we love h i m — The Gentleman2 is excellent : more when I see you. Ever & affect? y ra D Garrick I hope y r Spleen 3 will continue— We are jaunting it for a few days Addressed. Seal.

Source: Berg Collection; Colman, p. 292.

ι. See Letter g88, note i, for the dating. 2. Number vi of the essays was published on Dec. 4, 1775. 3. Colman's comedy, with a prologue by Garrick (DL, March 7, 1776).

993

To The Count de Lauraguais1

Adelphi Sir March n t l 1 1776 At my return from the Country I have this moment receiv'd the honour of your letter— 2 As I shall be only solicitous to declare the truth & w d chuse to be as clear, as plain in my answer I hope, You will excuse my writing in my own language. I should have been greatly flattered with your favour, had I not so high an opinion of your wit, that I cannot but imagine you are exercising it, when you talk of my protection of Mr Le Texter. The humblest have their Attatchments, and I must confess that I am yet prejudiced in his favour: by a recital of facts I depend upon your own warmth of temper, and love of justice, to acquit me of the least impertinence to you in my present regard for him: He was recommended to me, 3 as a Man oí probity, family, and talents by a worthy Friend of mine in France, and from whom I had received many favours. If I may be allowed to judge of his talents, I most sincerely think that they are very extraordinary, and therefore I am

io82

TO The Count de

Lauraguais

bound to believe that my friend has not deceived me in other particulars till I have certain proofs to the contrary. I will venture to declare to an understanding like yours, which never loses the substance in pursuit of the shadow, that the Comte de Guiñes4 saying he never introduced M r Le Texier to any body, and yet making frequent entertainments at his house, on his account, is a distinction without a difference: M r Le Texier, in consequence of this countenance, and this introduction, (for what else can it be call'd ?) became a favourite, and most welcome guest every where— nor has he yet forfeited this general partiality to him, as I can learn, by any indiscreet, or impertinent behaviour. To confirm in part this opinion of mine, I was told by a Man of Fashion, whom you well know, that the Comte de Guignes assured him at his taking leave, that M r Le Texier had been indeed malheureux, but not malhonnête. After this stating of facts, I should appear very ungrateful to my friend, & shew little of the spirit of my Country, were I inhospitably to withdraw, what you so pleasantly call, my protection, till some stronger proofs of his ill conduct are produced. There is a certain unpolish'd obstinacy in English Natures that will give way to nothing but demonstration, and I trust in the good sense and justice of the Count de Lauraguais not to think the worse of me for continuing my good wishes to M r Le Texier till that demonstration arrives. I am Sir with the greatest respect Your most oblig'd humble & most obedient Servant D. Garrick I shall do myself the honour of paying my respects soon in Welbeck Street; my indisposition has prevented me from doing it sooner. Source: F C , copy; Boaden, I I , 6i6f. ι. Louis-Félicité de Brancas (1733-1824), comte de Lauraguais, essayist and dramatist, zealous patron of the arts and sciences. Prone to use his wit and sarcasm at the expense of the French government, the count was at this time spending one of his many exiles in London. 2. According to Lauraguais' long letter, written from Welbeck Street on March 9, Le Texier was a rogue who had found it expedient to flee Lyons (Boaden, II, 614fr.). 3. In a letter from Laplace, dated Sept. 15, 1775 (Boaden, II, 6i2f.). 4. Adrien-Louis Bonnières de Souastre (1735-1806), comte de Guiñes, French Ambassador from 1770 to Feb. 1776. On Jan. 3, 1776, Mme du Deffand wrote Walpole: "Savez-vous que ce M . Texier, qui vous charme et qui m'a charmée aussi, n'est pas bien dans ce pays-ci, et qu'on a blâmé M . de Guiñes de l'avoir reçu chez l u i ? " (ed. Lewis, I V , 254).

March li

994

[1776]

1083

To Captain Edward Thompson

Adelphi Sir March 11 [1776] 1 As I never Satiriz'd my friends So I can never forget any unprovok'd Satire from one I once call'd my friend— it is impossible that Captn Thompson & I can Ever look upon Each other but with píiin, tho for different reasons & therefore the less we see Each Other will be the better— I can never forget the very adverse manner, with which you came to the Adelphi; with a friend,2 whose Gentleman like behaviour too, I can never forget— You have own'd Y r Self y® Author of a Paper, which was publish'd Some days before the Mermaid, in that paper I am represented by the Author, as consulting about & abetting a design to destroys the force of the Syrens at y® other house : I can not conceive a more Severe Attack upon Me as a Man a Manager & a Gentleman— You are pleas'd to say that there was Something in a Letter of Yours written to me Years ago from Scotland wch was mention'd in ye Mermaid?— 3 Can M r Thompson imagine that the Man whom he has known & try'd so long could be guilty of so much baseness as to give up private letters for public ridicule ? be assur'd, Sir, that I have as totally forgotten Whatever You may have Written to Me from Every part of the World, as I will Endeavor to forget that Such a person as the Writer & his unkindness ever Existed & that he was once connected with S r Y r most humble se4 D Garrick Source:

FC, draft; Boaden, II, I45f.

ι. The year is taken from Garrick's endorsement to the Thompson letter which had provoked him to this reply: " T h e last letter I shall ever (I hope) receive from my good friend Capt. Thompson March 1 7 7 6 " ( F C ; Boaden, II, 144). In the London Packet for Feb. 29, 1776, there had appeared an article, signed " T h e Elephant of Drury-Lane Theatre," charging Garrick with conspiracy to damn The Syrens, a masque by Thompson which had been "dismissed with . . . contempt" after its third performance at Covent Garden, Feb. 28, 1776 (BD). This article was known to have been the work of Thompson, and Bate was so incensed by it that he published a reply, signed " A Mermaid," in his Morning Post for March 1. In this Bate had informed his readers that, among other kindnesses, Garrick had helped Thompson to obtain promotion in the navy and had often lent him money. The article revealed such an intimate knowledge of his life that Thompson had accused Garrick with having written it. On March 8, 1776, Bate swore out an affadavit to the effect that Garrick had had no hand in the " M e r m a i d " article, and Thompson then retracted his accusation. Thompson's letter, to which this is the

1084

To Peter Garrick

answer, is dated only Saturday, but was presumably written on the Saturday following Bate's affadavit of Friday, March 8 (Boaden, I, i43f.). 2. Identified in Thompson's letter as a Mr. Crawford. 3. The statement that he preferred "the Muses to Neptune."

995

To Peter Garrick

Adelphi Dear Peter March 21 st 1776 Your Ale is exquisite & I must reward the Brewer, & pay my debts honestly— I wish from my Soul that I could tell You when I shall be at Lichfield, but till I have given my Successors possession, & receiv'd my Money I can't stir from y e Property— the day of payment is the 24 of June, & till that happy day is past, I shall not think myself my own Master— but then, I shall shake off my Chains, & no Culprit at a Jail delivery will be happier— I really feel y e Joy, I us'd to do, when I was a boy at a breaking up: I receive Every honour that a Man can do from all Sorts of people, & I was yesterday enroll'd a member among the first & greatest people in this Kingdom— We have a New house built in the best Taste in y middle of S4 James's Street, & it is furnish'd like a palace— 1 Each Member pays 12 Guineas at Entrance— It is y* first Society for titles & property in the known world— my Ans r "—FC, Boaden, II, 359). Within these limits Sunday fell on June 23 only in 1776. 3. Deletions: " I hope by this declamation that you will be Satisfy'd with regard to Me, & I hope You will not think Me unworthy of y r Confidence but let me know to whom I am indebted for this very scandalous & false aspersion"; and, as postscript: " I shall wait for Your commands here, & be ready to attend You in Town if my Presence is necessary."

1028

To Thomas King

Adelphi Dear King. June 25 1 7 7 6 Accept a Small token of our long & constant attachment to Each other— I flatter Myself that this Sword, 1 as it is a theatrical one, will not cut Love between us, and that it will not be less valuable to You for having dangled at my side some part of the last Winter— M a y health, success, & reputation still continue to attend You I am Dear Sir Yours very truly D : Garrick. Farewell remember

Me!2

Endorsement by Garrick: Letter to King w t b a Sword June y® 25 1776. F S L , draft; Boaden, II, 162.

Source:

June 27, i y 76

1113

ι. In a note (endorsed by Garrick June 28, 1776) thanking Garrick for his gift, King wrote: "Your retiring from the Stage being justly consider'd as a severe stroke to every Performer on it, and regretted by every admirer of the Drama, how must I feel, who not only suffer in each of those capacities, but lament at the same time the absence of a worthy Patron and most affectionate Friend?" (FC; Boaden, II, 163). 2. Hamlet, I, v, gì.

1029

To Willoughby

Adelphi M y Dear Lacy. June 27 th 1776 I was in hopes, that I shou'd have seen you here for an half an Hour yesterday, or to Day (as was express'd in my Note) that we might talk over the Subject of your parting with the half of your Share, & to whom. I am much oblig'd to you for saying that you wou'd give the preference to any friend of mine; but the same regard, which makes me decline recommending any person not yet connected with you, obliges me from friendship to open my mind to you— I beg you will take this letter as the best legacy of a Man, who wou'd Scorn to give you any advice that means not your good & who most sincerely wishes to prevent any distress, which he fears & foresees may imbitter Your future life: as you have always flatter'd me that my advice & experience shou'd be ever welcome to you tho' I cannot say that you hitherto have much profited by it, as I cou'd prove to you in many instances, yet I cannot see you run into what I think a destructive measure, without holding out my hand to prevent you if possible— Your Idea is to sell part of your property to one, who shall be your friend & keep up a ballance of power in the Theatre. In the first place, I am sorry that you shou'd think such a ballance necessary, because it infers that you have suspicions, a very bad foundation for good fellowship with your present partners, & in the next how will you be assur'd that by selling part of your property to this or that person, that you will at the same time purchase a friend?— on the other hand, why are you to distrust your present partners ? I have had indeed no knowledge of them, but by our late transaction & in that I find them Men of their Words, & punctual in their dealings— they have ventur'd their all in this undertaking, & may be undone shou'd it fail of Success. What better security my

1114

To Willoughby Lacy

good friend can you have for their zeal & attachment to your interest, which is the well doing of the theatre, than that your mutual all of fortune & happiness is embark'd on the same bottom, & that you will prosper by pulling together, or be sunk by a contrary behaviour— D r Ford is a man of great reputation in his profession & of great probity in his private character— Mr Sheridan is certainly a man of genius, & appears remarkably fair & open in his Conduct & Mr Linley is an Example of great Merit & Industry without any view but that of labouring in the Cause & doing his duty like an honest man— What person can you introduce among them more likely to be your friends, than such Characters as the above?— however if you think otherwise, or what I am more afraid of, are taught to think otherwise, I shall dread the Consequences— I cou'd not have slept quietly, had I not said so much to you, because I most sincerely wish you well & the theatre which I have quitted— You are very Young & inexperienc'd in the ways of Men, you have done some things & I am afraid are doing more, which I very warmly caution'd you against— I wish you first to be easy in your Circumstances before you run into expence— If you would know more, I will tell you more, whenever you chuse it, for I never shall keep any thing from you that I think will be of the least service to your interest & happiness.1 I am Dear Sir Most truly your's D: Garrick If you cou'd call at Hampton next Saturday Evening about Six or Seven o'clock Mr Wallis & I shall be together, & glad to see you—2 let me know if you will come— I shall be there this Evening. Source: F C , copy, signed by Garrick; Little, p. 7gf. ι. Contrary to Garrick's advice, Lacy later, when he received offers, sought to sell part of his share to Edward Thompson and to Abraham Langford, Jr., the auctioneer (see Lacy to Garrick, Aug. 18, 1776, FG). Eventually he was forced by Sheridan to agree to sell to him if he sold at all (LC, vol. X L , Oct. 1 5 - 1 7 , 1776, pp. 374, 376; Boaden, II, i8off.). 2. Lacy wrote from Isleworth on June 27 accepting the invitation (FC).

July a, 1776

1030

1115

To Hannah More

Adelphi July 3d 1776 My dear Madam. I have this Evening receiv'd Your 2 Acts, 1 & I set out for Suffolk tomorrow— I cannot criticise as I ought, because I am in a hurry, but they will do, & do well with a few Omissions, but more of that Matter when I can do You, & my Self Justice at Hampton— there I shall weigh Every Speech, & do the Needful, as y® trading phrase is: go on & prosper— I have Nothing yet to Object, but length— keep up y® fire, & We shall do Wonders!— I can do no more for I am all hurry & Bustle, but most truly, warmly & unalterably Yours Ever & Ever D Garrick. pray keep y® printed scraps I sent You for my Wife— she is collecting all y® Nonsense about M e — don't lose any I beseech Y o u — She sends her best Love with mine to You & all about Y o u — I am truly in Such a hurry that I don't know what I write— Source: Bristol Public Libraries. I. Identified in Miss More's letter, which Garrick endorsed July i, 1776, as the first two acts of her tragedy Percy (FC; Boaden, II, i63f.). The play was to be produced at Covent Garden on Dec. 10, 1777, with a prologue and an epilogue by Garrick.

Mistley in Essex Sir July i l . 1776 I received your letter at this place— The fatigues of the last Winter were so great that I was obliged to take a jaunt into different parts of the Kingdom, to recruit my health, and to rest after my great labours. I shall move about for some time to Come, having Many friends to see. I am very sorry and indeed surprizd at your letter— Your Father,2 I understood hath taken care of your Family; and not to be able to avoid penury & other calamities you Mention,3

1116

To John Rayner, Jr.

with your talents & knowledge of the law, rather, I fear upbraids your own Industry, than your Father's Obstinacy— I should not have taken this liberty had not you partly given it to me by your own letter— I have led a Ufe of incredible fatigue, & it is one of my Maxims, that a Sensible Man in any business, Must thrive, if he does not oppose his own interest. Your Father's letter to me 4 was too Severe to Communicate, As I told M r Fountain— our intimacy has been Much Weakened by my Zeal in your Cause— We have not (I believe) visited since that time. As I have lost all interest with him, and Cannot possibly be of Any Service to you in your profession, it would only give me much uneasiness to hear, as it would you to relate, the disagreeable Situation which your letter so Strongly describes. M r Rayner at the close of his life, and I cannot think it far off, may relent from his present rigor,6 and still think of you, and act to you in the last Scene as your Father if you don't forfeit that chance, by some future Mistake in your Conduct. I am, Sir, yr Well Wisher & obed4 Serv1 D G. Endorsement by Garrick with address: M r J o h n Rayner J u n r .

Source: F C , copy.

ι . John Rayner, Jr. (d. 1784), barrister and legal author, was admitted to the Inner Temple on Jan. 14, 1752. According to a letter from his father to Garrick, written in July 1775, young Rayner had through dissipation gone from bad to worse, until about 1771 he deserted his wife and five children leaving them penniless and dependent on his father (FC). Sometime in early July 1775 Rayner, Jr., sought Garrick's aid in arranging a reconciliation with his father, but to no avail (see his letter to Garrick, July 24, 1775, F C ; European Magazine, vol. V , 1784, p. 123). 2. John Rayner, of Skinner's Hall, London (will dated Nov. 19, 1776, proved April 3, 1777, Probate Court of Canterbury, Collier 178). 3. In a letter of July 3, 1776, to which Garrick's is the reply, Rayner complained of laboring under "extensive P e n u r y . . . for near two years together, bereft of Roof, Rayment, and Food; and that too in the Life Time of a Parent bless'd with all in Abundance" (FC). 4. Of July 1775 (FC). 5. John Rayner, Sr., never did relent. In his will he referred to his son as following " a course of dissipation & ruin to himself & as far as lays in his power to me," and left him only some property which had formerly belonged to his dead mother. He did, however, provide for the younger Rayner's children.

July 23

1032

[1776]

To Sir John Fielding

July 23 d 1776 M Garrick presents his best Comp to S John Fielding & is very happy at receiving So flattering a Mark of ye Approbation,1 of one, whom he always esteem'd, & respected— No Man is more Sensible of S r John Fielding's Merit & probity than M r Garrick, nor has more publickly declar'd it— if M r G. appear'd hurt that his [trim] & jealous that an old family Connection of Love & regard was given up to a later Acquaintance,2 he will bring old Montaigne, a most natural Writer, to justify him : he says, that Friendship in Minds of great sensibility almost equal the Warmth & Weaknesses of Love, & jealousy is as sure a Mark of one, as the other— M r G : is much oblig'd to S r John for his very friendly Wishes, & shall be much more cheerful in his retirement, if S r John will now & then partake of his hospitality with those Select friends, he mentions in his Note. r

te

r

Endorsement by Garrick: J u l y 2 3 a 1 7 7 6 a Letter of reconciliation w t h S r John Fielding. Source: F C , draft; Boaden, II, 170. 1. A letter from Fielding of July 23, in which, among other flattering comments, he wrote that " the Chastity of M r Garrick, as a Manager of a Public Theatre, and his exemplary Life as a Man, have been of great service to the Morals of a dissipated A g e " (FC; Boaden, II, i7of.). 2. William Addington.

1033 & 1034

To The Countess Spencer

Hampton My very first of Ladies Tuesday July the 23 d [1776] You will perceive the ill Consequences of Smiling upon an impudent fellow— as our intended jaunt into Wiltshire is put off" for some days, May not Your humble Servants at Hampton hope that Saturday, Sunday or Monday next be appointed a day of Mortification?— We intreat You to make Yourself, & to persuade My Lord to be, miserable upon one of those days— Whatever Companions in affliction You would chuse, We will Endeavor to procure: We

1118

To Henry Hoare, Jr?

should rejoice that the N a m e of H o w e 1 (Ever partial to m y follies) should be of the chosen w r e t c h e d — Y o u r Ladyship & Lord Spencer have long promis'd & w e could wish y 1 L a d y Harriet, 2 Miss L l o y d , 3 Lord A l t r o p 4 Gen 1 K o c h , 6 & M r C r a w f u r d 6 W o u l d attend upon y e Melancholly

Occasion

with

whomsoever

else

Your

Ladyship

pleases; W h a t e v e r the C o m p a n y m a y Suffer, W e shall be most happy, & most grateful for the honor conferr'd upon us. I am, Ever was, & E v e r shall be, Y o u r Ladyship's most D e v o t e d D . Garrick Endorsement by Garrick: July 23. 1776 M y Letter of Invitation to charming L a d y Spencer— her LadP' 8 answer. Source: F C , draft; Boaden, II, i68f. The final letter, of the same date, with minor alterations, is in the possession of the Earl Spencer but has not been made available for publication. ι. The Hon. Caroline Howe (1722-1814), daughter of second Viscount Howe and widow of John Howe of Hanslop, Buckinghamshire. "M™ Howe," wrote Lady Spencer in her reply (misdated July 22, 1776), "has put off her Journey on purpose to be one of the party" (FG; Boaden, II, 169). 2. Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer (1761-1821), commonly called Harriet, later (1793) Countess of Bessborough, was Lady Spencer's second daughter. 3. Rachel Lloyd (ΐ72θ?-ι8θ3), in 1764 had become housekeeper of Kensington Palace (Court and City Kalendar, 1767, p. 83; see Walpole, ed. Toynbee, VI, 136). Walpole declared that Lady Spencer could not "keep up her drawing-room without Mrs. Howe and Miss Lloyd" (ed. Toynbee, V i l i , 392f.). 4. George John Spencer (1758-1834), Viscount Althorp, Lady Spencer's only son, who was to succeed as second Earl Spencer in 1783. 5. Presumably Johann Baptist, Freiherr von Koch (1733-1780), Austrian soldier, at this time Governor of the Ostend fortress (Constant von Wurzbach, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreick, Vienna, 1856-1891). 6. John Craufurd (d. 1814), a friend of Walpole and Boswell and like them tireless in his attendance upon polite society in England and France.

1035

To Henry Hoare, Jr?1 Hampton Saturday [July 27, 1776] 2 7 o'Clock & a cloudy M o r n i n g

So So, M y dear Fellow Traveller, here's a fine Kettle of fish ! not unlike that Y o u caught with our friend Bennet 3 wet up to Y r A — s in Hertfordshire!— Here's a delicious Cordial to be presented to m y Sight the M o m e n t I get out of bed ! and to such a tinder-like,

[July 27, 1776]

1119

Combustible devil as I am! T h e World's at an End, & I shall prepare Myself for Execution— Go without Tou\ go to Heaven without Virtue, or to a turtle feast without a Stomach— GO WITHOUT Y o u ! — I'll be d — d if I d o ! — W e shall wait, (not with patience), for the going off of Your cursed G o u t — I am afraid that he likes his present Establishment too well not to Stay y® best part of the S u m m e r — he is a Liquorish rogue & where can he revel so much in y® luxuries of the times as in his present tenement? all Y o u r fasting & praying will not drive him from thence for some t i m e — in short, (for Your M a n is in Such a develish haste that he will not give me time to be Witty) the Jews shall not wait with More eager expectation for the coming of their Prophet, than I & M a d a m shall for Y r coming to H a m p t o n — W e had got ourselves so Spruce for Your reception!— She has been cutting away leaves & branches with her Scissors to Make Vistas for Y o u ; W e had prepar'd no less than a dozen fine Salmons to leap & frisk before Y o u , while you were walking upon the terrace, & when we had set y r Mouth a watering, Y o u would have seen the Jowl of the largest upon the Table, with a new fish Sauce invented on purpose for Y o u ! what in the name of good fellowship would you have ? — but to the purpose— as W e are Married, & love our W i v e s — restet amica M a n u s — 4 & let us think of our Feet— may they be friendly to us & the sooner the better— would Y o u think i t ? — if I don't sympathize with Y o u I am a sous'd G a r n e t — 5 two Glasses of Champaign w° h I drank Yesterday with Earl Spencer at Wimbledon, are now tickling the ball of my great t o e — W e were made for Each other in the Social Concert of Life, & tho Y o u will always play the first Fiddle, yet I can be a good ripieno6 to Y o u , & may come to be a good Second, if I could keep Y o u company, as much, as I intend to d o — now for some answer to Your letter— the Devil saw we should be too happy, & so has put his damn'd foot into our b r o t h — but our Virtues will be too hard for h i m — in S h o r t — (this is y® 3 d in Short I have us'd in this letter) we shall be wholly at your Commands— write to our friends 7 & propose what will be most agreeable to You, & Your Gout, & Y o u will please & Oblige her, & him who are most sincerely & Affectionatly Y r e D Garrick for himself & Wife O u r Loves to Your Love 8 pray let us know at times how Y o u are & what you fix for Us.

1120

To Hannah More

Source: FSL. ι. The conjectural identification of the recipient goes back to an anecdote, published in the Morning Post, Feb. 12, 1779, that " i n August [1776] M r Garrick, accompanied by his neighbour and friend, M r Hen. Hoare, of thè Adelphi, made a visit to M r Hoare of Stourhead, in Wilts." The traveling companion and the occasion are substantiated by the fact that Hoare was with Garrick at Wilton on Aug. 9 (Letter 1039). а. Presumably written on Saturday, July 27, 1776, from the reference in the letter of Aug. 19, 1776, to the effect that Garrick had been with the Spencers three weeks earlier, which agrees with his statement in this letter that he was with them the day before, or July 26. 3. Richard Henry Alexander Bennett (1744-1814), politician. 4. Statius, Thebiad, TV, 26: "Loving hand clings fast." 5. Henry IV, Part 1, IV, ii, 13. б. A supplementary singer or instrument used to fill out the whole orchestra as against taking a solo or leading part. 7. The Henry Hoares of Stourhead. 8. Mary Hoare (d. 1820), daughter of William Hoare, a portrait painter in Bath, had married Henry Hoare, Jr. (no relation) on June 25, 1765 (Edward Hoare, The Families of Hore and Hoare, 1883, p. 56).

To Hannah More [ante July 28, 1776] 1 My Dear Nine, We have been upon the ramble for near three weeks, and your ode 2 did not reach me till Monday last. Good, and very good— partial, and very partial. Mrs. Garrick (who sends her best wishes) and her lord and master set out for Bath the beginning of next month. Though my doctors have extorted a vow from me that I shall neither dine out nor give dinners while I stay at Bath, yet I had a mental reservation with regard to Bristol. However, if I continue sick and peevish, I had better keep my ill-humours at home, and for my wife alone. She is bound to them, and so reconciled to them by long use that she can go to sleep in the midst of a good scolding, as a good sailor can while the guns are firing. Mrs. Garrick is studying your two acts. We shall bring them with us, and she will criticise you to the bone. A German commentator (Montaigne says) will suck an author dry. She is resolved to dry you up to a slender shape, and has, all her wits at work upon you. I am really tired— my thumb is guilty, but my heart is free. I could write till midnight, but if I don't finish directly, I shall be

July 31, 1776

1121

obliged, from pain, to stop short at what I have most pleasure in declaring, that I am, please your Nineship, Most truly yours, D. Garrick. Have you kindly excused me to Dr. Stonehouse ? My friend Walker intends trying his lecturing acumen upon you very soon. Why should not I come one day, and kill two birds with one stone ? Source: Roberts, Hannah More, I, 72f. ι. Written before Miss More's reply of July 28, and in 1776 from the references to the three-week ramble, and to two acts of a tragedy which can be identified as Percy (FC; Boaden, II, 24sf.; Letters 1031, 1030). Apparently Garrick changed his plan of going to Bath and visiting Bristol, for on Aug. 7 Miss More wrote him of her disappointment (FC; Boaden, II, S5if.)· 2. Presumably her Ode to Dragon, Mr. Garrick's House-dog at Hampton, circulated in manuscript in 1776 before its publication in 1777 (Boaden, II, 282; LC, vol. X L I , April 8-10, 1777, p. 341)·

1037

T o T h e Countess Spencer July 30, 1776

Address: L a d y Spencer. for publication.

1038

In the possession of the Earl Spencer: Not made available

T o Peter Fountain 1

Dear Sir July 31 st 1776 You may depend upon my calling upon You the next time I take a broil in London— the winding up of my theatrical matters has taken up almost all my time; the little I had to spare was spent in a visit or two to some friends in Suffolk & Essex : The little favours I conferr'd upon You were not worth the thanks you have given, besides I pleas'd myself more than I could

1122

To Peter Fountain

you in bestowing them: so let that matter rest. I have heard of S r Thomas's remarkable room— I have not yet seen it— it was mention'd to Me, as a most ridiculous affair— but I'll take y r word— We don't quite set up our horses together, tho I have done a piece of service lately, he knows Nothing of, nor Ever shall— what you mean by the black but fair defect, Except that most Worthless Creature Ab[ington] I don't know— she is below the thought of an honest Man or Woman— she is as Silly, as she is false & treacherous— 2 When I see You I shall be glad to see ye ring you speak of— I have very little faith in Such Matters— nor can I yet believe that the Gallant Chev r is a female— c'est un peu trop fort pour moi mon Ami— as to M r Rayner, I will meddle no more in that business— the moment I can lay my hand upon my Letter & his Father's Answer, You shall have them— his letter is a bitter one indeed— I really think the Son to blame— if he is what you say, & all say, in his profession, the discredit falls upon him that he cannot take care of his own Subsistence & fame— I have my Objections to some part of his Conduct, tho I did my best Endeavors to serve him. his Father & I are at present almost unknown to Each other— he is very ailing & I am told cannot last long— I beg I may hear no more of that business— y e letter you shall have, when I look over my papers : We must take care of ourselves & our own Credit, & let M r Rayner Sen r have his own feelings— nay he will have them— & he has so much sense & Resolution, that all we can Say would only prejudice y® Object of our Wishes— he is very clear & Strong in his Accusations, & some Fathers would think that he had been very ill us'd— I am going into Wiltshire for some time— Yours Dear Sir most truly D Garrick I write upon y e Gallop & have not time to read it over so Yours— Source: FC; Boaden, II, 171. ι. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the identification of Fountain as the recipient is based on the inclusion of this letter among the group of ninety-three letters in the Forster Collection all classified as addressed to Fountain. The letter also agrees with the others in general tone and subject, particularly in the allusion to d'Eon. a. Garrick had doubtless learned that instead of retiring she had signed a contract with the new managers of Drury Lane.

August ι8

1039

[1776]

1123

To Richard Cox

Wilton My dearest Richard Augst the 9th [1776 Ρ]1 Don't be angry with your Old dear Friend— We are so Waterbound here that we cannot get from our Noble Landlord— We vex at the Weather for we want to be wth You— but we cannot leave this place till tomorrow at 7 or thereabout— we propose to breakfast with You to Morrow Morning before ten & to dine with You— We shall then set off for Overton, for our friend Hoare has some business which will hinder us making an Inn of Your house— pray return me a line of Comfort, for we are all in y® Dumps— if our coming tomorrow will be inconvenien Say ye word, as freely as I do, & we will see You another time— I write upon y« Gallop because I will not keep ye Boy. Y ra Ever & Ever most affec1* D. Garrick re My best respects to M Cox— Address: Rich d Cox Esq 1 , Quarley.

Seal.

Source: F S L .

ι. The year is conjectural, depending upon the fact that the letter is dated from Wilton, the country seat of Lord Pembroke. In the postscript of a letter to Garrick of July 13, 1776, Pembroke wrote from Pembroke House: " a d of August we shall be, de retour from Mount Edgcumbe, at Wilton, when we shall be daily looking out with impatience for Casa Garrick, and their travelling companions" (HTC).

1040

To Frances Cadogan1

Hampton My Dearly Beloved Aug84 18 [1776] 2 We shall be most happy to see you & your Anti-Shakespeare Father3 on Sunday next— tho he has manifold Sins & much Wickedness, they shall be all forgiven on Your Account— We are going to Brighthelmstone4 for 3 or 4 days next Wednesday & we shall return on Saturday Night, but for fear we should not arrive at Hampton till Sunday Morning— secure your breakfast at

1124

To Peter Garrick

Hurlingham,5 & be with us about 12— stay with us all Night, & as long after, as it shall please You, for Nobody Else shall govern at Hampton, or M e — Ever & most Affect y Yours D Garrick. No date & no place to your letter— there goes one fault— would I could find another ! Source: Baker, p. 68. I. So identified in the source. a. Answered by Miss Cadogan on Aug. aa, 1776 (FSL). 3. In a letter dated only May 19, Mrs. Montagu wrote Mrs. Vesey: " I have sent you enclosed a copy of verses made by Mr. Garrick the other day, Dr. Cadogan and he had at dinner a warm dispute about the merits of Shakespear, to which the Doctor is very insensible" (Blunt, Mrs. Montagu, I, 343; Knapp, No. 64). Some manuscript verses by Garrick in the Folger Shakespeare Library are superscribed : " G k to D r Cadogan on his abuse of Shakespeare," and endorsed: " M y Verses to D r C η & his Answer." 4. Brighton. 5. Hurlingham House, built by Dr. Cadogan in 1760 (Charles J. Fèret, Fulham Old and New, 1900, III, 34af.).

1041

T o Peter Garrick

Dear Peter. Aug84 the 19th 1776 We have at last settled our peregrinations— they stand thus— the Duke of Devonshire meeting me 3 Weeks ago at Lord Spencer's at Wimbleton, desir'd me, in so affectionate Manner to go to Chatsworth that I could not resist him— Lady Spencer, the first of Women, hearing what was passing, insisted, as affect^ that we should be there at y Same time with them— which will be in ye first Week of y® next Month September— We have therefore resolv'd to go y e Second or Third to Chatsworth & after being there four or five days at Most, we will be with You at Lichfield for some days— George's Children are with their Grandfather, who is very ill, & does not care to part with them; so we shall come alone to You, & if You will let us keep house for a Week, with Some assistance to M M Betty,1 we will drink soft ale, & laugh like ten Christ'nings— we had rather live simply, Mutton & Pudding than upon all the

August 20 [¿776]

1125

dainties in the w o r l d — Ben Victor who is at M r Piggot's 2 will meet Us at Lichfield, & I shall take him up to T o w n with U s — I wish among Y o u , that you could get him a b e d — I will give both him & Y o u notice when I shall beat up y r Quarters— W e intend this time, to be like Bobadil, not too popular, or generally visited.— private is ye word—3 If you like our Scheme say the Word, and we will be punctual— O u r Loves to all of You. Ever & A f f e c t Yours D : Garrick Send ye inclos'd as soon as Y o u conveniently c a n — Source: F S L . ι. Presumably the housekeeper for Peter, who was a bachelor. She was probably the Elizabeth Sadler to whom Peter, by will, left an annuity of ten pounds for life (Stafford Lent Assizes, Docksey vs. Panting, 1796). a. William Pigott (1742-1811), lawyer, who left Oxford in 1770 and from 1779 until his death was Rector of Edgmond and Chetwynd, Shropshire. His name appears in the list of subscribers to Victor's Original Letters, Dramatic Pieces, and Poems which was to appear in the fall with a dedication to Garrick. 3. Every Man in His Humour, I, iv.

1042

To Frances Cadogan1

M y dear M a d a m — Tuesday Aug 84 20 [1776] 2 Upon second thoughts, for fear our friends should press us to stay another day at Brighthelmstone, we wish that you would defer the Pleasure you are to give us at Hampton till Sunday sennight, when we shall hope for your Company as soon as you can give it u s — W e will take for granted that you will come, if we hear Nothing from y o u — write any thing you have to say to the Adelphi about Thursday n e x t — if you could come Friday, or Saturday, the sooner the better. W e live in hopes to [you, and] am Yours 3 & my dear Doctor's most Affectionate, Friends The Garricks Source: Baker, p. 69.

1126

To Hannah More

ι. So identified in the source. 2. The reference to the Adelphi establishes that this letter was written after March 1773. From 177a until Garrick's death Aug. so fell on a Tuesday only in 1776. 3. According to a note in the source, the manuscript read: "We live in hopes to see am Yours & my dear Doctor's most Affectionate," the word " s e e " being deleted.

1043

To Hannah More

Hampton Aug 84 20 [ 1 7 7 6 ] 1 We sincerely hope & believe, my dear Nine, that you were Woefully disappointed at our not peeping in at You at Bristol— You would be very hard-hearted Creatures if you were not— so say no more Madam Hannah upon that subject, We felt it, as well as Y r Ladyship & Your pathetic Sisters— may I take the Liberty to say, that I don't think You were in y r most Acute & best feeling when You wrote y® 3 d Act— 2 I am not satisfy'd with it, it is the Weakest of the four, & raises such Expectation from the Circumstances, that a great deal more must be done, to content y e Spectators & Readers— I am rather vex'd that Nothing More is produc'd by that Meeting, Which is the groundwork of the Tragedy, & from which so much will be requir'd, because such an Alarm is given to the heart & Mind— I have been in so much Company, & have had so little time to Study y® Matter, that I can say no more at present— I will at my return from Brighthelmstone— pore upon it, & give my thoughts more fully upon the business— till then rest you quiet & be assur'd, that I am Your sincere friend, tho at times more bold than wellcome. M y Wife sends her Love w th mine to You all— she has not yet seen ye 3 d & 4 th , nor do I yet know whether she may be trusted w t h it. I am Dear Nine Ever & sincerely y re D. Garrick. You have not Sent us, what You reprinted about Me in ye Bristol paper. 3 Source: Bristol Public Libraries.

September 8, 1776

1127

ι. The year is established by the reference to the impending visit to Brighton. 2. Of Percy. 3. Miss More had written on July a8: "the best thing that has appear'd, I think, on a certain subject [Garrick's retirement], was a long prose history in the General Evening [Post], I know not who wrote it, but in general it was extremely well done. I had it reprinted here, and if M " G. wants a copy tis at her service" (FC; Boaden, II, 24s). For the reprint, see the Bristol Journal, July 20, 1776.

1044

To George Colman Brighthelmston

Dear Colman, Friday [August 2 3 , 1 7 7 6 ] 1 2 W a l d r o n has p u r c h a s ' d the T h e a t r e at R i c h m o n d 3 & w a n t s about 1 8 h u n d r e d p o u n d s — h a d I not disposd of m y M o n e y , I should assist h i m — he is a v e r y honest discreet M a n , & will p e r f o r m E v e r y promise he m a k e s — I c a n say no more, if Y o u h a v e M o n e y & d o n ' t dislike y e S e c u r i t y perhaps Y o u m a y assist h i m — I shall b e r e a d y for Y o u a b o u t W e d n e s d a y , w h e n I shall be quietly S e a t e d at H a m p t o n again. I a m E v e r Y r e most a f f e c t D Garrick. Address: George Colman Esq r .

Seal.

Source: F S L .

ι. Waldron's negotiations for the purchase of the Richmond Theatre took place in 1776; in that year Garrick left for Brighton on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and was to return after three or four days (see Letter 1040). 2. Francis Godolphin Waldron (1744-1818), actor at Drury Lane (1769-1795), writer, editor, and bookseller. 3. In the summer of 1776 "the theatre was put up for sale, and sold to Mr. Waldron for 3600I., who forfeited the deposit, and the property reverted to the proprietors" (Thomas Gilliland, The Dramatic Mirror, 1808, I, 226).

1045

To Catherine Bunbury1

Chatsworth Madam Sepr 8 1 7 7 6 T h e honour & f a v o u r Y o u h a v e bestow'd upon M e , are as properly felt, as it is out of m y p o w e r to return t h e m — w h a t bare, b u t sincere gratitude c a n do, will certainly be done, b u t It's Circle is 8 + L.D.G. ΠΙ

1128

To Catherine

Bunbury

but narrow, & confin'd within my own bosom: I had Notice by a Letter from my Brother of the arrival of the present,2 upon which I shall set the greatest value— I thought Myself before so Oblig'd to y** house of Bunbury, that I despair'd of shewing myself worthy of their very flattering regard a certain Gentleman has shewn Me; & now I am in the Situation of a person I knew, who being overwhelm'd with debts, told me, (upon my advising him to reflect a little upon his affairs) what signifies reflection Garrick, I never can get out of debt, so I must e'en be satisfy'd with letting things take their Course, & pray to Heaven to direct me for the best, as Nothing but prayers are left for Me, I beg that you will be assur'd that no blessing or Pleasure should be ever absent from my most amiable friends at Barton, if the prayers of a very unworthy Sinner could prevail. I am Madam with great truth Your most Sincerely Oblig'd humble Servant D. Garrick M™ Garrick presents her respects wth mine to You & Mr Bunbury. as I find the little Nonsense I scribbled at Barton3 has been approv'd of by some friends here, I take the liberty of troubling You to desire Mr Β to alter ye last Line, to y6 first reading— which was not— Fortune plac'd— but— And Fate placed. had I not been so far from Town I should not have been so long in Answering Your most obliging letter. Seal. Source: F S L ; Correspondence of Sir Thomas Hemmer, ed. Sir Henry E . Bunbury, 1838, p. 378. ι. Catherine (Horneck) Bunbury (1754-1799)1 had married Henry William Bunbury in 1771 (Memoir and Literary Remains of Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Bunbury, Bart., ed. Charles J . F. Bunbury, 1868, p. 240). 2. Mrs. Bunbury had written on Sept. 3 that she had sent him a waistcoat she had made (Boaden, II, 369). 3. "The old Painter's Soliloquuy upon see[ing] M r Bunbury's drawings /

Shall I so long, old Hayman said, and swore, Of Painting till the barren soil, While this young Bunbury not twenty four, Gets Fame, for which in vain I toil:

2 Yet he's so whimsical, perverse, & idle, Tho Phoebus self should bid him stay, He'll quit the magic Pencil, for the Bridle, And gallop Fame, and Life away.

September

24

[1776

]

1129

3 With Reynolds' matchless Grace, and Hogarth's pow'r, (Again He swore a dreadful Oath) This Boy had rather trot ten Miles an hour, And risk his Neck, than paint like both. 4 Fix but his Mercury, He'd join the Two, And be my boast, Britannia cry'd : Nature before him plac'd her Comic Crew, Fortune plac'd Beauty by his Side. July 5 th 1776¡Barton" (Morgan Library; Knapp, No. 106).

1046

To The Earl of Upper Ossory

London Adelphi M y good Lord Sep 1 24 [1776] Mrs Garrick & I most devoutly wish to pay our respects to Lady Ossory & your Lordship— Mr Crawford promis'd us to give us information when our Company would be least troublesome at Ampthill,1 but as he is rather uncertain in his motions, I have taken the liberty to trouble your Lordship— if the 8 th or y® 18 th of the next month will not be inconvenient to Lord & Lady Ossory We shall with the greatest pleasure pay our Duty at either of those times—2 if your Lordship will be pleas'd to tell me the best & nearest way to you, I will most certainly be with you at Dinner on the Eight, or Eighteenth— I am most faithfully Your Lordships Obed nt humle Serv4 D. Garrick Mrs Garrick presents her respects with mine to Lady Ossory. Endorsement: M r Garrick 1776.

Source: Compton Mackenzie, transcript.

I. Ossory's country seat in Bedfordshire. a. In Ossory's reply, Sept. 35, he wrote: "Your letter of yesterday made me extremely happy, & I am only sorry to be obliged to fix upon the latter day you propose & even to postpone that to the 20th on which day L* Ossory & I most sincerely hope to have you & M™ Garrick here at dinner" (HTC).

1130

To Sir Thomas

Mills

To Sir Thomas Mills

IO47

Hampton M y dear S r Thomas. Oct r 2 d [1776?] 1 I have a Neighbour a very honest young man, & bred to Accounts : by no Sin of his own, but that of a foolish Father, he is become a Solicitor to Me for assistance— He thinks that I have interest to get him some Employment at the India house— Tho I have been, as You know, a very steady Proprietor, yet I have not troubled the Directors— many of my friends, are friends to M r Roberts, 2 & I believe Your Worship among the rest— now if Your usual & constant good Nature to Me, was to be exerted in favour of my worthy Neighbour, with my Name tack'd to y e Petition, by way of a Make-Weight, who knows but M r Roberts in a freak, (for he has as little reason to do any thing for Me, as I have to ask it) might give us his assistance, & make an honest man happy with about 50 pounds a Y e a r ? — if it should be more, the Man is so Obedient to my Commands, that I will answer he will not refuse i t — to be serious, if M r Roberts will be kind to us, we will be very grateful; and we are ready to give the best Security for his good behaviour, pray, dear S r Thomas, exert your Winning Ways : & Even if he was heard-hearted, which I know he is not, M r Roberts would melt before Y o u — our best Wishes & respects Ever attend Lady Mills— Ever Yours most devoutly D : Garrick I have ye Gout in my fingers— Ecce Signum ! Scrawl ! I have no less than Six Garricks gabbling about m e — Source:

FSL.

ι . T h e conjectural year depends on the assumption that Garrick would have referred to Roberts as commanding great power in the East India Company during the time the latter was Chairman of the Court of Directors in 1776 (Joseph Haydn, Book of Dignities, 1890). 2. John Christopher Roberts (1739-1810), a Director of the East India Company for many years.

October

IO48

3,

1131

1776

To Thomas Harris

Hampton Oct b r 3d 1776 Sir. I was at dinner with a great deal of company when your letter 1 came to my hands— I am now risen from the Table to answer i t — S r Thomas Mills ask'd me, if it were possible that you could have struck off y r Liberty list my Nephew, who, I find, had the freedom of your House, when I was a Manager; I told him it was true, & that I was surpriz'd at it, & so I really a m — M r Harris & C° had the freedom of my Theatre, whenever they pleas'd, & I have had 6 & 8 of a Night sometimes, but without the least uneasiness on my p a r t — I suppose I have the Liberty of y r House as an author, for as such I have always taken i t — Mrs Garrick always paid, unless she was invited to a Manager's B o x — If any Gentlemen, who wrote for Covent Garden Theatre have not the Liberty of your Theatre, I shall with pleasure pay for my place, nor can accept it upon any other conditions, after the incivility, which was shew'd to my Nephew in exposing him to y r Boxkeepers & company in the Lobby. I must confess that y e late behavior to him, & consequently to me, has not come up to my expectations, & I hope, that my Vanity does not make me singular on this occasion I am &c. If you had not said it, I could not believe that my Nephew, after the disagreeable situation, he was put in, could have been satisfy'd, with any favour that might have been shewn h i m — M y present situation must excuse the hurry & Scrawl of this letter— When we were first told that M r s G. & I were upon the list— I sent word that M r s G : would always pay, & that I receiv'd my freedom as an Author, & not from y e favour of y e Managers the Message was Sent when M r Colman Commenc'd Manager— Endorsement:

M r Harris's Letter and a C o p y of my answer.

Source:

F C , copy.

ι. Of Oct. 2, in which he wrote: " I have been inform'd by Sr Tho8 Mills that You have been very loud in your complaints in Public company's because your Nephews were not continued on the Liberty list of Cov' Gard" Theatre— I suppose your eldest Nephew must have inform'd You that he call'd on me the morn« after our opening, he was then told that it never was understood as a rule to give the freedom to the friends & relations of the past as well as près4 proprietors of this Theatre." When, however, Harris had offered to continue Carrington Garrick on the free list as a friend, "Your Nephew

1132

To Sir George Howard

said he chose rather to have a liberty of sending for orders whenever he might have occasion. I requested that he wou'd" and he "express'd himself exceedingly satisfied" (FC).

1049

To The Countess Spencer Adelphi, Oct. 4, 1776

Address: Countess Spencer, Althorp. made available for publication.

1050

In the possession of the Earl Spencer: Not

T o Sir George Howard1

Adelphi Sir Oct 1 5 th i77[6] 2 a very honest poor Man of Chelsea College has foolishly apply['d] to Me to use my Interest w4h S r G. Howard to be rais'd from a pensioner at a penny a day to a Light Horse Man, or Serjeant— 3 I find (as he tells Me) that these favour[s] are granted as Vacancies happen— the only Vacancy that y e poor Man seems capable of filling is γ6 Grave, for he can scarcely stand, & what adds to the Whimsicalness of his request, is, that as he is so heavy & helpless, he would chuse to be a Light horse man— thus Sir without y e least pretension of troubling You, I feel a very great impropriety in addressing Y o u — Nothing but y e honesty & age of the Object, & Your own Character, could have oblig'd me to be thus impertinent.4 I am S r Y r most Obed4 & most hum le Ser4 D G. Endorsement: Letter to S r G. Howard about Abbot. Oct r 5 t h 1776. Source: H T C , copy. ι. Sir George Howard (i7207-1796), knighted 1763, soldier and politician, had been appointed Governor of Chelsea Hospital in ζ 768.

[October] ι8

[1776]

2. While the manuscript draft of this letter is dated 1778, the correction to 1776 is provided by the endorsement. 3. Pensioners in Chelsea College or Hospital were old or disabled soldiers; they were provided with food, lodging, other necessities, a special uniform, and a weekly allowance of 8d. A light-horse man or a Serjeant received as. a week (Francis F. Grose, Müitarj Antiquities, 1788, II, i85f.). 4. After looking into the records, Howard reported to Garrick on Oct. 32: "Abbott . . . served only 8 Tears, and never was a S e r j e a n t . . . if it was possible I would appoint him a l i g h t Horseman, but that Station is particularly set apart for those who have served in the Cavalry. I would willingly appoint him a Serjeant in the College, but as he never served as such, it is too ridiculous to think, that in his State of Infirmity [gout] and at the age of 57, he should be able to learn any thing more than he knows at present" (HTC).

1051

To The Countess Spencer October 9, 1776

Address: Countess Spencer, Althorp. made available for publication.

1052

In the possession of the Earl Spencer: Not

To John Taylor

Althorp Northamptonshire M y dear Sir [October] 18 th [1776] 1 I receiv'd Your favour here in the Midst of Joy & the best Society; three of the most beautiful Young Women in Europe2 are at this instant trying their Skill to prevent my writing this— M y inclinations & Intentions have sent me, & will send Me to Bath but various Circumstances have happen'd & may happen to put a Spoke in my Bath Wheels. M y theatrical Matters are not yet all Settled, & the late quarrel3 among them hath been very disagreeable to Me & my friends— however that is well over, & peace & Success I hope will be the Consequence. I shall go from this place, (which I leave w th ye utmost regret,) to Ampthill, (Lord Ossory's) Where I think of staying till ye End of Next Week— when I get to Town I must think a little of putting my affairs in a proper channel— when that

1134

To The Countess Spencer

is done my thoughts will be Bath-ward— what may intervene to Stop my progress, Heaven only knows, to that I resign Myself— I never was in Such Spirits; no School boy is half so Wild & ridiculous, & I never was in a place Where all my follies are so much indulg'd & forgiven— Lady Spencer is a divine Woman ! Yours Ever & most Sincerely D Garrick My best & Warmest Wishes from Me & Mine You & Yours. I suppose was her Maiden name . . . I sent her to London with a Guinea in her Pocket, & directed her to apply to you, who fr m your long friendship with our good friend might probably know more of his family than I cd & might be abler to detect the imposture, if there was any" (FC; Boaden, II, 2 3 0f.). 9. Perhaps Nathaniel Smith (d. 1794), a director of the East India Company at this time {GM, vol. X LVII, April 1777, p. 193).

1133 D e a r Peter

To Peter Garrick W y n n s t a y Denbeighshire Sep r 2 6 [ 1 7 7 7 ] 1

W e shall certainly be at Birmingham on Sunday Evening the 5th of October, & shall stay y e N e x t d a y till about 1 2 , so w e m a y h a v e a good deal of G a b b l e ; I hope Y o u will bring Cousin Bailye with Y o u , & let us h a v e a S n u g p a r t y — I send this b y the Chester post,

September go [7777]

1193

& you may Send me an answer by y® Same W a y — directed to me at Sr Wat\kin\ Will\iams] Wynn's Bar{ at Wynnstay near Wrexham, Denbeighshire to tell me if you approve y e Party, & it will be convenient— we are very happy here, & cannot stir till Saturday Sen'night the 4 t h of October— these Welch scenes are quite New to us, & very well worth anybody's Curiosity— at Shrewsbury the Town was in an Alarm at my Coming, & the Raven-Inn besieg'd— I little Expected so much honour from Salopian Swains, & Welch Mountaineers— their Observations upon my Person, age & c you shall have at Birmingham on Sunday y e 5 t h Oct r if Nothing prevents your making Us h a p p y — a line by y e return of the Post to Chester will oblige Your most affect e Brother D : Garrick The Ladies with M e Send their L o v e — F desires her duty & Love to her Father & Mother— She hopes to see her Brother at Birmingham, who she tells me is gone there to be a Doctor— 2 prays is it a Horse-Doctor ? Address: Peter Garrick Williams W y n n . Postmark:

Esq 1 ,

Litchfield, Staffordshire. Source: FC.

Frank:

Watkin

WREXHAM.

ι. The year is supplied by Walpole in a letter to Jephson of Oct. I, 1777, in which he reports that Garrick "is gone into Staffordshire to marry a nephew, and thence will pass into Wales to superintend a play to be acted at Sir Watkin William's" (ed. Toynbee, Χ , 184). The Wynnstay private theater in Denbighshire was a strange edifice that had originally been a kitchen and which consisted "merely, of a commodious Pit" (George Colman the Younger, Random Records, 1830, II, 43; [Askew Roberts], Wynnstay & the Wynns, Oswestry, 1885, p. 19). The play is identified by the younger Colman, using the cast book of the Wynnstay theater, as " Chrononhotonthologos perform'd October ad, 1777.— Mr. Garrick was present" (autograph note in HTC copy of Random Records, II, 55)· 2. Perhaps the "Mr. Fosbrooke, surgeon at Rugby," a town in Warwickshire not far from Birmingham {GM, vol. LXIII, Sept. 1793, p. 956).

1134

To Peter Garrick

Wynnstay M y dear Peter Sep 1 3 0 a [1777] 1 Would it not be a little too much upon S l Patrick, to desire You, Honey, to meet me at Birmingham & then return to Lichfield with You, which is much nearer my D e a r — In short we beg to see You

1194

To Peter Garrick

at Birmingham next Sunday because we cannot Stay at Lichfield so long as we could Wish— Should You arrive Sooner than We— I beg You'll bespeak beds sufficient for Us all There will be two wanted for You & Cousin Dick— 2 one for me & my Wife & one for Fosbroke & My Wife's Neice—3 I have Six horses for which I must have a good Stable & four Men Servants— S r Watkin tells me it is a good house— We shall be there before Six in ye Evening— I wish You would Order a good joint of Meat for ye Servants some fish if any, & some Chickens or fowls boiled or roasted as You like best & whatever Else you & Cousin chuse to be ready about Seven or Sooner—4 I am writing in ye Dark & M r Parry5 ye famous Harper is playing like an Angel Source:

FC.

ι. This letter must have been written shortly after the preceding. 2. Bailye. 3. Elisabeth ("Liserl") Fürst (1766-1840), daughter of Peter Fürst, a retired Viennese municipal inspector, and Therese, Mrs. Garrick's sister, came to London to live with her aunt in June 1777 (Diary of John Baker, ed. Philip C. Yorke, 1 9 3 1 , p. 404). After the death of Garrick, who left her £ 1 0 0 0 in his will, she returned to Vienna, and on July 2, 1 7 8 1 , married Joseph Peter Adam von Saar (1762-1830), Imperial Royal Councillor of Finance in the Austrian postal service (Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser Oesterreichs, ed. H. W. Höfflinger, Vienna, 1 9 1 1 , p. 397). 4. Except for the postscript, the rest of the letter has been heavily scored out. 5. Presumably John Parry (d. 1782), the famous blind harper. A Welshman, he was much patronized by Sir Watkin (John T . Smith, Nollekens and His Times, 1828, II, 2I3f.).

1135

To Peter Garrick

[ ipost September 30, 1777] 1 S Watkin says if you would come to him, You would have suc[h] fishing in ye River Dee, as You never Saw— As this is your high fly Season, I thank You doubly for losing a day with Us at Birmingham r

Yours Dear Peter most Affect*' D Garrick

October iy,

iyyy

1195

Address: Peter Garrick Esq 1 , Litchfield. Frank: Watkin Williams Wynn. Postmark: WREXHAM. Source: Gabriel Wells, fragment. ι . Conjecturally written in reply to a missing letter from Peter and in confirmation of the appointment at Birmingham mentioned in the two preceding letters.

1136

To Marie Jeanne Riccoboni

Hampton Friday Oct 1 17 t h 1777 I am so flatter'd, my dear Madam, by an Extract from a Letter of Yours sent Me by my Worthy friend M r Johns, 1 that I cannot resist (tho I have y e Gout in my hand) thanking you for it in the most affectionate m a n n e r — I return'd last Night from a long journey into Wales, & was very sorry that I could not call upon M r Johns, but he was too far from the place I was at, & therefore I shall defer that pleasure till next Summer, when, if you please, I will carry Y o u there, which by the bye is y e greatest 50? i 5 3 ? «54? '56? 159? 161? Anderton's Coffeehouse, 1305, 1306 Andrews, Miles Peter, 961 Anecdotes of a Convent (anon.), 753 Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo, Domenico, 432, 553η, 88o. LETTERS TO: 432, 881, 962, 1223 Angelo, Elizabeth (Johnson), Mrs. Domenico, 432, 962, 1223 Angelo, Henry Charles William, 881, 4 3 a n > 553n, 88o

Annales politiques, civiles, et littéraires, 1110, 1136 Anne, Princess, 4η, 5 Annesley, Arthur, Viscount Valentia, 655 Annesley, Lucy (Lyttelton), Viscountess Valentia, 655η Anson, Sir George, 44 A l s t o n , W . , LETTER TO: 293 Anstey, Christopher, 530, 825. LETTERS Altamira (Victor), 427 TO: 530 996. See also Election Ball; New Alterations of Plays, G's, see Albumazar; Bath Guide Antony and Cleopatra; Chances; Country Anstey, Ann (Calvert), Mrs. Christopher, Girl; Every Man in His Humour; Guardian; 53on Hamlet; Isabella; King Arthur; MidAnthologie franfoise (Monnet), 346η, 347 summer Night's Dream; Romeo and Juliet; Anti-Mendax (Davies), 823 Tempest " A n t o n y " (Antony & Cleopatra), 42, 231 Althorp, Northamptonshire, 722, 1052, Antony & Cleopatra (Shakespeare, alts. 1148, 1149, 1150, 1213, 1217, 1218 Capell & G), 208, 885 Althorp, Viscount, see Spencer, George Antrobus, Mr. (banker), 127 John Apollo, the (Devil Tavern room), 819η, Alzttma (Murphy), 508, 579? 609, 672η, 849η Apology, The (Churchill), 267 735. 752 Appius (Moncreiff), 140η, 427? Amber, Norton, see Green and Amber Apprentice, The (Murphy), 136, 158η, 187 Ambitious Stepmother (Rowe), 376 Apsley, A Letter to Henry, Lord (Newton), Amelia Sophia Eleanora, Princess, 1337 639. 6 4 ! Amélie; ou, Le Duc de Foix (Voltaire), 157, Apsley, Baron, see Bathurst, Henry 681 "Araminta" (School for Lovers), 946 America, Colonial & United, 155, 401, Arblay, Frances (Burney), Mme d', see 773η, 820, 823η, 888, 895, 915, 1163, Burney 1178η, 1198 Arcambal, Marquis de Lacs d' [£/], 922 American Taxation, On (Burke), 888 " A r c h e r " (Beaux'Stratagem), 773, 865, 960 Amman, Mr. [£/], 332 Arden, William, 350, 548. LETTER TO: 338 "Amphares" (Agis), 196

References are to Letter numbers Arden, Mrs. William, 548 "Aretes" ("Dion"), 460 Argonne, N. B. d', see Melanges d'Histoire â? de Littérature " A r i e l " {Tempest), 565 Ariosto, Belezze del Furioso di, 717, 799 "Aristophanes" (nickname), see Foote Arlequin sauvage (Delisle), 936 Armoir [Í7], 605 Arnaud, Abbé François, 60a, 989 Arne, Michael, 414η, 44m, 456? Arne, Elizabeth (Wright), Mrs. Michael, 414, 456 Arne, Thomas Augustine, 347, 545, 802, 948η. LETTERS TO: 298, 934, 1224

Arnold, Richard, 7 Arnold, Samuel, 695. LETTER TO: 1225? Arnot, Hugo, 1107 " A r t of Acting" (G), see Meeting of the Company Art of Poetry (Coiman trans.), 903 Arthur, John, 14, 18? 27, 101? 392, 450. LETTER TO: 404

Arthur, Mrs. John, 14, 404 Arundel, Richard, 141, 146, 147, 161 Arundel, Lady Frances (Maners), 94, 161 Ascot, Berkshire, 306 Asgill, Sir Charles, 1186, 1190 Ashburn, Yorkshire, 126 Ashton, Richard, 494 Aspenden Hall, Hertfordshire, 552 Aston, Sir Thomas, 8, in Astrologer, The (Ralph), 8in As You Like It, 266, Appendix F Athalie (Racine), 317 Athelstan (Brown), 174 Athelwold (Hill), 4gn Atkins (of DL), 931 Aubade, Mr. D' [t/], 1266 Augsburg, 331, 332, 334, 338, 354 Auretti, Anne, iao Auretti, Mme Janeton, 120 Auretti, Mr., 120 Austin, Joseph, LETTERS TO: 257, 258 Author (Foote), 32m Avenant, Charles d', gn? Averdy, C-C-F de L', 343η Avery, Lady [£/], 114 Aylward, Theodore, 631 Ayscough, George Edward, 1072η Β., Α., 75in " Β . , the Story of Mr.," 443 "Bab, Lady," see "Lardoon, Lady B a b "

1373

"Bachelor, T h e " ("Wagstaffe"), 688n, 1201. See also Batchelor Bacon, Anthony, 979? Bacon, Edward, 979? Bacon, Francis, 657, 730 Baddeley, Robert, 605, 412η, 6o8 Baddeley, Sophia (Snow), Mrs. Robert, 412, 524, 605, 653, Appendix F Baden-Durlach, Karl Friedrich, Margrave of. 479 Bagatelle, a Dialogue, A (L.M.N.), 825η Baiae, Italy, 323 Bailye, Hugh, 1140 Bailye, Richard, 284, in, 1133, 1134. LETTERS T O : 9 5 g , 9 6 8 , 1 1 4 0

Bailye, Richard ("Couzen"), 3η Bailye, William, 968, 1140η "Bajazet" (Tamerlane), 196 Baker, Miss, see King, Mrs. Thomas Baker, Samuel, 397 Baldwin, Charles, 1184 Baldwin, Henry, 323, 329, 378, 447, 925 Baldwin, Robert, 819 Baldwyn, see Baldwin, Charles "Balloon" (Bout), 216 Baltimore, Lord, see Calvert, Frederick Bankrupt, The (Foote), 790 Banks, Joseph, 936 Bannister, Charles, 1069? Bannister, John, 1204 " B a n q u o " (Macbeth), 281, 485 Barazzi, Francesco (banker), 321, 323, 325, 356 Barbarossa (Brown), 174, 341η, 68g Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin), Mrs. Rochemont, 1112, 1140 Barberini Palace, Rome, 334 Barber of Seville (Chouquet trans.), 1124, 1129 Barbier de Siville (Beaumarchais), 892, ι ι ι δ η , 1124, I I 2 9 Barclay, James, 397η "Bard, T h e " (Gray), 190η Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio, 602, 1104. See also Discours sur Shakespeare; Journey from London Barewell, see Barwell Bark, Peruvian (quinine), 7, 9, 52, 343 Barker [£/], 363 Barnard, Thomas, Dean of Derry, 1018, 1077 Barnes, Surrey, 1181 Barocci, Federigo, 334 "Baroche," see Barocci Baron, Michel Boyron, 345

1374

References are to Letter numbers

"Baronet, T h e " [U; Colman's debtor], 346, 347, 350» 352» 353, 4«4 Barré, Isaac, 279, 280, 687η Barrel, Mr. \U\, 506 Barry, Dr. Edward, 32, 149, 315, 373, 443, 688n, 903? LETTER TO: 237 Barry, Spranger, 32, 42, 93, 96, 103η, ιο8, 199, 242η, 419, 454, 5o8, 512, 531, 605, 640, 672, 686, 704, 714, 737, 795, 810, 830η, 834, 875, 9oa, gi8, 930, 931, 937η,

Bath theaters, see Orchard Street Theatre; Theatre Royal Batheaston Villa, Bath, 976 Bathurst, Henry, 2d Earl, 639, 641, 750, 1177. See also Swordfeager Bathurst, Tryphena (Scawen), 2d Countess, 1103, 1143η, r 177, 1198. LETTER TO: 1 1 0 3

Bathurst, Miss [U], 626 Batson's Coffeehouse, 43 Battle of Hastings, The (Cumberland), 860? 1079η, 1138. LETTERS TO: 499, 507, 563, 630, 706, 736 888? 1154? Barry, Ann (Street, Dancer), Mrs. Baucis and Philomon, 671 Spranger, 419, 507, 531, 563, 630, 640, "Bayes" (Rehearsal), 20, 21, 22, 36, 47, 85, 704, 706, 719, 720, 736, 795, 803, 830, 96, 222, 375, 481, 567, 671, 682, 1347 834, 875, 9'8, 1079, 1138 "Beagle, Sir Harry" (Jealous Wife), 262 Barry, Thomas, 499 Bearcroft, Edward, 717, 732, 736 Barry, William, 490η Beard, John, 303, 394, 414, 445, 1020 Barry, Mrs. William, 490, 491 Beard, Charlotte (Rich), Mrs. John, 303η Barsanti, Jane, 893 "Beatrice" (Much Ado About Nothing), 918 Barthelémon, Francis Hippolyte, 475 Beattie, James, 649, 829. LETTERS TO: 649, Barton Hall, Suffolk, 1045 678,765. See also Minstrel; "Truth,Essay Barton, Cutts, Dean of Bristol, 596 on" Barton, Mrs. Cutts, 596η Beattie, Mary (Dun), Mrs. James, 678, 765 Barton's [Burton's?] box at DL, 1016 Beauchamp, Viscount, see Conway, Francis Barwell, Edward, 720, 794 Seymour "Bary," Dr., see Barry, Edward Beauclerk, Lord Henry, 423η "Bashful" (Way to Keep Him), see "ConBeauclerk, Miss [U], 423 stant" Beauclerk, Topham, 338, 355, 680, 1299 Bassano, 334 Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Carón de, "Bastard" (Edward the Black Prince), 93 892, 999. See also Barbier de Séville "Bastard" (King John), 810 Beaumont, Jean Baptiste Jacques Elie de, "Bastard" (King Lear), 425 346, 35°, 353 Batchelor, Essays from the, 120m. See also Beaumont, Anne Louise (Morin-Dumesnil) "Bachelor" Mme Elie de, 346 Bate, Henry, 845, 920, 929, 956, g8in, Beaumont & Fletcher, 32. See also 983, 994η, 1065, 1078, 1105η, 1248, Bonduca; Chances; King and JVb King; A p p e n d i x F . LETTERS TO: 926, 932, 940, Maid's Tragedy; Philaster; Prophetess; 1185. See also Blackamoor Wash'd White; Scornful Lady; Spanish Curate Rival Candidates Beaux' Stratagem (Farquhar), 29η, 36, 904 Bate, Mary (White), Mrs. Henry, 926, Becket, Andrew, 1145, 695, 986, 1215 Becket, Thomas, 319; & Sick Monkey, 352, 845η, 932, 1226 355; & Baldwin, 447; G on, 523, 575, Bateman, Gregory, 1162 708, 784η, 1094; & Kenrick, 694; & Bates, Joah, 896, 1200 Adelphi, 744; & Ossian, 895; debts, Bath, Earl of, see Pulteney, William 1128, 1138; mentioned, 329, 346, 347, Bath, Installation of the Knights of the, 692 361, 379, 415, 452, 456, 459, 521, 557, Bath, Somerset: G in, 99, 100, 386, 391, 602, 616, 641, 644, 667, 695, 751η, 754, 392, 393-400, 429, 431, 434, 440, 450762η, 797, 8O7, 838, 871, 890, 904, 925, 55, 457", 46ο, 461, 489, 532, 533, 6θ2, 948, 971, 988, 999, 1079, 1087, 1145, 610, 614, 616, 617, 837, 899η, 902, 905, 1 1 4 8 , 1 2 0 1 , 1 2 2 5 , 1325, 1328. LETTERS 9o6, 907, 967, 1036, 1052, 1196; & T O : 1138, 1215 Derrick's death, 534; elections at, 903, Bedenfield, Mr. [£/], 251 904; & Weston, 963; G's verses at, 97611η ; mentioned, 280, 372, 378, 850, Bedford Coffeehouse, 12, 39, 54, 174 Bedford, 4th Duke of, see Russell, John 875, 954, 977, !005, 1202, 1253, 1299

References are to Letter numbers Bedford, Grosvenor,

160. LETTERS T O :

160? 1227

Bedford, J . [U], 37 Bedingfield, Sir Henry Arundell, 129 BeefSteaks, The Sublime Society of, 379η, 748? "Beggar's Garland, T h e " (Hoadly), 632,

1375 Betty (cook), 150 Betty, Miss, see Mostyn, Elizabeth Beverley, Yorkshire, 89, n o Biancolelli, Marie Thérèse, 361, 402, 474, 519, 616, 667, 1136

Bible, 93, 356 Bickerstaffe, Isaac, 402, 413, 668, 671, 688, 694η) 751 η, 888, 923. LETTER T O : 478. 671 See also Daphne and Amintor; Hypocrite; Beggar's Opera, The (Gay), 257, 258, 268, Love in a Village; Maid of the Mill; 603. 653» 826η Padlock; Plain Dealer; Sultan Beighton, Thomas, 341 ; & preferment, 366, 367. 371» 466, 467. 468, 513; Biddulph, Cary (Lyttelton), Lady, 6, 9 mentioned, 360, 397, 489, 573, 1132η. Biddy (dog), 146, 320, 321, 506 LETTER T O : 572 Bill of Rights, 567, 735 Belgioioso, Count, 648η Bingham, Charles, Baron Lucan of "Belinda" (All in the Wrong), 264, 949 Castlebar, 1097 Bell, John, 788, 819 Birch, Thomas, 113, 1348. LETTERS T O : "Bell, L a d y " {Know Tour. Own Mind), 719η 113, 184, 271, 272 Bellamy, George Anne, 87, 89, 93, 96 Bird, Mr. (of Coventry), 545, Appendix C " Bellmour, Widow ' ' ( Way to Keep Him) ,311 Birmingham, Warwickshire, 1133, 1134, Belloni, Marquis [£/], 318, 3:9 "35 Beiloy, Dormont de, 341,352, 353. See also Birmingham theater, 1087, 1096, 1109 Gabrielle de Vergy; Siège de Calais; Bisset, Andrew, 9 Zelmira Blackamoor Wash'd White (Bate), 981η, 983 "Belmont" {All in the Wrong), 264 "Blackbird and Nightingale" (G), 1104. "Belvidera" {Venice Presen'd), 343 See also Lethe " B e n " (Love for Love), 931 Bladder trouble, G's, 734, 995 "Benedick" (Much Ado About Nothing), 55, Blair, Hugh, 505, 509. LETTER TO : 505 Bland (of DL), 118 63» 74» 374n, 798, 878, 10X2 "Benedick a n d Beatrice, A Political Bland, Sir John, 110 "Blunderbuss" (Rout), 216 Altercation Between" (Reed), 732 Benefits, theatrical, 244, 284, 287, 311, 322, Blyth, Francis, 63 Boadicia (Glover), 689 323» 345. 386, 392, 395, 398, 450, 452, "Bobadil, Captain" (Every Man in His 487, 488, 499, 831, 836, 851, 863, 889, Humour), 330, 1041 901, 908, 911, 959, 964, 989, 990, 1002, 1004, 1079, 1148, J 329, 1354. See also Bodenham, John, see Politeuphuia Bogg, G. [CT], Appendix G Theatrical Fund Boggess [£/], 363 Bennet, Elizabeth, 311, 447 Boijermain, Mr. [t/], 730 Bennett, Richard Η. Α., 1035, ιιοβη Bennett, Elizabeth (Burrell), Mrs. Richard, Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas, 152 Boldre Lodge, Hampshire, 513 1106 Bensley, Robert, 398, 945. LETTER TO : 425 Bologna, Italy, 323, 325, 327 Berenger, Richard, 175, 218, 230, 266. Bolton, 6th Duke of, see Paulet, Harry Bond, Mr. (of Lichfield), 1140 LETTERS T O : 253? 373, 393, 399, 418, Bond, Nicholas, 1240? 526, 547, 575, 697, 784, 1168, 1187, Bonduca (Beaumont & Fletcher—Colman 1228, 1229 Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, 3d alt.), 1184η "Bonner, Bishop," 129 Duke of Portland, 389 Bonnet, Abbé Charles, 376 Bentinck, Dorothy (Cavendish), 3d Duchess of Portland, 466, 97, 109, 112, Bon temps, Mr., 395, 401 Bon Ton; or, High Life Above Stairs (Mon150, 212, 320, 326, 334. LETTER T O : 476 Berry, Edward, 1347 tagu-G), 597, 604, 893? 898 Bertie, Lord Robert, 620 Book collecting, 337, 653, 717, 1116, 1123. Besdel, Mr. [IT], 755 See also Books, G's; Library, G's; Plays, "Bess of Brentford" (Merry Wives'), 1176 old

1376

References are to Letter numbers

Book of C o m m o n Prayer, 231, 127a Books, G's, 542, 627, 717, 730, 780, 788, 799. 808, 814, 815, 848η, 849, 1339· See also Book collecting; L i b r a r y , G ' s ; Plays, old Boone, Governor [C/], 530η Booth, Barton, 17, 1295 Booth, M r . [U], 236 Boothby, Brooke, 106, 126? 148 Boothby, Phoebe (Hollins), Mrs. Brooke, 106 Booth Ferry, Lincolnshire, 127 Boston, Massachusetts, 820, 823η Boswell, Alexander, 479 Boswell, James, 4 7 9 , 5 4 5 η , 5 5 1 η , 629η, 995» ΙΙ)62. L E T T E R S T O : 4 7 9 , 4 9 3 , 5 0 1 ,

503,

504, 544, 628, 677, 7 1 7 , 799, 895, 970, i o n , 1107, 1172, 1230 Boswell, M a r g a r e t (Montgomerie), Mrs. James, 628, 677 Boulogne, 103, 341 Bourbon princes, 355 Bowden (gardener), 1089η, 1184 Bower, see B o w y e r Bower, A r c h i b a l d , 266. See also History of the Popes Bowes, A n d r e w Robinson (Stoney), 1078. LETTER TO:

1094

Bowes, M a r y Eleanor (Bowes), Countess of Strathmore, 1094, 1078η Bowood House, Wiltshire, 794 Bowyer, W i l l i a m , 214, 1 5 ? LETTER ΤΟ: 214 Boyce, W i l l i a m , 122, 159 Boyle, H a m i l t o n , 6th Earl of O r r e r y , 90 Boyle, J o h n , 5th Earl of O r r e r y & 5th Earl of Cork, 24, 98, 133 Boyle, R i c h a r d , 3d Earl of Burlington & 4th Earl of C o r k , 57, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71» 73» 74. 78, 79» 80, 81, 86, 89, 92, 94» 95» 96» 97» >°6, 108, 109, 112, 1 1 7 , 123, 128, 129, 130, A p p e n d i x A . LETTERS T O : 5 7 , 75, 101

Boyle, D o r o t h y (Savile), 3d Countess of Burlington, 57, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 101, 106, 109, n o , i n , 118, 123, 128, 129, 130, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 161, 210, 2 1 1 , 212,

1346.

LETTERS

t o : 58, 59» 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69» 70, 71» 72» 73» 74» 76, 77» 78, 79» 80, 8 i , 82, 95, 96, 97, 112, 152. See also Appendix A 2 Bradford, M r s . [[/], 934 Bradshaw, Mrs.

?, L E T T E R TO : 6 4 2

Bradshaw, T h o m a s , 539, 1252

Bradshaw, Mrs. W i l l i a m , 256, 348 " B r a d y , W i d o w " (Irish Widow), 1184 Braganza (Jephson), 359η, 874, 8go, 894, 987 Braitwaite (of D L ) , 686 Brancas, Louis-Félicité de, comte de L a u r a g u a i s , LETTER TO: 993

" B r a n v i l l e , Sir A n t h o n y " (Discovery), 301η, 979 " B r a s s " (Confederacy), 41 " B r a z e n , C a p t a i n " (Recruiting Officer), 1 Brent, Charlotte, 2g8 Brereton, M a j o r , 534η Brereton, W i l l i a m , 937, 931. LETTERS TO: 921, 930, 937 Brickenden family, C o l w e l l , 105 Brickenden, M r . [Í/], 105 Bride, Miss, 3 1 7 η Bridewell (prison), 946 Brighthelmstone, see Brighton Brighton, Sussex, 1040, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1103, 1125, 1132 Bristol, Bishop of, see N e w t o n , T h o m a s Bristol, Countess of, see Chudleigh, Elizabeth Bristol, D e a n of, see Barton, Cutts Bristol Journal, 1043 Bristol theaters, 404, 635η, ι ι 8 6 & η British M u s e u m , 64η, 184, 1242, A p p e n d i x G Broadlands, Hampshire, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1202η Brocklesby, R i c h a r d , 416, 1012η. LETTER TO: 416 Brome, A l e x a n d e r , 814 Brome, Reginald, 8 1 4 ? Brome, Robert, 8 1 4 Bromfield, W i l l i a m , 388, 394 Bromley, K e n t , 167, 168, 228, 229, 236, 240, 241 Brompton, R i c h a r d , LETTER TO: 356 Bronsdon, E d w a r d , 111 Brooke, D r . \U], 1237 Brooke, Frances (Moore), Mrs. J o h n , 361, 1 1 0 9 . LETTERS T O : 908, 1006,

1007

Brooke, H e n r y , 43, 1201. See also Collection of Pieces; Farmer's Letters Brooks's C l u b , see A l m a c k ' s Brothers, The (Cumberland), 632 "Brothers, T h e " (French), 135η, i86, 187 Brothers, The ( Y o u n g ) , 1 1 7 , 120 Broughton, J o h n , 321 Brouncker, Francis, i n , 12, 13 Brouncker, H e n r y , i n , 7

References are to Letter numbers Jane

1 3 7 7

Brouncker, Elizabeth (Lowe), Mrs. Henry, in, 7 Brown, John, 341. See also Athelstan; Barbarossa; History of. . . Poetry Brown, Lancelot ("Capability"), 600.

Burke,

"Buckingham" (Richard III), 425 Buckingham, 2d Duke of, see Rehearsal Buckingham and Normanby, ist Duke of, see Sheffield, John Buckinghamshire, 596, 789η, 1275 Buckinghamshire, 2d Earl of, see Hobart, John Bulkley, Mrs. (neé Wilford), 862 Bull, Frederick, 812 Bulloigne, Mrs. (mantua maker), 850 Bulstrode Park, Buckinghamshire, 466 Bunbury, Henry William, 866, 1045.

Burton, Richard, n o ? Burton, Mrs. Richard, n o ? Burzinski, Count, 648η Busby, James, 147, 148 Bushey Park, 276, 426, 1009 Buste Body, The (Centlivre), 217 Butcher, John, 27, 26. LETTERS TO: 27, 182 Butcher, Robert, LETTERS TO: 250, 286, 290, 302 Bute, 3d Earl of, see Stuart, John Butler, Captain [t/], 331 Butler, Dr. [Í7], 1340 Butler, John, 928 Butler, Samuel, 266. See also Hudibras Buxton (waters), Derbyshire, 31, 32 Buyrette, Pierre Laurent, see Belloy, Dormont de "Buzzard, Mr. & Mrs." (Kelly play), 946

Edmund,

Mary

372,

(Nugent),

385, 433,

511.

Mrs. LETTER

T O : 1087 Burke, Richard, 372, 385, 433, 511, 513, 514, 625, 626 Burke, Jr., Richard, 385 LETTER TO: 980 Burke, William, 365, 626? LETTER TO: Brown, Thomas, see Letters from the Dead 640 Browne [£/], 689 Browne, Eleanora (Corbet), Mrs. Rupert, Burlington, 3d Countess of, see Boyle, Dorothy (Savile) 33? 31 ? 106 Burlington, 3d Earl of, see Boyle, Richard Browne, Grace, gn Burlington House, London, 62, 63, 64, 65, Browne, Isaac Hawkins, 23. LETTER TO: 188. See also Poems Upon Various Subjects 67. 7!> 74. 76, 79. 86> 94. ">1, «23. '46> 148, Appendix A 2 Browne, Jr., Isaac Hawkins, LETTER TO: Burlington animals, see Charles, Cokey, 482 Browne, Sir William, LETTER TO: 662 Follow, Jimzy, Kitt, Sally Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo, 342 Browning, Mr. [£/], 302 Burney, Charles, 321, 322, 323, 475, 587, Bruce, Lewis, 1262, 1263? 1270? 1271? 588. LETTERS T O : 3 2 4 , 4 1 2 , 6 4 5 , 7 5 9 , 1273, 1289 772, 804, m o , i m , 1231, 1232, 1233, Bruce, Mrs. \U], 92 1234? See also Cunning Man; Music, Bruneval, Mr, 91, 92, 97, 101 General History of; Present State of Brussels, 321, 729 Music... "Brutarse" ("Ragandjaw"), 49 Burney, Esther, 414 "Brute, Sir J o h n " (Provok'd Wife), 36, 317, Burney family, Charles, 759 351» 364, 378, 616, 640, 726, 950, 983 Burney, Frances, 412, 777η, 804η, ι ι ΐ 2 η "Brutus" (Roman Sacrifice), 844 Burroughs, Francis, 120in Bryant, Jacob, 819. See also Ancient Burton, Edward? (of DL), 93, 262, 322, Mythology 686 "Buck and the Doctor" (G), 121

LETTER TO: 866

Bunbury,

Catherine

(Horneck),

Mrs.

H e n r y , LETTER TO: 1045

Bunbury, Sir William, LETTER TO : 117 Burges, George, 572. LETTER TO: 573 Burghley House, Lincolnshire, 600, 1085 Burgoyne, John, 865, 863η, 890. See also Maid of the Oaks Burke, Edmund, 226? 57η, 2δοη, 281η, 567, 626? 635, 640, 81 o, 859, 979η, 1087

1 1 8 4 . LETTERS Τ Ο : 3 3 3 ? 3 6 5 , 3 7 2 ,

385» 433. 5 " . 513. 514» 631, 709, 981, 1096. See also American Taxation

Cadogan, Lord Charles, 9 Cadogan, Frances, 886, 1114, 1238, 1239, 1240,

1242,

1243.

LETTERS

TO:

886,

1040, 1042, 1106, 1109, 1112, 1113, 1115, 1131, 1137, 1188, 1195, 1198, 1235, 1236, 1237

1378

References are to Letter numbers

Cadogan, Dr. William, 632, 1040, 1042, • 1072, 1109, 1112, H13, 1114, 1137, 1188, 1195, 1198, 1202, 1235, 1236. LETTERS

TO:

674,

1238,

1239,

1240,

1241, 1242, 1243. See also Gout Cadogan, Anne (Spencer), Mrs. William, 674 "Cadwallader, M r . " (Author), 321 " C a e l i a " (School for Lovers), 287 Caesar, 187, 323 Cafferelli (Gaetano Majorano), 324 Cairn Marius (Otway), 28 Calais, 332, 355, 444 Calas family, 416 Calcraft, John, 317, 510, 514 Calcutta theater, 912 " C a l i b a n " (Tempest), 565 "Calista" (Fair Penitent), 448 "Callippus" ("Dion"), 460 Calvert, Frederick, 6th Baron Baltimore, 502? Calvert, John, 530, 825, 1181 Calvert, Elizabeth (Hülse), Mrs. John, 826, 530η, 1181 Cambridge, Richard Owen, 600, 611, 1 0 7 2 . L E T T E R T O : 600

Camden, ist Baron & ist Earl, see Pratt, Charles Camden Place, Kent, 795 "Camillus" [Í7 play], 1356 Camp, Mr. [£/], 325η, 340 Campbell, John, LETTER TO: 824. See also Political Survey Camus, Mr. (chef), 72, 150 Candidate, The (Churchill), 343 Candidus (anon, author), 1287 Cannon Park, Hampshire, 394 Canongate Theatre, Edinburgh, 430η Canterbury, Archbishops of, see Cornwallis, Frederick; Seeker, Thomas Capel, William, 3d Earl of Essex, 21 Capel, William Ann Holies, 4th Earl of Essex, 816 Capel, Harriet, 4th Countess of Essex, 816 Capell, Edward, 98, 282, 525, 848, 849,

Carey, George, 212 Carey, Henry, see Chrononhotonthologos Carlisle, Bishop of, see Lyttelton, Charles Carlisle, Dean of, see Percy, Thomas Carlisle House, London, 539η Carlyle, Alexander, 584, 220η, 837 Carmontelle, Louis, 416η Caroline [I/], 363 Carpenter, Lord George, 21 Carr, Elizabeth, 321η, 342 Carr, John, LETTER TO: 756 Carrington, Nathan, n g , 99η, I2i, 420, 612, 621, 820η, 873, 954> i°°5> 1041, 1138, 1140, 1 1 4 2 ? LETTER TO: 1025

Carrington, 1005

Catherine,

Mrs.

Nathan,

Carshalton, Surrey, 16, 30 Carteret, John, ist Earl Granville, 63η Caslon, William, 184 "Cassiarse" ("Ragandjaw"), 49 "Cassio" (Othello), 68 Castelfranc, Peter, 318, 321 Caswall, Timothy, 329 Catherine the Great of Russia, 792 Cato, 925 Cato (Addison), 257, 258 Cautherly, Samuel, 228, 229, 236, 238, 240, 241, 391, 393, 407, 414, 450, 452, 4 5 5 , 6 2 6 , 9 5 7 . LETTERS T O : 8 0 3 , 9 4 3

Cavendish, Lady Caroline, 146 Cavendish children (Hartington's), n o , i n , 146, 153, 155, 159, 212, 326, 334 Cavendish, Lady Dorothy, see Bentinck, Dorothy Cavendish, Lord Frederick, 212, 320, 421 Cavendish, Lord George Augustus, 320 Cavendish, Lord John, 320, 421. LETTER TO: 420? Cavendish, Lord Richard, 112, 130, 150, 154

Cavendish, William, 3d Duke of Devonshire, 59, 87, 88, 129 Cavendish, Catherine (Hoskins), 3d Duchess of Devonshire, 212 1244. LETTERS TO: 98, 1 7 1 ? 260. S e e Cavendish, William, 4th Duke of Devonalso Shakespeare, Notes shire, 58, 66, 69, 71, 73, 81, 92, 93, 95, Capuchin, The (Foote), 925η, i2ion. See 96,97, 101,104,106, n o , 112, 114, 115, 130, 151, 173, 229, 274, 306, 307, 308, also Trip to Calais 310, 311, 319, 323, 333, 341, 360, 401, Caractacus (Mason), 231, 1064, 1072, 1078 473. LETTERS TO: 86,88, 90, 91,94, 109, Carara, Antonio, LETTER TO: 587 123, 128, 129, 130, 141, 142, 143, 144, "Careless Billy, the Frolicsome Spark," 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 430η 156, 159, 161, 191, 210, 211, 212, 279, Careless Husband, The (Cibber), 258 320, 326, 334 Careless Shepherdess, The (Goffe), 282

References are to Letter numbers Cavendish, Charlotte Elizabeth (Boyle), Marchioness of Hartington, 58, 69, 72, 73. 81, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101, ιο6, 109, 112, 123, 128, 129, 143, 146η. LETTERS T O : 66, 92, 1 1 0 , 1 1 1

Cavendish, William, 5th Duke of Devons h i r e , 66,69, 70, 91,92, 94,97, 112, 141, 150? 1041, 1149

Cavendish, Georgina (Spencer), 5 th Duchess of Devonshire, 940,1149, 1221η Cawthorpe, Mr. [£/], Appendix Β ι Cazelet, John, 3η Cazelet, Magdelen (Fermignac?), Mrs. John, 3 Cecil, Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter, 322, 323, 326, 600. LETTER T O : 1085

Celesia, Dorothea (Mallet), Mrs. Pietro, 571, 1109. See also Almida Cénis, Mt., 318, 319, 320 Centlivre, Susannah, Mrs. Joseph, see Buste Body; Wonder Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, see Don Quixote Chamberlain, see Chamberlayne Chamberlayne, Thomas, 471 ? 512 Charnier, Anthony, 1114, 1148 " C h a m o n t " (Orphan), 18, ao, 36 Champnes (Chamnys, Chamless) [£/], 258 Champneys, Sir Thomas, 539 Champneys, Caroline (Cox), Lady, 463, 539

Champneys, Thomas Swymmer, 539 Chancery, see Lawsuits; Legal matters Chances, The (Beaumont & Fletcher-G), io8n, 144, 757, 758, 759η, 874, A p p e n -

dix F Chandler, Mrs. [£/], 146 Changuion, Philip, 450, 322η, 455 Chantilly, Mlle, see Favart, M-J-B Character of Charles II (Savile), 77, 90 Charity, 304, 308, 633, 792, 1329. See also General Lying-in Hospital; Lock Hospital Charke, Charlotte (Cibber), Mrs., 28 Charles (animal), 70 " C h a r l e s " (Jealous Wife), 262 Charles (servant), 257, 318, 343, 399, 551, 696. See also Hart, Charles Charles I (Havard), 711 Charles V (Robertson), 509 "Charles Street, Madame," see Hoadly, Mrs. Benjamin Charlotte Sophia, Queen, 265, 271η, 374, 554, 621, 654, 759η» 79®. 949» '°79. 1130, 1143?

1379

Chastellux, François Jean, Chevalier de, 5 ' 9 . 73°. 872, 989, 1026 " C h a t e a u b r i a n t " (Mickle), see "Siege of Marseilles" Châtelet, comtesse de, see Rochechouart Chatham, ist Earl of, see Pitt, William " C h a t h a m , Advice to Lord," see "Advice to Lord C h a t h a m " " Chatham's Verses to Mr. Garrick, Upon the Earl of," see " U p o n the Earl of Chatham's Verses" Chatsworth, Derbyshire, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 86, 87, 106, 109, i n , 143, 191, 211, 306, 307, 308, 310, 311, 940, 1041

Cheap, David, 44 Chelsea Hospital, 363η, 1050 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 32, 46, 47, 48, 49, 116, 926 Chesterfield, 4th Earl of, see Stanhope, Philip Dormer Chetwynd, Edward, 260 Chevalier (Colmans debtor), see Baronet Child & Co., 27 "Chimney-Sweep," 414 Chinese Festival (Noverre), 200η Chiswick House, Middlesex, 57, 58, 59, 63, 67, 80, 90, 96, 97, 101, 102, 106, 112, 116, 117, 125, 126, 128, 130, 141, 14a, 147, 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 161, 192, 211, 212 Chitty [IT], 35 Choice, The (Murphy), 323 Choleric Man, The (Cumberland), 856, 860, 873» 875η. 888, 950, Appendix F Cholmondeley, Mary (Woffington), Mrs. Robert, 1209 Chorley, Mr. [£/], 92 Chouquet, James, LETTERS Τ Ο : 1124, 1129. See also Barber of Seville Christian V I I , King of Denmark, 513, 517, 522» 523 Christmas Tale, A (G), 812, 813 Christ's Hospital, 188 Chrononhotonthologos (Carey), 45η, 1133η Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Countess of Bristol & "Duchess of Kingston," 63, 925, 936, 1065η, 1 2 i o n

Churchill, Charles, 259, 215η, 267, 28ο, 309, 313. 3'8) 319. 321. 329, 34«. 342, 343, 352. 463.

1251. LETTER T O : 296.

See also Apology; Candidate; Epistle to Hogarth; Ghost; Rosciad Churchill, Martha (Scott), Mrs. Charles, 342

1380

References are to Letter numbers

Cibber, Colley, 20, 17, 38, 5a, 64, 67, 69, 97, 178, 885, 1395. See also Careless Husband; Lave Makes a Man; She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not Cibber, Jane, 28, 97 Cibber, Theophilus, 28, 29, 32, 42, 120, 247η Cibber, Jennie (Johnson), Mrs. Theophilus Κ . 28, 97 Cibber, Susannah Maria (Arne), Mrs. Theophilus [Π]. 32, 33, 38, 40, 41, 42, 50η, 5 i , 54, 87, 89, 93, 96, io8, 200, 230, 237, 287η, 298, 321, 331, 844, ! 3 l 8 ·

" C l o d i o " (Love Makes a Man), 20, 355 Clough, Elizabeth (Bailye), Mrs. Anthony, ι. 2, 3. 4. 5. 6. 1 1 Clubs, see Almack's; Beefsteak; Literary; Savoir Vivre Clutterbuck, James, 28; & G's finances, 34. 35. 37; & D L affairs, 119, 164, 165, 197; & Hendon, 337η, 626; & G Colman fight, 378, 452; & Foote, 394; & Ode, 565; dead, 1068; mentioned, 32, 38, 39.42. 43.87, 89, 108, 118, l a i , 127, 160, 321, 323, 331, 337, 397, 459, 790. LETTERS T O : 3 3 9 , 5 3 2 , 9 7 8

Clutterbuck, Mrs. James, 34, 37, 339, 978, "Cicester Gazette, The," 1198 1068 Citizen, The (Murphy), 276η, 277η Cobham, Viscount, see Temple, Richard " C i v i l " (Griffith character), 422 Cobham, Viscountess, see Temple, Anne Clairon, Mlle, 317, 344, 350? 353, 361, Cobler; or, A Wife of Ten Thousand, The 368, 386, 441, 528, 755 (Dibdin), 873, Appendix F Clandestine Marriage (G & Colman), 321, Cochin, Charles Nicolas, see Voyage 329. 34 1 . 35°. 378, 381, 387? 392» 395. d'Italie 397. 401. 4°2. 4°5> 4 ! 3 n . 4'4> 582 Cochran ("Cockram"), Robert, 60 Clarendon, ist Earl of, see Villiers, Thomas Coger, Abbé François Marie, 362 "Clarinda" {Suspicious Husband), 918 Coke, Thomas, ist Earl of Leicester, 334 Clarissa (Richardson), 56 Cokey (animal), 109 "Clarissa" (All in the Wrong), 264 Coleman, Edward, 1169 Clarke, Thomas, 622, 1169η, 1171 Coliseum of Paris, 695 " C l a u d i o " (Measure for Measure), 957 Collé, Charles, 354. See also Partie de Clavering, Sir John, 820 chasse de Henri IV Clavering-Cowper, George Nassau, 3d Collection of Pieces, A (Brooke), 1201 Earl Cowper, 320 Collection of Poems, A (ed. Dodsley), 648 Cleland, John, LETTER TO: 689. See also College of Physicians, 355 Fanny Hill; Vespasian Collins, John, 146? Clément, Jean Marie Bernard, 730, 755, Collins, John (actor), 476 1116 Collins, Miss [£/], 874 Colman, Francis, 321η Clement X I , Pope, 49 Colman, George, 251; & Lacy, 323, 339; Clement X I I I , Pope, 321, 326, 329 & S. Ford, 337; as mentor, 345; French Cleone (Dodsley), 172, 206η, 217, 2ign, debtor, 359, 362; & Lekain, 395η; & 243η, 427, 460 Murphy, 434; G & English Merchant, Cleremont, Surrey, 473 445. 446. 449. 450. 452; & CG, 455η, Clifton, Mr. [£/], 112 456. 457. 459; & Jubilee, 560, 567; & Clinton, Henry Fiennes Pelham, Lord Steevens, 570; & Lawrence play, 601; Lincoln, 927 vying with DL, 657η; & Baucis, 671; Clinton, Frances (Seymour Conway), & King, 713; & Smith, 775, 793, 796; Lady Lincoln, 927 leaves CG, 830η, 834; & Ross, 843η; Clinton, Henry Fiennes, 9th Earl of & G's share of DL, 972 ; & Chouquet, Lincoln & 2d Duke of Newcastle, 253, 1124η; G on, 1127, 1209; & Becket's 936. LETTER TO: 927 debts, 1138; mentioned, 284, 314, 318, Clinton, Catherine (Pelham), 9th Coun322, 342, 343. 388, 405, 425, 430, 614, tess of Lincoln, 253 817, 983, 1048, 1064, 1079? 1126, 1184, Clinton, Thomas Pelham, Lord, 867 1223. LETTERS TO: 251, 252? 259, 261, Clive, Catherine (Raftor), Mrs. George, 262, 280, 301, 303, 309, 310, 317, 319, 96. 337. 445n. 524. 978η, 982, ιοο2. 321. 329, 332, 341, 346, 347, 350, 352, LETTERS T O : 4 8 7 , 488, 8 5 5 , 1 2 4 4 353. 355. 378, 379. 380, 381, 387, 392, Clive of Plassey, Robert, Baron, 455, 621 LETTERS T O : 1 7 9 , 180, 1 8 1 , 2 4 7 , 3 1 5

References are to Letter numbers 397. 398? 413» 4»4> 4 ' 9 . 4 4 3 , 4 4 7 . 4 7 1 . 875. 898, 902, 903, 904, 925, 928, 936, 945» 948. 963> 97 1 ) 988, 992, 1004,1019, 1044, 1057, 1058, 1069, 1074, 1118, 1128, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248. See also Art of Poetry; Bonduca; Clandestine Marriage; Comedies of Terence; Deuce is in Him; Epicoene; " G e n i u s " ; "Gentlem a n " ; Jealous Wife; Man and Wife; Musical Lady; New Brooms; Philaster; Polly Honeycomb; Spanish Barber; Spleen; Suicide; "Terrae Filius" Colman, Sarah (Ford), Mrs. George, 337, 34". 358, 353» 378? 381, 39a, 4I3> 4H» 415, 419, 443, 447 Colman the Younger, George, 341, 381, 413, 414, 419, 443, 447, 936 Columbine, Francis, 3, 4 " C o l u m n e " [U play], 1356 Comédien, Le (Rémond), 565 Comédie-Française, 317, 347 Comédie-Italienne, 317, 347 Comedies of Plautus (Thornton trans.), 397η Comedies of Terence (Coiman trans.), 321, 329» 34'» 346» 358» 362, 380 Comedy, 329, 375, 528, 583, 646, 817, 888, 946 Command performances, 259, 274, 278, 373» 374» 378, 393» 399» 438» 5°3> 513» 517» 522, 523, 654, 661, 759η, 883, 886, 949» 956η, io22, 1079, 1081, 1273, 1321 Commissary, The (Foote), 394 Compton, Charles, 7th Earl of Northampton, 356η Confederacy, The (Vanbrugh), 41 Congreve, Mr. [I/], 38 Congreve, William, see Double Dealer; Love for Love; Mourning Bride; Old Batchelor; Way of the World "Conjurors, T h e " (French), 135η Conscious Lovers, The (Steele), 951η Considerations on Criminal Law (Dagge), 891 ? Conspiracy, The (Jephson; earlier called " V i t e l l i a " ) , 963? 966 Constable family [£/], 90, 94, 109 Constant Couple, The (Farquhar), 40η "Constant, Sir Bashful" (Way to Keep Him), 256 "Constant, L a d y " (Way to Keep Him), 256 Contrast, The (Hoadly), 632η Conway, Francis Seymour, Earl of Hertford, 346, 347, 350, 353, 540, 925, 1309, "3'5 Conway, Isabella (Fitzroy), Countess of Hertford, 1015. LETTER τ ο : 1309

1381

Conway, Francis Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp, 551, Appendix C Conway, Henry Seymour, 639 Cooper, Sir Grey, 416? 599. LETTERS TO: 625, 726, 820, 912, 915, 979, 1018, 1249 Cooper, Elizabeth (Kennedy), Lady, 625, 726, 979, 1018 Cooper, John Gilbert, 55, 640. LETTER TO: 55 Cooper (Cowper), Nathaniel, 736, 775 Cope, Sir John, 34 Copford Manor, Essex, 622, 683, 1169, 1171, 1300 Copyright, 829η, 989 Corbett, Charles, 121, 1262? " C o r d e l i a " (King Lear), 574 Coriolanus, 108 Cork, Earls of, see Boyle: Hamilton, John, & Richard Corneille, Pierre, see Don Sanche d'Arragon Cornelys, Theresa, 539η Cornwallis, Charles, 2d Earl, 1178η Cornwallis, Edward, 123 Cornwallis, Frederick, 1022 Coronation, The (G), 271, 272η, 560η Corsica, 479, 493, 544 Corsica, An Account of (Boswell), see Account Costuming, 93, 540η, 726, 733, 950η, 1147 Countess of Salisbury, The (Hartson), 1301 ? Country Burial, The (Hoadly), 632 Country Girl, The (Wycherley-G), 414η, 419, 434, 437, 449, 478η, 894, 950, Appendix F Country Wife, The (Wycherley), 414, 419, 434» 437- See also Country Girl Coure, Mr. [£/], 665 Courtenay, John, 688, 120in "Covent Garden Bellman's . . . Verses " (anon.), 596 Covent Garden Theatre, Proprietors of, LETTER TO: 952

Covent Garden Theatre : & D L , 21, 40, 51, 427, 1138; Romeo war, 93, 95, 96; riots, 303ml, 896η; sale of, 391, 414, 419, 455, 456» 457» 458» 459» 486η; & Jubilee, 560, 567; & Smith, 770η, 775, 796; & Mrs. Siddons, 932; & Duenna, 960, 963, 989; mentioned, 19, 20, 28, 29, 40, 41, 50η, 78, i2on, 140, 144, 323, 434, 437, 531» 653, 657, 659, 713, 714, 8o6nn, 810, 830ml, 834, 838, 844, 867, 869, 875» 893, 897, 908, 911, 913, 934, 994, 1048η, 1057, ιο 58» i 147, 1204, Appendix F

1382

References are to Letter numbers

Cowley, Abraham, 234. See also Anacreon Cowley, Mr., n o i Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse), Mrs., 856, 860, 1109. L E T T E R T O : I I O I . See also Runaway Cowper, 3d Earl, see Clavering-Cowper Cowper, Gilbert, see Cooper, John Gilbert Cox, Caroline Anne, see Champneys, Mrs. Thomas Cox, Richard, 418, 530η. L E T T E R S T O : 463? 484, 539, 552, 821, 1039, 1161, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1202, 1203, 1250, 1251, 1252 Cox, Caroline (Codrington), Mrs. Richard, 539. 552, 1039. 1202, 1203 Cox, Richard Bethel, 1202 Cradock, Joseph, 527, 784η. L E T T E R S T O : 527, 560, 651, 816, 933, 939, 950, 975, 1163, 1196, 1253 Cradock, Anna Francesca (Stratford), Mrs. Joseph, 560η, 939, 1163 Craig's Cross, London, 1202 Craufurd, John, 1034, 1046 Crawford, Mr. [£/], 994η Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de, 354 "Credulous Man, T h e " (Lawrence), 817 Crisp, Samuel, 844. See also Virginia Critical Review, The, 87η, 174nn Criticism of works without title, G's, 193, 422, 424, 433, 461, 464, 524, 531, 632, 646, 650, 709, 738, 767, 778, 779, 795, 797» 834» 8 44. 846, 851, 864, 896, 945, 946» 95°. '35 6 , '357. "36ο Croft, Henry, L E T T E R S T O : 643, 644, 647 Cromarty, 3d Earl of, see Mackenzie, George Cromwell, Thomas, 357 Cross, Richard, 119, 121, 180 Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, 208η, 242, 635. 653, 774n Cumberland, Duke of, see William Augustus Cumberland, Richard, 483 ; & West Indian, 630; as playwright, 632; & Jubilee piracy, 635η; & Sethona, 698; & Colman, 875; & Henderson, 878η, 903; & Bickerstaffe, 888; & Mrs. Abington, 890; quarrel, 900; epilogues, 1078η, 1148; mentioned, 635,873,991. L E T T E R S T O : 483, 781, 856, 860, 889, 1100. See also Battle of Hastings; Brothers; Choleric Man; Note of Hand; Timon; West Indian Cumberland, Elizabeth (Ridge), Mrs. Richard, 856, 1100

Cumberlidge, Mr. [{/], 152 Cunning Man, The (Rousseau-Burney), 323Η, 4I2IU1

"Cupid and Damon" (G), 809 "Cupids" (nickname), 1114 Cursory Remarks on Tragedy (Taylor), 833 Curtius (William Jackson), L E T T E R T O : 1210 Customs house, 912, 915 Cuzzoni, Francesca, 101 Cymbeline, 49, 528, 808, 851, Appendix E Cymon (G), 441, 449, 802 Czar, The (Cradock), 975, 1196 Dagge, Henry, 486, 891. See also Considerations on Criminal Law Daily Advertiser, The, 92 Dalrymple, John, 2d Earl of Stair, 9 " D a i t o n " (Griffith's character), 422, 424 Dalton, Mrs. [¡7], 23 "Damon and Amaryllis," see Spring Dampier, Thomas, 288 Dance, George, 322, 343 Dance, James, see Love, James Dance, Nathaniel, 322, 343, 356, 626, 739, 792, 805 Dancer, Ann (Street), Mrs., see Barry, Mrs. Spranger Daphne and Amintor (Bickerstaffe), 402,513η Daphnis and Amaryllis, see Spring D'Arcy, Sir Conyers, 130 D'Arcy, Robert, 4th Earl of Holderness, 130η, 129, 224η D'Arcy, Mary (Doublet), 4th Countess of Holderness, 155 Darlington, 2d Earl of, see Vane, Henry Dashkova, see Romanova Dashwood, Francis, 15th Baron le Despencer, 599 Davenant, Thomas, 9? Davenant, Sir William, see Platonic Lovers Davenport, Sheridan [I/], 450 Davies, Thomas, 164, 397, 429, 529, 823η, Appendix E? L E T T E R S T O : 312, 313, 314 Davies, Mrs. fhomas, 314 Davis, W. (of DL), 1094η " D a w , Sir John" (Epicoene), 121 Dawson (of Crow St. Theatre), 6351m, 653 Déclamation théâtrale (Dorât), 653 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon), 991 Degge, William [£/], 11 Delane, Dennis, 24, 329, 332 Delap, John, 280. L E T T E R T O : 834. See also Hecuba; "Panthea"; Royal Suppliants

References are to Letter Delaval, Sir Francis Blake, 131, 125η, 394, 432, 438η. L E T T E R T O : 453 Delaval, Sir John Hussey, LETTERS TO: 125, 131, 132, 448 Delaval, Susanna (Robinson, Potter), Lady, 125 De L a Warr, 2d Earl, see West, John Dell, Henry, see Frenchified Lady "Demophen" (Royal Suppliants), 834 Denbigh, 6th Countess of, see Feilding, Mary Denis, Charles, 107, 300η. LETTER TO: 354 Denis, Sir Peter, 354 Denmark, 673. See also Christian V I I Dennis, Mrs. [Í7], 850 Dentatus (Steevèns?), 761 Derby, 12 th Earl of, see Stanley, Edward Smith Derbyshire, 126, 191, 270, 1163 Derrick, Samuel, 175, 268η, 392, 394, 398,

534

Derry, Dean of, see Barnard, Thomas Descombes, Mme, 777, 850, 899, 919, 922 "Desdemona" {Othello), 47 Desert Island, The (Murphy), 239, 242, 248 Deserter, The (Dibdin), Appendix F Desessarts, see Trois théâtres Deslandes, André-François-Boureau, 588 Despencer, 15th Baron le, see Dashwood, Francis Deuce is in Him, The (Colman), 301, 321, 322, 331η, 5ο6 Deux avares, Les (Falbaire), 875 Devil Tavern, Temple Bar, 819η, 849η Devil Upon Two Sticks, The (Foote), 506 Devin du Village, Le (Rousseau), 412η Devisse (dancer), 119 Devonshire, 5th Duchess of, see Cavendish, Georgiana Devonshire, Dukes of, see Cavendish, William Devonshire House, London, 211,212, 420, 693 Devoto, Mr. (scene painter), 27 Dexter, James, 105η Dialogues of the Dead (Lyttelton), 604 Dibbins, George (smuggler), 365 Dibdin, Charles, 414, 545, 551, 628η, 704, 738,

8o9,

901.

LETTERS TO: 802,

941,

1255, 1256. See also Cobler; Quaker Diction, 28 t Diderot, Denis, 614, 641, 730, 755. See also Paradoxe; Père de famille Didier, Mrs. J. (neé Du Bellamy), 904 1 6 + L . D . G . III

numbers

1383

Dido (Reed), 246η, 273, 275, 429,431, 450, 458» 454, 528 Diede, Wilhelm Christian, Baron von, LETTERS TO: 5 1 7 , 5 2 3

Digges, West, 87, 89 "Dimples" (nickname), 1114 Dingley, Charles, LETTER TO: 462 Dingley, Northamptonshire, 548 Dinwoody, William, 956 Dioclesian, see Prophetess " D i o n " (Shebbeare), 460 Discours de reception à l'Académie-française (Suard), 872 Discours sur Shakespeare (Baretti), 106 m, 1104 Discovery, The (Sheridan), 301, 375, 949 "Dismal, Dr." (Kelly character), 946 Distress'd Mother, The (Philips), 285, 884, Appendix F Diversions of the Morning (Foote), 83η Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, The (Warburton), 377η Dixie, Elizabeth (Corbet), Mrs. Beaumont, 31 Docksey, Thomas, 297, 307, 308, 426, 683, 968 Docksey, Merial (Garrick), Mrs. Thomas, 116,119,307,308,718,719,721,850,968, A p p e n d i x G . LETTER TO : 683

Docksey, Merial, 850, 995? Doctors' Commons, 411 Dodd, James William, 351, 357, 437, 852, 862 Dodd, Martha, Mrs. James William, 357 Dodington, George Bubb, 81 Dodsley, James, LETTER TO : 300 ? Dodsley, Robert, 172, 206η, 300n, 627. LETTERS TO: 172, 2 1 7 , 219, 243. See also

Cleone; Collection of Poems; King and the Miller; Plays, A Select Collection Domville, Charles, 239? " D o n Alonzo" (Elvira), 301η " D o n Felix" (Wonder), 173η, 528, 687 " D o n J o h n " (Chances), 108, 759, 761, 903 Don Quixote (Cervantes), 356, 361 Don Sanche d'Arragon (Corneille), 376 Don Sebastian (Dryden), 28 Donaldson, Alexander, 717 Dorat, Claude Joseph, see Déclamation théâtrale "Dorilant, Sir J o h n " (Schoolfor Lovers), 284 Dorset, Dukes of, see Sackville: John & Lionel Double Dealer, The (Congreve), 59η Double Disappointment, The (Mendez), 121

1384

References are to Letter numbers

Double Mistake, The (Griffith), 406, 427 Douglas (Home), 166, 167, 183, 196η Douglas, John, 384. L E T T E R S TO : 584, 633, 1857 Douglas, Elizabeth (Rooke), Mrs. John, 584 Dow, Alexander, 58O, 704, 706, 818. L E T T E R S T O : 530, 698. See also Sethona; Zingis Drake, Francis, 139 Dramatic Genius (Hiffernan), 586, 680 Dramatic Works of David Garrick, Esq., The, 401, 415, 739, 753?

Draper ( " D r a p a r " ) , Nightingale, 12, 14 Draper, Somerset, a8, 12η, 33, 39, 44, 47, 5i, 113, " 5 . " 8 . II 9> 127. >33» 299, 1299. L E T T E R S T O : 28, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 43, 87, 89, 103, 108

Draper, Elizabeth (Clutterbuck), Mrs. Somerset, 38, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 89, 118, 299

Drax, the Misses [I/], 63 ' "Drugger, Abel" (Alchemist), 79, 393, 663, 1005, 1 1 1 8

"Drugger's Jubilee, T h e " (Foote?), 581η Drummond, Henry, 1202 Drummond, Mrs. [£/], 49 Drummond, Robert Hay, Archbishop of York, 304, 633. L E T T E R T O : 304 Drury Lane, Liverpool, see Liverpool theater Drury Lane, The Performers of, L E T T E R T O : 1323

Drury Lane Theatre: Lacy buys, 29; G going to, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 51η; '49-50 season, 68, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80; legal arrangements, 83, 84; Romeo war, 93, 95, 96; ' 5 1 - 5 2 season, 105, 108, 110, 112, 115, 116; & Lacy, 118; land, 119η, 127, 2 86, 290, 302; '52-'53 season, 120, 121; '54-'55 season, 134, 138; '57-'58 season, 192; finances &, 197, 200; costumes, 208; stage of, 309; authors &, 243; & free orders, 245η; '6I-'62 season, 270; patent renewed, 284; & private theatricals, 285; enlarged, 297; riots at, 303ml,

prices, 611; '7i-'72 season, 629, 650; & CG, 657; in hot weather, 687; & W. Lacy, 821η, 822, 1029; & Fund, 835η, 1094η; plays &, 859, 950, 951; '74-'75 season, 860, 862, 873, 875, 913; & Sheridan, 888n; Adams' alteration, 931; & benefits, 957, 964; G selling, 971» 972» 976» 977» 978, 995» i°°5> "o^» 1015, 1016, 1052, 1064? 1072; G's last season, 980; G on leaving, 987; programs, rights, & CG, 989; tickets, 1013, 1015, 1018; G's final performance at, 1024, 1026; & CG, 1048, 1138; G gloomy over, 1108; & oratorios, 1286; & composers, 1310; & seats, 1311; Lacy mortgages on, 1162, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1174, 1175» 1191; G at rehearsal at, 1204, Appendices B, E, F; mentioned passim Dryden, John, 565, 688, 723. See also " O d e for St. Cecilia's D a y " ; King Arthur Dryden & Lee, see Oedipus Dublin, G in, 24, 25, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43. See also Ireland Dublin Journal, 43 Dublin Mercury, 688n, 120in Dubourg, Matthew, 33, 182 Due de Foix, see Amélie Ducis, Jean François, L E T T E R T O : 741 Dudley, Sir Henry Bate, see Bate, Henry Duel, The (O'Brien), 717, 719η Duellist, The (Kenrick), 578, 579, 691η, 694, 8o8n, 810

Duenna, The (Sheridan), 960, 963, 989, 994 "Duke of Milan, T h e " (Graham), 316η, 367» 371 "Dulcinea" (Don Quixote), 89, 361 Dumesnil, Marie Françoise, 368, 361η, 755 Dimáade, La (Palissot), 610, 641 Dunk, George Montagu, 2d Earl of Halifax, 23, 295η, 5 Η , 546. L E T T E R Τ Ο : 533 Dunning, John, 1107, 697η, 711η Dunstall, John, 425 Dupe, The (Sheridan), 321, 375 Durham, Bishop of, see Egerton, John 567η, 6II, 98t, 983; i n G ' s absence, Dury, Alexander, 212 3!7> 321. 322» 323. 326, 332, 337, 338, Dutens, Mr. [£/], 329 339» 351; & Lacy, 390; & G's health, Dutillot, Guillaume-Léon, Marquis de 397; *66-'67 season, 405, 406, 425, 426; Felino, 335 cf. CG, 427; & CG sale, 455, 456, 458, 459; legal troubles, 481, 496; & Lacy's Dutton, Jane, 976 ingratitude, 512, 515; 'ηο-'ηι season, Dyott, Richard, L E T T E R T O : 492 Dyott, Katherine (Herrick), Mrs. Richard, 5 7 ' . 594» 597» 602, 605η, 6o6, 610; 492

References are to Letter numbers Ealing, Middlesex, 119, 121 Earl of Essex (Jones), 149η E, Chevalier, see Baronet Earl of Warwick, The (Francklin), 341η, 445n, 8i8, 843, 846 East India Company, 755,820, 1047, 1132, 1262 Eaves, William, L e t t e r t o : 624 Ecole de la jeunesse, L' (Anseaume), 347 Ecole de femmes, L' (Molière), 434 Ecole de maris, L' (Molière), 434 Ecossaise, L' (Voltaire), 445η, 449 " E d g a r " (King Lear), 33 Edgar, King of the West Saxons, 49 Edgar and Emmeline (Hawkesworth), 230, 236 Edgcumbe, George, Lord, 639, 1005η Edgcumbe, Emma (Gilbert), Lady, 639 Edinburgh, Scotland, 213, 628, 677, 837, 895. " 0 7 Edinburgh theaters, see Canongate; Royal Edmonds, Mr. [£/], 31 Edmonds, Mrs. [I/], 792 Edward Augustus, Duke of York, 224, 320, 326, 331η, 332, 334, 335, 388η, 438, 448 Edward the Black Prince (Shirley), 93, 378η Egerton, John, Bishop of Durham, 1072 Egerton, Samuel, 1149? Egham, Surrey, 210, 341, 366, 638 Election Ball, An (Anstey), 976, 996 Electro (Francklin), see Orestes "Elephant of Drury-Lane Theatre" (Thompson), 994 Elfrida (Mason), 934 Eliot, Edward, 979 Elkins, Bet, 155 Elkins, Mrs. (servant), 153, 155 Elliot, Ann, 270? 434, 437η Elliot, Dr. John, 706 Ellison, C. [£/], 52 Elmsley, Peter, 730 Elmy, Mrs., 89 "Eloge de l'hypocrisie" (Voltaire), 443, 444 Eloge de Racine (Laharpe), 730 Eloisa (Rousseau), 500 Eloisa to Abelard (Pope), 565 Elopement, The (G), 512 Elvira (Mallet), 301? "Emilia" (Othello), 47 "Emiline" (FatalFalsehood), 1209 " E m m a " ("Alfred"), 656 Enchanter; or, Love and Magic, The (G), 258, 260

1385

Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné, 317, 347. 415? English, the, 320, 474, 519, 521, 528 "English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" (Goldsmith's), 772η English Merchant, The (Colman), 445, 446, 447» 449» 45°n Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe, An (Goldsmith), 238 Enquiry into the Real Merit of a Certain Poptdar Performer (Fitzpatrick), 281η, 350n Eon de Beaumont, Charles d' (Chevalier d'Eon), 543, 556, 558, 745, 750, 953, 955η, 1038, 1141η, 1275, ia8i, 1288. See also Loisirs Epicoene; or, The Silent Woman (JonsonColman), 121, 875, 963, 1019 Epilogue to the Satires (Pope), 1210 Epilogues, see Prologues Epistle (Jephson), 688n Epistle to David Garrick, Esq., An (Lloyd), 732 "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" (Pope), 281, 387 Epistle to William Hogarth, An (Churchill), 309 Epitaphs: by G, 63η, 397, 568η, 666, 670, 671» 783» " 3 8 ; by others, 653, 799, 1062 "Erbach, Comte Souverain d'," 1288 Ernst [(/], L e t t e r t o : 451 Ernst, Master [U], 451 Erskine, James [U], 27 Esculapius, 1246 Essai sur les révolutions de la musique en France (Marmontel), 1 1 1 0 Essais historiques sur Paris (St. Foix), 474 Essay on the .. . Passions (Hutcheson), 38 "Essay on the Theatre" (Murphy), 888 Essays on Various Subjects (More), 1130 "Essex, Captain" (Home character), 795 Essex, Earls of, see Capel, William Essex, England, 367, 412, 413, 596, 1038, 1169, 1 1 7 1 , 1184, 1186, 1300 Estates: G interested in buying,«« Ealing; Great Amwell; Grove; Okeover; Tooley; G owns, see Copford; Hampton; Hendon "Ethelred" ("Alfred"), 656 Etherege, George, see Man of Mode "Etheridge, Lord" (Grole), 256 "Ethrington, L a d y " (Bon Ton), 604 Eton College, 28? "Euanthe" (Agis), 196 Eugene, Prince of Savoy, 334 "Eugenia" (Griffith), 557

1 3 86

References are to Letter numbers

"Euphrasia" (Grecian Daughter), 672 Eurydice (Mallet), 207 Evans, Thomas (bookseller), 861, 1141η. LETTERS TO: 861, 867, 1258?

Evans, Mrs. Thomas, 1258? Evans, Thomas (of DL), 653 Evans, Thomas (publisher), 694 Evans, Thomas [£/], 896 Every Man in His Humour (Jonson), 119, 124, 227; (G's alteration): 512, 806 Ewart, Simon, 978 Exchequer annuities, G's, 620 Excursion, The (Brooke), 361η, n o g , m o ? Exeter, gth Earl of, see Cecil, Brownlow Fables for the Female Sex (Moore), 63, 1201 " F a d d l e " (Foundling), 519 Faesch, Jean-Louis, 442, 741 "Fairfax, Laetitia" (Choleric Man), 890 Fairies, The (G?), 178, 317η Fair Penitent, The (Rowe), 20, 37, 376, 448, 453 Fairy Prince, The (Colman), 657η Fairy Tale, A (Colman), 317, 321, 323 Faithful Shepherdess, The (Fletcher), 87, J22 Falbaire, see Fenouillet Falconer, Dr. William, 873 Falkner, Thomas, LETTER TO: 427 False Delicacy (Kelly), 450η "Falstaff" {Henry IV, Pt. 2), 235, 684, 1138 Falstaff's Wedding (Kenrick), 235 Fane, Mary (Cavendish), 7th Countess of Westmorland, 1128 Fanny Hill (Cleland), 689η Fantoccini (puppets), 1057, 1058 Farinelli, Carlo (Broschi), 961 Farington, Joseph, 1209η Farmer, Richard, 443, 527, 560, 975. See also Shakespeare, Essay on Farmer's Letters to the Protestants of Ireland (Brooke), 43 "Farmer's Return, T h e " (painting), see Portraits of G Farnborough Place, Hampshire, 423η, 1114, 1117, 1195, 1238, 1340 Farnell [t/], 21 Farquhar, George, see Beaux' Stratagem; Constant Couple; Recruiting Officer Farren, Elizabeth, 1127, 1128 Farren, William, 1184 "Fashion, Sir Brilliant" [Way to Keep Him), 256 Fatal Discovery (Home), 509 Fatal Falsehood (More), 1184? 1209 Fatal Marriage, see Isabella

Fathers; or, The Good Natur'd Man, The (Fielding), 976, 984, 985, 986, 1204, 1206, 1208, 1209 Faucet, Mr., see Fawcett, John Faulkener, Dr., see Falconer, William Faulkner ("Faulconer"), Anna Maria, 53, 546η Faulkner, George, 43, 531m, 133, 640. LETTER TO: 720?

Fausses confidences, Les (Marivaux), 571 Faustus, Dr., see Necromancer Favart, Charles Simon, 417, 443. LETTER T O : 444 Favart, Marie-Justine-Benoîte (Duronceray), Mme Charles, 444 Fawcett, John, 298, 751η, 934 Fawcett ("Fawsit"), Mr. (of Hull), 97 " F e e b l e " (Rout), 216 Feilding, Mary (Cotton), 6th Countess of D e n b i g h , 1 1 7 7 . LETTER TO: 1254

Fenouillet de Falbaire, see Deux avares; Honnête criminel Fermignac, Sr., Peter, 21, 22? 1295 Fermignac, Sr., Mary Magdalen, Mrs. Peter, 21 Fermignac, Jr., Peter, 16, 602, 621, 636, 665, 683, 1 0 7 5 ? LETTER TO: 16

Fermor,

George, 2d Earl of Pomfret,

LETTERS TO: 480, 5 9 1

Ferney, France, 325, 340 Ferret, Mr., 97, 152, 153 Fêtes champêtres, 419η, 855, 86in, 862, 863η, 865η Field, William, 288 Fielding, Henry, 124, 986, 1086. See also Fathers; Joseph Andrews; Tom Jones Fielding, Sir John, 695, 876, 879η, 976η, io86. LETTERS TO: 695, 984, 985, 986,

1032 Fielding, Elizabeth (Whittingham), Lady, 695 Fielding, William, 1086? Fieschi, Giovanni Luigi di, Conte di Lavagna, 1360η Finch, Lady Isabella, 101 Fingal, see Ossian Fireworks, 553, 653η, 695, 855 Firmian, Count Karl Joseph von, 320, 329, 330, 1014 Fish, 1327 Fisher (of CG), 1058 Fisher, Edward, 343 Fitzgerald, Mr. [£/], 420 Fitzherbert, William, 280, 307, 308, 336, 352» 365. 4i8J 506, 631 ? 671

References are to Letter numbers Fitzmaurice, The Hon. Thomas, 702, 699η, 730,

787.

LETTERS T O :

739,

742,

757. 758, 760, 782, 801, 1259 Fitzpatrick, John, 2d Earl of

748,

Upper

Ossory, 338, 1052, 1299. LETTERS TO:

858, 942, 1046, 1150 Fitzpatrick, Anne (Liddell), 2d Countess of Upper Ossory, 858, 942, 1046 Fitzpatrick riots, see Riots Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 303η, 35θη. See also Enquiry into the Real Merit Fitzroy, Augustus Henry, 3d Duke of Grafton, 787 Fitzroy, Charles, 2d Duke of Grafton, 12, 82, 155 Fitzwilliam, The Hon. John, LETTER TO: 366 Flasby, Tabitha, 509? 510, 582η, 589, 79 o ? 1385 Fleetwood, Charles, 19, 28, 29, 36, 41η, Appendix Β Fleetwood the Younger, Charles, 213 Fletcher, John, see Faithful Shepherdess; Rule a Wife; see also Beaumont & Fletcher Fletcher, John (of Lichfield), 114, 126, 995? Fletcher, Molly?, 31 Fletcher, Patty, 31 F l e t e w o o d , ? LETTER TO: 606

Florence, Italy, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 324> 334 Floyd, Biddy, 101 Foley, Frances, 10 Foley, Robert Ralph, 352, 432 Foley & Co., see Selwin and Foley Follow (animal), 109 "Fondlewife" (Old Batchelor), 21 Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de, 890 " F o o l " (King Lear), 33 Foot, Jessé, LETTER TO: 1213 Foote, Samuel, 47, 83, 218, 341, 348, 419, 599» 626, 628, 654, 686n, 723, 745, 817, 838, 873, 875, 925, 936, 1057η, 1058, 1065, 1069? 1139, 'S'ö» Appendix C . LETTERS T O : 8 5 , 388, 3 9 4 , 506, 5 1 6 , 5 8 1 ,

598, 653, 668? 790. See also Author; Diversions of the Morning; Maid of Bath; Mayor of Garratt; Patron; Tragedy à la Mode Foote's Prologue Detected (Hiffernan), 598η Fop's Fortune, The, see Love Makes a Man Forbes, Mr. [Í/], 700 Forbes, Sir William, 1011 ? Ford, Gilbert, LETTERS TO: 1015, 1016, 1162, 1174, 1191

1 3 8 7

Ford, Dr. James, 976, 978, 1015, 1016, 1029 Ford, Miss, 398, 414, 936, 963 Ford, Sarah, see Colman, Mrs. George Fordwich, Lord, see Clavering-Cowper Forfeits, theatrical, 630, 803, 957 Forres, Scotland, 799 Forrest, Theodosius, 455. LETTER TO: 789 " F o r the Gentlemen-Volunteers of the City of London," 33η Fosbroke, M r . (of D L ) , LETTER TO: 1260

Fosbroke, Miss (servant), 1133, " 3 4 Fosbrooke, Mr. (surgeon), 1133? Foster, John, 936 Foundling, The (Moore), 5:9 Fountain, Mary Barton, 1271 Fountain, Peter, 440, 1031. LETTERS TO: 440, 486, 541, 543, 556, 558, 577, 620, 622, 658, 663, 705, 707, 708, 711, 712, 715, 718, 724, 727, 728, 732, 734, 740, 743» 745, 75°, 761, 785» 786, 828, 835, 838, 841, 876, 879, 891, 905, 906, 909, 910, 916, 935, 953, 955, 965, 973, 999, IOIO, 1038, 1086? 1125, 1141, 1261«293 Fountain, Mary (Young), Mrs. Peter, 486η, 622, 761, 1286 Four Farthing Candles (Shaw), 352 Fowke, Thomas, 10 Fowler, Thomas, 14 Fox, Charles James, 79? 349, 361? 1184η Fox, Henry, ist Baron Holland, 79. LETTERS T O : 2 0 3 , 2 0 4

Fox, Lady Georgiana (Lennox), 79, 361η Fräcese, Signor \U], 137 "Fraction" ("Brothers"), 187 France, 105, 106, 315, 328, 376, 415, 474, 5'9> 528, 588, 953η, 1163. See also Boulogne; Chinese Festival ; French players ; Paris; Shakespeare Francés, Jacques Batailhe de, 602, 61 in Francis, Francis [£/], 74 Francklin, Thomas, 174,57η, 867. LETTERS T O : 174, 531, 681, 682, 818, 840, 842, 846. See also Earl of Warwick; Matilda; " M i n o s " ; Orestes Francklin, Mrs. Thomas (neé Venables), 682 Frank (postage), 63η, 114, I2i, 138, 226, 311, 455, 458, 776, 852, 875, 1022, 1148 " F r a n k " (Griffith character), 422 Franklin, Benjamin, 1130, 8in, 687η Frederick II, King of Prussia, 544 Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 18, 22, 23» 78

1388

References are to Letter numbers

Freeford estate, 49a "Freeman, Miss" (Home play), 795 French, James Murphy, LETTERS TO: 135, 178, 186, 187. See also "Brothers"; "Conjurer" French players, 81, 82 Fréron, Elie Catherine, 87a " F r i b b l e " (Miss in Her Teens), 50η Fribbleriad, The ( G ) , 350 Friendship in Fashion ( O t w a y ) , 85ml

Friscobaldi, Marquis [£/], 317 Fund, The, see Theatrical Fund " F u r n i s h " ( Way to Keep Him), 856 Fürst, Elisabeth, 1134, 1149, 1184, 1234, 1 2 4 3 ? Appendix G. LETTER TO : 1151 " F u z , L a d y " (Peep Behind),

487η, 488

Gabrielle de Ver g) (Beiloy), 352 Gabrielli, Caterina, 321, 324 G a i l l a r d , G . H . , see Histoire de la rivalité

Gainsborough, Thomas, 306, 398 " G a l l o w a y " (Sick Monkey), 352, 355 G a m b l i n g , 52, 338, 773, 812, 940, 955η,

1295 Gamester, The (Moore), 119, iao, 659, Appendix F Gamesters, The (Shirley-G), 714 " G a n g , T h e , " 418η, 539η, 8 a i n , 1114η Gardiner, Luke, LETTER TO: I 147 Gardiner, Elizabeth (Montgomery), Mrs. Luke, 1147 Gamier, George, 79, 121, 321, 1338 Garnier, George Charles, 380 Gamier, Mr. [t/J, 872 Garric, David ("Uncle D a y " ) , 1, i6n Garrick, Arabella, 777, 704, 787, 922, 999, 1005, 1138η, 1158, 1176, A p p e n d i x G . LETTERS TO: 777, 850, 899, 919

Garrick, Carrington, 426, n8n, 856, 860, 861, 873, 88in, 997, 1021, 1024η, 1048, 1138η, Appendix G

Garrick, Catherine, 413, 704, 787, 999, 1005, 1138η, Appendix G. LETTERS TO: 777,850,899

Garrick, Eva Maria (Veigel), Mrs. David, 57; & Burlingtons, 57, 58, 63; quoted, 58η, 6on, 61, 6an; her family, 63η; & society, 69; & Lady Burlington, 150, 152. >53. «54. "55. «56, 159; attacked by Bower, 266; & Q,uin, 306; ill abroad, 319. 3?3. 326, 329. 33«. 332, 333. 334. 336; on marriage, 354; & Fatal Discovery, 509; called " P i d Pad," 648, 655; h e r a c c e n t , 653 ; & Grecian Daughter, 67a ;

& BickerstafFe, 688; her chintz im-

pounded, 912, 915; & G's leaving DL, 977; & marriage, 1014; quoted, 1024η, 1203, 1253η; & Percy,

1043, 1072; &

Hoares, 1160, Appendices C & G ; mentioned passim G a r r i c k I I , D a v i d , 321, 622η, 626, 86on, 873. 954. 999. ,005> !°25. >067, 1138η, 1148, 1169, 1176, 1179, 1184, 1187,

Appendix G Garrick II, Emma (Hart), Mrs. David, 1148, 1176, 1179, 1184

"Garrick, Esq., The Character of David," 75' Garrick, George, 44; birthdate, 9; & job, 44, 46, 104; working for G, 164, 200; & sinecures, 202, 420, 421, 494, 977; & Brompton, 356; & Simpson, 384; & Yorke, 496; & DL accounts, 507; & Lacy, 515; & Jubilee, 550, 551, 553, 561; & Fermignac estate, 665, 683; & Kenrick, 692; & Smith, 770η, 775; ill, 831, 834, 835, 850, 852, 874, 875, 876, 879. 895, 896, 904, 905, 916; & Arab e l l a , 922; & Fathers, 984, 986η; &

David I I , 1025η; & Cowleys, n o m ; & Carrington's will, 1138η; & W. Lacy, 1165, h 66, Appendices B, C, F , G ; mentioned, 32, 41, 63, 87, 93, 103, 106, 108, 115, 138, 223, 249, 276, 284, 286, 307. 308, 312, 313, 314, 317, 319, 320, 321, 329, 332. 333. 334. 341. 346, 347.

35°. 3 5 ' . 352, 355. 359n> 36°. 37°. 393. 397. 399. 4 I 0 > 4 ' 3 . 423. 43°. 44°. 449. 454. 46I, 480, 499. 566, 595, 630, 673, 681, 695, 713, 735, 736, 751η, 803, 838, 878η, g o ι , 902, 924, 931, 949, 995, 1005, 1045, 1149, 1175η, 1185, ligi, 1240, 1295, 1318. LETTERS TO: 52, g g , i o o , 104, 118, 119, 120, 121, 127, 318, 322,

323. 331. 336, 337. 342. 343. 369. 374. 391, 426, 445, 446, 450, 452, 455, 456,

457. 458. 459. 5 «2. 605, 608, 612, 621, 626, 634, 636, 686, 1075, 1148, 1294

Garrick,

Catherine

704,

873, 954, 1005,

(Carrington),

Mrs.

George [I], 99η, 115, ii8 Garrick, Elizabeth (Tetley), Mrs. George [II], 1 1 4 9 ? Garrick, Jr., George, 1149η Garrick children, George, 321, 322, 323, 343.

423.

426,

450,

452,

605,

612, 1041

Garrick, J a n e ("Jenney"), 2,3,8,9, 11, 41 Garrick, Magdalen ("Lenney," "Linney"), 8, 9, 14, 115, 116, 126, 308, 337 Garrick, Merial, see Docksey, Mrs. Thomas

References are to Letter numbers

1389

Garrick, Nathan, 1005, 873, 88in, 1025η, 1138, U40

Garrick, Peter

(G's father),

in,

lightning rods, 1130; & H M , 1184; mentioned, 227,569,661,883,886,973 ? u n . "George, S i r " ("Sentimental Ladies"),

LETTERS TO: I - I I

646

George medallion, 432, 626 George Barnwell, see London Merchant George William Frederick, Prince of 16, 30, 31, 40, 127, 148, 149, 150, 721η, Wales, see George I I I 792, 805, 899η, 900, 954, 968, 1140, Gerbier, Pierre J e a n Baptiste, 347 Appendix G. LETTERS TO: 12-15, 17-25, Germain, Lady Elizabeth (Berkeley), 101 31, 44, 46, 60, 106, 114, 115, 116, 126, Germain, Lord George, 1148 138, 151» 173» 284, 297, 307, 308, 423, Germany, 323, 328, 336. See also under city 800, 857, 995, 1041, 1133, 1134, 1135, names 1295 " G h o s t " (Hamlet), 20 Garrick, William, 21, 9, 22, 31, 46 Ghost, The (Churchill), 296, 318, 331 Garton, Jonathan, 1128, 1138 Giardini, Felice de, 110 Gast (wigmaker), 369 Gibbon, Edward, 823, 1061, 1217. LETTER Gastrell, Francis, 323 TO: 991. See also Decline and Fall Gataker, Thomas, 206, 226, 228, 265, 418 Gibson, William, 425, 653 Gay, John, see Beggar's Opera; Polly GifFard, Henry, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 2I Gayot, Félix-Louis, 479 > 33> 36> 38· See also Pamela Gazeteer, The, 347η "Gilbert, M r . , " see Ridley, Gloucester Gazetier cuirassé, 1264η Gilbert, Nicolas Joseph Laurent, 1116 Gazette littéraire de l'Europe, 376, 415, Gil Bias de Santillane (Lesage), 29, 147, 567 602η Gillio [Gittio?], Mrs. \U], 605 Gee, James, 69, 109 Giorgi (dancer), 576 Gem, Richard, 353, 354, 419 Gittio, see Gillio General Advertiser, see New Morning Post Globe Tavern, London, 162, 1128? General Lying-in Hospital, London, 178, "Gloucester" (King Lear), 33 216, 218, 728η, 1087 Gloucester, Bishop of, see Warburton "Genius, T h e " (Colman), 280 Gloucester, Dean of, see Tucker, Josiah "Genius of England" (Institution of the Glover, Joshua? LETTER TO: 1192 Glover, Mrs. Joshua, 1192? Garter), 659 Glover, Richard, 17, 23, 101, 689η. Genoa, 320 LETTER TO: 1296? See also Boadicia; Gentleman, Francis, 213, 230? 668n. Medea LETTER TO : 654. See also Oroonoko "Gentleman, T h e " (Colman), 925, 988, Glover, William Frederick, 1171 992 Gluck, Christoph Willibald, m o Glyn, Elizabeth (Carr), Lady, 1114. Gentleman's Magazine, 236η, 459, quoted passim LETTER TO: 1297 Glynn, John, 717 "Gentry, Sir J o h n " ("Housekeeper"?), Goblins, The (Suckling), 89, 93 105 Godalming, Surrey, 782 Geoffrey of Monmouth, 780. See also Goddard, Captain [{/], 1, 7, 14 Historia George I I , King, 22, 63, 78, 81, 82, 101, Goddard, Dr. Henry, 130 Goddard, Thomas, 1, 7 144, 173, 1347 Godolphin, Francis, 2d Earl of, 102 George I I I , King, 221; command perGoffe, Thomas, see Careless Shepherdess formances for, 259, 274, 278, 373η, 374, "Golden Pen, T h e " (G), 702 378, 386, 393, 395, 397, 399, 445, 654, Goldsmith, Oliver, 238, 694, 756, 772,823. 1321; m a r r i a g e of, 265, 271, 272η; & LETTER T O : 470. See also "English DL patent, 284; birthdays of, 331, 332, Dictionary"; Enquiry into the Present 539η, 1022; Regency bill for, 358; & State; Goodnatured Man; Retaliation Rousseau pension, 4 i 5 ; & Ode, 551, 554; & Dance, 792; & G, 806, 807; & Mrs. Goodman's Fields Theatre, 12, 15η, i6, 19, 20, 36 King, 956η; & Lethe, 1079, 1081; & Garrick, Arabella (Clough), Mrs. Peter (G's mother), 1-10, 12, 13 Garrick, Peter (G's brother), 1, 2, 3, 5, 9,

1390

References are to Letter numbers

Good Natur'd Man (Fielding), see Fathers Goodnatwred Man, The (Goldsmith), 470 Goring, Mr. (servant), 97, 101 Goringe [£/], 346 Gough, Maurice, 364? Gout, Dissertation on the (Cadogan), 632 Gout, G's, 375, 381, 382, 386, 397, 398, 504, 530, 577, 602, 607, 610, 623, 625, 626, 627, 628, 631, 725, 731, 753, 755, 768, 795» 799. 811, 825, 833, 850, 858, 861, 864, 865, 870, 882, 895, 949, 1000, 1002, 1047, 1055, 1058, 1061, 1072, 1128, 1177, 1178, 1213, 1217, 1282, 1310 Grower, the Earls, see Leveson-Gower Grafton, Dukes of, see Fitzroy Graham [£/], 635η, 636 Graham, George, LETTERS TO: 316, 367, 371. See also "Duke of M i l a n " Grand Tour, The (Nugent), 346 Granville, ist Earl, see Carteret, John "Gratiano" {Othello), 47 "Graveairs, L a d y " {Careless Husband), 258 "Grave-diggers" {Hamlet), 729, 730, 733, 1008 "Gravel," G's, 205, 651, 767, 912, 944, 976, 984 Gravelot, Henri, 352, 355 Gray, Thomas, 122, 190, 195, 903. See also " B a r d " ; Odes Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, 127 Grecian Daughter, The (Murphy), 672, 679η, 682, 719 Green and Amber (bankers), 29η, 41η, 42, 43, Appendix Β Green Park coffeehouse, 693 Green, Richard, see Green and Amber Greene, Joseph, 566 ? Greenwich Hospital, 1196 Gregories, Buckinghamshire, 511, 513, 514, 640 Gregory, Dorothea, 747, 749, 833, 900, «°55> Ό92 Gregory, Dr. John, 747η, 749 Grenville, George, 420 Grenville, Miss, 1132 Grenville-Temple, Richard, Earl Temple, 418, 611 Gresham College, 631 Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 875 Greville, Fulke, 169. LETTER TO: 1298. See also Maxims Greville, Frances (Macartney), Mrs. Fulke, 209 Greville, Mr. & Mrs. [{/], 209

Greville, Mrs., 934 Grey, Marchioness of, see Yorke, Jemima Griffenhoofe, " y o u n g " [t/], 369 Griffin, Edward, LETTER TO: 548 Griffin, Mr. [t/], 756 Griffin, William, 71, 688, 694, 751η Griffith, Richard, 422, 464, 472, 524 Griffith, Elizabeth (Griffith), Mrs. Richard, 4 0 6 , 6 1 4 , ι l o g . LETTERS T O : 4 0 6 , 4 2 2 ,

424, 464, 472, 524, 557, 571, 767, 913. See also " E u g e n i a " ; Double Mistake; Platonic Wife; School for Rakes; Series of Genuine Letters Griffiths (actor), 348 Griffiths, Ralph, 686? 87η. LETTER TO: 1201 Grignion, Charles, 415? 40η Grignion, Reynolds, 879, 891, 905 Grimaldi, Giuseppe, 634 Grimaldi, H-C-L Goyon-Matignonde, Prince of Monaco, 503 Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von, 652, 416η, 755 Grinion, Mr., see Grignion Grist, Thomas ?, 924 Groot, Jan de, 10 Grosley, Pierre Jean, 602, 603, 610. LETTER TO : 611. See also Londres Grosvenor, Richard, ist Baron, Appendix C Grove, John [Í/], 451 Grove, The, Hertfordshire, 134, 699 Guardian, The (Fagan-G), 207? 224, 287, 393 Gucht, Benjamin V a n der, see V a n der Gucht Guerchy, comte de, see Regnier Guidetti (dancer), 432 "Guido," see Reni Guiñes, comte de, see Souastre Guiott, Mr. [£/], 1262 Guise, Elizabeth (Windham), Mrs., 288 "Guthurn" ("Alfred"), 656 Guyot, see Gayot H., Sir, see "Baronet," Colman's Hackney School, 576η Hackwood Park, Hampshire, 539 Haggerston, Lady Elizabeth (Middleton), 67 Hagley, Worcestershire, 638, 639, 644, 645, 648, 649, 655, 678, 940 Hague, The, 1116 Hale, Bernard, 363, 513. LETTERS ΤΟ: 510, 783, 1299?

References are to Letter numbers Hale, Martha (Rigby), Mrs. Bernard ( " H a l y P a l y " ) , 332, 323, 364η, 419, 53on, 626, 1 1 1 4 ,

1 1 8 1 , 1299. LETTER

14 Hale, Jr., Bernard, 783 Half-price, 611, 875. See also Riots Halifax, 2d Earl of, see Dunk, George Montagu Halifax, ist Marquis of, see Savile, George Hall, John, LETTER TO : 305 ? " H a l y Paly," see Hale, Mrs. Bernard Hamilton [£/], 598 Hamilton, James, 6th Duke of, 59 Hamilton, William Gerard, 323, 333? 365η, 511, 514? Hamlet: quoted, 49, 57, 69, 91, 123, 149, 212, 284, 321, 345, 383, 548, 632, 679, 687, 716, 872, 1028, 1061; G's interpretation of lines in, 281, 525; & Danish politics, 673; paraphrased, 895, 1008; mentioned, 20, 31, 874, 1010. See also Hamlet (G's alteration) " H a m l e t " (Hamlet): quoted, 40, 583; G's reading of, 54, 57; portrait of G as, 343; G playing, 509, 726, 872, 873, 960, 962, 985, 1008; Henderson's, 903; mentioned, 36, 393, 773, 878, 1277, Appendix D Hamlet (G's alteration), 727, 729, 730, 733, TO: I I

753, 1008 Hampshire, 210, 238, 597, 1195, 1196 Hampton, G's Villa at: moving to, 137, '38, 139, 142, 148, 151; financing of, a i o ; alterations to, 369η, 454, 510, 912; & lawsuits, 428, 567η; King of Denmark at, 418, 419; & Mrs. Montagu, 589; & Pomfret, 591; land & neighbors, 1009, 1239; hens at, 1077, l o g i n , 1 1 1 7 ; tree loppings at, 1089; politics & , 1105η ? ; walls, 1192 ; & Princess Amelia, 1337; in G's will, Appendix G ; mentioned, 155, 158, 159, 180, 191, 216, 232, 236, 240, 241, 251, 252, 296, 300, 301, 306, 318, 321, 337, 351, 362, 368, 370. 37a. 380, 411, 414, 415, 433, 492, 541, 584, 935, 1340 Hampton Court, 518 Hampton parish, 480 Hanbury, William, 856, 860, 1149 Hanbury, Charlotte (Packe), Mrs. William, "49 Handel, George Frederick, see Judas Maccabaeus; Messiah Handsome Housemaid, The, see "Primitive Puppet Shows" 16*+

Hanmer, Sir Thomas, see Shakespeare, ed. Hanmer Hanson, William, see Knight & Hanson Harcourt, George Simon, 2d Earl, 231 Hardcastle, Sanfoord, 851, 976. LETTER TO : 85 I . See also " Manfred and Matilda ' ' Haidham, John, 337, 350 Hardinge, George, 1160 Hardinge, Lucy (Long), Mrs. George, 1160 Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, 86 Hardwicke, 2d Earl of, see Yorke, Philip Hare-Naylor, Francis, 102? 117η Harlequin Students (anon.), 20 Harlequin's Invasion (G), 257, 258, 317, 321, 337» 392» 536 Harlequin's Jacket (anon.), 875, 879, Appendix F Harnage ("Hernage"), Henry, 35? 37, 40» 42. 43 " H a r r i e t " (Griffith's character), 422 " H a r r i e t " (Guardian), 287η " H a r r i e t " (School for Rakes), 524 Harris, George, Appendix G Harris, James, 289, 525. LETTERS TO: 289, 291, 295. See also Spring Harris, Thomas, 793, 452η, 455η, 830η, 834η, 897η, 938η, IL82η. LETTER ΤΟ: 1048 Harrison, Thomas, 815 Harrison, Sir Thomas, 101 Harrow School, 766 Hart and Dukes (dancing academy), 321η, 381 Hart, Charles (servant), 912η, 1260 Hart, Emma, see Garrick II, Mrs. David Hartington, Marquis of, see Cavendish, William Hartington, Marchioness of, see Cavendish, Charlotte Hartley, Elizabeth, 677, 838, 845η, 897η, 1078, 1079 Hartson, Hall, LETTERS TO : 281 ? 685,1301. See also Countess of Salisbury; Youth Hassell[s], Mr. [C/], 13, 14, 20 Hastings, Francis, 10 th Earl of Htm tingdon, 1295? "Hastings, L o r d " (Jane Shore), 568, 773, 816 Hastings, Theophilus, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, 2 Hastings, Selina (Shirley), 9th Countess of Huntingdon, 2 Hatchet, William, 101 Haunts of Shakespeare (Pearce), 1170

References are to Letter numbers Havard, William, 51, Appendix D. See also Charles I Hawke, Sir Edward, 489, 495, 605, 657. LETTER TO: 6 1 3

Hawkesworth, John, 157, ι66η, 168,687η, 720, 730, 748? 755, 787. LETTERS TO:

157, 167, 169, 170, 176? 177, 183, 194, 198, 222, 226, 228, 229, 230, 236, 238, 240, 241, 244, 245, 702, 762, 763,1302, 1303, 1304. See also Edgar and Emmeline; Letter to .. . Hume; Oroonoko; Voyages . . in the Southern Hemisphere Hawkesworth, Mrs. John, 157, 167, 168,

Hely-Hutchinson, John, 346 Henderson, John, 731, 781η, 875, 878, 887, 889» 902, 9°3, 9°4> 1 1 '8? 113 8 · LETTER TO: 731

Hendon, Essex, G's property at, 337, 339, 461, 626, 690, 845, 997, 1105η? 1300η, Appendix G Henley, Robert, ist Earl of Northington, 423, 384. LETTER TO: 1321

Henley, Jane (Huband), ist Countess of . Northington, 1321 Henry IV, Part /, 105, 689, 1035 Henry IV, Part s, 90, 632, 684 170, 198, 22a, 228, 230, 1304. LETTER Henry V, 54 T O : 1302 Henry VI, Part 3, 353 Hawkins, Sir John, 517η Henry VII; or, The Popish Imposter (MackHawkins, Thomas, 627, 877. See also lin), 43η Henry, David, 194, 238 Origins of the English Drama Henry and Rosamond (Hawkins), 864 Hawkins, Mrs. Thomas, 877 Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, Hawkins, William, LETTERS TO: 650, 656, 976η 864, 1305, 1306. See also " A l f r e d " ; Henry and Rosamond Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Hay, Sir George, 108, 319, 411, 1161. (Hull), 838 Hentzner, Paul, see Journey into England LETTERS T O : 1020, 1 3 0 7 , 1 3 0 8 "Heraclides" ("Dion"), 460 Hay, Thomas, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, 304 Herbert, George Augustus, Lord, 928η Hayes, Dr. [£/], 605η, 653? Herbert, Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke, Hayman, Francis, 33, 34η, 40, 1045η. LETTERS T O : 33, 4 7 586, 626, 954η, 1039, 1067, i i 6 g Haymarket riot, see Riots Herbert, Elizabeth (Spencer), ioth CounHaymarket, Little Theatre in the: Cibber tess of Pembroke, 928η opens, 28; & Lacy, 118; & Foote, 388, Herculaneum, 321 581, 598η; & Opera House, 419; & "Hermione" (Distress'd Mother), 884 Weston, 689ml; Colman &, 1057, 1058, Hermit of Warkworth, The (Percy), 651 1069? 1074; mentioned, 38, 101, 606, Hertford, Earl of, see Conway, Francis 112g, 1184 Seymour Hayward, Clara, 626 Hertford, Countess of, see Conway, Health, G's, see Bladder; Gout; " G r a v e l " ; Isabella Medicine; Operations; Piles; " S t o n e " ; Hertfordshire, 569, 595, 596, 795, 796, page 1263; & passim 825 Hearne, Thomas, ed., see Robert of Hervey, Catherine?, 2 Gloucester's Chronicle Hervey, The Hon. Henry, 1, 2, 8, 10 "Heart of O a k " (G), 493 Hervey, Catherine (Aston), The Hon. Hector, Brooke, 1, 2, 6 Mrs. Henry, 1, 2, 8 Hector, Elizabeth (Smith), Mrs. Brooke, 1 Hervey, John, Baron Hervey of Ickworth, Hecuba (Delap), 280 2 Heidegger, John James, 354η Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince of, 652, 660 "Heidelberg, Mrs." (Clandestine Marriage), Hetherington, Nancy (servant), 456 582 Hidoux, Margaret Catherine, 856 Hiffernan, Paul, 586, 598, 599, 751η. See Heinel, Anne, 730, 755 also Dramatic Genius; Foote's Prologue Hell-Fire Club, 599η High Life below Stairs (Townley), i88n Helvétius, Claude Adrien, 44g, 872 Highmore, Nathaniel, 1006? 1007η? Helvétius, Anne-Catherine (de Ligniville), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 787 Countess d'Auricourt, Mme Claude, Hill, Aaron, 49. See also Alheheold; 730, 872 Zara Hely [£/], 1092

References are to Letter numbers

1393

Hill, Dr. John, 215, 123η, 2i8, 222, 226,

Hochereau, Bartélemi François or Charles 228, 229, 355, 1299. LETTERS T O : 215, François, 352 ? 355 216, 225. See also Rout; To David Hogarth, William, 37, 40, 45, 47, 283, 296, Garrick 309. 329» 34'> 666» 670. 6 7 · . 1045η. Hillman, W.?, 634 L E T T E R T O : 299. See also "Times, No. Hinchcliffe, see Hinchliffe 1" Hinchinbroke, Lady, see Montagu, ElizaHogarth, J a n e (Thornhill), Mrs. William, beth 299. 671 Hinchliffe, John, Bishop of Peterborough, Holbach, Paul Henri Dietrich, Baron d', a 350. 376, 3 8 5. 4'5> 449. 602η, 730, 755, 79 n > 747 787» 989, 1316? Hinchliffe, Mrs. J o h n (neé Crewe), 279 Holbach, Charlotte Susanne (d'Aine), Hinton, Thomas, 12 Histoire de l'académie royale des inscriptions, L', Baroness d', 730, 755, 787, 989 Holderness, 4th Earl of, see D'Arcy 653 Holland, ist Baron, see Fox, Henry Histoire de la rivalité de la France et de Holland, Charles, 337, 388, 403, 445η, l'Angleterre, L' (Gaillard), 641 452» 456, 459, 481, 531, 568 Histoire générale (Voltaire), 329 Historia regttm Britanmae (Geoffrey of Mon- Holland House, 79 Holland, Sir Nathaniel Dance-, see Dance mouth), 780η History and Art of Horsemanship (Berenger), Home Hall, Yorkshire, 129 Home, Henry, Lord Kames, 970 575 Home, John, 166, 220η, 221, 247, 262, 584. History of England (Smollett), 185 History of English Poetry (Warton), 542 History of the Popes (Bower), 266 History of the Rise and Progress of Poetry (Brown), 341 History of Scotland (Robertson), 220 Hoadly, Benjamin, 45, 29η, 49η, 387, 632. See also Contrast; Country Burial; Suspicious Husband; " W i d o w of the M i l l " Hoadly, M r s . Benjamin ("Madame Charles Street"), 632 Hoadly, Benjamin, Bishop of Winchester, 49, 29η, 105, '59

Hoadly, John, 29, 159, 239, 387, 397η. LETTERS T O : 29, 30, 45, 48, 49, 105,

357, 632, 671, 976. See also "Beggar's G a r l a n d " ; "Housekeeper"; Mahomet the Imposter Hoadly, Mrs. John, 48, 49, 105, 357, 632, 671

Hoare [U], 621 Hoare, Henry (of Stourhead), 621, 1035 Hoare the Younger, Henry, 1016, 1039, 1 1 9 3 . L E T T E R T O : 1035?

Hoare the Younger, Mary (Hoare), Mrs. Henry, 1035, 1106? LETTERS T O : 1160, "93 Hoare, Richard, 621, 1181 Hobart, Albinia (Bertie), T h e Hon. Mrs. George, L E T T E R τ ο : 1156 Hobart, John, 2d Earl of Buckinghamshire, L E T T E R T O : 1067 Hobby-Horse, The (Thompson), 398, 430 Hobson (of DL), 74, 76

LETTERS T O :

196, 205, 213, 509, 795,

797» 837· See also Agis; Alonzo; Douglas; Fatal Discovery; Siege of Aquileia; " S u r prise" Home, Mary (Home), Mrs. John, 837 Homme dangereux, L' (Palissot), 6 i o n Honnête criminel (Fenouillet de Falbaire), 976 Hood, Alexander, 1228 Hood, Mary (West), Mrs. Alexander, 1228 Hook, James, L E T T E R T O : 1 3 1 0 Hoole,John, LETTERS T O : 534, 1 3 1 1 , 1312 Hopkins, William, 311, 351, 392, 407, 419, 445» 498» 536, 563» 823η, 853, 890, 949, 1222, Appendices E, F. L E T T E R T O : 659

Hopkins, Mrs. William, 447 Horace, quotations from, Ars Poetica: 281, 483» 799; Epistles: 528; Odes: 155, 415, 473. 493. 509. 528, 628, 697, 720, 730,

755, 1061, 1202; Satires: 362, 407, 651, 687; Coiman trans., 903; Berenger imitation, 1187; F. Cadogan? imitation, 1195; mentioned, 321, 1157 Horton, Anne (Luttrell), Duchess of Cumberland, 976 " H o t m a n " (Oroonoko), 241 "Housekeeper, T h e " (Hoadly), 105η House of Commons, 358, 385, 823, 1184 House of Lords, 358, 896 Howard, Charles, 334 " H o w a r d , Epistle to Gorges E d m o n d " (in "Bachelor"), 1201η Howard, Sir George, L E T T E R T O : 1050

References are to Letter numbers 1394 Howard, Gorges Edmond, 709, 120 m. Institution of the Garter (West-G), 648, 651, See also Fanale Gamester; Siege of Tamar 654, 656η, 657, 6591m Howard, Henry, lath Earl of Suffolk, 634 "Invitation to Lord Chatham," see Howard, Henry, (by courtesy) Earl of "Advice to Lord Chatham" Ireland: G &, 32, 33, 36, 41, 44, 740; Surrey, 814 Lords-Lieutenant, 146, 147, 149, 153, Howe, The Hon. Caroline (Howe), 1034 155. '56, 159»rôi,675; & Dido, 454; Howe, Richard, Viscount, 1198 & Barry, 507; & Jubilee, 567, 635; & "Hubba" ("Alfred"), 656 Barrys, 630, 640; & actors, 637; & Hubert, Miss [Í7], 318 Brereton, 921, 930 Hubert, Mr. [£/], 259, 306, 307, 308, 318, Irish Widow, The (G), 706, 717, 720, 728, 319, 321, 329, 341, 342, 343 Hubert, Mrs. [U], 318, 319, 321 733; 8o3> Appendix F Hudibras (Butler), 1157 Ironmonger, Mr. [17], 1132, 1148 Hudson, Thomas, 306 Ironmonger, Mrs. (neé Toplis), 1132η Huet, Mr. [I/], 344 Isabella; or, The Fatal Marriage (SoutherneHuet, Mrs. (governess), 150, 153, 211 G ) , 198, 654η Hull, Thomas, 1078, 1079. See also Henry Isleworth, Middlesex, 242, 456, 512 the Second Isted, Ambrose, 527? Hume, David, 415, 829η, 837η Italy, 315, 319, 321, 323, 326, 329, 332, Hunt, William, 538, Appendix C. LETTERS 336. See also under city names T O : 540, 545, 551, 553, 554, 561, 566, 617

Jackson, Dr. Rowland, 1121, 1125? Hunt, Mrs. William, 545, 551, 561, 566 Jackson, William ("Curtius"), 1210η 617 Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, 33, 34, 35, 38, Hunter, John, 1313η 40, 41, 43η, 46 Hunter, Dr. William, LETTER TO: 1313? Jafferies, Mr. [Í7], 23 Huntingdon, Earl of, see Hastings, Theo- "JafHer" (Venice Preservi), 41, 50, 54, 343 philus Jago, Richard, 545, 550, 551, 561, 566 Huntingdon, Countess of, see Hastings, James, Dr. Robert, 7, 9, 13, 341η James's powder, 341, 1261 Selina Hurd, Richard, Bishop of Lichfield, 678, Jamineau, Isaac, 322η Jane Shore (Rowe), 97, 376 829 Janeton, see Auretti, Janeton Hurlingham House, 1040, 1113, 1131 Januarius, St., 725 "Hurry" (Maid of the Oaks), Appendix E Jasper, Mrs. Richard?, 3 Hurst (of DL), 452, 455, 459 J a y , Dr. [IT], 1330 Hus, Adélaïde-Louise-Pauline, 107 Jealous Wife, The (Colman), 261, 445 Hussey, Fry [£/], 302 Hutcheson, Francis, see Essay on the. . . Jefferson [Í7], 43 Passions Jefferson (of DL), 1222, Appendices E? F? Hyde of Hindon, Baron, see Villiers, Jenkinson, Charles, 420 Thomas Jenner, Charles, LETTERS TO: 461, 582, Hypocrite, The (Bickerstaffe), 714 583, 614, 646. See also Man of Family; "Hypolita" (She Wou'd and She Wou'd Placid Man; "Sentimental Ladies" 949» 1352 Jenner, Mrs. Charles, 582η, 614 Jenyns, Soame, 1062 " I a g o " {Othello), 47 Jephson, Robert, 359, 720η, 874, 933, 987, "Imogen" (Cymbeline), 322 1201 η. LETTERS T O : 359, 688, 966. See "Imoinda" (Oroonoko), 244 also "Bachelor"; Braganza; Conspiracy; India House, see East India Company Epistle Inflexible Captive (More), go4, 907, Appen- Jephson, Jane (Barry), Mrs. Robert, 688 dix D Jerningham, Edward, LETTERS TO: 1 3 1 4 , Ingress Abbey, Kent, 510 1315 Innocent Adultery, see Isabella Jersey, 4th Earl of, see Villiers, George "Inscription for Stowe," see Stowe Jewell, William, 686, 628η, 1058 "Inspector, The," 123η Jewell, Ann (Edwards), Mrs. William, 628

References are to Letter numbers

1395

Jubilee, Shakespeare, 535, 538, 540, 541, Jim (servant), 148, 391, 626 Jimm (servant), 150, 153 543. 545, 547-555. 557η, 56ο. 570, 617, Jimzy (animal), 64, 70 621, 624, 634, 7 δ ο " J o b " (Bible), 49 , 809η, Appendix G Jeo, Mr. (servant), 88 Jubilee, The (G), 560, 561, 562, 563, 566, John, Sir [t/], 363 567, 569, 970, I0I9 581, 598η, 635, 636, 657, 9Ö9, Johnes, Thomas, 1136 Jubilee Cup race, 551 Johnson [Í7], 434, 435, 436 Judas Maccabaeus (Handel), 1160 Johnson, James, 686 "Jugurtha" (Ridley), 305 "Johnson, M r . " {Rehearsal), 1347 " J u l i a " ("Sentimental Ladies"), 646 Johnson, Samuel: & Shakespeare, 32, 397, Julius Caesar, 208, 209, 596, 632, 775 525; on Dido, 273ml ; & Davies, 313, "Juliet" (Romeo and Juliet), 93 314; & Murphy, 478η; quoted, 479; Jülus [I/], 137 & Jubilee ribbon, 545η; parody of Junius, 661 Hermit, 651; catalogue of works, 717; "Jupiter" (Amphitryon), 176 & Scotland, 799; Kenrick, Steevens, &, Juvenal, Satires quoted, 338, 1184 891η; & Literary Club, 823; & "Zaphira," 859; & Braganza, 933; & Kames, Lord, see Home, Henry French, 970; Jenyns' epitaph on, 1062; Kaye, Mr. [{/], 320 mentioned, 35, 55, 337, 895, 995, 1077. Kaye, Richard, LETTER TO: 382 LETTERS TO: 360, 666. See also Journey Keasberry, Mrs. W. (neé Carr), 907η to the Western Islands; Mahomet and Irene; Keate, George, 397, 545, 551, 570, Prologue and Epilogue; Shakespeare, ed. 632 Johnson Keate, Georgiana Jane, 632 Johnston, J ? , LETTER TO: 475 Keene (of DL), 931 Johnston, John, 348, 436η, 1069? 1094η "Keenly, Widow" (Kelly play), 946 Johnston, Mrs. John, 348 Keith, Robert, 63 Johnston, Roger, 1094? Keith, Sir Robert Murray, 821 Johnston, Mrs. Roger, 1094? Kelly (servant), 77, 112 Johnston[e], Alexander?, 276, 431, 445, Kelly, Hugh, 450, 579, 735, 96 m. LETTER 450? 452, 626, 704, 765, 873, 874, 884? TO: 946. See also False Delicacy; School 970, 131m, 1233 for Wives; Word to the Wise Johnstone, George, 1025η Kendal, Colonel [t/], 9 Johnstone, John Henry, 1148, 1178, 1186, Kennedy, Mr. [t/], 605 1190 Kennedy, Mrs. (actress), 256, 258 Kenrick, William, 397, 406 ? 452, 697, 708, Johnstone, Mrs. John Henry, 1186 7:1, 712, 713, 718, 720, 732, 808, 810, Jolliffe, William, 1148. LETTER το: 1179 8 1 9 , 849. LETTERS T O : 405, 500, 5 7 8 , Jolliffe, Eleanor (Hylton), Mrs. William, 579, 691, 692, 693, 694. See also Duellist; 1179 Falstaff's Wedding; Love in the Suds; Joly (cook), 148η Widow'd Wife Jones, Henry, 149. See also Earl of Essex " K e n t " {King Lear), 33 Jones, Maurice, LETTER TO: 1122 Kent, Henry, 118, 378 Jonson, Ben, see Alchemist; Eptcoene; Every Kent, Thomas, 4 Man Kent, Mrs. Thomas, 4 Joseph Andrews (Fielding), 1209 Kerr, Lord Mark, 8, 9 Journal encyclopédique, 413 Kildwick ("Kilwick") Hall, Yorkshire, Journal étranger, 602η 109 Journal politique, see Annales politiques Journey from London to Genoa, A (Baretti), Kilmorey, 9th Viscount, see Needham, 602 Thomas Journey into England (Hentzner, ed. WalKinaston, " A u n t , " see Kynaston pole), 198η, 20in King, Henry, 949η "Journey to Bath, A " (Sheridan), 375 King, Mary, Mrs. Henry, 949η, 954, Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 956 (Johnson), 885η, 888, 895 King, John Glenn, 989?

1396

References are to Letter numbers

King, Thomas, 93, 259, 311, 321, 329, 351, 39». 392» 437. 450. 45«. 635. 637» 784η. 853» 894, 9 0I > 9'°> 926η, 931, 959, 963η, 1094η, 1285, 1354, Appendices E , F . LETTERS TO: 5 3 6 , 7 1 3 , 7 1 4 ,

716,

1028, 1108 King, Mrs. Thomas (neé Baker), 635, 637, 713» 714 King and No King (Beaumont & Fletcher), 948 King and the Miller of Mansfield, The (Dodsley), 354 King Arthur (Dryden-G), 630, 934. See also Institution of the Garter " K i n g J o h n " {King John), 33, 36, 93, 445, 810 King Lear, 148, 317, 353, 379, 561, 749, 780, 813, 1018 " K i n g L e a r " (King Lear), 33, 36, 343, 393. 567, 572. 573. 574. 676. 726, 730, 733. 74 8 . 75°. •«»δ. " 5 4 n , 1297, Appendix D King Leir and his Three Daughters, The True Chronicle History of (anon.), 780 King's Bench (prison), 494, 502, 858η, 87i "Kingston, Duchess of," see Chudleigh, Elizabeth King Street Theatre, see Bristol theaters Kinnoull, 8th Earl of, see Hay, Thomas Kirke, Joseph, 1089 Kirke (Kirk), Percy (Piercy), 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, I I

" K i t e l y " (Every Man), 261, 393, 585η, 714, 1254 "Kitely, Mrs." (Every Man), 124 Kitt, Master (animal), 70 "Kitty, Miss" [£/], 91 Knight, Gowin, 184 Knight & Hanson, 42, 43 Knight, Robinson, see Knight & Hanson Knightley, L. [t/], 1052 "Knightly, Mrs." (Discovery), 949 Knighton, Isle of Wight, 702η Knowlton, Mr. [Í7], 63 Know Your Own Mind (Murphy), 254, 276, 277η, 719η, 735, 736 Koch, Johann Baptist, Freiherr von, 1034 Kynaston, Mrs. John?, 3, 12, 14 La Bruyère, Jean de, 766, 794, 797 Lacey (of DL), 93 La Condé, Louis, 16, in, 17, 19, 22? 30 La Condé, Jane (Garrick), Mrs. Louis, 16

Lacy, James, 29; attacks G, 33, 34, 38; & Windham, 37; behavior of, 41; & mortgage holders, 42, 43; co-patentee with G, 51η; G's low opinion of, 89, 108, 119, 121, 339, 353, 390, 391, 512, 515; & Rose Tavern, 127; & Murphy, 164, 165, 276, 277, 329; & Noverres, 200,450; & Hill, 228; & patent renewal, 284; & Arne, 298; & C G sale, 455, 456, 458; & G & law, 481, 496; dead, 821η, 825; his mortgages on DL, 1162η; Appendix B; mentioned, 32, 40, 52, 87, 118, 120, 179, 180, 181, 218, 242, 249, 255, 257, 286, 287, 317, 318, 322, 323. 34 1 . 35'. 4°3. 405. 426, 430, 452, 459. 47 499. 659, 686, 713, 1346. LETTERS T O : 36, 83, 84, 9 3

Lacy, Mrs. James, 318 Lacy, Willoughby, 821, 456η, 831, 857, 972, 1005, !022, 1052η, ii86. LETTERS T O : 822, 1029, 1162, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1174,1175,1190,1191 Lacy, Maria Ann (Orpen), Mrs. Willoughby, 851η, i i g o La Fontaine, Jean de, 354 "La-Fool, Sir Amorous" (Epicoené), 963 Laharpe, Jean François de, 730, m . See also Eloge de Racine Laitre ("D'Latre"), Mr. de \U], 200 Lamb, George, 284 Lamb, Matthew, 182, 995? Lambert, Joseph, 545, 605 Lancake, Richard ?, LETTER TO : 922 Lane, Anne Louisa, LETTER TO : 1221 Lane, Lady Bridget (Henley), 1349 Lane, Mr. [£/], 529 Langdale, Marmaduke, fourth Baron, 91, 129 Langdale, Elizabeth (Widrington), Lady, 129 Langdale, Marmaduke, fifth Baron, 91, 334? Langdale, Miss (of ClifTe), 129 Langdale, The Misses (of Cliffe?), 110 Langdale, Mr. & Mrs. (of Home), 129 Langdale, Mrs. (of Cliffe), 91 Langford, Jr., Abraham, 1029η Langstaffe, John, 525? Langton, Bennet, LETTER TO : 680 Langton, Mary (Lloyd, Leslie), Lady Rothes, 680 Lannoy, Mrs. de (servant), 67 La Noué, see Sauvé

References are to Letter numbers Laplace, Pierre Antoine de, 444, 993η. LETTERS TO: 729, 753, 1316. See also

Lydia "Lardoon, Lady B a b " (Mead of the Oaks), 865, 869, 890, 894 La Rochefoucauld, François de, 65, 67 Latimer, Mr. [Í7], 391, Appendix C Latter, Mary, LETTER TO: 827. See also Siege of Jerusalem Lauraguais, comte de, see Brancas " L a v a g n a " [£/play], 1360 Lavagna, conte di, see Fieschi Law, 33a, 347, 603. See also Lawsuits; Legal matters Lawford, Essex, 1182, 1183, 1185 Lawrence, Eliot?, 1 Lawrence, Mrs. Eliot?, : Lawrence, Herbert, 594, in. LETTERS TO: 594, 601, 817, 924? See also "Credulous Man" Lawrence, Mr. [£/], 127 Lawsuits, G's: & Lacy, 38; & Hampton, 370, 428, 567; bill in Chancery, 503; & Steevens, 570; & Kenrick, 697, 708, 7 n , 712, 713, 718, 720, 732; & Newbery, 715η, 720. See also Legal matters Leach ("Leech"), Dryden, 184, 201, 337 Leake (bookseller), 486η, 1058 Leathes, Mr. (scene painter), 27 Le Blanc, Abbé Jean Bernard, 415. See also Lettres d'un français Lee [£/], 392 Lee, Nathaniel, 48. See also Theodosius; Rival Queens Leeds, 4th Duke of, see Osborne, Thomas Legal matters: & Lacy, 83, 84, 481, 496, 512, 821, 822; & Lloyd, 567, 568; & Baddeleys, 605, 608; & Torré, 695; & Donaldson, 717; & Ross vs Foote, 838, 839; & Woodfalls, 871; & Fountain, 879; & Macklin, 896; & Mrs. G's chintz, 912, 915; & Foote vs Chudleigh, 925» 93 6 ; & D L s a I e . 978. 1064?; & Fund, 979, 981; & Mrs. Abington, 1002; & Foote's trial, 1058; & Clutterbuck's estate, 1068; & Hampton, 1089; & Robinson-Woodfall, 1105η; & Becket, 1128, 1138; & DL, X162, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1174, 1175, 1191 ; & David G II's marriage, 1179, 1184, 1187; theatrical contract, 1354; Appendices B, G. See also Lawsuits Legard, Miss [£/], 9 "Legend, Sir Sampson" (Love for Love), 931

1397

Leghorn, 320 Le Grout, see Groot, Jan de Leicester, ist Earl, see Coke, Thomas Leicester, General Infirmary at, 651 Lekain (Henri-Louis Cain), 368, 393, 397, 440,

755.

LETTERS T O : 368, 386,

395,

396, 442. See also Adélaïde " L e l i o " (Albumazar), 902 Lennox, Charlotte, 913. See also Old City Manners; Sister Lennox, Lady Sarah, LETTER TO: 285 Leoni (singer), 260η Leoni, Master [£/], 258 Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Michel Etienne, 354, 449 Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Mme Michel [I]» 354 Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Mme Michel [II]. 449 Léris, Claire Josèphe, see Clairon Lesage, Alain René, see Gil Bias Leslie, Mary (Lloyd), Lady Rothes, see Langton, Mary Lessingham, Janet (Hemet), Mrs., 452, 458, 471 Le Texier, A.-A., 965, 993, 1118, 1237, 1248. LETTER TO: 1023

Lethe (G), 1079, 1081, 1104, 1143? Letter from Henry Woodward... to Dr. John Hill, 123? "Letter from Paris, Extract of a " (G), 347. 35° Letter to David Garrick, Esq., A (Williams), 710η Letter to the .. . Author of the Divine Legation of Moses . . . (Lowth), 377 Letter to . . . Hume (Hawkesworth), 183η Letters from the Dead to the Living (Brown), 338 Lettre ... à l'Académie française (Voltaire), 1055, 1061 Lettres d'Adélaïde de Dammartin (Riccoboni), 474η Lettres de Milady Juliette Catesby (Riccoboni), 361η Lettres de Sophie de Valliire (Riccoboni), 615η, 6i6, 667 Lettres d'un français à Londres (Le Blanc), 415η, 588 Levant (ship), 657η Leveson-Gower, Granville, 2d Earl Gower, 315, 426, 1184 Leveson-Gower, John, ist Earl Gower, 38 Levett, Anne, 31 Levett, John, 284, 297? 492, 1295

References are to Letter numbers Leviez (dancer), 93, 119, 349, 413, 414,

4«9 Levy, Mr. (attorney), 605 Lewis, William Thomas, 1078 Libel, see Lawsuits Library, G's, 282, 337, 1107η. See also Book collecting; Books, G's; Plays, old Lichfield, Bishop of, see Egerton, John Lichfield, Staffordshire, 1 - 1 1 , 31-38, 40, 51, 105, 114, 151, 169, 297, 307, 308, 436, 470, 492, 800, 850, 940, 954, 968, 995, 1041, 1131, 1132, 1134 Ligniville, Marquise de, 330 Lillo, George, see London Merchant Lincoln, 9th Earl of, see Clinton, Henry Fiennes Lincoln, Lord, see Clinton, Henry Fiennes Pelham Lincoln's Inn, 736 Lincoln's Inn Fields, 711 Lineo's Travels (G), 450, 452 Linguet, Simon Nicholas Henry, m o , 1136 Linley, Thomas, 976, 904η, 978, 1005, l o i s , 1029, 1 '96. L e t t e r s TO: 1162, 1174, 1191 Liotard, Jean Etienne, 343 Lisbon, 3 Lismore Castle, Ireland, 141η, 149 Lister, Nathaniel, 31η Liston, Robert, 402 Literary Club, 799, 823, 1107, 1114η Little Gipsy, see May Day Little Theatre, Haymarket, see Haymarket Littleton, Sir Edward, 452, 455 Liverpool theater (Drury Lane), 268, 311, 425 Lives of John Leland, Thomas Hear ne, and Anthony à Wood (Warton), 627η Lixivium (medicine), 670, 689, 725 Lloyd, Evan, 502, 638, 732, 751η, 813η. L e t t e r s t o : 502, 567, 568, 670, 1317. See also Epistle to David Garrick Lloyd, Rachel, 1034, 1149 Lloyd, Robert, 267, 329. L e t t e r t o : 267 Lloyd, Thomas, 577, 543η, 715, 718, 724, 728, 732, 734, 743, 876? 909, gio, 935, 1010, 1265, 1270, 1272, 1277, 1278, 1285, 1287, 1293 Lock Hospital, London (also called Misericorde Hospital), 178, 964 Locke, John, 1199 Locke, The Notions of Mr. (Tucker), 1199 Lodge, Ralph? L e t t e r t o : 1002

Loisirs du Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont, 838, 841? Londesborough, see Londesburgh Londesburgh Park, Yorkshire, 63, 65, 66, 67, 71, 72, 86-95, ι°6> 108-111, 126129, 143, 144 London, Bishop of, see Terrick, Richard London, Chamberlain of, 101 London Chronicle, 195, 319 London Cuckolds, The (Ravenscroft), 81 London Evening Post, 92, 635 ' ' London Journal, The, " 4 4 7 London Magazine, 201η London Merchant; or, The History of George Barnwell, The (Lillo), 48, 347 London Packet, The, 447η, 994, 1064ml, 1065ml, 1247 Londres (Grosley), 588η, 6θ2, 603, 610, 611 Longinus (Sheridan), 567 Lord Mayor of London, see Bull, Frederick Lords Chamberlain, see Duke of Grafton, 1724-1757; Duke of Devonshire, 17571762; Duke of Marlborough, 17621763; Earl Gower, 1763-1765; Duke of Portland, 1765-1766; Earl of Hertford, 1766-1782 Lords Chancellor, see Earl of Northington, 1761-1766; Baron Camden, 1766-1770; Earl Bathurst, 1771-1778 Losack, James, 137? Losack, Richard Hawkshaw, 137? "Lothario" {Fair Penitent), 20, 37, 43, 80, 438, 448, 773 Louis X V , King, 353 Louis X V I , King, 571 Louisa, Princess, 501, 503, 509 Love, James (Dance), 322, 329, 343, 389, 684. L e t t e r s TO: 348, 351, 407, 410, 469. See also Rites of Hecate Love, Mrs. James, 410η Love à la Mode (Macklin), 255η Love for Love (Congreve), 28 Love in a Village (BickerstafFe), 303, 402, Appendix E Love in the Suds (Kenrick), 694η, 697, 71 in, 718η. See also Lawsuits Love Makes a Man; or, The Fop's Fortune (Cibber), 20, 355 "Lovemore" {Way to Keep Him), 256, 262 "Lovemore, Mrs." {Way to Keep Him), 247, 256 "Lovetruth, Timothy," see Wilson, Benjamin Lowe, Barbara, 5 Lowe, Jr., Christopher, 3, 5

References are to Letter numbers Lowe, Sr., Elizabeth, Mrs. Christopher, 5 Lowe, Miss, 5 Lowe, Theophilus, 1, 31 Lowndes, Mrs. [Í7], 1-6 Lowry, Edward, 428, 567 Lowth, Robert, 159, 377, 380 Loxley, Mrs. (servant), 97, 101, 128, 212 Lucan of Castlebar, Baron, see Bingham, Charles " L u c i n d a " (Griffith character), 422 Lusiad (Mickle trans.), 799 "Lusignan" (Zara), 660, 833, 893, Appendix D Lyddall, G appears as, 14η Lyddel, Richard, 4O Lydia, ou mémoires de Mylord D (Laplace), 739 Lying Valet, The (G), 15, 20 Lyons, France, 317, 340 " L y s a n d e r " (Agis), 196, 204 Lyttelton, Charles, Bishop of Carlisle, 526 Lyttelton, George, ist Baron, 18, 19, 23, 52? 67η, 589, 639, 6 4°> 644, 645, 649, 6 7 6 , 6 7 7 , 6 7 8 , 7 2 3 , 7 2 5 , 7 7 6 . LETTERS

τ ο : 266, 648, 655. See also Dialogues of the Dead Lyttelton, Elizabeth (Rich), Lady, 67, 68 Lyttelton, Thomas, 2d Baron, 655, 678, 723. 940 Lyttelton, Apphia (Peach), Lady, 723η Lyttelton, Sir Thomas, 6 MacArdell, James, 343 " M a c a r i a " (Royal Suppliants), 834 Macbeth·, quoted, 70, 355, 357, 366, 694, 821, 856, 976; & Johnson, 32; G parodies, 93 ; G's interpretation of lines in, 281; & Boswell, 799; & Hardcastle, 851; costuming of, 1147; mentioned, 57°. 574» 6 8 o n " M a c b e t h " : Gplaying, 143,317,399,484, 1154η; G doesn't want to do, 452; & Murphy's critique, 485; & K i n g of Denmark, 517, 522, 523; "most violent part," 726; mentioned, 36, 676, 730, 733, 820 " M a c b e t h , L a d y , " 412, 1147 Maccaronique, Histoire [t/], 717 Macdonaugh, Mr. or Dr. \U], 216, 218 Maceuen [U], 667η Mackenzie, George, 3d Earl of Cromarty, 46 Mackenzie, James, 775η Macklin, Charles, 29, 28η, 34, 40, 43, 131, 8o6,808, 896, 902η, 1347η. LETTERS TO: 16**

1399

565, 911, 1318. See also Henry VII; Love à la Mode Macklin, Ann (Purvor, Grace), Mrs. Charles, 144, 1318 Macklin, Maria, 908, 911, 1318 Macpherson, James, 698, 888n, 895. See also Ossian poems "MacSarcasm, Sir A r c h y " (Love à la Mode), 255 Maddockes ( " M a d d o x " ) , Charles, 12 Maddox, Anthony, 108, n 8 Magdalen College, Oxford, 877 Mahomet (the prophet), 1055 Mahomet and Irene (Johnson), 55 Mahomet the Imposter (Miller & Hoadly), 1205η Maid of Bath, The (Foote), 653 Maid of the Mill, The (Bickerstaffe), 402, 412 Maid of the Oaks, The (Burgoyne), 863η, 865, 869, 8go, 894, Appendices E, F Maid's Tragedy, The (Beaumont & Fletcher), 896 " M a l a g e n e " (Friendship in Fashion), 85 Malcolm, James ?, 1 Male Coquette, The (G), 418? Mallet, David, 207, 571. See also Alfred; Elvira; Eurydice " M a m m o n , Sir Epicure" (Alchemist), 817 Managers' season, days and nights, 17g, 499» I 0 0 4 Man and Wife; or, The Stratford Jubilee (Colman), 560, 567, 657 Mancini Mazarini, Louis-Jules-Barbon, d u c d e Nivernois, 401,

1267. LETTER

τ ο : 401 "Manfred and M a t i l d a " (Hardcastle), 851 Mann, Sir Horace, 321 Man of Family, The (Jenner), 582, 583, 614 Man of Mode; or, Sir Foppling Flutter (Etherege), 147 Man of Taste (Miller), 939, 950 Mansel, Mr. [£/], 1089 Mansfield, ist Earl of, see Murray, William Mant, Major [IT], 449 Marchant, Nathaniel, 1317 " M a r i a " (Duel), 719 " M a r i a " (Griffith character), 464 Marie Antoinette, 571 "Marius, Y o u n g " (Caius Marius), 41 Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamberlain de, 571. See also Fausses confidences Market Weighton, Yorkshire, 92, 110

1400 Markham,

References are to Letter numbers William,

234, 244, 251.

L E T T E R T O : 234

Markham, Sarah (Goddard), Mrs. William, 234η Marlborough, Duke & Duchess of, see Spencer, George & Caroline Marmontel, J e a n François, 317, 352, 641, 730, 755, 787, 1110. See also Essai sur les révolutions " M a r p l o t " {Busie Body), 217η Marriage, G on, 628, 677, 1179 Marsh, Charles?, L E T T E R T O : 673 Marsham, Mr. [£7], 146, 147, 155, 156η Marsham, Mrs. [17], 155 Martial, Epigrams, quoted, 321, 129g Martin, Mr. (servant), 211 Martin, Mrs. (servant), 58, 63 Martin, Samuel, L E T T E R T O : 1009 Martyn, Benjamin, see Timoleon Marylebone Gardens, 53, 653η, 695η, 849 Mason, William, 122, 903, 1148? L E T T E R TO: 122. See also Caractacus; Elfrida Matilda (Francklin), 531? 681, 682, 818? 842, 846, 847, 888, Appendices E, F Maty, Dr. Matthew, 416 Maud, (William or James?), 63 Maxims, Characters and Reflections (Greville), 169η, 1298η

May Day; or, The Little Gipsy (G), 948, 954, 967? Mayo, Miss [C7], 9 Mayor of Garratt, The (Foote), 331η, 506, 626 Meacham, John, 551 Measure for Measure, 957 Medea (Glover), 1296? Medicines: quinine, 7, 9, 52, 343; rhubarb pills, 87; for piles, 339, 635; James's powder, 341, 1261; Lixivium, 670, 689, 725; Adams' solvent, 1012 Medlam, Mr. (smith), 445? Meeting of the Company, The (G's), 671 " M e g r a " (Philaster), 48 Mélanges d'Histoire & de Littérature (d'Argonne), 87 " M e l a n t h e " (Frenchified Lady), 311 Melmoth, William, 217 Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la littérature (Palissot), 641 Memoirs of Mrs. Williams, The (anon.), 753 Menee, William, 318, 319 Mendez, Moses, 40, 41. See also Double Disappointment Mendez, Solomon, ιιι6η Merchant of Venice, 900, 915

Mercure de France, Le, 729η, m i ? Merevale, Warwickshire, 560 "Mermaid, A " (signature for Bate), 994 Merope (Hill), 108 Merry Wives of Windsor, 32, 45, 47, 529, 1328

Merton (Mereton), Surrey, 57, 58, 61,

62,

63, 66-70, 72, 73, 75, 78

Messiah, The (Handel), 626 Messink, James, 1147 Metastasio, Appendix D Metcalf, Robert?, 58, 63, 69 Meyersbach, Dr., 1002? Mickle, William Julius, 544,629, 677, 799, 810. L E T T E R T O : 618. See also Lusiad; "Siege of Marseilles" Middlesex election, 495 Midsummer Night's Dream, 178, 202, 1356. See also Fairies; Fairy Tale "Mignionette" {Way to Keep Him), 256 Milan, Italy, 320, 821, 1014 Miles, Dr. [U], 20 Miles, Mr. \U], 119, 127 Miles, William Augustus, 826, 1178, 1200. L E T T E R S T O : 896, 998

Militia Act (1757), 191 Millar, Andrew, 53, 108, 220, 319η. L E T T E R S T O : 53, 377

Miller, Anna (Riggs), Mrs. J o h n , 976 Miller, James, 939. See also Mahomet the Imposter; Man of Taste Mills, John, 17 Mills, Mrs. John, 1239? Mills, Miss, 963 Mills, Sir Thomas, 717, 752, 1009, 1048, 1125. L E T T E R S T O :

1047, 1121

Mills, Lady, 1047 Mills, William, 29 Mills, Mrs. William, 29 Milton, John, 32, 33, 565. See also Paradise Lost Milward, William, 22 Minorca, 319 " M i n o s " (Francklin), 681 Minstrel, The (Beattie), 649 Mirrour of Princely Deedes and Knighthood, 815

Miscellaneous Antiquities

(ed.

Walpole),

Miscellaneous writings, G's: Wreath of Fashion, 1199; Brooke, 1201 ; see also " M o u s e " articles Misericorde Hospital, see Lock Miss in Her Teens (G), 30, 50η

review of review of Fribbleriad;

788η

Hospital

References are to Letter numbers Mistley, T h e Good Folk at, LETTER TO: 363 Mistley Hall, Essex, 363, 364, 414, 511 513, 771. 783. 919. 9 2 m , 1031, 1108, 1180, 1182η. See also Rigby, Richard Mocoa (animal?), 147 " M o d e r n Characters from Shakespeare" (anon.), " 5 5 . " 5 6 Molière, 264, 946. See also Ecole des femmes; Ecole des maris; Précieuses Ridicules; Sganarelle; Tartuffe Molière (soldier), 919, 922 Molly (servant), 391 " M o l l y s " (nickname), 1114 Molyneux, M a r y (Brudenell), Viscountess, 161 Monaco, Prince of, see Grimaldi Monboddo, Lord, see Burnett, James Moncreiff, John, 140. See also Appius Monin, M r . [£/], 362 " M o n m o u t h , H a r r y " (Henry IV, Part /), 565 Monnet, Jean, 81, 346, 347, 4:9, 432, 444, 521, 634, 653, 680, 695, 92211η, 1291. LETTER TO: 417. See also Anthologie française; Supplément Monsey, Messenger, 45, 48? LETTERS TO: 102, 1157 Monson, John, ist Baron, 480 Montagu, A n n a Maria, 546 Montagu, Edward, 640, 652 Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson), Mrs. Edward, 341, 648, 649, 655, 1040η. LETTERS

TO:

589,

597,

604,

623,

652,

660, 687, 723, 725, 747, 749, 833, 900, 974» I0 55> 1092, 1154 Montagu, Edward Wortley, 118 Montagu, Elizabeth (Montagu-Dunk), Viscountess Hinchinbroke, 511 Montagu, John, 2d Duke of, 611 Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 23, ι ο ι η , 896η, 998η, ι ΐ 2 2 , 1140, 1148, 1 1 8 6 , 1205. LETTERS TO: 798, 826,

1001,

1003, 1071, 1178, 1200 Montague House, 64 Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de, 299, 330, 596» 6 i 3> 9!5> I 0 32, 1036. 1155 " M o n t a n o " {Othello), 47 Monthly Review, The, 87, 198η, 20in, 459, 1199, 1201 Montmélian, Savoy, 318 Moody, John, 567, 637, 677η, 963, 1148, 1190.

LETTERS TO: 592, 635, 852,

901, 931, 1186, 1319 Moody, Anne, Mrs. John, 852, 901

862,

I4OI

Moody, John (servant), 94, 109, 146 Moody, John (soldier), 232, 637 Moor " t h e C h a n d l e r " [[/], 6, 7 Moore [[/], 127 Moore, Edward, 908 Moore, Edward (author), 33, 47, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 119, 169? See also Fables for the Female Sex; " F o r the Gentlemen Volunteers"; Gamester; "Stanzas to M r . G — c k " Moore, Jenny (Hamilton), Mrs. Edward, 67 Moral Thoughts and Reflections (Savile), 64η,

67 Morande, Charles Théveneau de, LETTER τ ο : 892 More, Hannah, 839, 1109, 1112, 1114, 1140, 1148, 1163, A p p e n d i x D .

LETTERS

839, 907, 967, 1022, 1024, 1030, 1036, 1043, 1072, 1104, 1127, 1176, 1184, 1199, 1209, 1320. See also Essays on Various Subjects; Fatal Falsehood; Inflexible Captive; Ode to Dragon; Percy; Sir Eldred More, Martha, 839, 1022, 1043, 1209, 1320, Appendix D More, Sarah, 839, 1022, 1043, 1209, 1320 Morell, Thomas, 897, 900. See also Prometheus Vinctus Morellet, A b b é André, 358, 362, 641 ? TO:

687, 703, 7 8 7 , 8 7 2 . LETTERS TO: 730, 7 5 5

Morgan, Thomas, 106 Morgan, Elizabeth (Clough), Mrs. Thomas, io6n Morgan, William, 2, in, 5, 7, 14, 21 Morning Chronicle, 694, 861, 888, 925, 983 1148, 1184 Morning Post, 955, 1005, 1027, 1156, 1185 1248 Morris, Caroline, 593, 1340 Morris, Dr. Michael, 598? Mortimer, John Hamilton, 502, 900. See also "Shakespeare's Characters" Mossop, Henry, 121, 156, 164, 223, 337, 391, 414η, 635, 7 I o n > 8 7 5 . 882 Mostyn, Ann, 148, 1 1 2 ? 153? 2 1 1 ? Mostyn, Elizabeth, n o , i n , 112, 14615°) 155. ^Gn, 161 Mostyn, Sir Thomas, 150 Mount-Edgcumbe, Devonshire, 638, 639, 640, 644, 645, 646 Mourning Bride (Congreve), 257 " M o u s e in the G r e e n - R o o m " (G), 1064? 1065, 1078, 1079 Moyne, Nicolas-Toussaint, see Desessarts

1402

References are to Letter numbers

Neville, Richard Neville Aldworth, 317 New Bath Guide, The (Anstey), 976 Newbery, Francis, 715, 720 Newbery, John, 310 Newbery, Mrs. John, 310 New Brooms (Colman), 1058η Newcastle, ist Duke of, see PelhamHolles, Thomas Newcastle, 2d & 3d Dukes of, see Clinton, Henry Fiennes & Thomas Pelham Newcomb, see Newcome Newcome, Peter, LETTER TO: 576? 7 1 9 , 7 3 6 , 7 5 2 , 808, 890. LETTERS TO: New Forest, Hampshire, 513, 514 136, 158, 164, 165, 175, 199, 207, 218, Newgate (prison), 114 223, 239, 242, 248, 254, 256, 263, 264, New Morning Post; or, General Advertiser, 269, 270? 276, 277, 403, 434, 435, 436, 1065 437. 485. 490, 491. 508» 529» 6o9> 6 i 5 . Newton, Andrew, 639, 641. LETTERS TO: 672, 679, 735, 737, 1056. See also All in 792, 805. See also "Apsley, Letter t o " the Wrong; Alzuma; Apprentice; Choice; Newton, Mr. [U], 634 Citizen; Desert Island; "Essay on the Newton, Thomas, Bishop of Bristol, 10, 20, Theatre"; Grerian Daughter; Know Tour 21, 32, 33. 639 Own Mind; No One's Enemy; Old Maid; New Tear's Gift, see Harlequin's Jacket Orphan of China; School for Guardians; Nicholls ("Nichols"), Dr. Frank, 12 Three Weeks After Marriage; Upholsterer; Nicholson (postmark), 958 Way to Keep Him; What We Must All Niger (ship), 696 Come To; Works of.. . Tacitus; Zenobia "Nine, The," see More, Hannah Murphy, Mr. [£/], 1190 Nivernois, duc de, see Mancini Mazarini Murray, Mr. [£/], 68 Noel, Walter?, 19 Murray, Mr. [£/], 338 No One's Enemy But His Own (Murphy), Murray, William, ist Earl of Mansfield, 329n 23. 347» 7 I 7 n > I0°9> I 0 I 0 > 1253η. Norfolk House, 334 LETTERS TO: 4 9 4 , 7 5 2 Norris, Thomas, 289, 295, 298 Museumflorentinum. . . , 313, 314 North, Frederick, Lord, 625, 726, 820, Musgrave, Samuel, 558 1009, 1105η, 1184 Music: G on Italian, 324, 331; for DL, North, Anne (Speke), Lady, 726, 1009 343; & Ode, 546; & Jubilee, 550, 551, Northampton, 7th Earl of, see Compton, 552; & Arne, 934; & Mrs. Abington, Charles 961; D L oratorios, 976; Dashkova's, Northampton elections, 511, 529 1180 North Briton, The, 2961m, 321η, 326η, 495 Music, A General History of (Burney), 989 Northington, Earl of, see Henley, Robert Musical Lady, The (Colman), 280 Northumberland, ist Duke of, see Percy, Hugh (Smithson) Ν . , L . M . , LETTER TO: 825 Northumberland House (Colman's), 398, Nancy, France, 333, 334, 340, 341 413 Nanny (servant), 118 Note of Hand, The (Cumberland), 781 Naples, 321-326, 333, 338, 356 Nouveau Théâtre anglais (Riccoboni), 519 Neck or Nothing (G), 817 Nouvelles littéraires, 652η Necker, Jacques, 1008, 1023, 1026, 1061 Noverre, Augustin, 200, 821, 1116 Necker, Suzanne (Curchod), Mme Noverre, Jean Georges, 200, 450, 452, 821 Jacques, 1008, 1018, 1023, 1055. Noverre, Marguerite Louise (Sauveur), LETTERS TO: 1008, 1026, 1061 Mme Jean Georges, LETTER TO : 200 Necromancer, The (anon.), 748 Nugent, Thomas, 346, 611. See also Ned (servant), 22, 23, 28, 37 Grand Tour Needham, Thomas, 9th Viscount KilNuneham, Viscount, see Harcourt, George morey, 100 Simon

Much Ado about Nothing, 55, 69, 986 Mulberry tree, Shakespeare's, 323η, 537, 545, 72 in, 1061 Mulgrave, 2d Baron, see Phipps, Constantine Mulier, Pieter (Cavieliere Tempesta), 334 Munck, Seger [£/], 337 Munich, 336, 337, 338, 340 Mure, Hutchinson, 41, 42, Appendix Β Murphy, Arthur, 136, 135η, 174, 20in, 247» 249, 262, 280, 323, 329, 350, 478, 519, 521, 579, 605, 608, 612, 616, 704,

References are to Letter numbers " O a k l y " (Jealous Wife), 262, 445 " Oakly, Mrs." (Jealous Wife), 931, 1352 Oakover, Mr., see Okeover Oaks, The, Epsom, Surrey, 863η Oatlands, Surrey, 927η, 928η O'Brien, William, 213, 280, 321, 334η, 348> 3 5 3 9 7 . 7'7· See also Duel O'Brien, Lady Susan (Strangways), 334 Observateur français à Londres, Γ, 729η Observations à . . . l'Académie française (Rutledge), 106 m Observations on the Faerie Queme of Spenser (Warton), 294 O'Conor, Charles, 449η Ode... at Stratford-Upon-Avon (G), 542, 545. 546. 550. 5 5 5 5 4 . 559. 5 6 i > 562. 564, 565, 567, 809η

" O d e for Saint Cecilia's D a y " (Dryden), 570 Ode to Dragon (H. More), 1036? 1072, 1089η

Odes by Mr. Gray, 190, 195η Oedipus (Dryden & Lee), 97, 416, 797, 825, 1036, ii6I, 1193

Offley, Crewe, 1 Offley, Margaret (Lawrence), Mrs. Crewe, in Offley, John, r Offley, Lawrence, 1 "O'Flaherty, M a j o r " (West Indian), 592 Ogle, Sir Chalenor, 3 "Ógleby, L o r d " (Clandestine Marriage), 378, 381, 414, 714

O'Hara, James, 2d Baron Tyrawley, 25, 87η

O'Hara, Kane, see Two Misers Okeover ("Oakover"), Mr. [I/], 126 Okeover Hall, Yorkshire, 126 Old Batchelor, The (Congreve), 21η Old City Manners (Lennox), 913η Oldfield, Anne, 890

Old Maid, The ( M u r p h y ) , 276η, 277η

Old Maid, The (paper), 361 " O l d Painter's Soliloquy" (G), 1045η " O l d Rose and burn the bellows," 229, 414

Oliver, Richard, 631 Ornai (of Tahiti), 936 " O n Camden's taking the great Seal" (G), 423, 1061

" O n G r a c e " (G), 976η Onslow, Arthur, 214 Onslow, George, 214 " O n the Late Mr. K e n t " (Williams), 75η Opera, 101, 324, 1248, 1308

1403

Opéra-Comique, 8in, 419, 444η Opera House, Haymarket, 209, 354, 419, 488, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1342

Operations on G, 632, 740 " O p h e l i a " {Hamlet), 719 Orange, Prince of (later William IV of Holland), 4, 5 Orchard Street Theatre, Bath, 450η Orestes (Francklin), 531, 846η Orford, Countess of, see Rolle, Margaret Orford, ist Earl of, see Walpole, Robert Origin of the English Drama (ed. Hawkins), 627η, 877

Original Letters, Dramatic Pieces, and Poems (Victor), 104 m " O r l a n d o " (FatalFalsehood), 1209 Oroonoko (Southerne-Hawkesworth & Gentleman), 14η, 230, 241, 244, 245η, 654 " O r o o n o k o " (Oroonoko), 241, 244 Orphan, The (Otway), 18, 20, 36, 728, 900 Orphan of China, The (Francklin trans.), 157 Orphan of China, The (Murphy), 175, 199, 207, 218, 223, 230, 239η

Orphelin de la Chine, V (Voltaire), 157η, I67> 175. 199 " O r p h e u s " (Peep Behind), 475? Orrery, 5th & 6th Earls of, see Boyle, Hamilton & J o h n Osborne, Thomas, 4th Duke of Leeds, "57 " O s r i c " (Hamlet), 733 Ossian poems (Macpherson), 888, 895η Ossory, Lord, see Fitzpatrick, J o h n Othello·. & Hayman's picture, 33, 47; quoted, 574, 597, 648, 817, 823, 1078; & Swan, 814η, 823, 868, 870η; mentioned, 945 "Othello," 20, 29, 36, 47, 815 Ottley, Richard, 596η Ottley, Sarah Elizabeth (Young), Mrs. Richard, 596η Otway, Thomas, see Cains Marius; Friendship in Fashion; Venice Presen'd Overton, Hampshire, 1039 Ovid, quotations from, Fasti : 653 ; Heroides : 346; Metamorphoses: 426 Owen, William, 317 Oxford, 782, 864, 960, 1307 Paccini, Signora, 587η Packer, John Hayman, 435, 484η, 751η Padlock, The (Bickerstaffe), 545 Padua, 331, 332, 333 Page (of DL), 446

1404

References are to Letter numbers

Painting & related arts, 10, 33, 47, 65, 68, 22 2 , 334, 900 Palissot de Montenoy, Charles, 610, 641. See also Dimciade; Homme dangereux; Mémoires Palladio, Andrea, 334 Palmer [£/] (actor), 890,961, Appendix E ? Palmer, John ("Gentleman"), 287, 419, 484η Palmer, Prudence (Pritchard), Mrs. John, 2 8 7 , 1 7 1 η , 4 9 8 . L E T T E R TO: 2 8 7

Palmer, Sr., John (of Bath), 450η, 73in Palmer, Jr., John (of Bath), 903, 904, 954, 1132 Palmer, Joseph, 859η. See also "Zaphira" Palmerston, 2d Viscount, see Temple, Henry Pamela (Giffard), 20, 21 Panchaud, Isaac, 352, 653, 899, 1 1 1 6 Panckoucke, Joseph, 415η "Pandolfo" (Albumazar), 817 "Panthea" (Delap), 834η Pantheon, London, 1130 Pantheon, Rome, 321 Pantomimes, G on, 257 Paoli, Pascal, 479, 493, 544, 648η Paradise Lost (Milton), 47, 565 Paradoxe sur le comédien (Diderot), 787, 989 Pargiter, Philip, 11 Paris, 104-107, 317, 321, 336, 340-348, 350. 351-356, 358. 361, 362» 368, 4 1 1 , 413. 414» 4'6, 6 n , 777 Park Place, Berkshire, 639 Parliament, & Fund incorporation, 979, 981, 983. See also House of Commons; House of Lords Parma, Duke of, see Philip Parma, Italy, 335 Parry, John, 1134? Parsons, Annabella ("Nancy"), 510 Parsons, William, 1004, 1126η, 1242, Appendix E Partie de chasse de Henri IV (Collé), 354 Passion Week, 626 Paterson, John, 32, 37, 39η, 44, 46, Appendices B, G . LETTERS TO: 390, 4 2 1 ,

5'5 Patkule [?], Count, Appendix D Patoun, William, 600 Patron, The (Foote), 341η, 348η, 875 Patty (servant), 369 "Paul, Sir," see "Plyant" Paulet, Harry, 6th Duke of Bolton, 539η Paultons (Stanley's), 1202 Payne, John, 168, 1348? LETTER το: i68

Payzant, James, 63, 65, 69 "Peachum, Polly" (Beggar's Opera), 41, 268 Pearce, William, LETTER TO: 1170. See also Haunts of Shakespeare Peele, John (d. 1770), 428, 525η Peele, John (d. 1771), 194? Peep Behind the Curtain, A (G), 475η, 512 Pelham, Henry, 123, 473 Pelham-Holies, Thomas, ist Duke of Newcastle, 74. LETTERS TO: 202, 473,

987 Pelham ministry, ι ο ι η Pellett, Dr. Thomas, 12 Pembroke, 10th Earl of, see Herbert, Henry Penn, Richard, LETTER TO: 773 Penn, Mary (Masters), Mrs. Richard, 773 Pennyman, Elizabeth (Grey), Lady, 687? "Pepper, Brother," see Burke, Richard Pepy, Don, 338 Perceforest, & Lear, 780 Percy (More), 1030, 1036, 1043, 1072, 1104, 1130, 1146, 1148, 1184, 1199η Percy, Earl, see Percy, Hugh Percy, Lord Algernon, 1 io6n Percy, Isabella Susanna (Burrell), Lady Algernon, 1106 Percy, Henry, 1000 Percy, Hugh, Earl, 867 Percy, Hugh (Smithson), ist Duke of Northumberland, 144, 929. LETTER TO:

920? Percy, Thomas, Dean of Carlisle, 814, 717η.

LETTERS

TO:

929,

1000,

1218,

1322. See also Hermit of Warkworth; Reliques Pire de famille, Le (Diderot), 472, 582η, 614 Peregrine Pickle (Smollett), 185η Perkin Warbeck (Ford), 43 Perkins, William?, 2 Perkinson, " M y Aunt," 11 Perry, John [£/], LETTER TO: 690? Perry, Micajah, 16, 34? 35? 40? 4 1 ? Perry, Samson, 1012 Peruvian bark, see Bark Peter III, Czar, 297 Peterborough, Bishop of, see Hinchliffe Peters, John [i/], 63 Pettinger, Mr. [£/], 530η Petty, Mary, ist Countess of Shelburne, 760 Petty, William, 2d Earl of Shelburne, 687, 8 0 1 . L E T T E R TO: 7 9 4

Peyton, John, 553, 561, Append« C

References are to Letter numbers "Pharamond" (Philaster), 48 Philaster (Beaumont & Fletcher-Colman), 48.317 Philip, Duke of Parma, 335, 34a Philip, Mr. [£/], 91 Philips [£/], 452 Philips, Ambrose, see Distress'd Mother Philips, Charles Claudius, 799 Phillipson, Richard Burton, 1169 Philosopher, The (Williams), 710 Philosophical Dictionary, 347 Phipps, Constantine John, 2d Baron Mulgrave, 903, 936 "Pid Pad," see Garrick, Eva Pierce, Miss (governess), 413, 414 "Pierre" (Venice Preserv'd), 332 Piettero ("Pitro"), 119, 120 Pigott, William, 1041 Piles, 339, 635 Pinchbeck, Christopher, 1060 Piper, William, 1001, 1003 Piracy: of Grandison, 133; Walpole, ed., 198, 201; oí Jubilee, 635; oí Institution, 654 Pirnon, Mr. [U], 328 Pitro, Mr., see Piettero Pitt, George, ist Baron Rivers, 319, 320 Pitt, William, ist Earl of Chatham, 18, 279, 280, 326, 414, 418, 419, 423, 678.

1405

Playwriting, G on, 430, 460, 524, 565, 571, 583, 1360. See also Comedy; Criticism; Tragedy "Pliant," see " P l y a n t " "Plume, Captain" (Recruiting Officer), 25° Plummer, Richard, 2, 3, 5, 6 Plumptre, John, LETTER TO : 1 ο 13 ? "Plyant ('Pliant'), Sir P a u l " (.Double Dealer), 59, 67, 72, 88, 449, 653 "Plyant ('Pliant'), L a d y " (Double Dealer), 59, 67 Plym, Miss, 321, 458 Plymouth, 393 Poems Upon Various Subjects (Browne), 482? Poetical Amusements at a Villa Near Bath (collection), 9761m Politeuphuia; Wits Commonwealth (Bodenham), 118 Political Survey of Great Britain, A (Campbell), 824 "Politician Reform'd, T h e " (Ryder), 774n, 778, 779 Politics: & Walpole, at, 22; & Granville, 63; & Pelham, 101; Westminster elections, 123, 867; York meeting, 129, 130; Pitt & Barré, 279, 280; Regency Bill, 358; Stamp Act, 399; Pitt &, 414, 418, 419, 423; G &, 426, 1105; election riots, 492; Middlesex, 495; Northampton, 511 ; Bill of Rights, 567; Vaillant &, L E T T E R TO : 6 7 6 575; & Murphy, 609η, 719, 735; & " P i v y , " see Clive, Catherine Denmark, 673; & Boadicia, 689; & Placid Man, The (Jenner), 582, 583 theater, 784; & America, 820, 823η, Plain Dealer, The (Wycherly-Bickerstaffe), 915; at Bath, 903; & Necker, 1061; 425 Burke & Yates, 1087η, 1096η; & Plato, 319 Trident, 1178. See oto Jacobite Rebellion ; Platonic Lovers, The (Davenant), 348η War Platonic Wife, The (Griffith), 348, 351 Plautus, 329, 397, 539η Polly (Gay), 1270? Playhouse Passage, London, 286 Polly Honeycomb (Colman), 251 ? 252? 260, Plays, A Select Collection of Old (ed. Dodsley), 261 627 "Polonius" (Hamlet), 57 Plays and the like, G's, see Bon Ton; Pomfret, 2d Earl of, see Fermor, George Christmas Tale; Clandestine Marriage; Pompignan, Marquis de, see Lefranc "Cupid and Damon"; Cymon; ElopePons coffeehouse, 101 ment; Enchanter; Fairies; Guardian; Ponsonby, John, 87 Harlequin's Invasion; Institution of the Ponsonby, Lady Elizabeth (Cavendish), Garter; Irish Widow; Isabella; Jubilee; 87η Lethe; Linco's Travels; Lying Valet; Pop, Miss [£/], 112 Male Coquette; May Day; Meeting of the Pope, Alexander, 23, 565. See also Eloisa Company; Miss in Her Teens; Neck or to Abelard; Epilogue to the Satires; Nothing; Ode; Peep Behind; "Ragand"Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot"; " T o Mr. j a w " ; Theatrical Candidates Fortescue" Plays, G's old, 627, 848, 849, Appendix G. Pope, Essay Upon the Genius and Writing of See also Book collecting; Books, G's (Warton), 163, 174, 283

1406

References are to Letter numbers

Pope, Jane, 263,

321,

337,

437,

Price [£/], 74 Price, William, 567, 502η, 568 917, 918, 938, 982, 1324 Pride, Miss (of D L ) , 322η Pope, William, 268 Prié, marquis de, 338 Porter, William, 296η "Primitive Puppet Shows" (Foote), HandPortland, 3d Duke of, see Bentinck, some Housemaid, 745η William Pritchard, Prudence, see Palmer Portraits of G: Carmontelle's, 355η; Pritchard, William, 51, 287. L E T T E R T O : Dance's, 626, 732, 743, 792, 805; 5' Faesch's, 442η; Gainsborough's, 306η, Pritchard, Hannah (Vaughan), Mrs. 398; Hall's engraving of, 305η; HayWilliam, 51, 50η, 93, 171η, 287, 329, man's, 33η ; at Spencer's, 52 7 ; Hogarth's, 337. 419. 445. 447. io°2. L E T T E R T O : 37, 40, 46; Hudson's, 306; Lane's hair, 498 1221; Liotard's, 343; Merchant's seal, "Pritchard's Farewell, Mrs." (G), 498 1317; Reynolds', 343, 739, 1 0 9 4 1 1 ; Van Private theatricals: Bedford's, 26, 27; der Gucht's, 780; Wilson's, 343, 400η; Young's, 208, 209; at Holland House, Zoffany's, 292η, 343 285η; Duke of York's, 448, 453; Portsmouth, Hampshire, 236, 239 Chesterfield's, 451; Essex's, 816; HanPott, Percivall, 626, 740 bury's, 856, 860; at Wynnstay, 1133η; Pott, Sarah (Cruttenden), Mrs. Percivall, Gardiner's, 1147η 626 Project, The (Tickell), 1177? Potter, John, L E T T E R T O : 439 Prologue and Epilogue . . . Drury Lane (JohnPottinger, Israel, 280 son), 717 "Powel," see Powell, William Prologues and/or Epilogues, G's: for DL Powell, William, 317, 321, 322, 323, 329, '50 opening, 96η; for Mrs. Clive, 90; 333, 337» 341» 348, 351» 353. 355» 4°3> to Desert Island, 248; to Polly Honeycomb, 404,445η, 452,455,458, 459,546, 635η. 260; to All in the Wrong, 269; for Love's L E T T E R S T O : 345, 383 theater, 351; to Clandestine Marriage, Poyntz, William, 1149 381, 392, 397; for Bristol theater, 404; Pradon, Nicolas, 376 to English Merchant, 447; for private theatricals, 451η, 453η, 856; to Dido, Pratt, Charles, ist Baron Camden, 411; 454; to Zenobia, 491η; for Mrs. PritG's verse on, 423, 1061; & Beighton, chard, 498; to Zingis, 520η; to School for 467, 468, 489, 513; mentioned, 412, Wives, 811 ; to Maid of the Oaks, 869; to 433. 546, 593. 638, 745, 780, 815, 856, Choleric Man, 890; to Inflexible Captive, 904? 905, 936, 991, 1148, Appendix G. 904; to Fathers, 986η, 1204, i2o6, 1208, L E T T E R S T O : 411, 703, 1132 1209; to New Brooms, 1058η; to Lethe, Pratt, Elizabeth (Jeffreys), Lady Camden, 1 1 0 4 ; to Spanish Barber, 1126η, ii27, 466, 513, 638, 703, 1132. L E T T E R S T O : 1128; for Colman, 1184; & Η. More, 466, 467, 468 1320; U, 1334, 1362; Appendix D Pratt, The Hon. Elizabeth, 467, 703 Prometheus Vinctus (Morrell trans.), 799, 801 Pratt family (Camdens), 777, 1132 Pratt, The Hon. Jane ("Jenny"), 777, Pronouncing Dictionary (Walker), 829 Prophetess; or, The History of Dioclesian, The 6 936, 987. L E T T E R S

TO:

4 7. 703.

1132?

850,

899,

626, 931,

268, 311, 914,

Pratt, The Hon. John Jeffreys, 1132? Pratt, The Hon. Sarah, 467, 703 Précieuses Ridicules, Les (Molière), 646, 939, 95° Present State of Music in France and Italy (Burney), 322η Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces (Burney), 759? Préville (Pierre Louis du Bus), 362, 441, 881. L E T T E R T O : 880

Préville, Mme 441,

880

(Beaumont & Fletcher-Betterton), 209 Protestant Academy at Geneva, 626 Provok'd Husband, The (Vanbrugh-Cibber), 36,

884

Provok'd Wife, The (Vanbrugh), 517 Pryse, John Pugh, 670 Public Advertiser, 148, 168, 455, 661, 754. I079> " 0 5 η Public Ledger, 715η, i2ion Pulteney, Harry, 346, 341η, 457 Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath, 201, 309. 319. 32'. 3 4 ' . 457"

688,

284,

References are to Letter numbers Pupille (Fagan), see Guardian Pye, Joel Henrietta (Mendez), Robert, 1116, 1136 Pyott, Richard, 9, 10

Mrs.

1407

Reddish, Samuel, 659,806, 810,893,894η, 957, Appendix D Redyard ("Reydard") [£/], 74, 86, 147 R e e d , J o s e p h , 2 4 6 , 4 5 2 . LETTERS T O : 2 4 6 ,

Quaker, The (Dibdin), 930 Quarley Manor, Hampshire, 1202, 1203 Queen's Arms Tavern, Brethren at, LETTER T O : 3 9

Queen's Arms Tavern, 39η, 44, 87 Quin, James, 38, 29η, 40, 78η, 8g, 307, 308, 310, 357, 372, 397, 533, 858. LETTERS TO : 5 0 , 306

Quinine, see Bark, Peruvian Racine, Jean Baptiste, 317, 376. See also Athalie Rackett family, Thomas, 1149, 1151 R a c k e t t , T h o m a s , 8 0 9 , 9 6 0 , 1 1 4 9 . LETTERS TO:

809, 1325

R a c k e t t , M r s . T h o m a s , 8 0 9 , 9 6 0 . LETTER T O : I 149 Rackett, Jr., Thomas, 877, 809η, 1149. LETTERS T O : 8 7 7 , 9 6 0

RadclifF, Miss [£/], 704 Radnor, 4th Earl of, see Robartes Raftor, James ("Jemmy"), 445? " R a g a n d j a w " (G), 48, 49η R a l p h , J a m e s , 8 1 , 1 3 0 7 . LETTER T O : 1 9 2 .

See also Astrologer Ralph, Mrs. James, 81 "Ralpho, L o n g " [£/], 90 Ramus, Nicholas, 373, 393, 399, 445, 452, 6 6 1 ? 1 0 2 2 . LETTERS T O : 5 2 2 ? 1 1 4 3

Ranby, John, 79, 768, 1295 R a n b y , J r . , J o h n , 5 7 4 , 7 3 6 . LETTER T O :

768 Ranby, Jr., Mary (Goate), Mrs. John, 768 Ranelagh Gardens, 44, 106, 131η, 653η, 695. 935» 1299. ' 3 ' 7 ?

" R a n g e r " (Suspicious Husband), 48, 188, 393. 504. 55n, 5 ' 9 . 773. ! 3 ° 8

Raphael, 334 Raucourt, Mlle (F. M. A . Saucerotte), 777 Raven (ship), 331 Raven Inn, Shrewsbury, 1133 Ravenscroft, Edward, see London Cuckolds Ray, Martha, 1200, 896η Rayner, John, 599, 687, 1031, 1038, 1086 Rayner, Jr., John, 1031, 1038, 1086. LETTER T O : 1031

Raynes ("Reins"), Henry, 11 Reading, John, 9 Recruiting Officer, The (Farquhar), 1, 25η

273. 275. 429, 4 3 ' . 454. 465. 477. 738?

See also "Benedick & Beatrice"; Dido; Register-Office; "Schemers"; Tom Jones Regency Bill, 358 Regicide, The (Smollett), 49, 185η Register-Office, The (Reed), 246η, Appendix F Regnier, Andrew, 279 Regnier, Claude François Louis, comte de Guerchy, 395 "Regulus" {Inflexible Captive), 904 Rehearsal, The (Buckingham-G), 20, 22, 108, 227, 274η, 375, 671, 1057, !°72. 1347· See also Meeting of the Company Religion, 41, 49, 69, 220, 229, 236, 266, 321, 324, 326, 381, 418, 553, 1005 Reliques of Ancient Poetry (Percy), 350η, 4i8n Remembrancer, The, 81 Rémond de Sainte-Albine, Pierre, see Comédien "Remonstrance of D : G : . . . to . . . S. Foote," 581 Renaudin, Dr. François Antoine, 339 Reni, Guido, 334 Reprisal, The (Smollett), 185η, 197η "Restless, Sir John" {All in the Wrong), 276η, 277 Retaliation (Goldsmith), 372η, 640 Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de, 1360 Revenge, The (Young), 108 Reynolds, Ann, 434, 450 Reynolds, Frances, 278 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 278, 343, 739, 903, 1045η, iog4n, 1114, 120g, 122 m. LETTERS T O : 2 7 8 , 8 5 9

"Rhesus" (Agis), 196 Ricci, Marco, 101 Riccoboni, Marie Jeanne (Laboras de Mézières), Mme Antoine, 350, 385 » 529. 6 1 5 . LETTERS T O : 3 6 1 , 4 0 2 , 4 4 1 ,

474,

519, 521, 616, 667, 1136. See also Lettres d'Adélaide; Lettres de Milady; Lettres de Sophie; Nouvelle Théâtre R i c e , W o o d f o r d , LETTER T O : 1 0 2 7

Rich, John, 21, 28, 29, 39, 40, 41, 51, 8in, 93, 120, 199, 209, 303η, 391, 560η Richard II, 282, 885, 888 Richard III, 346, 426, 680η, 776, 8o8

1408

References are to Letter numbers

"Richard I I I , " 15, 16, 17, 20, 36, 257, 259, 353, 686, 726, 820, 1012η, loig, 1022, 1118 ? Richard the Second, The History of (Tate), see Sicilian Usurper Richards, D., 605? 634? Richards, Mr. [£/], 1064 Richardson, Mr. [£/], 1357 Richardson, Mrs. [U], 173 Richardson, Samuel, LETTERS TO: 56, 124, 133. See also Clarissa; Sir Charles Grandison Richford, Κ . [I/], 137 "Richmond" {RichardIII), 1022 Richmond theater, 351, 389, 407, 412, 414, 471, 1044 Ricketts, George Poyntz, 1199η, Appendix G Ricketts, Sophia, Appendix G Rider, Richard, 1, 2, 3, 11 Ridley, Gloucester, 305η. See also "Jugurtha" Riegel ("Rigai"), Joseph-Henri, 441? Rigby, Miss, 363 Rigby, Richard, 363, 322η, 414, 510, 511, 5 «3» 53°n, 566, 679, 681, 768, 771, 782, 921, 1056, 1114, 1148, u 6 i , 1184, 1185,

Robinson, John, LETTER TO : 1105 Robinson, Matthew, 652 ? Robinson, Morris, 652? Robinson, the Messrs. (of Lichfield), 284 Robinson, Sir Thomas, 131, 935, 1284? Appendix C Robinson Crusoe (Defoe), 936 Rochechouart, Diane-Adélaïde de, comtesse de Châtelet, 569 Rochford, 4th Earl of, see Zuylenstein Rockingham, Lord & Lady, see WatsonWentworth Roffey, Boulter [£/], 1188 Roger (servant), 146, 150, 152, 153, 154 Rolle, Margaret, Countess of Orford, 321, 333 Romanova, Ekaterina (Vorontsov), Princess Dashkova, LETTER TO: 1180 Roman Sacrifice, The (Shirley), 844, 1148 "Roman Victim" (Shirley play), 844 Rome, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325-329, 343 Romeo et Juliette (Ducis adapt.), 741 " R o m e o " (Romeo and Juliet), 93, 95, 96 Romeo and Juliet·. & CG, 93, 95, 96, 103; quoted, 362; mentioned, 28, 119 Romeo and Juliet (G's alteration), 93, 512 1308, A p p e n d i x G . LETTERS TO: 364, Roper, Charles Trevor, 983η 977. 1336 Roper, Henry, 983 "Rigdum Funnidos" (Chrononhotontholo- Rosa, Salvator, 334 "Rosalind" (As You Like It), 956 gw), 45» 632 Rosamon ("Rosimond"), Thomas, 127 Riots, theatrical, 303ml, 567η, 603, 6 i i , Rosamond, see Henry the Second 8o6nn, 810, 896, 981 Rosciad, The (Churchill), 267, 313, 352 Rites of Hecate (Love), 321η, 322η, 323, "Rosciad, or a Theatrical Register, The," 329η? Rival Candidates, The (Bate), Appendix F 439 Rival Queens, Alexander the Great; or, The Roscius, 386 (Lee), 329η, 857 Rose, The, 815 Rivals, The (Sheridan), 888 Rose Tavern, 119, 127 "Rivers" (FatalFalsehood), 1209 "Rosinante" (Don Quixote), 89 "Rivine," see Fatal Discovery Ross [Í7], 1268 Rivington, James, 185 Ross, David, 249, 105η, 353, 493, 838. Robartes, John, 4th Earl of Radnor, 63, LETTERS T O : 2 4 9 , 843 Appendix D Rothes, Lady, see Langton, Mary Robert (servant), 74 Rotterdam, 1116 Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle (ed. Hearne), Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 415, 444η, 1026. 780 See also Devin du Village; Eloisa Roberts, John, 77? 123 Rout, The (Hill), 215η, 2i6, 218, 222, 228 Roberts, John Christopher, 1047 Rowe, Nicholas, see Ambitious Stepmother; Robertson, William, 220, 509, 829. Fair Penitent; Jane Shore; Tamerlane LETTERS TO: 220, 505. See also Charles Royal Suppliants, The (Delap), 834 V; History of Scotland Royal Theatre, Edinburgh, 493η, 838η Robertson, William, 900, 1107? Rubens, Peter Paul, 334 Robin (servant), gg, 119, 120, 121 "Rudd, Mrs." (Kelly character), 946 Robins, John, 12? Rugby, John [IT], 771

References are to Letter numbers Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (altered from Fletcher), 444 Runaway, The (Cowley), 856η, 913? n o i "Rusport, Charlotte" {West Indian), 893 Russell, John, 4th Duke of Bedford, 26, 27, 44, 101, 182, 250η, 286, 2go, 302η, 68i. L e t t e r t o : 26 Russia, 1180 Rust, John, 1228? Rutherford, John, 455η, 481 ? 830η, 834η Rutledge, James, see Observations à ... l'Académie française Ryder, Thomas, 774, 1148. L e t t e r s t o : 774. 778, 779. See also "Politician Reform'd" Ryves, Elizabeth, L e t t e r t o : 595. See also "Adelaide" Sabatier de Castres, Abbé Antoine, see Trois siècles (1772); Trois siècles (1774) Sackville, George, see Germain Sackville, John Frederick, 3d Duke of Dorset, 545 Sackville, Lionel Cranfield, ist Duke of Dorset, ιοί Sadler, Elizabeth, 1041 ? Sadler's Wells, 338, 350, 910 Sainsbury, Thomas, 1165, 1166 St. Bennet's Church, London, 188 St. Charles, theater of (Naples), 321 Saint-Evremond, Charles de Marquetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de, 517 St. Foix, Germain François Poullain de, 236. See also Essais historiques sur Paris St. James's Chronicle, 2801m, 314, 315, 321, 383. 329. 346. 347. 353. 36a, 398, 443. 452. 455. 570. 635. 925? i334n St. John, Henry, 1299 St. John, The Hon. John, 605, 608 Saint-Lambert, Marquis Jean François de, 376η St. Michael's Cornhill, 631 St. Paul, Horace, 1105 Saint-Réal, César, Abbé de, 87 Salisbury, Wiltshire, 289 Sally (animal), 70 Salvia, Mr. [IT], 103 "Samuel, L o r d " (Griffith character), 422 "Sandane" (Agis), 196 Sanders (of DL), see Saunders Sanderson (of DL), see Saunders Sandwich, 4th Earl of, see Montagu, John Sanford, Mr. [Í/], 31 Sarah, Mrs. [£/], 91 Sarjent, Mrs. [U], 393

1409

Satire: on Walpoles, 8; G's on Lichfield, 9; G on personal, 355; Thompson's, 994; Colman's, 1209 Saucerotte, Françoise Marie Antoinette, see Raucourt Saunders (Sanders, Sanderson, of DL), 118, 119, 332, 398. See also Saunderson Saunderson (DL), 118, 329, 351, 413, 454. See also Saunders Saurin, Bernard Joseph, 354 Sauvé, Jean-Baptiste, L e t t e r τ ο : io"j Sauvé, Mme Jean-Baptiste, 107 Savage, Richard, see Sir Thomas Overbury Savalette, Geneviève, Marquise de Gléon, 872 Savile, George, ist Marquis of Halifax, 64, 67, 77, 90. See also Character of Charles II; Moral Thoughts Savile, Sir George, 130 Savoir Vivre, The, 995 Say, Edward, 347 Scarborough, Yorkshire, 89, 116 Scarborough Sweep [I/], 112 "Scarron, the Modern," see Monnet Scenery, 329, 332, 611, 875 Schaw, Frederick Bridges, 1158, 1176, Appendix G. L e t t e r t o : 1158? Schaw, Arabella (Garrick), Mrs. Frederick, see Garrick, Arabella "Schemers, T h e " (Reed), 431 Schömberg, Sir Alexander, 401 Schömberg, Dr. [which?], L e t t e r t o : 1327 Schömberg, Dr. Isaac, 319,321, 329, 397η, 398. 532. 988nn? 992? 1210η Schömberg, Dr. Ralph, 397, 329, 398? 399. 452, 776, 808, 814 School for Guardians, The (Murphy), 403? 434. See also Country Girl School for Lovers, The (Whitehead), 280, 284, 287 School for Rakes, The (Griffith), early versions? 422, 424, 435η, 524, 531 School for Scandal, The (Sheridan), 1097, 1100, 1106, 1148 School for Wives, The (Kelly), 8o6n, 810, 811, Appendix F "School of Shakespeare" (Capell), see Shakespeare, Notes and Various Readings Scornful Lady, The (Beaumont & Fletcher), 719 Scott, Alexander, 331 " S c r u b " (Beaux' Stratagem), 29, 36, 62, 458, 572 Secco, Ciro, Count, 334?

References are to Letter numbers

1410

Secco, Nicolò, Count, 334 Seeker, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 486 Sedaine, Michel-Jean, 875 Sedgwick [[/], 46 Selwin ("Selwyn"), Charles, aoo, 317η Sel win and Foley (later Foley & Co.), soon, 331, 336, 348, 351, 352η, 354 Selwyn, George Augustus, 349, 397, 954. LETTER TO:

349

355» 364» 376» 4 6o > 494» 586, 675, 887, 929, 966, 122 in, 1240. See also under play titles &c. "Shakespeare's Characters" (prints by Mortimer), 900 "Shakespeare's Feast" (Steevens), 570 Shakespeare's Garland (collection), 551 Sharp [I/], 458, 978 " S h a r p " (Lying Valet), 20 Sharp, Richard, L E T T E R T O : 1 1 1 9 Sharp, Samuel, 37, 39η, 43, 8g, 587η Sharpless ("Sharpies"), John?, 2, 114 Shaw, Cuthbert, see Four Farthing Candles Shaw, Mr. [U], 961 Shebbeare, John, L E T T E R T O : 460. See also "Dion" Sheffield, John, ist Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 77. See also Short Character of Charles II Shelburne, ist Countess of, see Petty, Mary Shelburne, 2d Earl of, see Petty, William Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 888, 32η, 82in, 904η, 97in, 978, 1029, 1052η, 1072, 1078η, ι ιοο, 1107, 1124, 1129η, 1175η, 1 1 7 7 , 1182η, 1196. L E T T E R S Τ Ο : 972, 1097, 1162, 1174, 1191, 1204. See also Duenna; Rivals; School for Scandal Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann (Linley), Mrs. Richard Brinsley, 904, 888n, 1097 Sheridan, Thomas, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 43,

Semiramis (Voltaire), 632, 1072 Seneca, 652 Sensibility, G's, 1278 "Sentimental Ladies, T h e " (Jenner), 646 Sere [?], Miss [£/], 392 Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances (Griffith), 464? Serle's Coffeehouse, 1245 Sethona (Dow), 520η, 698, 704, 706, 8i8, 851η " S e t h o n a " (Sethona), 706 Seward, Thomas, 32, 114, 307 Seward, Elizabeth (Hunter), Mrs. Thomas, 32 Sganarelle (Molière), 264η Shackleton, John, 59, 63 ? Shade [£/], 369 Shadwell, Thomas, 187. See also Squire of Alsatia Shakespeare, ed. Bell, 819η, 823η Shakespeare, ed. Hanmer, 33η, 8o8 Shakespeare, ed. Johnson, 360, 397, 525 257» 258, 567, 888n, 907? 1204 Shakespeare, ed. Johnson and Steevens, Sheridan, Frances, Mrs. Thomas, 375. 808, 888 See also Discovery; Dupe; "Journey to Shakespeare, Essay on the Learning of (Farmer), B a t h " She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not (Cibber), 949 443» 587"» 975" Shakespeare, Essay on the Writings & Genius Shirley, William, 378, 1148. L E T T E R T O : of (Montagu), 597 844. See also "Alcibiades"; " A l l MisShakespeare Jubilee, see Jubilee taken"; Edward the Black Prince; Roman "Shakespeare, Modern Characters from," Sacrifice; " R o m a n V i c t i m " see "Modern Characters" " S h i r l y " (Rehearsal), 231 Shakespeare, Notes and Various Readings to "Shore, J a n e " [Jane Shore), 773 (Capell), 974 Short Character of Charles II (Sheffield), 77 Shakespeare, William : G & 63,69,108,202, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1133, Appen497> 498, 517η» 525» 528, 565, 589, 624, dix C 885; & Hayman, 33, 47; & Hoadly, 49; Shuter, Edward, 121, 931 & Murphy, 175; & Home, 196; & " S h y l o c k " (Merchant of Venice), 878 Kenrick, 235, 819, 839; & Dido, 273; Sicilian Usurper (Tate), 888 & Voltaire, 318, 340, 564, 669, 1055, Sick Monkey, The (G), 352, 355, 358 1061; & Powell, 345; France & , 36a, Siddons, William, 932, 926η. L E T T E R S T O : I 1 4 5> 73°. 74 » 872; & Hawkins, 856; 944» 947» 956 statues of, 547, 797; & Taylor, 833; Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), Mrs. William, & Swan, 852η, 870; & Mortimer, 900; 926, 931, 932, 944, 947, 956 & Cadogans, 1109, 1112, 1238; & Siddons, Sarah Martha, 956 Linguet, 1136; mentioned, 335, 347, Sidney, Sir [[/], 1228

References are to Letter numbers Siège de Calais, Le (Beiloy), 341, 352, 353 Siege of Aquileia, The (Home), 247 Siege of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, The (Latter), 827 "Siege of Marseilles" (Mickle; earlier "Chateaubriant"), 544, 618, 629, 677, 799η, 8io Siege of Tamar (Howard), 709η Silent Woman, see Epicoene "Simplex Munditis" (G), 976η Simpson, Joseph, 384 Simpson, Stephen, 307. LETTER TO: 384 Simpson, Jane (Adey), Mrs. Stephen, 384 "Singleton, Mary," see Brooke, Frances "Sing Old Rose," see " O l d Rose" Sir Charles Grartdison (Richardson), 133 Sir Eldred of the Bower (More), 967, 988η Sir Harry Wildair (Farquhar), 40η "Sir Sampson," see " L e g e n d " Sir Thomas Overbury (Savage-Woodfall), 1064? 1065, 1078, 1079, 1082? Sister, The (Lennox), 913 Six Old Plays (Steevens), 8o8n Slingsby, Samuel, 419, 856, 901, Appendix E Sloper, William, 247, 315 Smalbroke, Richard, Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield, 11 Smalbroke ("Smallbrooke"), Richard, 108, ι in, 319 Smart, Josiah, 46, 114 "Smatter, J a c k " (Pamela), 20 Smith (of CG), 394η Smith, Adam, 441 Smith, John Christopher, 802 Smith, Joseph, 20. LETTERS TO: 134, 139, 1012, 1328, 1329 Smith, Mary, Mrs. Joseph, 134, 139, 1328, '329 Smith, R e v . D r . ? LETTER TO : 1330

Smith, Matthew, LETTER TO: 1068 "Smith, M r . " (Rehearsal), 375, 1347 Smith, Nathaniel, 1132? 1148? Smith, Robert, LETTER TO: 964 Smith, William ("Gentleman"), 714, 806, 856, 865, 902, 904, Appendices C , E.

"Smuggler, Alderman" (Constant Couple), 422, 424 Snelling, Mr. [t/], 782 Snobbery, 689, 855 Snow, Valentine, 605? Soame, Miss \U], 682 Somerset Coffeehouse, 710 Somerset House, 118, 595, 614 " Somerville, Lord & L a d y " (Griffith characters), 464 Sons of the Clergy (charity), 633 Sophocles, see Trachiniae Sosia, see Amphitryon Souastre, Adrien-Louis Bonnières de, comte de Guiñes, 993 Southampton Street, Gs at, 60, 62, 65, 69, 70» 73. 74. 77. 78. 79. 99. 102, 112, 117, 123, '«5. 135. H i . 148. 17°. '8o. 186, 231, 238, 241, 256, 257, 259, 270, 299, 322, 341, 356, 369, 387, 393, 403, 412 Southerne, Thomas, see Isabella; Oroonoko Spa, Belgium, 336, 338 Spanish Barber (Colman), ι ι ι 8 η , 1124η, 1126, 1127, " 2 8 Spanish Curate, The (Beaumont & Fletcher), 105 Sparks, Isaac, 635 Sparks, Richard, 635, 363η, 636 "Spatter" (English Merchant), 447η Spectator, The (Addison et al), 777 Spencer, Lord Charles, 423, 495, " 4 9 . Appendix C Spencer, Mary (Beauclerk), Lady Charles, 423.

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Spencer, George, 4th Duke of Marlborough, 423, 1149 Spencer, Caroline (Russell), 4th Duchess of Marlborough, 423, 1149 Spencer, George John, Viscount Althorp, 1034, 1149 Spencer, Lady Henrietta Frances, 1034 Spencer, John, ist Earl, 232, 321, 322, 326, 334. 335. 338η, 350, 527, 1034, 1035, I04I, 1148, 1154η, ιι66, 1213, 1218, A p p e n d i x C . LETTERS TO: 232 & 233

Spencer, Margaret Georgiana (Poyntz), LETTERS T O : 7 7 0 , 7 7 5 , 7 9 1 , 7 9 3 , 7 9 6 , ist Countess, 232, 321, 323, 326, 334, 897. 9 5 9 6 9 527, 1041, 1052, 1148, 1149, 1154η, Smithers, Mr. [£/], 162 I2I7, I22in. LETTERS TO: 330, 1033 & Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 24η, 32, 40, 1034; epitomized, 1060, 1062, 1063, 1130, 1139, 1144, 1146, 1208, 1211 ; 42n, 43, 635η, 774η, 814η listed, 619, 1017, 1037, 1049,1051, 1053, Smollett, Dr. Tobias, 49, i8in, 474. 1054, 1059, 1066, 1070, 1073, 1076, LETTERS TO: 185, 197. See also History of 1080, 1083, 1084, 1088, 1090, 1093, England; Peregrine Pickle; Regicide; Re1095, 1098, 1099, 1102, 1115, 1120, prisal; Travels in France

References are to Letter numbers Spencer, Margaret Georgiana—contd. Stevens, George Alexander, 800 Stewart, Robert, 1132η, 1149 1152, 1153, 1159, 1164, 1173, 1189, Stewart, Frances (Pratt), The Hon. Mrs. 1194, 1197, iao7, 1212, 1214, 1216, 1219, 1220, 1331, 1332, 1333 (Robert), 1132 Stilton, Huntingtonshire, 121 Spenser, Edmund, 294 Stockdale, Percival, 746, 798. LETTER TO : Spilsbury [£/], 419 746 Spithead "Jubilee," 775η, 782 "Stockwell" {Neck or Nothing), 817 Spleen, The (Colman), 948? 988η, 992, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, 190 1004 "Stone," G's, 337, 568, 655, 660, 744, 745, Spring, The (Harris), 289η, s g ¡ , 295, 298η Spring Garden, Bath, 976 823. 895, 943, 986 Squire [C/J, 1005 Stoney, Andrew Robinson, see Bowes Squire of Aliotta (Shadwell), 187, 875η Stoney Bowes, Andrew Robinson, see Squire, Stafford ?, 84, 99 Bowes Stage: French article on, 376, 415; Stonhouse, Dr. James, 839ml, 1036, 1320, apolitical, 500; "declining," 546; Appendix D Storey, Mr., 431 French, 583, 588; trappings of, 611; Stourhead, 1193 & Scotland, 895; G on leaving, 1107, "Stowe, Inscription for" (G), 1229 1309. See passim Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, 769 Stainforth, Miss, 78, 96, Appendix A ? Strahan ("Straughn"), William, 319, 378, Steinforth, Thomas, 59, 78, Appendix A ? 380, 762η Stainforth, Mrs. Thomas, 78 Strangways, Lady Susan, see O'Brien, Stair, 2d Earl of, see Dalrymple, John Lady S. Stammer [£/], 331 Strasbourg, 334, 339, 479 Stamp Act, 399η Stratford on Avon, & Shakespeare Jubilee, Standlinch, Wiltshire, 137, 208, 222 5351, 54°. 54'» 545. 55°. 553» 554» 56'» Stanhope, Anne (Delavai), Lady, 448, 566, 624, A p p e n d i x C . LETTER TO T h e 453 Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of, Stanhope, Philip, 5th Earl of Chesterfield, 537. See also Hunt, William; Jubilee; 451» !223 West, James Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of "Stratford Jubilee" (Ireland), 635 Chesterfield, 23, 40, 49, 1338 Strathmore, Countess of, see Bowes Stanley, Edward, 329, 915, 942 Streatham, 737, 1091 Stanley, Edward Smith, 12 th Earl of "Street, Madame Charles," see Hoadly, Derby, 863 Mrs. Benjamin Stanley, Hans, 1149, 1202, 1203 "Strictland, Mrs." (Suspicious Husband), Stanley, John, 230, 976η 773 Stanmore, Middlesex, 20, 1328 Stuart, John, 3d Earl of Bute, 166, 262. Stanmore School, 1012η LETTERS T O : 166, 206, 2 2 1 , 2 2 4 , 2 2 7 , "Stanzas to Mr. G—ck, on the Talk of 265, 274? the T o w n " (Moore), 59 Statius, Thebiad quoted, 1035 "Sturgeon, M a j o r " (Mayor of Garratt), 506 Steele, Sir Richard, see Account of the State Sturz, Helfrich Peter, LETTER TO : 528 of the Roman-Catholick Religion; ConsciousStuttgard, 336, 338 Lovers; Tender Husband Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine, 350, 351, Steevens, George, 397) 570. 761η, 885η, 730» 755- 1026? LETTERS TO: 358, 362, 948. LETTERS T O : 4 2 8 , 6 6 9 , 808, 8 1 0 , 376» 415» 56a, 588, 602, 603, 610, 787, 814, 815, 819, 823, 848, 849, 868, 870, 872, 989. See also Discours de réception 874, 885, 888. See also Shakespeare, ed. Suard, Amélie (Panckoucke), Mme Jean Johnson and Steevens; Six Old Plays Β. Α., 415» 6ιο, 73°» 755» 787» 872, 9 8 9 Stephens, John, 289, 291, 295 " S u b t l e " (Alchemist), 121 Stephens ("Steevens"), Zachariah, 413, Suckling, Sir John, see Goblins Sudali, see Sudell 419? 567η, 570, 714 "Sterling" (Clandestine Marriage), 949 Sudell, Charles, 12, 9η, 13, 14, 20, 21, Sterne, Lawrence, 329 284?

References are to Letter numbers Sudell, Penelope (Browne), Mrs. Charles, ian, 106

1413

Taylor, Dr. Robert, 65, 126, 154? 161, Appendix A Teddington, Middlesex, 30 Telemachus, 771 "Telltruth, Timothy," see "Lovetruth, Timothy" Tempest, The, 178, 565 Tempesta, Cavaliere, see Mulier, Pieter "Tempesto," see Mulier, Pieter Temple, Earl, see Grenville-Temple Temple, Henry, 2d Viscount Palmerston,

Sudell, Penelope, 106 Suetonius, Vita Terenti quoted, 187 Suffolk, 12 th Earl of, see Howard, Henry Suicide, The (Colman), 414η, 1184, 1185 "Sulky, Commodore" (Kelly character), 946 "Sullen, Mrs." (Beaux' Stratagem), 773, 865 Sullivan [£/], 43 "Sulpitia" (Albumazar), 803 Sultan, The (Bickerstaffe), 847, 923η, g6i 323, 489, 495, 1195, 1198, 1199, 1203, Sunbury, Middlesex, 480 Appendix G Supplément au Roman comique . . . (Monnet), Temple, Frances (Poole), 2d Viscountess 680η Palmerston, 489 Surgeon's Hall, 266 Temple, Richard, Viscount Cobham, 63 "Surprise, T h e " (Home), 795? 797? Temple, Anne (Halsey), Viscountess Surrey, Earl of, see Howard, Henry Cobham, 62, 63, 84 Suspicious Husband, The (Hoadly), 29η, 48η, Temple, The, 736 5'3n Tender Husband, The (Steele), 865 Sutter, R. [£/], 226 Terence, 187, 321, 576η, 875, 939. See also Sutton, Mr. [17], 704 Adelphi; Comedies of Terence Sutton, Mrs., 704? "Terrae Filius" (Colman), 309, 310η, Swan, George G , 814, 823, 852, 868, 870 32ΐη Sweet-lips (animal), 146 Terrei, Mrs. (governess), 413, 414, 419 Swift, Jonathan, 84, 211. See also " T o Dr. Terrick, Richard, Bishop of London, Delany" L e t t e r s t o : 997, 102t Swinnerton, Mr. & Mrs. (servants), 150 Terry, Dr., 154 Sword/eager, The Case of the Unfortunate Testas ("Testace"), Matthew, 21 Martha Sophia (Bathurst), 639, 641 Texier, A.-A. Le, see Le Texier Syrens, The (Thompson), 994 Theatre Royal, Bath, 731, 903η, 90411η, 9°7n Taafe ( " T a a f f " ) , Theobald, 118 Theatres, a Poetical Dissection, The (GentleTacitus, The Works of Cornelius (trans. man?), 668 Murphy), 403 ? Theatrical Campaign, The (anon.), 450 Tamerlane (Rowe), 196η Theatrical Candidates, The (G), 967? " T a n c r e d " (Tancred & Sigismundo), 33, Theatrical Fund, 835; & incorporation, 36 979, 981, 1018, 1094; mentioned, 538, Tancred and Sigismundo (Thomson), 29, 33, 580, 585η, 765, 904, go8, 911, 1085, 1092? 1108, Appendices D, E, G 317 "Theatrical Register," see "Rosciad" Tancride (Voltaire), 317 "Theodosius" (Theodosius), 425 Tanucci, Bernardo di, 326 Theodosius; or, The Force of Love (Lee), Tartuffe (Molière), 266 48 Tartuffe (ship), 489 Third Company, 784, 791 Tar water, 325, 327 Thomas (servant), see Wakeman "Task, Mrs." (Home character), 795 Thomas, Nathaniel, L e t t e r t o : 1334? Tate, Nahum, see Sicilian Usurper Thomas, Sir [Í7], 1038 Tattersall family, James, 809η Thompson, ?, L e t t e r τ ο : 1336 Taxation no Tyranny (Johnson), 895 Taylor, Edward, 833? See also Cursory Thompson, Edward, 398, 413, 613η, 1029η, 1065η, 1078η, 1079· L e t t e r s τ ο : Remarks 430, 489, 495. 599. 657. 696, 75'. 77'. Taylor, John, 126 994. "335· See also Hobby-Horse Taylor, John (painter), 701, 731. L e t t e r s Thompson, Mrs. Edward, 430, 489, 657, TO: 701, 776, 878, 887, 1052 696, 77». 1335 Taylor, Mr. [£/], 103

I4I4

References are to Letter numbers

Thomson, James, 29. See also Alfred; Tancred Thornton, Bonnell, 280. See also Comedies of Plautus Thrale, Henry, 1077, 970η, 995η, ι ο 8 ι LETTERS Τ Ο : 1091, 1 1 1 7

Thrale, Hester Lynch (Salusbury), Mrs. Henry, 1077, 970η, 995η, 1062, i o g i . LETTERS Τ Ο : 1077, ιο8ι, 1 1 1 7

Thrale, Hester Maria, 1077 T h r a p p family, see Thropp T h r a p p (Thropp?), Simon [t/], 6 Three Weeks after Marriage (Murphy), 1204 Thropp family, 6, 8 Thropp ( " T h r a p p " ) , William, 6n, 8 Thurlow, Suffolk, 117, 601 Thurlow, Edward, ist Baron, 1161, 1177η Thursby, J o h n Harvey, 1149 ? Thursby, Anne (Hanbury), Mrs. J o h n Harvey, 856, 1176 Thynne, Thomas, 3d Viscount Weymouth,

Tom Jones (Reed), 465, 477 Tomkis, Thomas, see Albumazar Tonson, Jacob, 744 Tonson I I , Jacob, 37, 184, 450 Tooley Park, Leicestershire, 127 Tooley Street, London, 67 Torré (pyrotechnist), 653, 695, 855η Town, The, 303, 309, 341, 343, 353, 581, 720

Townley, James, 188, 319, 321, 323, 329, 336» 341. 387. 997· LETTER T O : 845. See also High Life Below Stairs; Tutor "Townley, L a d y " {Provok'd Husband), 563, 890

"Townley, L o r d " (Provok'd Husband), 229 Townsend, see Townshend Townshend, Charles, 358, 362, 394, 401, 416

Townshend,

George,

LETTERS T O : 675, 766

4th

Viscount,

Townshend, Anne (Montgomery), 4th Viscountess, 766 Tiber, river, 321 Townshend, Thomas, 511, 1184 Tickell, Richard, 1177, 1184. LETTER T O : Trachiniae (Sophocles), 1012 i l 77. See also Project; Wreath of Fashion Tragedy, 677, 711, 928 Tighe, Edward, 574, 720η, 768η, 875, 8go, Tragedy à la Mode (Foote), 341η, 348η Translations, 300 966. LETTERS TO : 574, 987 Tighe, Mrs. Edward (neé Jones), 987 Travels in France and Italy (Smollett), 474 Tilbury, Derbyshire, 31 Travels through Portugal and Spain in 177s Tillotson, J o h n , Archbishop of Canterand I J J 3 (Twiss), 903 bury, 113, 677 Treasury, 420, 421, 599 Tilson, Oliver, 828? Trecothick, Barlow, 631 "Times, No. 1, T h e " (Hogarth), 296 Tremamondo, Domenico Angelo MaleTimoleon (Martyn), 682 volti, see Angelo Timon (Cumberland), 483 Trident (ship), 1178 Timon of Athens, 483 Trieste, 329 " T i m u r " (Zingis), 531 Trip to Calais (Foote), 925 Tioli, Signor (dancer), 258 Trois siècles de la littérature françoise (1774; " T o . . . Charles Townshend" (G), 401 Sabatier), 1116 To David Garrick . . . Petition of I (Hill), Trois sticles de notre littérature, Les (1772; 226η Sabatier), 730 Trois théâtres de Paris, Les (Desessarts), u 16 " T o Dr. D e l a n y " (Swift), 188 Tronchin, François, LETTER T O : 328 " T o Dr. G extempore" (G), 364η " Truth, Essay on the Nature and Immuta" T o Dr. H i l l " (G), 1299 bility o f " (Beattie), 678 " T o George C o l m a n " (G), 381 Tucker, Josiah, Dean of Gloucester, 1199. " T o Mr. D " (G), 394 " T o M r . Fortescue" (Pope), 325, 1277 See also Locke, Notions of Mr. Tully's villa, 323 " T o Mr. F o x " (G), 203 " T o Lady G l y n " (G), 1297 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 52, 106, 117 Turbot, Robert, 703 " T o Mr. Garrick" (anon.), 353 Turin, 319, 320, 329, 432 " T o Mrs. Hale on her Selling her tokens Turton, Dr. John, 325, 327, 338 of Friendship" (G), 364η Tutor, The (Townley), 341η, 348, 351 " T o the Author of The Discovery" (G), 10 Twelfth Night, 728, Appendix F " T o the Author of the Farmer's Letters" Twiss, Richard, 903, 967, 1072. See also (G). 43 Travels through Portugal Tom Jones (Fielding), 1209 362, 1184. LETTER T O : 518

References are to Letter numbers Two Misers, The (O'Hara), 875 Tyers, Jonathan, 439 Tyrawley, ad Baron, see O'Hara, James Udney, John, 333? 331, 356 Uffington, Lincolnshire, 143 Union, The (ed. Warton), 546 Upholsterer, The (Murphy), 778 " U p o n a Certain Grotto near H a m p t o n " (G), 546 " U p o n an Old friend abusing my Poetry" (G), 1362 " U p o n . . . Mr. Foote's late Accident" (G), 394η " U p o n Reading Sir Eldred of the Bower" (G), 967? " U p o n reading the Cicester Gazette" (G), 1198η " U p o n Seeing Strasbourg Cathedral" (G), 479 " U p o n the Batheaston Prize" (G), 976η " U p o n the Earl of Chatham's Verses to Mr. Garrick" (G), 676η " U p o n the Vin de Grace" (G), 1326 Upper Ossory, 2d Earl of, see Fitzpatrick, John Usher (of DL), 93 Vachell (or Vacher), Henry, 2 Vaillant, Paul, 87, 139, 174, 231,575, 1328 Valentia, Viscount, see Annesley, Arthur Vanbrugh, Sir John, see Confederacy; Provok'd Husband; Provok'd Wife Van der Gucht, Benjamin, 1116, 780η. LETTERS Τ Ο : 1 1 1 6 ,

1123

Vandyke, Sir Anthony, 334 Vane, Henry, 2d Earl of Darlington, 346 "Varanes" (Theodosius), 41, 42, 48 Varney ("Verney"), 208, 243η "Varnish" (Plain Dealer), 425 Vaughan, Thomas, 280 Veigel, Eva Maria Rosina, Mrs., 63 Venables-Vernon, George, Baron of Kinderton, 307 Venice, 323, 325-329, 331, 332, 334, 338, 356 Venice Preserv'd (Otway), 50η, 54, 332η, 489, 816, 912, Appendix F Verney, John Peyto, 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke, 1092 Verney, Ralph, 2d Earl, 567, 568 Vernon, Mr. [U], 439 Vernon, Joseph, 456, 686. L E T T E R T O : 863 Vernon, Lady Henrietta (Wentworth), LETTER TO:

1337

Vernon, Lord, see Venables-Vernon Vernon, Miss [£/], 31 Vernsberg, Mrs. [£/], 680 Veronese, Paolo, 334 Verse, G's: " T o the Author of the Discovery," 10; to Brooke, 43; " T h e Buck and the Doctor," 121 ; on York meeting, 130; on Gray's Odes, 195; on Fox, 203; on Hill, 222, 1299; writing in Italy, 330; on Gough, 364; on Mrs. Hale, 364η; on Colman, 381; on Foote, 394η; ode for Townshend, 394, 401; on Derrick, 394; on Camden, 423, 1061; to Favart, 454; on Strasbourg Cathedral, 479; "Heart of Oak," 493; & Anstey, 530η; on Hampton, 546; on writing, 565; to Chatham, 676η; "Golden Pen," 702; to Stanley, 915, 942 ; on Sir Eldred, 967 ? ; at Batheaston, 976; " O l d Painter's Soliloquy," 1045η; "Serenade," 1103; on Baldwin, 1184; on "Cicester Gazette," 1198η; on Stowe, 1229; on Lady Glyn, 1297; " U p o n the Vin de Grace," 1326; song about fish, 1327; " U p o n an Old Friend Abusing my Poetry," 1362 Verse letters, 363, 581, 593, 600, 662, 866, 1250 Vesey, Agmondesham, 640 Vesey, Elizabeth (Vesey), Mrs. Agmondesham. 655, 640η, 725 Vespasian (Cleland), 689 Vespasian's amphitheatre, Rome, 321 Vesuvius, Mt., 321, 326, 596 Victor, Benjamin, 46, 427, 1041, 1174η, 1283. See also Altamira; Original Letters Victor, Mrs. Benjamin, L E T T E R T O : 375 "Vigneul-Marville, M. de," see Argonne, Ν. B. d* Village Memoirs (Cradock), 933? Villiers, George Bussy, 4th Earl of Jersey, 1148, 1149 Villiers, Frances (Twysden), 4th Countess of Jersey, 1149 Villiers, Thomas, ist Earl of Clarendon, L E T T E R TO : 6 9 9

Villiers, Charlotte (Capel), ist Countess of Clarendon, 699 Vincent, Isabella (Burchell), Mrs. Richard, 258 "Viola" (Twelfth Night), 883, 884 Violette, Mlle, see Garrick, Eva Maria Violette, Mrs. [U], 396 Virgil, quotations from, Aeneid: 203, 416 602, 729, 730, 773, 1002; Eclogues: 936 1228; 1529 ed., 1339

1416

References are to Letter numbers

Virginia (Brooke), 361 Virginia (Crisp), 844 "Virginius" (Virginia), 844 "Vitellia" (Jephson), see Conspiracy Volpone (Jonson), 444η Voltaire: & Shakespeare, 318, 325, 415, 1055, 1061; invites G , 325, 328; attacked, 730, 1104; mentioned, 329, 3 4 7 , 6 6 9 , 1026. LETTERS TO: 3 4 0 , 5 6 4 .

See also Adélaïde; " A m é l i e " ; Ecossaise; "Eloge de l'hypocrisie"; Orphelin; Semiramis; Tancride Voyage d'Italie (Cochin), 322 Voyages... in the Southern Hemisphere (Hawkesworth), 755, 762η, 787 Vyse, William, 46 Wager (ship), 44η "Wagstaffe, Jeoffrey" (Jephson et al), 688 Wakeman, Thomas (servant), 1215 Wales, 1128, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 1141, 1142 Waldegrave, James, 2d Earl, LETTERS TO: 408, 409 Waldegrave, John, 3d Earl, 408 Waldgrave [£/], 408, 409 Waldron, Francis Godolphin, 1044 Walker, John, 369? 829, 837, 1036. See also Pronouncing Dictionary Wall, Richard, 59 Wallace, James, 608, 605η, 736 Wallace, Elizabeth (Simpson), Mrs. James, 608 Waller, Edmund, 1026 Walley [£/], 74 Wallis, Albany, 497, 720, 832, 985, 997, 999, 1014, 1029, 1162, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1182, 1190, 1191, Appendix G. LETTER TO : 4 9 7

Wallis, Albany Charles, 948, 997, 999 Walmesley, Gilbert, 1, 2-6, 8, 9, 44, 106 Walmesley, Magdalen (Aston), Mrs. Gilbert, 1 Walmsley, see Walmesley Walpole, Charlotte, 1184 Walpole, Horace, 8n Walpole, The Hon. Horace, i8g, 155? 198, 4 0 1 , 6 0 3 , 8 5 5 , 1 2 7 5 . LETTERS TO: 189,

190, 195, 201, 569, 788. See also Journey into England; Miscellaneous Antiquities Walpole, Lady Rachel (Cavendish), 161 Walpole, Sir Robert, 21, 8n, 22, 603 Walsh, Oliver, 9 Wandsworth, Surrey, 960

War, 4,5, 6, 8, 10, 189, 212, 232, 291, 610, 616, 1163. See also Jacobite Rebellion Warburton, Hugh, 10 Warburton, William, Bishop of Gloucester, >83» 377n, 4 s 6 . 525. 622, 663? 678, 1344. LETTER TO: 829. See also Divine Legation Warburton, Gertrude (Tucker), Mrs. William, 829 Ward, Mrs., 124 Warley Common, 1185, 1198η, I202 Warner, Richard, 539, 885, 1339. LETTER TO: 700 Warrington Academy, Lancashire, 1140 Warton, Joseph, 163, 294, 618, 629, 645, 6 5 0 , 6 5 6 , 6 7 1 . LETTERS T O : 1 6 3 ,

283,

559, 1217. See also Pope, Essay Upon Warton, Charlotte (Nicholas), Mrs. Joseph, 1217 Warton, Thomas, 294, 559, 650, 656, 864, 6 7 1 , 8 1 0 , 808, 8 1 4 . LETTERS TO:

294,

542, 627, 629. See also History of English Poetry; Lives; Observations on the Faerie Queene; Union "Warwick" (Earl of Warwick), 445 Watson, William, LETTER TO: 1338 Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2d Marquis of Rockingham, 88, 128, 129, 130, 3651m Watson-Wentworth, Mary (Finch), ist Marchioness of Rockingham, 82 ? Way of the World, The (Congreve), 258η Way to Keep Him, The (Murphy), 239, 242, 247η, 254, 256 Webb, William, 1, 4 Webster, Mr. (John or James?), 12 Weldon, John, 1, 9 Weldon, Mrs. John?, 1 Weller, Miss [17], 934 "Wellwould" (Kelly play), 946 Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 108, 117, 120 Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, 88n West, Benjamin, 600, 278η West, Daniel, 92, 110 West, Elizabeth (Shewell), Mrs. Benjamin, 278? West, Gilbert, 648, 654. See also Institution of the Garter West, Henrietta, 545, 550, 555 West, James, 535? 540, 545, 554, Append i x C . LETTERS TO: 5 3 5 ? 5 3 8 , 5 5 0 , 5 5 5

West, Sarah (Stevens), Mrs. James, 545, 550» 554. 555 West, Jr., James, 545, 550, 555 West, John, 54η West, John, 2d Earl De La Warr, 513, 514

References are to Letter numbers West, Thomas (shoemaker), 92 West Indian, The (Cumberland), 592, 6a6, 630, 63a, 806, 894 Westminster Abbey, 547, p. 1263 Westminster Hall, 839 Westminster Magazine, 751 Westminster school, 997 Westmorland, 7th Countess of, see Fane, Mary "Weston, Colonel" (Griffith play), 432 Weston, Thomas, 436? 686, 954, 963, 973, 1341, Appendix E Wexham, Buckinghamshire, 468 Weymouth, Viscount, see Thynne, Thomas Whalley, Peter, L E T T E R T O : 54 Wharton [£/], 490 What We Must All Come To (Murphy), 329η "Wheedle" {Rout), 316 Wheler, Francis, 537η Whitaker, John, 895 White, Mr. [U], 391 White, Joseph, L E T T E R T O : 1339 Whitefoord, Caleb, 607, 1128. L E T T E R S T O : 607, 1126 Whitehall Evening Post, The, 121 White Hart, Ingatestone, 1185 White Hart, Marlborough, 100 Whitehead, Paul, 40, 59g Whitehead, William, 223, 280, 287, 296, 491, 834. See also School for Lovers Whitehorse, Mr. [£/], see Whithorn White's Club, 64 White Swan, Welwyn, 120, 131 Whithorn ("Whitehorse," "Whithorne," "Withorne") [£/], 38, 38, 43 Whithorne, see Whithorn Whitworth [£/], 419 Wickins, James, 731, 793, 805. L E T T E R S T O : 7ai, 780 "Widow of the Mill, T h e " (Hoadly), 387, 632η Widow'd Wife, The (Kenrick), 405 Wielland (jeweler), 432 Wight, Isle of, 699, 700, 775, 782 "Wildair, Sir Harry" (Constant Couple; Sir Harry Wildair), 40 Wilkes, John, 321, 296η, 326η, 342, 449, 495, sos, 567ml, 631, 699η. L E T T E R S T O : 344. 449. 638, 769, 81 a, 813 Wilkes, Mary ("Polly"), 449, 502, 638, 769, 812, 813 Wilkes, Dr. Richard, 799 Wilkes, Thomas, 1148 Wilkinson, Tate, L E T T E R T O : 255 Wilks, Robert, 17, 1295

I417

Will, G's, 359, 1134η, 1199, Appendix G "William, S i r " (Griffith play), 464 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 63, 189, 310 William of Orange (William III), 196 Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, 75. See also " O n the Late Mr. Kent" Williams, David, L E T T E R S T O : 710, 882. See also Letter to David Garrick; Philosopher Williams, James, 212? Willoughby de Broke, 14th Baron, see Verney "Wilmot & Garrick. Upon Lord Camden's taking the great Seal" (G), 423 Wilmot, Dr. Edward, 37 Wilmot, Elizabeth Sarah, 593, 1340 Wilmot, Henry, 423, 988, 1 1 1 4 , 1 1 1 7 , 1 1 7 7 . L E T T E R TO: 5 9 3

Wilmot, Sarah (Morris), Mrs. Henry, 593, 670η, 886, 1238. L E T T E R το: 1340 Wilmot, Sir Robert, L E T T E R T O : 389 Wilmot, Valentine Henry, 593 Wilson, Benjamin, 231, 393, 299, 343, 453, 463. 535. 542n. 56on, 596, 1130, 1307. LETTERS TO: 3 3 1 , 2 9 2 , 4 0 0

Wilson, Dr. James, 37 Wilton, 1039 Wimbleton, 1035, 1041, 1165 Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, 639, 641 Winch, Mr. [{/], 1089 Winch, Mrs. [£/], L E T T E R το: io8g Windham ("Wyndham"), William, a8, 33. 34. 35. 37. 38. 40. 4«, 43. 44. 47. 48, 127, 138, 288, 665, i2gs Windham, Sarah (Hicks, Lukin), Mrs. William, L E T T E R T O : 288 Wine business, G's, 12, 13, 15-23, 46, 284 "Wingate" (Apprentice), 187 "Winifred, Mrs." {Schoolfor Sokes), 524 Winter, Mr. [£/], 7g 1 Wise, Mr. [i/], iog Witham, Essex, 363 Withers [£/], 121 Withorne, see Whithorn Wits Commonwealth, see Politeuphuia Wity, Mme (neé Garrick), 116 Woburn, 27 Woffington, Margaret ("Peg"), 28, 21η, 24η, 30η, 32, 37 Wolfe, James, 711 Wolseley, Sir William, 9 Wombwell, George, 1125, 1132 Wonder, The (Centlivre), 173η, 538 Wood, Joseph, 151

1418

References are to Letter numbers

Wood, Mr. (of Hampton), 1009 Wood, Mr. [U], 96 Wood, Peter, u g , 127 Woodfall, Henry Sampson, 661, 1078η, 1 0 7 9 . LETTERS T O : 6 6 1 , 7 5 4 , 8 7 1 , 9 5 8 ,

1341 Woodfall, Mrs. Henry Sampson, 958 Woodfall, William, 806, 861, 867, 871, 925, 948? 988. LETTERS TO: 806, 807, 983, 1064, 1065, 1078, 1079, 1082. See also Sir Thomas Overbury Woodford Green, Essex, 539 Woodhouse, Jasper, 4, 6 Woodward, Henry, 63, 50η, 85, Ii8, 120, 121, 123, 176, 208, 242η, 628, 714 Word to the Wise, A (Kelly), 571, 579, 735 Works of Architecture (Adam), 1145 Worsdale, James, 463 Worsley, Sir Thomas, 231 Wray, Daniel, 525 Wreath of Fashion, The (Tickell), 1177? 1184, 1199 Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 639, 641 Wright, Elizabeth, see Arne, Elizabeth Wrighte, William [I/], 55 Wrighten, James, 961η, 109411, Appendix E Wrighten, Mary Ann (Matthews), Mrs. James, 961 "Wrong Sow by the Ear, T h e " (G), 364 Wrottesley, Mary (Leveson-Gower), Lady, 1114? Wyatt, Edward, 202 Wyatt, John, 297? Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 788 Wycherley, William, 434. See also Country Wife; Plain Dealer Wyld, Thomas, 339, 462, 626, 690 Wyld, Mrs. Thomas, 337 Wynn, Captain [£/], 773 Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, 3d Bt., 78 Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, 4th Bt., 1132, 587η, 1134, " 3 5 . " 3 8 Wynnstay, Denbeighshire, 1133, 1134, 1138 Yates, Richard, 20, 120, 247η, 276, 277, 419, 791 η, 831, 832, 931, 1087η, iog6n, 1 1 0 9 , 1 1 4 8 , A p p e n d i x E . LETTERS T O :

949. 1343 Yates, Mary Ann (Graham), Mrs. Richard, 247, 230η, 331, 337, 419, 437, 531, 68i, 791η, 842, 867, 885, 89411η, go8, 931η, 949, 1004, ι log, 1342η, Appendix E. LETTERS TO: 830, 8 3 1 , 8 3 2 , 9 5 7

Yonge, Sir George, 495 York, Archbishop of, see Drummond, Robert Hay York Company, 55η York, Duke of, see Edward Augustus York meeting, 129, 130 Y o r k e , ?, LETTER TO: 1 3 4 3

Yorke, Amabel, 546, 639, 641, 1300 Yorke, The Hon. Charles, 370,

512.

LETTERS TO: 3 7 0 , 438, 4 8 1 , 4 g 6 , 5 2 5

Yorke, Agneta (Johnston), The Hon. Mrs. Charles, 434 Yorke, Mary Jemima, 546, 63g, 641, 1300 Yorke, Philip, 2d Earl of Hardwicke, LETTERS TO: 5 4 6 , 6 3 9 , 6 4 1 , 6 8 4 , 1300

Yorke, Jemima Campbell, Marchioness of Grey, 546, 63g, 641, 684, 1300 Young, Charles, g7on Young, Mr. [U], 667 Young, Edward, 108, 117, 120, 121, Appendix D. See also Brothers; Revenge Young, Sarah Elizabeth, 549 Young, Sir William, 137, 222, 231, 59g, 1 1 4 2 . LETTERS T O : 1 3 7 , 1 4 5 , 208, 2 0 g ,

586, 5g6, 733 Young, Elizabeth (Taylor), Lady,

137,

208, 2 o g , 5 8 6 , 5G6. LETTERS TO:

54g,

1142 Younge, Elizabeth, 524, 635, 637, g4gn, 956η, 1190, 1204, 1320, Appendices D , F . LETTERS TO: 5 g o , 6 3 7 , 836, 8 8 3 ,

884, 1206 Younge, Miss, 884 Youth (Hartson), 685 " Z a m t i " (Orphan of China), 167, 223 Zanetti, Count Antonio Maria, 334 "Zaphimri" (Orphan of China), 223 " Z a p h i r a " (Palmer), 85gn, go3? " Z a p h n a " [Mahomet the Imposter), 1204 Zara, The Tragedy of (Hill), 247, g83, Appendix D Zelmira (Belloy), 300 Zenobia (Murphy), 4go, 4g 1, 508, 529, 1138 Zeuxis, 10 "Zimventi" (Orphan of China), 244 Zingis (Dow), 520, 531, 851η Zobeide (Cradock), 527η Zoffany, John, 2g2, 343 Zoroaster, 653? Zuylestein, William Henry, 4th Earl of Rochford,

34,

127,

155.

LETTERS

TO:

ii6g, 1171 Zuylestein, Lucy (Young), 4th Countess of Rochford, 155