Entertainers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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The Incomparable Siddons (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; London: Methuen and Co., 1909), by Florence Mary Wilson Parsons- The Life and Correspondence of Charles Mathews, the Elder, Comedian (new edition, abridged and condensed; London and New York: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860), by Mrs. Mathews, ed. by Edmund Yates, contrib. by Charles Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Narrative of The Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, Youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq. Written by Herself (London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1829), by Charlotte Charke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- On the Stage- and Off (London: The Leadenhall Press; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, ca. 1891), by Jerome K. Jerome, illust. by Kenneth Skeaping (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- On the Stage, and Off: The Brief Career of a Would Be Actor (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1891), by Jerome K. Jerome (page images at HathiTrust)
- Records of Later Life (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1882), by Fanny Kemble (Gutenberg text)
- The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1909), by Ellen Terry (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, by Colley Cibber
- A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 (16 volumes; Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993), by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fashioning Celebrity: Eighteenth-Century British Actresses and Strategies For Image Making (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2011), by Laura Engel (PDF at Ohio State)
- A Cosmopolitan Actor: His Adventures All Over the World (London: Bedford Pub. Co., ca. 1888), by J. B. Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dan Leno (London: Methuen and Co., c1905), by Jay Hickory Wood
- Memoirs of Mary Robinson (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1895), by Mary Darby Robinson and Mary Elizabeth Robinson, contrib. by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
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Filed under: Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography- Ford Madox Brown: A Record of His Life and Work (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896), by Ford Madox Ford (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Life of William Blake, With Selections From His Poems and Other Writings (2 volumes; London: Macmillan and Co., 1880), by Alexander Gilchrist, contrib. by William Blake
- Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1980), by Jane M. Rabb (PDF files at Ohio State Press)
- The True Story of My Life: An Autobiography (London and New York: John Lane, 1908), by Alice M. Diehl
- Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound (1989), by Eric Tamm (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Robert Fripp: From King Crimson to Guitar Craft (1990), by Eric Tamm (multiple formats at archive.org)
- James Joyce and the Making of 'Ulysses', and Other Writings (London: Oxford University Press, 1972), by Frank Budgen (page images at Wisconsin)
- The Retrospect of an Artist's Life, by John Kelso Hunter (HTML in Scotland)
- G. F. Watts (London: Duckworth and Co., 1914), by G. K. Chesterton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- John William Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism, by Vern G. Swanson (illustrated HTML at artrenewal.org)
- Reminiscences of My Life (London: W. Heinemann, c1914), by Henry Holiday (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Memoir of Thomas Bewick (1862), by Thomas Bewick, contrib. by Jane Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
- William Blake (from the Popular Library of Art series, ca. 1910), by G. K. Chesterton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Recollections of a Happy Life: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North (second edition, 2 volumes; New York and London: Macmillan, 1892), by Marianne North, ed. by Janet Catherine North Symonds (page images at HathiTrust)
- Recollections of a Happy Life: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North (2 volumes; New York and London: Macmillan, 1894), by Marianne North, ed. by Janet Catherine North Symonds
- Sir D. Y. Cameron, R. A. (Modern Masters of Etching #7; London: The Studio, 1925), by Malcolm C. Salaman, illust. by David Young Cameron (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- A Star Danced (author died in 1952; c1945), by Gertrude Lawrence (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- Men, Marriage and Me (New York: Macauley Co., 1930), by Peggy Hopkins Joyce (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Art of the Theatre (London: G. Bles, ca. 1924), by Sarah Bernhardt, trans. by H. J. Stenning, contrib. by James Agate (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Autobiography of Clara Fisher Maeder (New York; The Dunlap society, 1897), by Clara Fisher, ed. by Douglas Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Life of Charlotte Cushman (New York et al.: Brentano's, c1894), by W. T. Price (multiple formats at Google)
- Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (London: W. Heinemann, 1906), by Bram Stoker
- Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (revised and cheaper edition; London: W. Heinemann, 1907), by Bram Stoker
- A Society Clown: Reminiscences, by George Grossmith (Gutenberg text)
- Stage Confidences: Talks About Players and Play Acting (London: Charles H. Kelly, 1902), by Clara Morris (Gutenberg text)
- My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt (1907 translation), by Sarah Bernhardt (Gutenberg text)
- Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary (London: Pluto Press, c2016), by Gerald Horne
- Diary of a Daly Débutante: Being Passages From the Journal of A member of Augustin Daly's Famous Company of Players (New York: Duffield and Co., 1910), by Dora Knowlton Ranous
- The Famous Houdini: The Original Jail Breaker and Hand Cuff King (ca. 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lives of the Necromancers: or, An account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, Who Have Claimed for Themselves, or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical Power (London: Frederick J. Mason, 1834), by William Godwin (Gutenberg text)
- Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror (second edition; London: Chapman and Hall, 1860), by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, trans. by Lascelles Wraxall (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Memorias e Confidencias do Popular Illusionista Faure Nicolay (in Portuguese; Rio De Janeiro: Typ. Villas-Bôas, 1901), by Nicoláu Faure Nicolay
- The Famous Houdini: The Original Jail Breaker and Hand Cuff King (ca. 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Romance of Sorcery (London: Methuen and Co., c1914), by Sax Rohmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Adventures of Buffalo Bill (New York et al.: Harper and Row, c1904; edition published after author's death), by Buffalo Bill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1920), by Buffalo Bill, illust. by N. C. Wyeth (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Lulu Hurst (The Georgia Wonder) Writes Her Autobiography, and For the First Time Explains and Demonstrates the Great Secret of Her Marvelous Power (fourth edition; Rome, GA: Psychic Pub. Co., c1897), by Lulu Hurst (PDF and DjVu ar usg.edu)
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