Records of a Girlhood eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,000 pages of information about Records of a Girlhood.

Records of a Girlhood eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,000 pages of information about Records of a Girlhood.

France, thoughts of living in the south of, 392.

“Francis I.,” correcting the metre, 341, 350, 355, 357, 396;
  sold to Wm. Murray for L4000, 482;
  its publication, 497;
  Murray’s desire to publish without last scene, 503;
  its effect when read in the greenroom of Covent Garden Theatre, 503;
  the cast altered, 503;
  preface to, 504;
  cast upset the second time, 504;
  prologue, 505;
  postponed for a fortnight, 510;
  its popularity due to the indulgence and curiosity of London
  audiences, 518;
  played for first time, 525, 526.

Francis, Lord, his play “Henri Trois” postponed, 469.

Francoise de Foix, Fanny Kemble as, 529.

French Revolution of 1830, the, 276.

Fry, Mrs., her visits to Newgate, 413.

Gainsborough, his painting of Mrs. Siddons, 162.

Gall, his philosophy of phrenology, 151.

“Gamester, The,” 269, 427, 440;
  at Plymouth, 446;
  at Southampton, 454;
  Charles Kemble in, 524.

Garcia, Marie (see Malibran), as an artist, actress and singer, 203;
  the sisters Malibran and Pauline Viardot, their accomplishments, 206.

Garrick, his costume in “Macbeth,” 190;
  opinion of Clairon and Dumesnil, 446;
  rivalry with Mrs. Bellamy, 452.

Genius, what is it? 477.

Genlis, Madame de, 2.

George IV., anecdote of his picture at Royal Academy, 393;
  at the Weymouth Theatre, 449.

Gerard street, 33.

Ghosts, something about, 133.

“Giovanni di Procida,” 472.

Giardano, 442.

Gibraltar, 326, 336.

Gibson, 302.

“Gilbert Gurney,” 170.

Glasgow, the audiences at, 267.

“Glenarvon,” 46.

Glengall, Lady, 460.

Gloucester, Duchess of, 413.

Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of, 422.

Godwin, 473.

Goethe, 80;
  “Tasso,” 139, 166, 169, 351, 178;
  his self-experimentalizing in “The Sorrows of Werther,” 337;
  “Faust” and “Wilhelm Meister,” 339;
  his nature, 338;
  partiality in delineating character, 338.

Gonsalvi, Cardinal, 270.

Gower, Lord Francis Leveson, 300.

Grahame, Lady, 173.

Grammont, Duc de, his two children, 522.

Grammont, Ida de, Duchesse de Guyche, 522.

Grande Place, 27.

Granville, Dr., 344.

Great Russell Street, 267.

“Grecian Daughter,” Ward in, 243, 484.

Gregory, Wm., 158.

Grey, Earl, 347.

Greville, Charles, statement about Miss Tree in his “Memoirs,” 201.

Greville, Lady Charlotte, 418, 419, 486;
  a “Swarry” at her house, 491.

Greville, Henry, 396, 471, 496;
  as an amateur singer, 497;
  his sensibilities, 486.

Grey, Lady, as an equestrian, 471.

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