Pollard, Thomas, a comedian, i. xxvi.; superior to Hart, i. xxiv.; too old to go into Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; arrested for acting, i. xxx.; his retirement and death, i. xxxi.
Ponsonby-Fane, Sir Spencer, his memorandum on the power of the Lord Chamberlain, ii. 11, _note_ 1.
Pope, Alexander, ii. 151; Cibber's "Letter" to, quoted, i. 3, _note_ 1; Cibber's first allusion to Pope's enmity, i. 21; an epigram comparing Pope and Cibber in society, i. 29, _note_ 1; Cibber's opinion of Pope's attacks, i. 35; some of Pope's attacks quoted, i. 36, _note_ 1; his attack on Atticus (Addison), i. 38; Cibber's "Letter" to, quoted, i. 44, _note_ 1, i. 45, _note_ 2; epigram attributed to him, on Cibber's Laureateship, i. 46, _note_ 1; his "Moral Essays," quoted, i. 307, _note_ 3; attacks Cibber for countenancing pantomimes, ii. 182, _note_ 1; "The Nonjuror" a cause of his enmity to Cibber, ii. 189, _note_ 1; his "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot," ii. 189, _note_ 1; his quarrel with Cibber, ii. 270-283; Cibber's "Letter" to him, ii. 271; his famous adventure, ii. 278; Cibber's second "Letter" to, ii. 281; his portrait of Betterton, ii. 339; his attacks on Mrs. Oldfield, ii. 370. (See also "Dunciad.")
Porter, Mrs. Mary, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 303, ii. 368; Dogget plays for her benefit after his retirement, ii. 158; accident to, ii. 254, ii. 365; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 365.
Portuguese, the, and religious plays, i. xxxv.
"Post-Boy Rob'd of his Mail," i. 328, _note_ 1, i. 329, _note_ 1.
Powell, George, i. 157, i. 193, i. 203, _note_ 1, i. 228, i. 259, i. 334. _note_ 1, ii. 77, _note_ 1, ii. 94, _note_ 1, ii. 129, _note_ 2, ii. 238, ii. 301, ii. 311, ii. 363; offered some of Betterton's parts, i. 188; his indiscretion as a manager, i. 204; mimics Betterton, i. 205, i. 207, _note_ 1; the contest between him and Wilks for supremacy at Drury Lane, i. 237-243, i. 251-256; his carelessness, i. 240, i. 243; deserts Drury Lane, i. 239; returns to Drury Lane, i. 239; arrested for deserting his manager, ii. 18; arrested for striking young Davenant, ii. 19; discharged for assaulting Aaron Hill in 1710, ii. 94, _note_ 1; Bellchambers's memoir of, ii. 352.
Price, Joseph, account of him by Bellchambers, i. 146, _note_ 1.