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.

Jawbone, the Kemble, 345.

Jealousy, a few words about, 474, 483.

Jeffrey, 142, 261.

Jephson, Dr., 106.

“Jew of Aragon, The,” 305.

Jig Dancing, 269.

John Bull, The, 170.

John the Baptist, 264.

Jones, Sir William, 178.

Jordan, Mrs., 327;
  her natural son by William IV., 228.

Journal, 1831, 390.

Julia, in “The Hunchback,” 377, 385.

Juliana, 437.

Juliet, chosen for Author’s first appearance, 187;
  her costume for first appearance in, 188;
  Lawrence and Hayter’s sketches of Fanny Kemble in, 234;
  Fanny Kemble’s opinion of, 438.

Julius, Pope, 506.

“Katharine, Queen,” 457, 458.

“Katharine of Cleves,” Lord Francis Leveson’s translation of
“Henri Trois,” 481, 484, 489, 490;
  first acting of the play, 491;
  critiques upon, 493;
  “more interesting than any thing of Shakespeare’s,” 94, 496, 499;
  its popularity waning, 503;
  awkward incident while playing, 505.

Kant, 346.

Keats compared to Tennyson, 581.

Kean at the English Theatre in Paris, 115, 118;
  in “Merchant of Venice,” 119;
  Shakesperean revivals, 191;
  non-acceptance of a part in “The Hunchback,” 376, 429;
  in Othello, Shylock, and Sir Giles Overreach, 430, 440;
  effect of his acting, 477;
  Othello, 478.

Kemble, Adelaide, 17;
  “Aunt Dall,” 18, 23;
  nurses Fanny Kemble through sickness, 132, 277, 297.

Kemble, Charles, 36, 112, 114;
  at the English Theatre at Paris, 115;
  success in Paris, 117;
  in Falstaff, 123;
  property almost gone, 135;
  in Edinburgh, 138;
  arrested the first time, 168;
  as Mercutio, 193;
  acting in “The Gamester,” 204;
  embraced by Mme. Malibran, 204;
  renewal of intercourse with Lawrence, 217;
  incident in Dublin, 288;
  invitation to Heaton, 291;
  thrashing the Editor of the Age newspaper, 310;
  acting Jaffir to Fanny Kemble’s Belvidera, 336;
  involved in six lawsuits, 336;
  speech about theatre patents, 339;
  in “The Hunchback,” 377;
  as Sir Thomas Clifford in “The Hunchback,” 378;
  overcome with laughter on the stage, 387;
  forgetting a Duchess, 414;
  shaking hands with his legal opponent Harris, 414;
  intention of going to America, 427;
  opinion of Kean, 429;
  mistake in rendering Shylock, 430;
  money seized at benefit in Bristol for Manager Brunton’s
    debts, 431, 440;
  acting at Plymouth in “The Gamester,” 446;
  enthusiasm over him at Plymouth, 446;
  his surprising speech, ib.;
  his health under great trials, 458;
  as Giaffir, 461;
  serious illness, 462;

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