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The Comedy of Errors (18th century adaptation), by William Shakespeare and Thomas Hull (HTML at Virginia)
Notes and Comments Upon Certain Plays and Actors of Shakespeare; With Criticism and Correspondence (third edition; New York: Carleton, 1864), by James Henry Hackett (page images at HathiTrust)
Thoughts and After-Thoughts (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1913), by Herbert Beerbohm Tree (multiple formats at archive.org)
Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Stage, and of the Economy and Usages of the Ancient Theatres in England (Basel, Switzerland: J. J. Tourneisen, 1800), by Edmond Malone, contrib. by George Steevens
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- multiple formats at archive.org
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Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the Seventeenth Century, by William Shakespeare and G. Blakemore Evans (HTML at bsuva.org)
Cambridge dramatic album (Pub. for the author, by H. Wallis, 1868), by H. T. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
The masks of Othello; the search for the identity of Othello, Iago (University of California Press, 1961), by Marvin Rosenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare: from Betterton to Irving (B. Blom, 1963), by George Clinton Densmore Odell (page images at HathiTrust)
Some famous Hamlets from Burbage to Fechter : with an appendix giving extracts from the criticisms on Hamlet (D. Bogue, 1884), by Austin Brereton (page images at HathiTrust)
King Richard III (F. Hart & Company, 1878), by William Shakespeare, William Winter, Kate Meek, and Edwin Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
Edwin Booth's prompt-book of Macbeth (F. Hart, 1881), by William Shakespeare, Frank Lodge, William Winter, and Edwin Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
On the site of the Globe playhouse of Shakespeare, lying to the north of Maiden Lane, Bankside, Southwark (The University press, 1923), by George Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The site of the Globe Playhouse Southwark (Hodder and Stoughton, 1924), by London County Council, G. Topham Forrest, and William Westmoreland Braines (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeareana (J. Springer, 1894), by Wilhelm Oechelhäuser (page images at HathiTrust)
Dramatic micellanies : consisting of critical observations on several plays of Shakespeare : with a review of his principal characters, and those of various eminent writers, as represented by Mr. Garrick and other celebrated comedians : with anecdotes of dramatic poets, actors, &c. (The author, 1784), by Thomas Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespearean stage production: then & now; a manual for the scholar-player. (McGraw-Hill, 1953), by Cécile De Banke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's audience (Columbia university press, 1941), by Alfred Harbage (page images at HathiTrust)
Some notes on Shakespeare's stage and plays (The University press;, 1916), by William Poel and John Rylands Library (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare en Russie, 1748-1840 (étude de littérature comparée) (Hachette & cie, 1912), by André Lirondelle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare for community players (J.M. Dent ;, 1919), by Roy Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's heroes on the stage (T. Y. Crowell & company, 1896), by Charles E. L. Wingate (page images at HathiTrust)
As you like it. (Roycroft, 1903), by William Shakespeare, Samuel Warner, Henry Jewett, Samuel Warner, Otto Franz, and Roycroft Shop (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Thoughts and after-thoughts. (Cassell, 1913), by Herbert Beerbohm Tree (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespearean prompt-books of the seventeenth century. (Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1960), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's theater (The Macmillan company, 1925), by Ashley Horace Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare and the old Southwark playhouses (The Sylvan printing works, 1903), by Arthur H. Woolf (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Englische Hamlet darsteller und darstellung im 17. und 18. jahrhundert. (Druck von R. Borkmann, 1912), by Ernst Pündter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Histoire de l'influence de Shakspeare sur le théatre français jusqu'a nos jours. (Lesigne, 1856), by Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Lacroix (page images at HathiTrust)
The stage history of Shakespear's King Richard the Third (The Columbia University Press, 1909), by Alice I. Perry Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
Romeo and Juliet : a tragedy in five acts (W.S. Johnson ... , 1884), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespearean scenes and characters : with descriptive notes on the plays, and the principal Shakespearean players, from Betterton to Irving. (Cassell & company limited, 1887), by Austin Brereton (page images at HathiTrust)
Notes, criticisms, and correspondence upon Shakespeare's plays and actors. (Carleton (late Rudd & Carleton), 1863), by James Henry Hackett (page images at HathiTrust)
The stagery of Shakespeare. (Cornish Bros., 1922), by R. Crompton Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare on the stage (Moffat, Yard, 1911), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare on the stage. 2d series (Moffat, Yard and Company, 1915), by William Winter and Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare on the stage. 3d series (Moffat, Yard, 1916), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare & the universities, and other studies in Elizabethan drama (B. Blackwell, 1923), by Frederick S. Boas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The seventeenth century accounts of the masters of the revels (Pub. for the Shakespeare Association by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922), by C. C. Stopes and Shakespeare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare and the modern stage : with other essays (J. Murray, 1906), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving (Constable & co., 1921), by George Clinton Densmore Odell (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare in the theater (Sidgwick and Jackson, ltd., 1913), by William Poel (page images at HathiTrust)
Othello : a tragedy in five acts (Clayton & Co., 1876), by William Shakespeare, Tommaso Salvini, James Henry Mapleson, and Tommaso Salvini (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet : in five acts, as performed at the Cincinnati Dramatic Festival, Music Hall, Friday evening, May 4, 1883 ... (Hawley & Co., 1883), by William Shakespeare, Joseph Crosby, and Cincinnati Dramatic Festival Association (page images at HathiTrust)
What you will (Chiswick Press, 1884), by William Shakespeare and Henry Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
The seventeenth century accounts of the masters of the revels (Pub. for the Shakespeare association by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1969), by C. C. Stopes and Shakespeare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Thoughts and after-thoughts (Funk & Wagnalls, 1913), by Herbert Beerbohm Tree (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare & the universities, and other studies in Elizabethan drama (New York, 1903), by Frederick S. Boas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Algunos intérpretes ingleses de Hamlet (L. Williams, 1904), by Leonard Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare and the modern stage, with other essays (C. Scribner's Sons, 1906), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Notes and comments upon certain plays and actors of Shakespeare, with criticisms and correspondence. (Carleton, 1863), by James Henry Hackett (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare on the stage (Moffat, Yard and company, 1911), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
Eine Aufführung im Globus-Theater : Vortrag bei der 14. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft zu Weimar am 24. April 1878 (Al. Huschke, 1878), by Karl Elze (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare on the stage. (Moffat, Yard and Co., 1911), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
Dramatic miscellanies : consisting of critical observations on several plays of Shakspeare, with a review of his principal characters, and those of various eminent writers, as represented by Mr. Garrick and other celebrated comedians with anecdotes of dramatic poets, actors, &c. (Printed for S. Price, 1784), by Thomas Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
Macbeth (American Book Company, 1905), by William Shakespeare, Thomas Wolfe, William B. Wisdom, James K. Hackett, W. J. Rolfe, James Buell Munn, and William B. Wisdom Collection of Thomas Wolfe (page images at HathiTrust)
On the site of the Globe playhouse of Shakespeare : lying to the north of Maiden Lane, Bankside, Southwark (University Press, 1923), by George Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
Thoughts and after-thoughts (Cassell, 1915), by Herbert Beerbohm Tree (page images at HathiTrust)
The leadership of Shakespeare (Boston, Mass., 1908), by Allen Davenport (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakspeare's Measure for measure : a comedy (Printed for J. Ridgway, and sold in the Theatre, 1803), by William Shakespeare and John Philip Kemble (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakspeare's Merry wives of Windsor : a comedy (Printed for J. Ridgway and sold in the Theatre ;, 1804), by William Shakespeare and John Philip Kemble (page images at HathiTrust)
Roman matron. (Printed for the theatre, 1812), by William Shakespeare and John Philip Kemble (page images at HathiTrust)
Cymbeline : a tragedy (Published by Wells and Lilly, 1823), by William Shakespeare, John Moore, W. Oxberry, Covent Garden Theatre, A.T. Goodrich & Co, and Wells and Lilly (page images at HathiTrust)
Julius Caesar : a tragedy (Published for the proprietors by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, and C. Chapple, 1822), by William Shakespeare, Owen Fawcett, Lawrence Barrett, Edwin Booth, and W. Oxberry (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare on the stage. (Moffat, Yard and company, 1915), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
The staging of Shakespeare : from Burbadge to Barker (Drama League of Hartford, 1916), by Truman Joseph Spencer (page images at HathiTrust)
Advance sheets from Shakespeare, the Globe and Blackfriars. (Shakespeare Head, 1909), by Charles William Wallace (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakspeare's play of A midsummer night's dream : arranged for representation at Laura Keene's Theatre (O.A. Roorbach, Jun'r, 1859), by William Shakespeare and Laura Keene (page images at HathiTrust)
As you like it : a comedy in five acts (J. Douglas, 1848), by William Shakespeare, William E. Burton, Charlotte Cushman, John Moore, William Charles Macready, and George Cressall Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
King John : a tragedy in five acts (W. Taylor, 1846), by William Shakespeare, James B. Roberts, John Spelman, Epes Sargent, T. Agnew Dow, James Bennett, Junius Brutus Booth, Charles John Kean, William Charles Macready, Drury Lane Theatre Royal, and N.Y. : Park Row) Park Theatre (Theater company : New York (page images at HathiTrust)
The English drama in the age of Shakespeare (Lippincott, 1916), by Wilhelm Creizenach (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare on the stage (T. Fisher Unwin, 1912), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare on the stage (London, 1912), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare in the theatre (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1913), by William Poel (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespearean representation; its laws and limits (E. Stock, 1908), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of an exhibition of drawings and models for Hamlet, Macbeth, The Vikings : and other plays (City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1912), by Edward Gordon Craig and Manchester City Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the exact site of the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare : read to the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society at Bishopsgate : Institute, February 26, 1912 (sn., 1912), by George Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of a public discussion on the best method of presenting Shakespeare's plays ([London], 1915), by London Shakespeare League (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare for community players (J.M. Dent, 1919), by Roy Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare in the theatre (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1913), by William Poel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Thoughts and after-thoughts (Cassell, 1913), by Herbert Beerbohm Tree (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
As you like it: a comedy in five acts (Hasselman-Journal co., 1883), by William Shakespeare and Helena Modjeska (page images at HathiTrust)
A typical Shakesperian stage: the outer-inner stage... (Knickerbocker press, 1908), by Victor E. Albright (page images at HathiTrust)
King Lear : a tragedy in five acts (Nassau Steam Press, 1892), by William Shakespeare and Henry Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving (C. Scribner's sons, 1920), by George Clinton Densmore Odell and Robert Gould Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's comedy of Much ado about nothing (Printed for W. Winter by F. Hart, 1878), by William Shakespeare, Frank Lodge, William Winter, and Edwin Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
Gesammelte aufsätze zur bühnengeschichte. (L. Voss, 1893), by Gisbert Vincke (page images at HathiTrust)
Othello. (Harper & brothers, 1899), by William Shakespeare, William Winter, W. Jefferson Winter, and W. J. Rolfe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
As you like it (D.C. Heath & Co., 1902), by William Shakespeare, Henrietta Crosman, and J. C. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Hamlet : a tragedy in five acts (Printed at the Chiswick press, 1883), by William Shakespeare, Henry Irving, and Shakespeare Promptbook Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) (page images at HathiTrust)
Macbeth (John B. Alden, 1887), by William Shakespeare and T. Bell Gorman (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's comedy of Much ado about nothing (J.H. Magonigle, 1890), by William Shakespeare, David Belasco, J. H. Magonigle, Helena Modjeska, William Winter, and Edwin Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
King Richard III / in five acts (Chiswick Press, 1896), by William Shakespeare and Henry Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
Macbeth; a tragedy, as arranged for the public readings of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. (printed at the "Nassau steam press", 1890), by William Shakespeare, Ellen Terry, and Henry Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
Macbeth : a tragedy (W. S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press", 1888), by William Shakespeare, Arthur Sullivan, and Henry Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
[Stage representation of Shakespeare's plays : Pamphlet volume.] (1905) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Hamlet (1890), by William Shakespeare and Walter Hubbell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens. With a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators; a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare, &c.[edited] by Alexander Chalmers. (J. Nichols [et al.], 1811), by William Shakespeare, George Steevens, and Alexander Chalmers (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare in the theatre. (AMS Press, 1974), by William Poel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's theater (The MacMillan Company, 1935), by Ashley Horace Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Antony and Cleopatra. (s.n., 1910), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The complete works of William Shakespeare (William Collins, 1899), by William Shakespeare, Austin Brereton, and Henry Glassford Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's theater (Macmillan Co., 1962), by Ashley Horace Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Alterations of Shakespeare, 1660-1710: and an investigation of the critical and dramatic principles and theatrical conventions which prompted these revisions (1923), by Louis Michael Eich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare on the stage (Moffat, Yard and Company, 1911), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's audience (Columbia Univ. Press, 1958), by Alfred Harbage (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare in the Theatre, by William Poel (Gutenberg ebook)
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage; with Other Essays, by Sidney Lee (Gutenberg ebook)

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