See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• CHARLES MATHEWS (1776-1835)
• MATHEWS, THOMAS (1676-1751)

MATHEWS (1776-1835)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 28th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1776 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a serious bookseller," who also officiated as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in one of See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• HUNTINGDON
• HUNTINGDON, EARLS OF
• HUNTINGDON, SELINA HASTINGS, COUNTESS OF (1707—1791)

Huntingdon's chapels . See also:

• MATHEWS, CHARLES (1776-1835)
• MATHEWS, THOMAS (1676-1751)

Mathews was educated at See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant Taylors' School . His love for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage was formed in his boyhood, when he was apprentice to his father, and the latter in 1794 unwillingly permitted him to enter on a theatrical engagement in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin . For several years Mathews had not only to content himself with thankless parts at a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• SALARY

salary, but in May 1803 he made his first London See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at the Haymarket as Jabel in See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland's The See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew and as Lingo in The Agreeable Surprise . From this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time his professional career was an uninterrupted See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph . He had a wonderful See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of See also:

• MIMICRY

mimicry, and could completely disguise his See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality without the smallest See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress . The versatility and originality of his See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers were admirably displayed in his " At Homes," begun in the See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre in 1818, which, according to See also:

• LEIGH
• LEIGH, EDWARD (1602–1671)

Leigh See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

Hunt, " for the richness and variety of his See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, were as See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good as See also:

• HALF

half a dozen plays distilled." Off the stage his See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind-hearted disposition won him See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection and esteem . In 1822 Mathews visited See also:

• AMERICA

America, his observation on his experiences there forming for the reader a most entertaining portion of his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography . From See also:

• INFANCY

infancy his See also:

• HEALTH

health had been uncertain, and the toils of his profession gradually under-See also:

• MINED

mined it . In 1834 he paid a second visit to America . His last appearance in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York was on the Ilth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1835, when he played See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Coddle in Married See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Steward in The Lone See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House .

He died at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth on the 28th of June 1835 . In 1797 he had married Eliza Kirkham Strong (d . 1802), and in 1803 See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, an actress, the author of the popular and diverting See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs, by Mrs Mathews (4 vols., 1838-1839) . His son See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES MATHEWS (1803-1878), who was born at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool on the 26th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1803, became even better known as an actor . After attending Merchant Taylors' School he was articled as See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil to an architect, and continued for some years nominally to follow this profession . His first public appearance on the stage was made on the 7th of December 1835, at the Olympic, London, as See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Rattleton in his own See also:

• PLAY

play The Humpbacked See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

Lover, and as Tim Topple the See also:

• TIGER
• TIGER (Felis tigris)

Tiger in Leman Rode's Old and See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Stager . In 1838 he married Madame See also:

• VESTRIS, GAETANO APPOLINO BALDASSARE (1729-18o8)
• VESTRIS, LUCIA ELIZABETH (1797—1856)

Vestris, then lessee of the Olympic, but neither his management of this theatre, nor subsequently of Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, nor of the Lyceum, resulted in pecuniary success, although the introduction of scenery more realistic and careful in detail than had hitherto been employed was due to his enterprise . In the See also:

• YEAR

year of his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage he visited America, but without receiving a very cordial welcome . As an actor he held in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England an unrivalled See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in his See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar vein of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric See also:

• COMEDY

comedy . The easy See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace of his manner, and the imperturbable solemnity with which he perpetrated his absurdities, never failed to See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm and amuse; his humour was never broad, but always measured and restrained . It was as the leading See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in such plays as the See also:

• GAME

Game of See also:

• SPECULATION

Speculation, My Awful Dad, Cool as a See also:

• CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus, Fr. concombre, O. Fr. coucombre, whence the older English spelling and pronunciation " cowcumber," the standard in England up to the beginning of the 18th century)

Cucumber, See also:

• PATTER

Patter versus Clatter, and Little Toddlekins, that he specially excelled . In 1856 Mme Vestris died, and in the following year Mathews again visited the See also:

• UNITED

United States, where in 1858 he married Mrs A .

H . See also:

• DAVENPORT
• DAVENPORT, EDWARD LOOMIS (1816-1877)
• DAVENPORT, ROBERT (fl. 1623—1639)

Davenport . In 1861 they gave a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of " At Homes " at the Haymarket theatre, which were almost as popular as had been those of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder Mathews . Charles James Mathews was one of the few English actors who played in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French successfully,—his appearance in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1863 in a French version of Cool as a Cucumber, written by himself, being received with See also:

• GREAT

great approbation . He also played there again in 1865 as See also:

• SIR

Sir Charles Coldcream in the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original play L'Homme blase ( English version by See also:

• BOUCICAULT, DION (1822–1890)

Boucicault, Used up) . After reaching his sixty-See also:

• SIXTH

sixth year, Mathews. set out on a tour See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WORLD

world, in which was included a third visit to America, and on his return in 1872 he continued to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act without interruption till within a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks of his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 24th of June 1878 . He made his last appearance in New York at See also:

• WALLACK, JAMES WILLIAM (c. 1794-1864)

Wallack's theatre on the 7th of June 1872, in H . J . See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron's Not such a See also:

• FOOL (O. Fr. fol, modern fou, foolish, from a Late Latin use of follis, bellows, a ball filled with air, for a stupid person, a jester, a wind-bag)

Fool as he Looks . His last appearance in London was at the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera Comique on the 2nd of June 1877, in The Liar and The Cosy Couple . At See also:

• STALYBRIDGE

Stalybridge he gave his last performance on the 8th of June 1878, when he played See also:

• ADONIS

Adonis See also:

• EVERGREEN

Evergreen in his own comedy My Awful Dad . See the Life of Charles James Mathews, edited by Charles See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens (2 vols., 1879) ; H .

G . See also:

• PAINE, ROBERT TREAT (1731–1814)
• PAINE, THOMAS (1737–1809)

Paine in Actors and Actresses of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and the United States (New York, 1886) .