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• Cupid (Roman deity) -- Drama
• Cupid (Roman deity) -- Early works to 1800
• Drama -- Early works to 1800

• Contesa tra Marte e Cupido : cantata allusiva ad un problema proposto nell'Accademia degl'Insensati se sia piu ammirabile la costanza dell'uomo in combattere, o della donna in amare (In Perugia : [publisher not identified], 1700., 1700), by Jacomo Oddi and Italy) Accademia degl'Insensati (Perugia (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Cupids victory over the virgins hearts or, Love in its colours. When Cupid's dart does pierce the heart of a fair youthful maid; she's forc'd to bend, and not contend, his laws must be obey'd. To a pleasant new play-tune; or, The maids a washing themselves. This may be printed, R.P. ([London : Printed for I. Deacon at the angel in Guilt-spur-street, between 1685-1688]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Cupid's court of equity. The scornful lady quickly took, while she her love disdain'd: she was prick'd down in Cupid's book, his vassal she remain'd. Tune of, When first I bid my love good-morrow. ([London] : Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball, near the Hospital-gate, in West-Smithfield, [between 1680-1685]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Cupids kindness to constant coridon, or, [F]air Silvia vvounded dart when beauties bright, young men can fight, and seek their overthrow, . Then Cupids darts must would their hearts, he will not leave them so. Tune of Charon makeshaft &c. ([London] : Printed for J. Back at the Black Boy near the Draw-Bridge on London-Bridge, [between 1685 and 1688]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Trattato completo, formale e materiale del teatro (Stamperia di Pietro q. Gio. Batt. Pasquali, 1794), by Francesco Milizia, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, and Pietro Pasquali (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essays of John Dryden (Oxford [Oxfordshire] : At the Clarendon Press, 1926., 1926), by John Dryden and W. P. Ker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Edgar, or the English monarch an heroick tragedy. By Mr. Thomas Rymer, servant to Their Majesties. (London : printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Pauls-Church-yard, 1693), by Thomas Rymer (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Della forza comica. (Appresso Giuseppe Braglia .., 1782), by Giambattista Gherardo D'Arco (page images at HathiTrust)

• The illustrious stranger : or, Married and buried : a farce, in one act (Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1850), by James Kenney and J. G. Millingen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Yesod ʻolam (Columbia University Libraries, 1750), by Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto, Ḥizḳiyah ben Gavriel ʻAmrun, Asher Vitravo, mi-Lokio Yosef Ḥayyim ben Shelomoh, and Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Commentatio de personis uulgo laruis seu mascheris, von der carnavals-lust (Apvd Georg. Marc. Knochivm Bibliopol Vitembergensem, 1723), by Christoph Heinrich Berger, George Marcus Knoch, and Johann Georg Wolffgang (page images at HathiTrust)
• The true discription of a royall masque Presented at Hampton Court, vpon Sunday night, being the eight of Ianuary. 1604. And personated by the Queenes most excellent Majestie, attended by eleuen ladies of honour. (London : Printed by Edward Allde, and are to be solde at the Long Shoppe, adjoyning vnto S. Mildreds Church in the Poultrye, 1604), by Samuel Daniel (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The characters of two royall masques The one of blacknesse, the other of beautie. personated by the most magnificent of queenes Anne Queene of great Britaine, &c. With her honorable ladyes, 1605. and 1608. at White-hall: and inuented by Ben: Ionson. (Imprinted at London : [by G. Eld] for Thomas Thorp, and are to be sold [by L. Lisle] at the signe of the Tigers head in Paules Church-yard, [1608]), by Ben Jonson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Hymenaei: or The solemnities of masque, and barriers magnificently performed on the eleventh, and twelfth nights, from Christmas; at court: to the auspicious celebrating of the marriage-vnion, betweene Robert, Earle of Essex, and the Lady Frances, second daughter to the most noble Earle of Suffolke. By Ben: Ionson. (At London : Printed by Valentine Sims for Thomas Thorp, 1606), by Ben Jonson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Loues triumph through Callipolis Performed in a masque at court 1630. By his Maiestie with the lords, and gentlemen assisting. The inuentors. Ben. Ionson. Inigo Iones. (London : Printed by I[ohn] N[orton] for Thomas Walkley, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Eagle and Child in Brittains-burse, 1630. [i.e. 1631]), by Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Masquarade du ciel presented to the great Queene of the little vvorld. A celestiall map, representing the true site and motions of the heavenly bodies, through the yeeres 1639, 1640, &c. Shadowing the late commotions, between Saturn and Mercury, about the northern Thule. With the happy peace and union, through the whole little world, made by the goodnesse of Phebus and his royall Phebe. By J.S. (London : Printed by R[ichard] B[adger] for S[amuel] C[artwright], 1640), by John Sadler (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Albions triumph Personated in a maske at court. By the Kings Maiestie and his lords. The Sunday after Twelfe Night. 1631 (London : Printed by Aug: Mathewes for Robert Allet [i.e. Allot] at the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1631 [i.e. 1632]), by Aurelian Townshend (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Tempe restord A masque presented by the Queene, and foureteene ladies, to the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall on Shrove-Tuesday. 1631. (London : Printed by A[ugustine] M[athewes] for Robert Allet [i.e. Allot], and George Bakek [i.e. Baker], 1631 [i.e. 1632]), by Aurelian Townshend, Inigo Jones, and Baltasar de Beaujoyeulx (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The masque of the Inner Temple and Grayes Inne Grayes Inne and the Inner Temple, presented before his Maiestie, the Queenes Maiestie, the Prince, Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth their Highnesses, in the Banquetting house at White-hall on Saturday the twentieth day of Februarie, 1612. (At London : Imprinted by F[elix] K[ingston] for George Norton, and are to be sold at his shoppe neere Temple-bar, [1613]), by Francis Beaumont (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The description of a maske: presented in the Banqueting roome at Whitehall, on Saint Stephens night last at the mariage of the Right Honourable the Earle of Somerset: and the right noble the Lady Frances Howard. Written by Thomas Campion. Whereunto are annexed diuers choyse ayres composed for this maske that may be sung with a single voyce to the lute or base-viall. (London : Imprinted by E. A[llde and Thomas Snodham] for Laurence Li'sle, dwelling in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Tygers head, 1614), by Thomas Campion, Robert Carr Somerset, and Frances Howard Carr Somerset (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Louers made men A masque presented in the house of the Right Honorable the Lord Haye. By diuers of noble qualitie, his friends. For the entertaynment of Monsieur Le Baron de Tour, extraordinarie ambassador for the French King. On Saterday the 22. of February. 1617. ([London : s.n.], 1617), by Ben Jonson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The maske of flowers· Presented by the gentlemen of Graies-Inne, at the court of VVhite-hall, in the Banquetting House, vpon Twelfe night, 1613. Being the last of the solemnities and magnificences which were performed at the marriage of the right honourable the Earle of Somerset, and the Lady Francis daughter of the Earle of Suffolke, Lord Chamberlaine. (London : Printed by N[icholas] O[kes] for Robert Wilson, and are to be sold at his shop at Graies-Inne new gate, 1614), by John Coperario (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The masque of augures With the seueral antimasques. Presented on Twelfe night. ([London : s.n.], 1621), by Ben Jonson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The masque of queenes celebrated from the house of fame: by the most absolute in all state, and titles. Anne Queene of Great Britaine, &c. With her honourable ladies. At VVhite Hall, Febr. 2. 1609. Written by Ben: Ionson. (London : By N. Okes. for R. Bonian and H. VVally, and are to be sold at the Spred Eagle in Poules Church-yard, 1609), by Ben Jonson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The triumph of peace· A masque, presented by the foure honourable houses, or Innes of Court. Before the King and Queenes Majesties, in the Banquetting-house at White Hall, February the third, 1633. Invented and written, by James Shirley, Gent. (London : Printed by Iohn Norton, for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Furnivals-Inne-gate, in Holborne, 1633 [i.e. 1634]), by James Shirley (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A proposition for advancement of moralitie, by a new way of entertainment of the people (London : [s.n.], printed in the yeer 1654) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Trattato completo, formale e materiale del teatro (Stamperia di Pietro q. Gio. Batt. Pasquali, 1794), by Francesco Milizia, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, and Pietro Pasquali (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discorsi sopra differenti soggetti. (Presso Giambatista Pasquali, 1755), by Francesco Algarotti and Giovanni Battista Pasquali (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters on the Italian opera : addressed to the Hon. Lord Monboddo (Sold by T. Cadell, Strand, 1791), by John Brown, T. Cadell, and James Burnett Monboddo (page images at HathiTrust)

• Scoperta della chironomia (Per li Fratelli Gozzi, 1797), by Vincenzo Requeno and Fratelli Gozzi (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la saltation théatrale (Chez Barrois l'aîné, libraire ..., 1790), by M. de L'Aulnaye, Jacques-Gabriel Clousier, and Louis-François Barrois (page images at HathiTrust)

• Statuts de la Confrérie de la Passion de l'Église Saint-Patrice de Rouen : manuscript. (Columbia University Libraries, 1374), by France) Confrérie de la Passion (Rouen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sacred dramas, chiefly intended for young persons (Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson ..., n.d.), by Hannah More, Thomas Dobson, and American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at Florida)

• Olindo and Sophronia : a tragedy. (Printed for Josiah Graham and E. Withers, 1758), by Abraham Portal and Torquato Tasso (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short view of tragedy: It's Original, Excellency, and Corruption.. : With some Reflections on Shakespear, and other Practitioners for the STAGE (Printed and are to be sold by Richard Baldwin, near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, and at the Black Lyon in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple-Gates, 1693), by Thomas Rymer and Richard Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Di Vincenzo Gravina della tragedia libri uno ... (Nella nuova Stamparia, vicino la Parrocchial Chiesa de Santa Maria d'Ogni Bene, per lo Stampatore Nicolò Naso, 1715), by Gianvincenzo Gravina (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Written by Mr. William Shakespeare (1736), contrib. by Thomas Hanmer and Clarence De Witt Thorpe (Gutenberg ebook)

• Abraham sacrifiant. English. (Imprinted at London : By Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blacke Friers, 1577), by Théodore de Bèze and Arthur Golding (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Achille in Aulide : dramma per musica : da rappresentarsi nel carnevale dell'anno 1739 nel Teatro a Torre Argentina. (In Roma : nell Stamperia di Antonio de' Rossi, 1739., 1739), by Pietro Orta, Giacomo Bassi, Domenico Maria Vellani, Geminiano Giacomelli, and Gaetano Giusti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Astinome : drama per musica (Nella stamperia del Bernabò :, 1719), by G. Lerner and Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (page images at HathiTrust)

• Oratorio per l'Assunzione della Bma. Vergine : da cantarsi nel Collegio Clementino. (Nella Stamperia del Chracas, presso S. Marco al Corso, 1763), by G. Puiati, Pietro Crispi, and Italy) Collegio Clementino (Rome (page images at HathiTrust)

• Astinome : drama per musica (Nella stamperia del Bernabò :, 1719), by G. Lerner and Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (page images at HathiTrust)

• Merry dialogue betweene sword, rapier, and dagger. (London : Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Meighen and Thomas Iones; and are to be sold at S. Clements Church without Temple-barre, 1615) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Artaserse : drama per musica da rappresentarsi nella Sala dell' Illmo Sig. Conte d'Alibert, nel carnavale dell' anno 1721 : dedicato alla Maestà di Giacomo III. re della Gran Bertagna &c. (In Roma : per Tinassi, 1721., 1721), by Pietro Metastasio (page images at HathiTrust)

• The couragious Turke, or, Amurath the First A tragedie. Written by Thomas Goffe Master of Arts, and student of Christ-Church in Oxford, and acted by the students of the same house. (London : Printed by B. Alsop, and T. Favvcet, for Richard Meighen, 1632), by Thomas Goffe (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The raging Turke, or, Baiazet the Second A tragedie vvritten by Thomas Goffe, Master of Arts, and student of Christ-Church in Oxford, and acted by the students of the same house. (London : Printed by August. Matthevves, for Richard Meighen, 1631), by Thomas Goffe (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Demofoonte : drama per musica da rappresentarsi nel Teatro, detto delle Dame nel carnevale dell'anno 1741 : dedicato al altezza reale di Carlo Odoardo principe di Galles. (Per gli Eredi del Ferri alla strada del Seminario Romano :, 1741), by Pietro Metastasio, Giacomo Bassi, Pietro Gugliantini, Fausto Amidei, Giuseppe Coccetti, Andrea Bernasconi, Domenico Maria Vellani, and Eredi del Ferri (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jacob and Esau. (Imprinted at London : By Henrie Bynneman, dvvelling in Knightrider streate, at the signe of the Mermayde, Anno Domini. 1568) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Scenes from the Birds of Aristophanes (Cambridge University Press, 1926), by Aristophanes and Wilfrid H. Oldaker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The roaring girle. Or Moll Cut-Purse As it hath lately beene acted on the Fortune-stage by the Prince his Players. Written by T. Middleton and T. Dekkar. (Printed at London : [By Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Archer, and are to be sold at his shop in Popes head-pallace, neere the Royall Exchange, 1611), by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Bussy d'Ambois a tragedie: as it hath been often presented at Paules. (London : Printed [at Eliot's Court Press] for William Aspley, 1607), by George Chapman (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The reuenge of Bussy D'Ambois A tragedie. As it hath beene often presented at the priuate play-house in the White-Fryers. VVritten by George Chapman, Gentleman. (London : Printed by T[homas] S[nodham] and are to be solde by Iohn Helme, at his shop in S. Dunstones Church-yard, in Fleetstreet, 1613), by George Chapman (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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