Benefits, their origin, i. 161; Mrs. Elizabeth Barry the first performer to whom granted, i. 161, ii. 67; part confiscated by Rich, ii. 66; Rich ordered to refund the part confiscated, ii. 68; amounts realized by principal actors, ii. 78, _note_ 1.
Betterton, Mrs. Mary, i. 98, i. 327, ii. 336; said to be the first English actress, i. 90, _note_ 1; Cibber's account of, i. 161-162; without a rival in Shakespeare's plays, i. 162; her unblemished character, i. 162; pensioned by Queen Anne, i. 162; her death, i. 162; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 359.
---- Thomas, i. 98, i. 162, i. 175, i. 181, _note_ 2, i. 187, _note_ 1, i. 188, ii. 64, _note_ 2, ii. 128, ii. 211, _note_ 1, ii. 215, ii. 237, ii. 244, _note_ 1, ii. 306, ii. 308, ii. 311, ii. 320, ii. 324, ii. 346, ii. 352, ii. 358. ii. 359, ii. 363, ii. 365; improves scenery, i. xxii.; taken into good society, i. 83; famous for Hamlet, i. 91; Cibber's eulogium of, i. 99-118; his supreme excellence, i. 100; description of his Hamlet, i. 100; Booth's veneration for, i. 101, _note_ 1; his Hotspur, i. 103; his Brutus, i. 103; the grace and harmony of his elocution, i. 106; his success in "Alexander the Great," i. 106, i. 108; his just estimate of applause, i. 109; his perfect elocution, i. 111; description of his voice and person, i. 116; Kneller's portrait of, i. 117; his last appearance, i. 117; his death, i. 118; the "Tatler's" eulogium of, i. 118, _note_ 1; Gildon's Life of, i. 118, _note_ 2, ii. 324, ii. 337, _note_ 1, ii. 358; Mrs. Bracegirdle returns to play for his benefit, i. 174; ill-treated by the Patentees, i. 188; makes a party against them, i. 189; obtains a licence in 1695, i. 192, _note_ 1, i. 194; mimicked by Powell, i. 205, i. 207, _note_ 1; his versatility, i. 211; his difficulty in managing at Lincoln's Inn Fields, i. 228; as a prologue-speaker, i. 271; inability to keep order in his Company, i. 315; said to be specially favoured by the Lord Chamberlain, ii. 18; declines management in, 1709, ii. 69; advertisement regarding his salary (1709), ii. 78, _note_ 1; his superiority to Wilks and Booth, ii. 245; Anthony Aston's description of, ii. 299; and the puppet-show keeper, ii. 301; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 333.