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• The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries. By Brander Matthews and Lawrence Hutton. (Boston, L. C. Page & company, [1907]), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die inszenierung des deutschen dramas an der wende des sechzehnten und siebzehnten jahrhunderts. (Leipzig, R. Voigtländer, 1905), by Carl Diesch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The art of the Victorian stage; notes and recollections, by Alfred Darbyshire. (London [etc.] Sherratt Hughes, 1907), by Alfred Darbyshire (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of the principal actors in the plays of Shakespeare. By J. Payne Collier. (London, Printed for the Shakespeare society, 1846), by John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust)
• The organization and personnel of the Shakespearean company. (New York : Russell & Russell, 1961 [c1954]), by Thomas Whitfield Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English stage; being an account of the Victorian drama / by Augustin Filion; Translated from the French by Frederic Whyte, with an introd. by Henry Arthur Jones. - (London : J. Milne, 1897), by Pierre Marie Augustin Filon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Colley Cibber written by himself. (New York, Athenæum Press, [1888]), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Their majesties' servants. Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. By Dr. Doran ... With a memoir of Dr. Doran, and an introduction and conclusion, by R. H. Stoddard ... (New York, A. C. Armstrong & son, 1880), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of engraved portraits of actors of olden time, January 24 to February 14, MCMVII. (New York, Grolier Club, [1907]), by Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our recent actors: being recollections critical, and, in many instances, personal, of late distinguished performers of both sexes. (Boston, Roberts brothers, 1888), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern men and mummers. (New York, Harcourt Brace, [c1922]), by Hesketh Pearson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Their majesties' servants : or Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean : actors--authors--audiences / by Dr. Doran. (London : Wm. H. Allen, 1865), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Representative actors. A collection of criticisms, anecdotes, personal descritpions, etc., etc., referring to many celebrated British actors from the sixteenth to the present century; with notes, memoirs, and a short account of English acting. (London, F. Warne and co.; New York, Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, [1875?]), by William Clark Russell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day, by Alwin Thaler ... with illustrations from the Harvard theatre collection. (Cambridge, Harvard university press; [etc., etc.], 1922), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Players and playwrights I have known, by John Coleman. (London, Chatto & Windus, 1888), by John Coleman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A century of great actors, 1750-1850, by Cecil Ferard Armstrong. (London, Mills & Boon, [1912]), by Cecil Ferard Armstrong (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern men and mummers, by Hesketh Pearson. (London, G. Allen & Unwin ltd., [c1921]), by Hesketh Pearson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Their Majesties' servants". Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean, With fifty copperplate ports. and eighty wood engravings. (London, J.C. Nimmo, 1888), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Who's who in the theatre; a biographical record of the contemporary stage. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Their majesties' servants," annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (New York, W.J. Widdleton, St. Clair Shores, Mich., Scholarly Press, 1865), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The wandering patentee; or, A history of the Yorkshire theatres from 1770 to the present time, interspersed with anecdotes respecting most of the performers in the three kingdoms from 1765 to 1795. To which are added, never published, The diversions of the morning, and Foote's trial for a libel on Peter Paragraph, written by the late Samuel Foote. (York, Printed for the author, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, [London, Scolar Press, 1795), by Tate Wilkinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The biography of the British stage; being correct narratives of the lives of all the principal actors and actresses ... To which is added a comic poem, entitled, "The actress." (New York, Collins and Hannay [etc.], 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
• From studio to stage; reminiscences of Weedon Grossmith, written by himself. (New York, John Lane company; London, John Lane; [etc., etc.], 1913), by Weedon Grossmith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Shakspearean miscellany: containing a collection of scarce and valuable tracts; biographical anecdotes of theatrical performers; with portraits of ancient and modern actors ... Printed chiefly from manuscripts, in the possession of, and with occasional notes by, F. G. Waldron. (London : Printed by Knight and Compton, 1802), by F. G. Waldron (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic mirror : containing the history of the stage from the earliest period to the present time ; including a biographical and critical account of all the dramatic writers, from 1660: and also of the most distinguished performers from the days of Shakespeare to 1807: and a history of the country theatres in England, Ireland, and Scotland / by Thomas Gilliland. (London : C. Chapple, 1808), by Thomas Gilliland (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. By Dr. Doran ... With a memoir of Dr. Doran, and an introduction and conclusion, by R. H. Stoddard ... (Philadelphia, D. McKay, 1890), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives of the players. By John Galt. (London, H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831), by John Galt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Players and playwrights I have known: a review of the English stage from 1840 to 1880, by John Coleman, actor and manager. (Philadelphia, Gebbie & co., 1890), by John Coleman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The drama of yesterday & to-day / by Clement Scott. (London ; New York : Macmillan, 1899), by Clement Scott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Theatrical portraits : with other poems / by Harry Stoe Van Dyk. (London : J. Miller, 1822), by Harry Stoe Van Dyk (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pin-basket to the children of Thespis. With notes historical, critical, and biographical. By John Williams, whose public appellation is Anthony Pasquin ... (London, H. D. Symonds [etc.], 1797), by Anthony Pasquin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber. (London : Grolier Society, [190-?]), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Souvenir of Mr. J.H. Leigh's 50th representation of The tempest, Saturday, Dec. 5th 1903. ([London, J. Miles & Co. Ltd., Printers, 1903]), by J. H. Leigh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• English actors from Shakespeare to Macready, by Henry Barton Baker. (New York, H. Holt and company, 1879), by Henry Barton Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The album of the Cambridge Garrick club: containing original and select papers on the drama, and the Proceedings of that society ... Ed. by a member of the club. (Cambridge, Pub. for the Society, by W. H. Smith, 1836), by Garrick Club (Cambridge) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Inszenierung des deutschen Dramas an der Wende des Sechzehnten und Siebzehnten Jahrhunderts : ein Beitrag zur älteren deutschen Bühnengeschichte / von Carl Hermann Kaulfuss-Diesch. (Leipzig : R. Voigtländer, 1905), by Carl Diesch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber written by himself. (London, J. C. Nimmo, 1889), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Englische Hamlet darsteller und darstellung im 17. und 18. jahrhundert. beiträge zur englischen theater-geschichte von Ernst Pündter ... ([Weimar, Druck von R. Borkmann, 1912]), by Ernst Pündter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The old play-goer. By William Robson. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854), by William Robson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bristol stage : its story / told by G. Rennie Powell (Rennie Palgrave) (Bristol : Bristol Printing & Pub., 1919), by G. Rennie Powell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An architect's experiences: professional, artistic, and theatrical. (Manchester, J. E. Cornish, 1897), by Alfred Darbyshire (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Itinerant; or, Memoirs of an actor ... By S.W. Ryley ... (London, Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1808-27), by S. W. Ryley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The commonwealth and restoration stage, (Cambridge, Harvard university press, 1928), by Leslie Hotson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our old actors. By Henry Barton Baker. (London, R. Bentley and son, 1878), by Henry Barton Baker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shakespeare in Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; an account of English actors in Germany and the Netherlands, and of plays performed by them during the same period. (London and Berlin, Asher & co., 1865), by Albert Cohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries. By Brander Matthews and Lawrence Hutton. (Boston, L. C. Page & company, [1906]), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Players of the period. A series of anecdotal, biographical, and critical monographs of the leading English actors of the day. By Arthur Goddard, with numerous illustrations by "Alma," Fred. Barnard ... etc., photographs of the subjects and autograph quotations. (London, Dean & Son, 1891), by Arthur Goddard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Some notable Hamlets of the present time (Sarah Bernhardt, Henry Irving, Wilson Barrett, Beerbohm Tree and Forbes Robertson) by Clement Scott ... Illustrated by W.G. Mein. (London, Greening & co., ltd, 1900), by Clement Scott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The lives of the players. By John Galt. (London, Hamilton, Adams, 1886), by John Galt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Poems: by Anthony Pasquin [pseud.] ... (London, J. Strahan; [etc., etc., 1789]), by Anthony Pasquin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Biography of the British stage : being correct narratives of the lives of all the principal actors & actresses .. Interspersed with original anecdotes and choice and illustrative poetry. To which is added, a comic poem, entitled "The actress." (London : Printed for Sherwood, Jones, 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. & Mrs. Bancroft on and off the stage / written by themselves. (London : R. Bentley, 1888), by Squire Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Our recent actors: being recollections critical, and, in many instances, personal, of late distinguished performers of both sexes. (Boston, Roberts, 1888), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Jakob Ayrers Dramen : in ihrem Verhältnis zur einheimischen Literatur und zum Schauspiel der englischen Romödianten. (Halle a.A. : M. Niemeyer, 1912), by Wilibald Wodick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern men and mummers, (London : G. Allen & Unwin ltd., [c1921]), by Hesketh Pearson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Algunos intérpretes ingleses de Hamlet, y El verdadero espíritu de Don Quijote de la Mancha (dos ensayos) (Madrid, L. Williams, 1904), by Leonard Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Era almanack, dramatic & musical (London) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• English actors : their characteristics and their methods; a discourse, delivered in the University schools at Oxford ... June 26, 1886. (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1886), by Henry Irving (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Echoes of the playhouse. (New York & London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1895), by Edward Robins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Theatrical portraits; (London, Varnham & co., 1870), by W. Donaldson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Edwin Booth and his contemporaries / edited by Brander Mathews and Laurence Hutton (Boston : Page, 1900), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hazlitt on theatre : [selections from the View of the English stage, and Criticisms and dramatic essays] / edited by William Archer and Robert Lowe ; introd. by William Archer. (New York : Hill and Wang, [1957]), by William Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The tragic actor. ([New York] Theatre Arts Books, [1959]), by Bertram Leon Joseph (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pin basket. To the children of Thespis. A satire. By Anthony Pasquin, A. [pseud.] ... (London, Printed for the author, 1796) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Edwin Booth and his contemporaries / edited by Brander Mathews and Laurence Hutton. (Boston : Page, 1900), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some famous Hamlets from Burbage to Fechter / by Austin Brereton ; with an appendix giving extracts from the criticisms on Hamlet by Goethe, Coleridge, Schlegel, Hazlitt, Ulrici, etc. (London : D. Bogue, 1884), by Austin Brereton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Their Majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. Actors-Authors--Audiences. By Dr. Doran. (New York, W. J. Widdleton, 1865), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic mirror, containing the history of the stage from the earliest period to the present time; including, a biographical and critical account of all the dramatic writers from 1660; and also of the most distinguished performers, from the days of Shakspeare to 1807, and a history of the country theatres in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Embellished with seventeen elegant engravings. (London, Printed for C. Chapple, by B. McMillan, 1808), by Thomas Gilliland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of John Bannister, comedian. By John Adolphus. (London, R. Bently, 1839), by John Adolphus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Criticisms and dramatic essays of the English stage / by William Hazlitt. (London : Geo. Routledge and co., 1854), by William Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encore, by Daniel Frohman. (New York, L. Furman, inc., [c1937]), by Daniel Frohman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A tribute to the genius of William Shakespeare : being the programme of a performance at Drury Lane Theatre on May 2, 1916, the tercentenary of his death : humbly offered by the players and their fellow-workers in the kindred arts of music & painting. (London : Macmillan, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Critical essays on the performers of the London theatres : including general observations on the practice and genius of the stage / By the author of the theatrical criticisms in the weekly paper called The News. (London : Printed by and for J. Hunt, 1807), by Leigh Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret history of the green-room : containing authentic and entertaining memoirs of the actors and actresses in the three theatres royal. (London : J. Owen, 1795), by Joseph Haslewood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of John Bannister, comedian. By John Adolphus. (London, R. Bentley, 1839), by John Adolphus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day. (New York, B. Blom, [1963]), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Echoes of the playhouse. Reminiscences of some past glories of the English stage. By Edward Robins, jr. (New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1895), by Edward Robins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Thespis: or, A critical examination into the merits of all the principal performers belonging to Drury-Lane Theatre. (London : Printed for G. Kearsly, 1766), by Hugh Kelly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The romance of the English stage. (London, R. Bentley & son, 1874), by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Their Majesties' servants," or Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. Actors, authors, audiences. by Dr. Doran. (London, John C. Nimmo, 1897), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Representative actors. (London, New York, F. Warne and co., 1888), by William Clark Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our recent actors; being recollections critical, and, in many instances, personal, of late distinguished performers of both sexes. With some incidental notices of living actors. By Westland Marston. (London, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of theatrical anecdotes. Selected and edited by Percy Fitzgerald. (London, New York, G. Routledge and sons, [1873]), by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British theater : containing the lives of the English dramatic poets : with an account of their plays : together with the lives of most principal actors, as well as poets : to which is prefixed, A short view of the rise and progress of the English stage. (London : R. Baldwin, 1752), by W. R. Chetwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Keeleys : on the stage and at home / by Walter Goodman ... (London : Richard Bentley and Son, 1895), by Walter Goodman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• From studio to stage; reminiscences of Weedon Grossmith, written by himself. (New York, John Lane company; London, John Lane; [etc., etc.], 1913), by Weedon Grossmith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Our recent actors: being recollections critical, and, in many instances, personal, of late distinguished performers of both sexes. With some incidental notices of living actors. By Westland Marston. (London, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old Drury Lane; fifty years' recollections of author, actor, and manager, by Edward Stirling. (London, Chatto and Windus, 1881), by Edward Stirling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Our old actors. By Henry Barton Baker. (London, R. Bentley and son, 1881), by Henry Barton Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Days of the dandies. (London : The Grolier Society, [190-?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The plays of William Shakespeare / edited by Thomas Keightley. (London : J. S. Virtue, [1892-1894]), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Actors and actresses of Great Britain and the United States, from the days of David Garrick to the present time. Ed. by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton ... (New York, Cassell & company lim., [c1886]), by Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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