Entertainers
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- Entertainers -- Biography
- Entertainers -- Charitable contributions
- Entertainers -- Fiction
- Entertainers -- France
- Entertainers -- Great Britain
- Entertainers -- Social aspects
- Entertainers -- United States
- Actors
- Blacklisting of entertainers
- Circus performers
- Clowns
- Comedians
- Dancers
- Escape artists
- Geishas
- Jewish entertainers
- Jugglers
- Magicians
- Storytellers
- Street entertainers
- Ventriloquists
- Women entertainers
- Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
- Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
- Charke, Charlotte, 1713-1760
- Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
- Cole, Bob, 1868-1911
- Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876
- Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
- Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924
- Elliot, Frances, 1820-1898
- Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939
- Fisher, Clara, 1811-1898
- Fonda, Jane, 1937-
- Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928
- Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779
- Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
- Grossmith, George, 1847-1912
- Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
- Howe, J. B. (J. Burdett), 1828-1908
- Hurst, Lulu, 1869-1950
- Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
- Jennings, Al, 1863-1961
- Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
- Joyce, Peggy Hopkins, 1893-1957
- Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
- Lawrence, Gertrude
- Leno, Dan, 1860-1904
- Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971
- Lowell, Joan, 1900-1967
- Mac, Taylor, 1973-
- Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835
- McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023
- Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942
- Miller, Tim, 1958-
- Morris, Clara, 1848-1925
- Pollock, Sharon
- Randolph, John, 1915-2004
- Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène, 1805-1871
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952
- Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
- Senefelder, Alois, 1771-1834
- Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-2024
- Starr, Henry, 1873-1921
- Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928
- Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917
- Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976
- Valentino, Rudolph, 1895-1926
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
- Performers
- Performing artists
- Show business personalities
- Show-men
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The Good Companions, by J. B. Priestley (multiple formats with commentary at Standard Ebooks)
- The Paradox of Acting: Translated With Annotations From Diderot's "Paradoxe sur le Comédien" (London: Chatto and Windus, 1883), by Denis Diderot, ed. by Walter Herries Pollock, contrib. by Henry Irving (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Plays, Acting and Music: A Book of Theory (revised edition; London: Constable and Co., 1909), by Arthur Symons (Gutenberg text)
- Stage-Land, by Jerome K. Jerome (Gutenberg text)
- Stage-Land (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1906), by Jerome K. Jerome, illust. by Bernard Partridge (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- Shadows of the Stage (New York and London: Macmillan, 1893), by William Winter (Gutenberg text)
- The Lives of the Conjurors (London: Tinsley Bros., 1876), by Thomas Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
- Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: A Complete Exposé, by Harry Houdini (Gutenberg text)
- Memoir and Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius (London: Onwhyn, ca. 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
- My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt (1907 translation), by Sarah Bernhardt (Gutenberg text)
- Edwin Booth As I Knew Him (New York: The Players, 1933), by Edwin Milton Royle (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth: With a Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of Which He Was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of His Accomplices (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, ca. 1865), by George Alfred Townsend
- The Conspiracy Trial for the Murder of the President, and the Attempt To Overthrow the Government by the Assassination of Its Principal Officers (3 volumes; Boston: J. E. Tilton and Co., 1865-1866), ed. by Benjamin Perley Poore
- John Wilkes Booth: Fact and Fiction of Lincoln's Assassination (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1929), by Francis Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, by George Alfred Townsend (Gutenberg text)
- Brecht's Tradition (originally published 1967; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Max Spalter (illustrated HTML and PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Narrative of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped from Slavery, Enclosed in a Box 3 Feet Long and 2 Wide, Written from a Statement of Facts Made by Himself; With Remarks Upon the Remedy for Slavery (Boston: Brown and Stearns, 1849), by Henry Box Brown, contrib. by Charles Stearns
- Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written By Himself (first English edition; Manchester, UK: Printed by Lee and Glynn, 1851), by Henry Box Brown
- Buffalo Bill (Hon. Wm. F. Cody) and His Wild West Companions, Including Wild Bill, Texas Jack, California Joe, Capt. Jack Crawford, and Other Famous Scouts of the Western Plains (Chicago: The Hennebery Co., ca. 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buffalo Bill's Own Story of His Life and Deeds: This Autobiography Tells in His Own Graphic Words the Wonderful Story of His Heroic Career (memorial edition; c1917), by Buffalo Bill, contrib. by William Lightfoot Visscher (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill (Hartford: F. E. Bliss, c1879), by Buffalo Bill (page images at LOC)
- Memories of Buffalo Bill (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1919), by Louisa Frederici Cody and Courtney Ryley Cooper
- 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)
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Historical Sketches and Daily Review (souvenir booklet; ca. 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Historical Sketches and Programme (souvenir program; 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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)
- Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill", by Helen Cody Wetmore (Gutenberg text)
- The Life and Adventures of "Buffalo Bill" (1917 edition), by Buffalo Bill (HTML at PBS)
- Heroes of the Plains: or, Lives and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Capt. Payne, Capt. Jack, Texas Jack, California Joe, and Other Celebrated Indian Fighters, Scouts, Hunters and Guides; Including a True and Thrilling History of Gen. Custer's Famous "Last Fight" on the Little Big Horn, with Sitting Bull (New York and St. Louis: N. D. Thompson and Co., 1882), by James W. Buel (page images at HathiTrust)
- Heroes of the Plains: or, Lives and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Capt. Payne, "White Beaver", Capt. Jack, Texas Jack, California Joe, and Other Celebrated Indian Fighters, Scouts, Hunters and Guides (St. Louis and Philadelphia: Historical Pub. Co., 1883), by James W. Buel
- The Great God Pan: A Biography of The Tramp Played by Charles Chaplin (New York: Hermitage House, c1952), by Robert Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Charlie Chaplin (London and New York: J. Lane, 1922), by Louis Delluc, trans. by Hamish Miles
- The Art of Cineplastics (Boston: Four Seas Co., 1923), by Élie Faure, trans. by Walter Pach (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)
- An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Written by Himself (new edition with notes and supplement, in 2 volumes; London: J. C. Nimmo, 1889), by Colley Cibber, ed. by Robert William Lowe, illust. by Robert Bowyer Parkes and Adolphe Lalauze
- The Case of Mrs. Clive, Submitted to the Publick (London: Printed for B. Dod, 1744), by Kitty Clive (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- Beyond Lift Every Voice and Sing: The Culture of Uplift, Identity, and Politics in Black Musical Theater (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2009), by Paula Marie Seniors (PDF at Ohio State)
- Bright Particular Star: The Life and Times of Charlotte Cushman (c1970), by Joseph Leach (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Charlotte Cushman (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882), by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Life of Charlotte Cushman (New York et al.: Brentano's, c1894), by W. T. Price (multiple formats at Google)
- My Life (New York: H. Liveright, 1927), by Isadora Duncan, contrib. by Horace Brisbin Liveright, illust. by Arnold Genthe, Schloss, Hof-Atelier Elvira, Paul Berger, and Otto (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- Francillon: The Only Correct and Authentic Synopsis of the Play, Taken From the Prompt-Book of Signora Eleonora Duse, Together With a Sketch of Her Life (New York: C. and T. Rosenfeld, 1893), by Alexandre Dumas, contrib. by Antonio Bracco (page images at HathiTrust)
- Laugh and Live (with a "close-up" of the author; New York: Britton Pub. Co., 1917), by Douglas Fairbanks, contrib. by George Creel (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Autobiography of Clara Fisher Maeder (New York; The Dunlap society, 1897), by Clara Fisher, ed. by Douglas Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Campaign for Economic Democracy (in 2 parts; Washington: Heritage Foundation, 1980-1981), by William T. Poole
- Fifteen Years of a Dancer's Life, With Some Account of Her Distinguished Friends (London: H. Jenkins Ltd., 1913), by Loie Fuller, contrib. by Anatole France (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Garbo (1971), by Ture Sjölander (page images at gretagarbo.de)
- Garrick's Jubilee (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1963), by Martha Winburn England (PDF at Ohio State)
- A Society Clown: Reminiscences, by George Grossmith (Gutenberg text)
- Interpreters (new edition, revised; New York: A. A. Knopf, 1920), by Carl Van Vechten (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Houdini, the Man Who Walked Through Walls (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1959), by William Lindsay Gresham (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist: Houdini (revised edition, with movie stills; New York: Audubon Printers, 1922)
- The Famous Houdini: The Original Jail Breaker and Hand Cuff King (ca. 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
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