Part 22

Modjeska, Helena, 52–92; birth, 52; childhood, 52–58; marriage, 59; first appearance, 60; life as a strolling player, 61; joins company at Lemberg, 63; in stock company at Czerniowce, 63; in company of Cracow theatre, 64–69; goes to Imperial Theatre at Warsaw, 70; goes to America, 76; the farming experiment in California, 78; first appearance in America, 81; _repertoire_, 82 (note); her personality, 83; her art 85–87; her friendships, 87; her address at the Chicago Exposition, 89; testimonial of 1905, 90; death, 92; 347.

Modrzejewski, Gustave, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64.

Mohun, Lord, 373.

Morris, Clara, 89 (note), 242, 362 (note).

Mountford, William, 373.

Naptal-Arnault, Mme., 128 (note).

Nazimova, Alla, 356–8.

Neilson, Adelaide, v, 208, 219.

Neilson, Julia, 94 (note).

Neilson-Terry, Phyllis, 94 (note), 366.

Newman, Cardinal, 248.

New Theatre, The, 124 (note), 316, 319, 359.

_New York Idea, The_, 283–284 (note).

Noirmont, Mme., 35.

Offenbach, J., 145.

Oldfield, Anne, iii.

_Olivia_, 111–2.

O’Neil, Nance, 358, 362.

O’Neill, James, 292.

Orleneff, Paul, 356.

Owen, William, 308.

Paderewski, Ignace J., 88, 90, 91 (note).

Page, Adèle, 129.

Parker, H. T., 279, 280.

Parker, Louis N., 334.

Peabody, Josephine Preston, 124 (note).

Pepys, Samuel, 370, 371.

Perrin, Emile, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27.

_Peter Pan_, 338–9.

_Pillars of Society_, 279, 282.

Pinero, A. W., 273, 276, 376.

Poincairé, Raymond, 43.

Porel, D. P., 152, 166.

Power, Tyrone, 286, 287.

Prince of Wales’s Theatre, 109.

Princess’s Theatre, 95.

Provost, Jean, 9 (note).

Prynne, William, 369.

Rachel (Rachel Felix), iv, 45 (note), 150.

Raymond, John T., 208.

Reade, Charles, 104, 108, 116.

Reed, Florence, 363, 365.

Regnier, F. J., 9 (note), 133, 134, 135 and note, 136, 138, 140, 144, 145–9, 150, 151, 161.

Rehan, Ada, iii, 203–229; birth, 204; brought to America, 204; her family, 205; first appearance, 205; in various companies, 206–209; joins Augustin Daly, 209; her _repertoire_, 208 (note), 217 (note); her personality, 210–13; the Daly Company, 214; her acting, 217–21, 226; first plays in London, 221; becomes a “star,” 224; her last appearances, 227–8; 347.

Reicher, Hedwig, 356, 366.

Réjane, Gabrielle, 126–170; birth, 128; childhood, 128–131; at school, 131–133; enters the _Conservatoire_, 133; first public appearance, 138; joins the _Vaudeville_, 142; _repertoire_, 143–4 (note); correspondence with Regnier, 145–9; informal appearances, 150; joins the Variétés, 151; a typical first night, 152; _Madame Sans-Gêne_, 165; her personality, 126, 156, 168–70; her art, 158–160; appearances outside France, 160–1, 167; the American tours, 161; the Havana fiasco, 163–4; the Hyde dinner, 165; marriage, 166; the _Théâtre Réjane_, 166–7; 291.

Richepin, Jean, 34 (note), 35.

Richman, Charles, 228.

Riley, Josephine, 301.

Ristori, Adelaide, iv, 200, 244.

Robinson, Mary, iv.

Robson, Eleanor, 362 (note).

Rochefort, Henri, 187.

_Rosemary_, 334.

_Rosmersholm_, 281.

Rossi, Cesare, 175.

Rostand, Edmond, 3, 4 (note), 41, 42, 43, 49, 189.

Ruhl, Arthur, 357.

Russell, Annie, 362.

Russell, Hattie (Harriet Crehan), 205 (note).

_Salvation Nell_, 279, 288.

Salvini, Tommaso, 183, 200.

Samson, Joseph, 9 (note).

Sand, George, 13.

Sarcey, Francisque, 10 (note), 15, 17, 25, 36, 137, 140, 144, 150, 154, 155, 177, 187, 190, 192.

Sardou, Victorien, 25 (note), 41, 150, 155, 162, 223.

Saunderson, Mrs., 370.

Scott, Clement, 94, 106, 111, 112, 114, 221, 222 (note).

Scott, Sir Walter, 93.

Sembrich, Marcella, 91 (note).

Shannon, Effie, 362 (note).

Shaw, George Bernard, iii, 38, 113–4, 115, 117, 120, 121, 199, 225–7, 273.

Shaw, Mary, 308, 362 (note).

Sheldon, Edward, 288.

Sherman, General Wm. T., 87, 241.

Siddons, Sarah, iv, 374.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 75, 81.

Simon, Charles, 133.

Skinner, Otis, 226, 227, 350.

Sothern, E. A., 103, 118.

Sothern, E. H., 265, 316–20, 330, 350.

Stahl, Rose, 362.

Starr, Frances, 362, 365.

Stedman, E. C., 91, 92.

Stevens, Emily, 362, 364.

Stinson, Fred, 308, 312.

Stoddard, Lorimer, 284.

Sudermann, Hermann, 276.

Symons, Arthur, 159, 194, 318.

Synge, John M., iii.

Taber, Robert, 308, 311–2, 313 (note).

Tarasiewicz, Michael, 92.

Taylor, Laurette, 362, 366.

Tellegen, Lou, 350.

Tempest, Marie, 366.

Tennyson, Lord, 87, 223, 248, 256.

Terry, Beatrice, 94 (note).

Terry, Benjamin, 93, 94, 95, 96.

Terry, Charles, 94 and note.

Terry, Ellen, iii, 93–125; parentage, 93; family, 94–5; birth, 94; early training, 96, 99–100; first appearance, 96–8; a strolling player, 101; _Atar-Gull_, 102; at Bristol, 102–3; with the elder Sothern, 103; marriage and retirement, 103–4; returns to stage, 104; acts first with Irving, 105; second retirement, 106–8; returns to stage, 109; with S. B. Bancroft, 109–11; first plays Portia, 109; with John Hare, 111–12; _Olivia_, 111; becomes leading woman at the Lyceum, 112; the Irving _régime_, 113; her personality, 114, 118, 121; Bernard Shaw’s estimate, 113, 115, 117, 120; her art, 116; leaves Irving’s company, 121; the Terry Jubilee, 122; a lecturer on Shakespeare, 123–4; _repertoire_, 119 (note); 247.

Terry, Florence, 94, 95.

Terry, Fred, 94 and note.

Terry, George, 94 (note).

Terry, Kate, 94, 95, 101, 102.

Terry, Marion, 94, 95.

Terry, Minnie, 94 (note).

_Tess of the D’Urbervilles_, 284.

Theuriet, André, 41, 42.

Thierry, Edward, 135.

Thomas, Ambroise, 136.

Thompson, Vance, 157.

Tilden, Samuel J., 244 (note).

Tree, H. Beerbohm, 318, 376.

Vandenhoff, George, 236.

Varrey, Charles, 20 (note).

Verbruggen, Mrs., iii.

Victoria, Queen, of Spain, 49.

von Bülow, Hans, 87.

Walkley, A. B., 318, 319 (note).

Wallack, Lester, 355.

Walsh, Blanche, 362 (note).

Ward, Mrs. Humphrey, 248.

Wardell, Charles, 106, 123 (note).

Ware, Helen, 362, 365.

Warfield, David, 350.

Watterson, Henry, 87, 232 (note), 238 (note), 244 (note).

Watts, George Frederick, 87, 103–4, 248.

Western, Lucille, 270.

White, LeGrand, 272 (note).

Wilde, Oscar, 157, 273.

Wills, W. G., 112.

Wilson, Francis, 265.

Winter, William, 3, 26, 35, 37, 38, 44, 46, 85, 90 (note), 123, 165, 211, 212, 220 and note, 228, 238 (note), 242, 247, 251, 261, 313 (note), 315, 335, 338 and note, 340, 347.

Woffington, Margaret, iii.

Worthing, Frank, 360.

Wyndham, Charles, 376.

Young, Mary, 214 (note).

Zimmern, Helen, 196 (note).

FOOTNOTES

[1] See Appendix: _The First English Actresses_, and _The Change in the Actor’s Social Status_.

[2] For the lives of actresses of earlier days the reader is referred to the bibliography at the end of the volume. The outstanding names are: Elizabeth Barry, 1658–1713; Anne Bracegirdle, 1663–1748; Anne Oldfield, 168