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• The drama : a poem. (Printed for J. Williams, (no, 39) Fleet Street, 1775), by Hugh Downman and Frederick Pilon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The children of Thespis; a poem (Printed for Kirby, 1792), by Anthony Pasquin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pasquin's poems (Printed for J. Strahan ... ;, 1789), by Anthony Pasquin (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Elizabethan Stage (4 volumes; Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1923), by E. K. Chambers
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume III: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume IV: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• Memoirs of John Bannister, comedian. (R. Bentley, 1839), by John Adolphus (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries. (L. C. Page & company, 1907), by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century of great actors, 1750-1850 (Mills & Boon, Limited, 1912), by Cecil Ferard Armstrong (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The art of the Victorian stage; notes and recollections (Sherratt Hughes, 1907), by Alfred Darbyshire (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• From studio to stage; reminiscences of Weedon Grossmith (John Lane company;, 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. (S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Echoes of the playhouse. Reminiscences of some past glories of the English stage. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1895), by Edward Robins (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries (L.C. Page, 1906), by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our old actors. (R. Bentley, 1881), by H. Barton Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (D. Mckay, 1890), by Dr. Doran and Richard Henry Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English stage. Being an account of the Victorian drama. (J. Milne;, 1897), by Augustin Filon and Frederic Whyte (page images at HathiTrust)
• Actors of the century; a play-lover's gleanings from theatrical annals (G. Bell and Sons, 1898), by Frederic Whyte (page images at HathiTrust)
• Actors and actresses of Great Britain and the United States, from the days of David Garrick to the present time. (Cassell & company, lim., 1886), by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oxberry's Dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes ... (G. Virtue, 1826), by W. Oxberry, R. W. Smith, and Catherine Elizabeth Oxberry (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)
• The Elizabethan stage (Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, M.CMXXIII [1923], 1923), by E. K. Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The commonwealth and restoration stage (Harvard university press, 1928), by Leslie Hotson (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their Majesties' servants". : Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. By Dr. Doran. Edited and rev. by Robert W. Lowe (J.C. Nimmo, 1888), by Dr. Doran and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encore (L. Furman, inc., 1937), by Daniel Frohman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The tragic actor. (Theatre Arts Books, 1959), by Bertram Leon Joseph (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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)
• Die englischen Comoedianten zur Zeit Shakespeares in Oesterreich (Konegen, 1884), by Johannes Meissner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern men and mummers. (Harcourt Brace, 1922), by Hesketh Pearson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber. (Grolier Society, 1900), by Colley Cibber (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 (Asher & co., 1865), by Albert Cohn and Jakob Ayrerm (page images at HathiTrust)
• Their majesties' servants. Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (A. C. Armstrong & son, 1880), by Dr. Doran and Richard Henry Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The romance of the English stage. (R. Bentley & son, 1874), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Critical essays on the performers of the London theatres, including general observations on the practise and genius of the stage. (Printed by and for John Hunt, 1807), by Leigh Hunt and William Randolph Hearst (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pin-basket to the children of Thespis. : With notes historical, critical, and biographical. (Printed for H.D. Symonds ... and T. Bellamy ..., 1797), by Anthony Pasquin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives of the players. (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831), by John Galt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Players of the period : A series of anecdotal, biographical, and critical monographs of the leading English actors of the day (Dean, 1891), by Arthur Goddard (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. (J. Owen, 1795), by Joseph Haslewood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The recollections and reflections of J.R. Planché, (Somerset herald). A professional autobiography ... (Tinsley Brothers, 1872), by J. R. Planché (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their majesties' servants," annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (W.J. Widdleton, 1970), by Dr. Doran (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 (Greening, 1900), by Clement Scott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mad folk of the theatre; ten studies in temperament (The Bobbs-Merrill company, 1928), by Otis Skinner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day (Harvard University Press; [etc., etc.], 1922), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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 (Printed for the author, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1973), by Tate Wilkinson and Samuel Foote (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Robertsoniana; an illustrated appendix to Robert Arthur's season of Robertson comedies. (Merser and Sons, 1910), by Eade Montefiore and Robert Arthur (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of the principal actors in the plays of Shakespeare. (Printed for the Shakespeare society, 1846), by John Payne Collier and Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their Majesties' servants," or Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. Actors, authors, audiences. (John C. Nimmo, 1897), by Dr. Doran and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Algunos intérpretes ingleses de Hamlet (L. Williams, 1904), by Leonard Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of theatrical anecdotes. (G. Routledge and sons, 1873), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern men and mummers (G. Allen & Unwin ltd., 1921), by Hesketh Pearson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cues and curtain calls; being the theatrical reminiscences of H. Chance Newton ("Carados" of the Referee) (John Lane, 1927), by H. Chance Newton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Players of the period. A series of anecdotal, biographical, and critical monographs of the leading English actors of the day. (Dean & Son, 1891), by Arthur Goddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of engraved portraits of actors of olden time, January 24 to February 14, MCMVII. (Grolier Club, 1907), by Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber (Athenæum Press, 1888), by Colley Cibber, Anthony Aston, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who's who in the theatre; a biographical record of the contemporary stage. (1912), by John Parker (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. (Roberts brothers, 1888), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Their majesties' servants : or Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean : actors--authors--audiences (Wm. H. Allen, 1865), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thespis: or, A critical examination into the merits of all the principal performers belonging to Drury-Lane Theatre. (Printed for G. Kearsly, 1766), by Hugh Kelly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Englische Schauspieler und englisches Schauspiel zur Zeit Shakespeares in Deutschland (Teil I). (Hamburg und Leipzig, 1901), by Emil Herz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Shakspearean miscellany: containing a collection of scarce and valuable tracts; biographical anecdotes of theatrical performers (Printed by Knight and Compton, 1802), by F. G. Waldron (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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." (Collins and Hannay [etc.], 1824) (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 ... (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. (R. Voigtländer, 1905), by Carl Diesch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Edwin Booth and his contemporaries (Page, 1900), by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An architect's experiences: professional, artistic, and theatrical. (J. E. Cornish, 1897), by Alfred Darbyshire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Edwin Booth and his contemporaries (Page, 1900), by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives of the players. (Hamilton, Adams, 1886), by John Galt (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." (Printed for Sherwood, Jones, 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day. (B. Blom, 1963), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Echoes of the playhouse. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1895), by Edward Robins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theatrical portraits (Varnham & co., 1870), by W. Donaldson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cues and curtain calls (John Lane, 1927), by H. Chance Newton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Era almanack and annual 1870-<86> (London, 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some famous Hamlets from Burbage to Fechter (D. Bogue, 1967), by Austin Brereton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Representative actors. (F. Warne and co., 1888), by William Clark Russell (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. (Printed for C. Chapple, by B. McMillan, 1808), by Thomas Gilliland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annals of the English stage. (W.H. Allen & co, 1864), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• View of the English stage (Geo. Routledge and co., 1854), by William Hazlitt, William Hazlitt, and G. Routledge & Co (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. (S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Era almanack and annual (London., 1868), by Edward Ledger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Macready and Forrest and their contemporaries (L.C. Page, 1900), by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their Majesties' servants" (BookLab, Inc., 1890), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wandering patentee (Printed for the author, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1795), by Tate Wilkinson, David Garrick, and Samuel Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general history of the stage, from its origin in Greece down to the present time. With memoirs ... of the principal performers on the English and Irish stage for the last fifty years ... (W. Owen, 1749), by W. R. Chetwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Representative actors : a collection of criticisms, anecdotes, personal descriptions, 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 (F. Warne, 1888), by William Clark Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kean and Booth and their contemporaries (L. C. Page, 1900), by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber (J.C. Nimmo, 1889), by Colley Cibber, Anthony Ashton, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes. (G. Virtue, 1826), by W. Oxberry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The children of Thespis. : A poem. (Printed by Denew and Grant ... and sold by J. Bew ... T. Hookham ... and R. Jameson ..., 1786), by Anthony Pasquin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Critical essays on the performers of the London theatres : including general observations on the practise and genius of the stage (Printed by and for John Hunt, 1807), by Leigh Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber (AMS Press, 1966), by Colley Cibber, Tony Aston, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Dramatic peerage. (Raithby, Lawrence., between 1000 and 1999) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le théâtre anglais ; hier, aujourd'hui, demain. (C. Lévy, 1896), by Augustin Filon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic peerage, 1891 : personal notes and professional sketches of the actors and actresses of the London stage (General publishing, Dodd, Eyton, 1891), by Erskine Reid and Herbert Compton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stage silhouettes (A. Treherne, 1901), by Sidney Dark (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our recent actors : being recollections critical, and, in many cases, personal, of the late distinguished perfomers of both sexes, with some incidental notices of living actors (S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Englische komödianten am hofe zu Wolfenbüttel. (Wolfenbüttel, 1902), by Paul Zimmermann (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." (Sherwood, Jones, 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
• David Garrick and his contemporaries (L. C. Page, 1900), by Laurence Hutton and Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Kembles and their contemporaries (L. C. Page, 1900), by Laurence Hutton and Brander Matthews (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of the principal actors in the plays of Shakespeare. (AMS Press, 1971), by John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber. (Athenœum Press, 1900), by Colley Cibber, Anthony Aston, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• In and about Drury Lane (F. A. Niccolls & co., 1881), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings at the ... anniversary festival. (London, in the 19th century), by London Royal General Theatrical Fund (page images at HathiTrust)
• English actors in Paris during the lifetime of Shakespeare. ([Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1925], 1925), by Frances A. Yates (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Their Majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage : from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean (John C. Nimmo, 14, King William Street, Strand, 1888), by Dr. Doran and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theatrical biography, or, Memoirs of the principal performers of the three theatres royal. Drury-Lane ... Covent-Garden ... Hay-market ... Together with critical and impartial remarks on their respective professional merits. (1772) (page images at HathiTrust)

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